knockback only working for y. X wont work for anything.

As far as i see t$$anonymous$$s should be working, the code is responsive and shows with knockback for y, but no matter what i put in there for x not$$anonymous$$ng happens. Ive tried just typing numbers, modifying the knockback in the inspector just increases the height of the knockback.

All knockback code is isolated in t$$anonymous$$s one script.

 float moveVelocity;
 public float knockback;
 public float knockbackLength;
 public float knockbackCount;
 public bool knockFromRight;

     void OnTriggerStay2D(Collider2D other)
     {
 if (knockbackCount <= 0){
             GetComponent<Rigidbody2D> ().velocity = new Vector2 (moveVelocity, GetComponent<Rigidbody2D> ().velocity.y);
     }
         else {
             if (knockFromRight){
                 GetComponent<Rigidbody2D> ().velocity = new Vector2 (-knockback, knockback);
             }
             if (!knockFromRight){
                 GetComponent<Rigidbody2D> ().velocity = new Vector2 (knockback, knockback);
             }
             knockbackCount -= Time.deltaTime;
         }}

                     void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
 {
     if (other.CompareTag ("doesdmg")) {
         knockbackCount = knockbackLength;

         if(other.transform.position.x > transform.position.x)
             knockFromRight = true;
         else
             knockFromRight = false;
     }
 }