Bounce Coating

Bounce Coating is an item that imbues melee weapons with a boosted knockback effect. When applied to a qualifying melee weapon, the item increases the force with which struck enemies are pushed away, enhancing the weapon’s ability to repel foes on contact. The effect is explicitly tied to melee weapons and increases their repulsion or knockback strength compared with the weapon’s baseline behavior.

Bounce Coating is useful wherever stronger displacement of enemies is desirable. Because it modifies knockback rather than damage, its primary purpose is to change enemy positioning and control engagement distance after a hit. The item’s wording across multiple localizations consistently describes it as increasing or amplifying the repulsion/knockback effect of melee strikes.

• Applies to melee weapons only: the effect targets close-combat weapons rather than ranged attacks or non-weapon equipment.
• Increases knockback/repulsion: successful melee hits push enemies away more strongly than normal.
• Changes tactical role rather than raw damage: the item alters how enemies move after being hit, affecting spacing, crowd control, and follow-up opportunities without being described as directly increasing damage.

Practical considerations when using Bounce Coating can be inferred from its effect. Players who rely on controlling space—keeping aggressive enemies at bay, interrupting charge attacks, or creating breathing room to reposition—will find increased knockback valuable. It pairs naturally with weapons and playstyles that benefit from pushing enemies away on hit or from creating stagger windows for follow-up actions. Because the effect is centered on knockback rather than damage, players should treat Bounce Coating as a utility enhancement that changes encounter flow rather than as a primary means of increasing kill speed.

The item’s description is consistent across languages, all conveying the same core function: enhancing the pushback produced by melee weapon strikes. Specific numerical values, duration, stacking behavior, or interaction rules are not provided in the available descriptions and should be checked in-game for exact mechanics.