All the touch controls are unable to hit the air visually. Only the sound will be produced. When an entity is in crosshair range the arm will visually move (as seen with the husk). Again, this happens with all the touch controls.
(Video quality is intentionally bad to get it exported here)
How to Reproduce This Bug:
Hit the air
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