Masher Grip

#Overview

Masher Grip makes hits push enemies farther. Each level adds 0.25 knockback, so the knockback multiplier goes from ×1.25 at level 1 to ×2.25 at level 5. It only affects hits that already have knockback. Heavy enemies resist the push, and some cannot be moved at all.

It is the catalyst for Taproot Eruption (from Root Spikes), Mash Avalanche (from Mash Snowball) and Tater Minigun (from Locked Gatling). At level 5 it also evolves Heavy Russet into Meteor Russet.

#How it works

The push from a hit is the hit's knockback × Tibo's knockback multiplier × (1 − the enemy's mass) × 70.^[1] Hits with no knockback push nothing, and enemies with mass 1 or more are never pushed. Mass is on each enemy's page: most small pests have 0, Mud Golem has 0.8 and Hay Bale has 1.

Masher Grip is the only source of the knockback stat.

#Tips

• Knockback is defensive: pests pushed away take longer to reach Tibo. The effect is largest on light pests, which have little or no mass.
• Meteor Russet's crater hit carries knockback 1.2, so Masher Grip also pushes pests away from where a meteor lands.^[2]

#Levels

Totals are added to Tibo's stat sum. How each stat turns into a multiplier (caps and diminishing returns) is on Stats.

#Catalyst for

Result	Also needs
Taproot Eruption	Root Spikes at max level
Mash Avalanche	Mash Snowball at max level
Tater Minigun	Locked Gatling at max level
Meteor Russet	Heavy Russet

#Names in other languages

Verified: the name the game shows when another language is selected in Settings, from its translation files.^[3] See Languages.

#Data

{
  "id": "masher-grip",
  "stat": "knockback",
  "perLevel": 0.25,
  "maxLevel": 5,
  "weight": 75
}