Drowned attacked me with a trident, so obviously I put up my shield to defend myself from it. One would expect the shield to hit me and then deflect, or (if I didn’t put my shield up on time), hit me once and then bounce off of me.
Unfortunately, instead, the trident kept spam-attacking me, destroying the durability on my shield and killing me. When I went to retrieve my items, the drowned shot me again (I had no shield this time), and the same happened. Instead of bouncing off of me, it kept barraging me with attacks and killing me again.
Environment
Initially this happened in a wide open ocean, underwater, not a confined space.
Then, I recreated it in a confined underwater space in Creative mode and the bug happens there as well.
I also recreated it in creative mode again but this time let the drowned hit me while I was above water and the same happened.
So it doesn't matter whether you are underwater or not the trident will continue bashing at you.
I'm unsure if I had a wall behind me when it first happened, but when I recreated it in creative mode I had a wall behind me in both instances.
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