Sometimes it is impossible to hit mobs when you are in range. It just doesnt deal damage to them, but it deals damage to the tool.
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Confirmed and please fix this is really annoying!
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Thank you for finding the duplicate, Tails.
And please, in the future, do use the search function to check if the bug wasn't posted before, Marius.
Duplicate of MC-2713