[MC-101374] Endermen won't teleport/dodge melee attacks if the player isn't aiming at their head

The bug

Due to MC-87907 being fixed, an unintended side effect has been caused where endermen will not dodge the player's melee attacks if they are aiming at somewhere other than their head. They ~~appear to "lag" in place~~ (MC-101700) and fail to teleport, and effectively stay in the same spot. Since the dodging is caused by "looking" at the endermen while they are aggroed while close to the player, changing the "look" area also changes the area that triggers their dodging.

Previously they would dodge if you were attacking their torso.

How to reproduce

Spawn an endermen
Punch its torso area; notice how he ~~"attempts" to teleport~~ (MC-101700) fails to teleport and stays in the same spot.
Punch its head, it will teleport and dodge the attack.

Linked issues

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MC-185684 Enderman can teleport when hit in cases where they previously would not teleport Resolved

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Comments 28

Niknokinater 2016-06-17T17:51:35Z

You're absolutely right. Well played.

Jon1337 2018-05-10T23:22:27Z

Confirmed in 18w19b

Sam Rookstool 2018-05-11T20:38:17Z

Can also confirm for 18w19b

Jon1337 2018-05-31T20:13:39Z

Still in 18w22c

Jon1337 2018-07-05T15:37:14Z

Confirmed in 1.13-pre6

18 more comments

Jon1337 2018-07-27T16:25:34Z

Confirmed in 18w30b

Jon1337 2018-08-09T22:21:05Z

Still in 18w32a

Mac Rat 2019-04-26T11:04:35Z

Confirmed for 1.14

Mac Rat 2019-04-27T19:16:50Z

This bug is still in 1.14

Please update the report

Jeremy Currier 2019-04-27T21:09:14Z

As far as i know this has always been in the game. I've always aimed at endermen's legs to make sure they don't teleport away, since as far as i can remember there being endermen. I don't think this is a bug, but a useful feature that you can use to your advantage.

EDIT: Tested this in versions all the way back to 1.9. This feature has always been in the game. Endermen won't teleport if you hit them in the legs. Just how it is.

Mac Rat 2019-04-30T06:29:09Z

No it hasn't been. This bug appeared in the version that updated Enderman AI to use the same system as Zombies & Skeletons

Mac Rat 2019-04-30T06:30:12Z

Test it in ~~1.7.2~~ 14w05b to see for yourself

Uriel Salischiker 2019-04-30T16:55:39Z

Changed reporter to ~[mcrat] on request. Original reporter has not been active in more than a year
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mojira/comments/bj058m/update_mc101374_to_114/em4sptj/

Jon1337 2019-07-12T19:03:01Z

Still in 1.14.4-pre5

Jon1337 2020-04-08T16:46:37Z

Affects 20w15a

Mac Rat 2020-05-21T13:16:25Z

Fixed in 20w21

I'm guessing somehow as a result of fixes to MC-147516

Jon1337 2020-05-30T21:24:17Z

Can confirm. Fixed in 20w21a.

Mac Rat 2020-07-08T20:25:59Z

Confirmed in 20w28a

Reason being that this bug has been re-added into the game via false bug report MC-185684

SeanWasTaken 2020-07-09T18:02:49Z

Can confirm that this is a problem again in 20w28a

Tokes 2020-07-10T01:39:21Z

Not a false bug report, MC-185684 refers to situations where there is nowhere to teleport to within the enderman's 32 block max range. Specifically people building endermen farms with nowhere within range for them to escape to. Due to the bug their max range was changed in 1.16 to "infinite", at least height-wise.

Not sure why it's actually needed since you can just attack their bottom third to avoid them teleporting away (intended behavior).

I agree that attacking their middle third SHOULD cause them to teleport-dodge. Good to see bug reporters work to get the old intended enderman behaviors back (like "you have to STOP looking them in the face before they get triggered because it's a staring contest").