Striking Moment

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Striking Moment is a buff granted when ⚷ Open / Activate is pressed while holding the Brand of the Inferno or the Sergeant United Shield to successfully block an enemy attack with a shield accessory equipped, right before damage is taken. Striking an enemy with a melee weapon when the buff is active deals 500% or five times the usual damage, after which the buff will be removed. This bonus can be used with any melee weapon.

Notes

  • For melee weapons that can deal a "melee hit" (see List of items that deal melee hits for the full list), if any entities are hit by the item itself during the use animation, the damage bonus will be applied to all of them. If the item can also create projectiles on hit (this includes the Muramasa and Volcano), the projectiles created also inherit the damage bonus.
  • For melee weapons that deal damage via a projectile, only the first entity hit by the projectile receives the damage bonus. This also includes attacking with melee weapons that perform both a "melee hit" and fire a projectile, but when no entity is hit by the weapon itself during its animation.
  • The following projectiles will not be affected by this buff, to prevent lingering projectiles triggering the bonus repeatedly.[1]
Projectile Affected item
Bee BeeInternal Projectile ID: 181 Bee Keeper, Hive-Five
Giant Bee Giant BeeInternal Projectile ID: 566 Bee Keeper, Hive-Five (with the Hive Pack equipped)
Flaming Jack Flaming JackInternal Projectile ID: 321 The Horseman's Blade
Ichor Splash Ichor SplashInternal Projectile ID: 524 Bladetongue

Tips

  • When using the Sergeant United Shield, a shield accessory is not required to be able to block, as long as the shield itself is not being thrown. Otherwise, a shield accessory must be equipped.

History

  • Desktop 1.4.2.1: Fixed tooltip incorrectly stating 500% increased damage, now correctly states 400% increased damage (500% total).
  • Desktop 1.3.4.1: Changed tooltip; used to incorrectly state 300% increased damage, now incorrectly states 500%.
  • Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.3.4.1 to Desktop 1.4.0.1.

References

  1. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, field Sets.DontApplyParryDamageBuff in Terraria.ID.ProjectileID.cs.
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