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Sidearms is a mod that aims to add more flavor to combat by introducing various new items to occupy the offhand, as well as changing how shields work.

Shield Tweaks

Shields now have a short cooldown after blocking. Blocking with precise timing will reward you with a much shorter cooldown.

New Items

Cactus Shield

Deals 3 damage to an attacker upon blocking a melee attack, but has a slightly longer block cooldowns and perfect block window than the regular shield.

!Cactus shield in use

Golden Shield

Has no shield warmup (Starts blocking as soon as right click is held), but tighter perfect block window and moderately longer cooldowns compared to the regular shield.

!Golden shield in use

Reflector

Blocking allows you to reflect any incoming projectile, as well as small mobs (such as silverfish and vexes). Requires very precise block timing.

!Reflector in use, parrying an arrow !Reflector in use, parrying a splash potion

Diamond Shield

Has significantly more durability than a regular shield, perfect blocks yield no cooldown.

Sharpening Knife

Use with a sword, axe or mace in your other hand to sharpen the weapon, giving the weapon +1 damage in its next attack (up to 5 stacks/+5 damage).

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  "item": "minecraft:shield",
  "perfect_window": 20,
  "perfect_cooldown": 10,
  "normal_cooldown": 60
}