When riding a strider, you can ride into a lava column to ascend. After moving out of the lava column, the strider starts to fall. When you then switch away from the warped fungi on a stick, the downwards velocity of the strider completely stops. Switching back to the warped fungi on a stick will also have this effect. This means you can essentially hover while riding the strider.
What I expected to happen was:
After riding out of the lava column/off a cliif, the strider would fall as normal.
What actually happened was:
The strider stopped falling when I switched to and from the warped fungus on a stick.
Steps to reproduce:
Spawn a strider on a block high in the air
Saddle the strider and use a warped fungus on a stick to ride off the block
Switch to an empty hand
The strider's downwards velocity will be set to 0
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Can confirm this. When you switch off the stick the velocity does go to 0, but only for a moment. Switching between the stick and anything else really fast while falling slows the fall as the velocity is reset each time the switch is made.