[Trekkie]

(07-06-2019, 04:16 AM)bobasaursquared Wrote: channeling works by basically throwing your trident. then you get flung like a 100 or so blicks in that direction (depending on the level of channeling)

That is Riptide enchantment that does the flinging. Channeling summons lightning at the spot the trident hit a mob. Can only happen during a thunderstorm (not regular rain storm), and the mob has to be open to sky and not in water for channeling to work as well.

https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Channeling