Release date
August 15, 2019
Compilation date
August 13, 2019
Combat Test 2 is the second experimental version of a future combat update.[ 1] Although it is a version for a future major release, this combat experiment is a fork of 1.14.4 . This version was released only on Reddit , so it does not appear in the launcher or in any Minecraft.net blog post.
Gameplay
Combat
Attacking while crouching will now disable the shield during the attack.
Shield is re-enabled after the weapon has reached 200% charge.
Removed auto-attacking by holding the attack button.[ note 2]
Weapon reach is always active and increased by half a block during a special attack.
HUD
The hotbar attack indicator now only appears after the attack is 100% recharged, showing the progress of reaching 200% charge instead.
Items
Shields
Will now protect against critical attacks again.
Swords
Decreased the attack speed of all swords to 2.5.
Tridents
From the previous development version
Weapon cooldowns now no longer apply to players in Creative mode.
Fixed scale of the hotbar attack indicator.
This version is not supported on the bug tracker , and as such issues relating to this version will not be fixed.
↑ Unzip this file in the .minecraft /versions folder.
↑ Hold to auto-attack will always be enabled for controller and touch controls.