Bomb Jump
Bomb jumping is the act of using a bomb or similar explosive to propel oneself to great heights or across large distances quickly. It is a risky venture, since explosives can be dangerously volatile. Knights often use bomb jumps to bypass the opposing team's defenses.
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Dangers
Bombs are dangerous to handle, which means that using them to bomb jump requires skill. If not executed in a correct manner, a player can damage nearby entities, including structures, allies and enemies. The launch executed by the bomb jump is also dangerous itself, as a player could easily sustain damage while landing. Falling extreme distances or landing on spikes may kill the player.
Other Classes
Because other classes have the ability to pick up bombs, they too can perform bomb jumps, though it usually results in their own death or massive loss of health
How-to
There are at least 3 distinct techniques for bomb jumping.
Shield-Glide
The shield glide technique is generally the most common form of bomb jumping.
- When holding a bomb, stand close to a drop of at least 3 blocks.
- When the bombs timer reaches ~20, jump off the drop while holding your shield upright, performing a shield-glide.
- The bomb will explode, launching the knight across the map in the direction he/she jumped.
Shield glide bomb jumps are useful for traveling large distances, though they can incur stun and even damage.
Side Bomb Jump
To execute a side bomb jump you must:
- Light a bomb (a drop is not needed for this technique).
- Wait till the timer reaches ~10, and jump in the air, facing the direction opposite to where you want to go.
- Press C to throw the bomb just as it reaches ~5 while shielding it.
- The bomb will explode, launching the player in the opposite direction to which he threw the bomb.
Side Bomb Jumps are often used to get over large spike pits/valleys, but are not helpful for going over towers.
Ground Bomb Jump
Ground bomb jumps are used to get high of the ground, but not receive the stun/loss of health of a Shield-glide bomb jump.
- Throw a lit bomb on the ground in front of you.
- As the timer reaches ~15, jump in the air and shield to the ground.
- The bombs explosion will launch the player high into the air.
This technique allows players to jump onto/inside enemy structures.
Keg Jump
A variation of the Side or Ground bomb jump, that follows the same principles, except using a keg. As kegs are only available on Gold servers, the amount of people that have performed it is lessened. However, it can provide much further distance, and allows the player to, after Keg jumping, have three bombs in his/her inventory, letting them do more damage to the enemy.
Other Techniques
Several other techniques for bomb jumping have been devised, such as the:
- Double bomb jump
- Bomb Jump
- Triple Bomb Jump
