Fish Hook

The Fish Hook is a trinket in the Barbed set that converts any knockback your cat generates into bonus damage equal to the knockback distance. Rather than pushing an enemy back X tiles, it deals X extra damage on top of the hit. On its own this adds modest chip; paired with knockback-heavy abilities it becomes a meaningful multiplier.

The Tank class gets the most out of it. Batter Up generates 10 knockback, which converts directly to 10 bonus damage at 5 mana. Home Run increases knockback values, scaling Fish Hook's damage further. Even Nudge, which generates minimal knockback at 0 mana per turn, converts that small push into free chip damage. The effect applies to any knockback source — abilities, items, mutations — so any build that regularly generates pushback should evaluate this trinket seriously.