In the current combat snapshot (8c), it seems that all attacks grant one more iframe than intended, or weapons reactive one frame sooner than intended.
In previous versions, it is possible to hit a mob once while jumping and then again while falling. This second attack is triggered while falling, and therefore is a crit, dealing more damage. This 'late crit' is only possible because the mob has iframes while being attacked. All of this is intended behavior.
While difficult to replicate in the snapshot, it is possible to hit a mob with a normal attack, and then hit it with a critical attack at the very moment the player can attack again. If the attack is not frame perfect, then the target will take critical damage as normal. If it is frame perfect, this creates the 'late crit' that was possible in 1.8.
Because I was able to kill an iron golem with this, it is likely not just a visual bug.
Because of the nature of weapon cooldowns, these high-skill attacks actually end up hurting the player who pulls them off, so it is probably worth fixing (unless the root of the problem is more involved than an off-by-one error). I have tried to hold down the attack button after landing a 'late crit' to see if this is accurate, but I haven't been able to pull this off.
If you wish to turn this into a feature, it probably should not consume the weapon's cooldown.
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Hey there!
This report is invalid as you are using an outdated using of Minecraft. Just to inform you, the bug tracker only handles issues relating the latest snapshots or versions of the game. If the issue persists using the latest version, feel free to make a new report.
@Avoma While I did include version details from previous versions for context about how I came to the conclusion about the missing iframe, the bug is in combat snapshot 8c, the most recent combat snapshot available. More info here.
@MMK21 While trying to submit the bug at the feedback site for the combat snapshot I discovered that bugs should be directed here at Jira. Is this correct? If not, where do I submit bugs for the combat snapshot?
You seem to be running an unsupported version of Minecraft. Bug reports for experemental versions are not accepted.