All About W-Tap in Minecraft

We are going to cover just how to W-Tap in Minecraft so you can gain any advantage of sprinting and it's knockback effects. This is super useful in playing games like Skywars or Bedwars where an edge of an Island is always really close.

But first you will need to understand a few things.......

What is a Knockback?

When attacking a mob or another player you may have noticed, as you hit them, they get pushed backwards. This is called a Knockback. Some attacks seem to push back more and some not at all. There is some RNG that happens so the length can change a little between attacks.

What is a W-Tap?

W-Tapping is the ability to attack whilst maintaining a sprint. It involves sprinting toward your foe, attacking them and then getting into a sprint again for the next attack. In doing this you can get close to giving the maximum amount of Knockback

The attack itself will knock you back to a walking pace. Because of this you will need to reset your sprint by releasing (W). From there you just have to start sprinting again.

Steps to W-Tap

Step 1 Start your Sprint

Sprinting in Minecraft can be acheived by using your (W) key.

Pressing it once makes you walk, but double tapping the (W) and holding it down makes you sprint.

Other keys you may use are the (left-ctrl)+(W) and some people assign their own keys which you can do from the games settings.

Step 2 Attack your Foe

At this stage you are about to Right Mouse Button (RMB) this guy, give him what for. So when you are running toward them you attack, let (W) go, then just tap (W) again before the next attack. This gets you running again for maximum knockback effects (well nearly).