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| 1.8 | Pre-release | Added blocking, which at the time could be activated by using a sword. Also, blocking negated only 50% of incoming damage, rather than 100%. |
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| Pre-release 2 ;) | Blocking now correctly deals damage in multiplayer. |
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| Java Edition |
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| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease | Blocking now moves the player's hand, unlike previous versions, in which blocking moved just the sword.
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| The player no longer rises faster underwater when blocking. |
| Blocking no longer decreases fall damage. Blocking previously allowed the player to fall 42 blocks without dying, instead of 22. |
| 1.8 | 14w30a | Third person blocking position tweaked. |
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| Blocking while mining was made impossible. |
| Blocking immediately after attacking no longer continues the swing animation. |
| 1.9 | 15w33c | The blocking functionality of swords was removed and is replaced with the functionality of shields. |
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| 15w34c | When an attack is blocked by a shield, the attacker is knocked back.
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| Being attacked with an axe may disable the shield for 5 seconds. |
| 15w37a | Cooldown reduced from 0.5 seco
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