Mastering Crowd Control and Survival Sword Combat

Setting Up Crowd Control Effects

If you want to control groups of enemies and keep yourself alive during chaotic skirmishes, the Enchantments Plus Mod provides several powerful status-based sword enhancements. Depending on your preferred strategy, you can configure your blade to manipulate enemy movement or restore your health mid-fight.

To knock back or disrupt enemies, you can apply Levitation to make targets float for a few seconds when hit, or use Frostbite to inflict Slowness on impact. Alternatively, Toxic Strike will poison your target on hit. Note that Fire Aspect, Toxic Strike, Frostbite, and Levitation are incompatible with each other, so you must select only one of these status-altering effects for your weapon.

Surviving Tough Fights With Life Steal and Payback

For aggressive players looking to outlast their foes, Life Steal (available up to 3 levels) returns a portion of the damage you deal directly back to you as health. If you prefer a high-risk, high-reward playstyle, Payback (also up to 3 levels) causes you to deal more damage when you are low on health. Be aware that Life Steal and Payback are incompatible with one another, meaning you cannot place both on the same sword.

Finally, if you want a chance to call down environmental hazards, you can seek out Thunder Lord, a very rare enchantment that gives your sword a chance to summon a lightning bolt to strike your target.