Drowned that throw tridents do not aim lower to hit swimming or crawling players, meaning that they'll often miss if the player is in swimming mode or goes under a slab.
To reproduce:
Use the following command to summon a drowned carrying a trident:
/summon minecraft:drowned ~ ~1 ~ {equipment: {mainhand: {count: 1, id: "minecraft:trident"}, head: {count: 1, id: "minecraft:netherite_helmet"}}}
Place a slab meant to get the player into crawling mode, then go into survival.
When enabling crawling mode, notice that the drowned will rarely hit you.
Can confirm:
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