It increases damage reduction in increments of 4% with 16% in Protection IV. It goes without saying that Protection is the best enchantment overall for armor. After all, the sword is a close-range weapon. Knockback can be pretty useful against Creepers, for example, but it may rob you of precious loot if you happen to knock enemies off cliffs or into lava.Р”Р„nd Fire Aspect, while helpful in PVP, has the potential to get you on fire as well as the enemy. These are honorable mentions because, depending on your playstyle, these two can cause more trouble than what theyРІР‚в„ўre worth. РІР‚вЂњ Honorable Mentions: Fire Aspect and Knockback. Mending repairs items you have by using experience. And of course, one of the most precious and rare enchantments of this list is so helpful that youРІР‚в„ўll probably want to add to every single enchanted item you own. РІР‚вЂњ Unbreaking III increases the durability of your enchanted sword, making it a very obvious choice if you want to extend the life of your sword. Of course, level three enchantment is the best, dealing a 75% damage bonus.

It increases the damage dealt to mobs by each hit from a sweep attack. It also increases the number of items dropped, making it essential for you to have Looting III to obtain rare endgame items and resources. Looting, as its name implies, increases the rate at which rare items drop.

So, once you have enough XP and diamonds to spare, you can have two swords with the same loadout, except one is going to have Sharpness V and the other Smite V. These two are mutually exclusive, however. The difference is that Smite only affects undead mobs, such as zombies, skeletons, strays, and the like, whereas Sharpness affects all mobs but is less effective. Both Sharpness and Smite significantly increase the damage input of your sword.

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