Steps to reproduce
Create a creative flat world.
/setblock 0 13 0 stone
/tp @s 0 14 0
/give @s bow
/give @s arrow
/summon witch 10 4 10
/gamemode s
Shoot the witch with the bow & arrow.
Expected result
The witch throws potions at you.
Actual result
The witch throws potions at your X, Z location, but only gets them 5 blocks up from the ground.
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Is this still an issue in the latest version? And if so, can you please add it to the affected versions?
Still an issue in 1.16.220. Load
[media]and shoot the witch again to confirm. (For some reason the witch forgets it was targeting the player when you reload the world. Maybe another bug?)
Behavior still occurs, but I now understand this behavior has some technical uses such as automatic killing in certain mob farms and curing zombie villagers. Witches can be deliberately set up to miss a snow golem or iron golem and the splash potions allowed to hit another mob or redirected by water. I therefore recommend a Won't Fix or Works As Intended resolution.
When a witch's X, Z offset from the player is < 5 or so blocks, the aim is even worse. Obviously this is due to a very low limit to the angle of the throwing.
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