Hook kick

hook kick is a melee item in item asylum. It allows the user to sprint and perform a sweeping kick to attack. 
== Functionality ==
hook kick has no appearance while equipped. If the user's walkspeed is greater than or equal to 26 while hook kick is equipped, their walking animation is changed to a sprint. 
Upon use, the user is granted +12 walkspeed, they are locked of their inventory, and they loudly emit the Payday 2 Cloaker charging sound effect. After 1 second, the user is able to kick, indicated by text appearing at the bottom of the screen reading "Click to Kick!". Activating the item again at this point will cause the user to immediately end the charge by performing a forward-sweeping kick that strikes enemies ahead of the user in a 6×6×6 stud hitbox. The kick deals 35 damage if used on the ground or 45 damage if used in the air. Kicked enemies are inflicted with ragdoll and strong knockback away from the user.
The user can charge for a total of 5 seconds before the item goes on cooldown. Regardless of whether the user chooses to kick or charges for the full 5 seconds, hook kick removes its temporary walkspeed bonus and item lockout, then goes on a 3 second cooldown after use.
== Tips ==
* hook kick, aside from its obvious use to attack players, can be used as a short-lived form of mobility. It is worse as a gap closer due to the 3.5 second cooldown after each use.
* hook kick is extremely loud and obvious when in use. Try to attack targets that aren't paying full attention, or have no knockback/ragdoll counter item to stop a charge.
* Due to hook kick's moderate damage and long use time, it is best to use this item as a finisher on weak players or those who can be knocked into map hazards.
* The item's knockback direction is dependent on the angle between the user and victim. As such, using hook kick in the air often results in the victim's knockback being angled towards the ground, significantly limiting the distance travelled by the victim. Keep this in mind when attempting to gain kills via environmental hazards.
== Gallery ==
Hook kick runnin.gif|Running.
Hook kick kicking.gif|Kicking.
Hook kick to dummy.gif|Ditto, hitting an enemy.
Click to Kick!.jpg|Text that appears after 1 second of charging.
Hook Kick Hitbox (Updated).png|hook kick's hitbox.
IM COME YOU.gif|Bugged hook kick's running animation. It appears when your walkspeed is less than 14.
=== Origin ===
Cloaker-kick.gif|Cloaker preforming a hook kick in Payday 2
== Audio ==
Sound 	Sound
Use 	
Hit 	
Mid-air hit	
== Trivia ==
* This item is a reference to the Cloaker in Payday 2. The Cloaker is an enemy that stealthily enters the map before charging at one of the heisters, attempting to land a deadly kick that will instantly knock them down if successful. 
** Many of the Cloaker's taunts break the fourth wall. These quotes are referenced in the item's description.
* If the user uses fire force, then hook kick will permanently keep its running animation while equipped. This is because hook kick will use the running animation whenever the players speed is 26, the amount of speed hook kick will give if no speed buffing item (10 hour burst, skeleton juice, fire force, cassiebucks, etc.) is in effect.
** Due to this, if the player's walkspeed is less than 14 and they use hook kick, the player's walking animation won't change to hook kick's running animation. This is only possible to see in a public server by getting dataminer's speed debuff.
* If hook kick is borrowed in the middle of a charge, the player who had hook kick will keep the walkspeed buff permanently, as the walkspeed buff is only removed when the player kicks or you do not use the kick in a timely manner.
* This item is blacklisted in BOSS/JGN, and ZS, this is most likely because the player can use the speed boost granted by hook kick to outrun the Juggernaut/Zombies.
* The hook kick running animation uses the old IA running animation when you reach 20+ speed.
== Changes ==
* v1.5.6 
** v1.5.5 changes reverted.
* v1.5.5 
** Grants 65 speed while charging.
** Audio is greatly distorted.
** Has no cooldown.
* v1.2.2 
** v1.2.1 changes reverted.
* v1.2.1
** Speed increased to +50.
** Damage reduced to 2, 3 on critical hit.
** The text below says "CLICK".
* Unknown updates
** Increased speed boost from +10 to +12.
** Removed bossraid synergy.
*** Synergy altered the kick trail effect, causing it to linger in the air and float upwards, gradually changing in color from white to black. Synergy was purely cosmetic.
* v0.8.0 
** Fixed the drastically shortened range.
* v0.7.0
** hook kick's kicking range was unintentionally nerfed to be extremely short.
* v0.1.0
** Changed tooltip from "the safe word is "police brutality"" to "i got your dlc right here".
* Added prior to v0.1.0.
Category:Items
Category:Melee Items
Category:Based on media
Category:Inflicts ragdoll
Category:Increases walkspeed
Category:Inflicts knockback
Category:Blacklisted in boss
Category:Blacklisted in GG