Knockback

"Push" redirects here. For the PvP mode, see Push (PvP).

Knockback

Effect type

Control effect

Stacking

No

Knockback, also known as Push, is a disable control effect that interrupts affected targets, briefly disables them, and moves them away from the effect's source. Unlike launch, knockback will not move downed players, and will not throw enemies over low obstacles. While many of these abilities do not list any Defiance Break in their tooltip, most sources of Knockback do 150 damage to Defiance bars.

Related skills

Weapon skills that cause knockback

•   Jurisdiction — Pistol
•   Shield of Absorption — Shield
•   Ring of Warding — Hammer
•   Line of Warding — Staff
•   Symbol of Luminance — Spear
•   Deflecting Shot — Longbow
•   Surge of the Mists — Staff
•   Rift Containment — Spear
•   Reckoning Blast — Trident
•   Staggering Blow — Hammer
•   Rifle Butt — Rifle
•   Spear Swipe — Spear
•   Repeating Shot — Harpoon gun
•   Magnetic Inversion — Shield
•   Counterattack Kick — Greatsword
•   Point-Blank Shot — Longbow
•   Gust — Staff, when attuned to air
•   Unsteady Ground — Staff, when attuned to earth
•   Tidal Surge — Warhorn, when attuned to water
•   Illusionary Wave — Greatsword

Bundle skills that cause knockback

•   Plank Spin — Wooden Plank, Plank (level 10 consumable), Pirate's Peg Leg, Pirate's Peg Leg (bundle), Plank (Tactician Megill), Splintered Gate Piece
•   Air Blast — Flamethrower

Transform skills that cause knockback

•   Kick — Rampage
•   Debris Tornado — Tornado

Utility skills that cause knockback

•   Sanctuary — Consecration
•   Kick — Physical
•   Force Signet — Signet
•   Glyph of the Tides — Glyph
•   Shadow Gust — Cantrip
•   Psychic Force — Psionic

Elite skills that cause knockback

•   Heaven's Palm — Physical
•   Crashing Waves

Profession mechanic skills that cause knockback

•   Tail Lash
•   Shoot Rifle — Stolen skill
•   Use Trident — Stolen skill

Pet skills that cause knockback

•   Bloodthirsty Charge — Juvenile Wallow
•   Tail Lash — Devourer

Downed skills that cause knockback

•   Wave of Light

Drowning skills that cause knockback

•   Cheap Shot

Racial skills that cause knockback

•   Rocket Spray — Charrzooka
•   Dash — Become the Snow Leopard
•   Heavy Swipe — Become the Bear
•   Wind Blast — Become the Raven

Common skills that cause knockback

•   Air Blast — Solvent Sprayer
•   Air Blast — Rocket Reflector
•   Air Blast — Rocket Reflector
•   Air Blast — Rocket Reflector
•   Air Blast — Rocket Reflector
•   Air Blast — Rocket Reflector
•   Air Blast — Flamethrower (bundle)
•   Antiair Bolt — Ballista
•   Assisted Leap
•   Coagulation Blast — Essence Coagulator
•   Dragon Blast — Dragon Banner
•   Explosive Smash — Unstable Gifts
•   Fire Cannon — Hand Cannon, Seraph Cannon
•   Fire Exploding Shells — Mortar (siege weapon), Pact Mortar
•   Fire Explosive Shells — Mortar (siege weapon)
•   Fire Impact Shells — Mortar (siege weapon)
•   Fire Lightweight Shells — Mortar (siege weapon)
•   Fire Spin — Power Suit (Dragon Response Mission)
•   Force Ball — Shield Generator
•   Force Ball — Shield Generator
•   Force Ball — Shield Generator
•   Force Ball — Shield Generator
•   Frost Spin — Power Suit (Dragon Response Mission)
•   Ghostbore Bash — Ghostbore Musket (weapon)
•   Gravity Pulse — Mine Detector
•   Hammer Smash — Cultist Hammer
•   Heavy Weight — Enchanted Armor
•   Antiair Bolt — Ballista
•   Kick
•   Leap
•   Magnetic Discharge — Magneton Hammer
•   Maul — Minotaur Form
•   Punch
•   Push
•   Ram's Advance
•   Rifle Bash — Multipurpose Extraction Rifle
•   Rifle Butt — Cruelty-free Rifle
•   Rifle Butt — Essence Coagulator
•   Rifle Butt — Sulfurthrower
•   Rifle Butt — Toy Cap Rifle
•   Ripple Shot — Shadow Cannon
•   Rocket Jump/Parachute 2.0
•   Rocket Jump/Parachute
•   Rummage...? — Abandoned Ramen Cart
•   Seal Breaker — Cultist Hammer
•   Shocking Blast — Ghost Collector
•   Shoot Rifle — Bombardment Target Marker, Dredge Rifle, Rifle (bundle)
•   Siege Blast — Mecha Siege Devourer
•   Siege Blast — Mechanical Devourer Suit
•   Smack
•   Smash — Metal Detector
•   Spin — Ascalonian Hammer (bundle), Spectral Hammer (bundle)
•   Spread Shot — Vlast Avenger
•   Static Shove — Illusory Essence
•   Stock Bash — Skale Tamer
•   Swift Antiair Bolt — Ballista
•   Swing — Rusty Warhammer
•   Tail Whip — Jellyfish Battle Form
•   Throw Boulder — Boulder
•   Throw Unstable Bloodstone Fragment — Unstable Bloodstone Fragment
•   Tornado Strike
•   Toy Tosser — Toysmasher
•   Twilight Crash — Caladbolg
•   Whirling Assault — Siege Golem
•   Whirling Assault
•   Whirling Inferno — DERV (transformation)
•   Whirling Inferno — Rata Novus Golem (suit)
•   Whirling Inferno — Siege Golem

Related Traits

See also: Traits related to disable (Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.)

Trait skills that cause knockback

•   Lesser Shield of Absorption (Protective Reviver) — Create a dome around you that pushes foes back and absorbs projectiles. After a duration, it detonates, healing nearby allies.

Traits that improve knockback

• Dispelling Force (Spellbreaker) — Dazes, stuns, pulls, knockdowns, knockbacks, and launches remove boons.

See also

• Defiance bar
• Pull

Version history

Patch	Changes
May 11, 2021	(Wiki notes) The icon has been changed slightly.
December 15, 2015	Fixed a bug in which knockback distance could be reduced by a change in the target's movement speed.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Knockback has been added to the game.

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