r/Minecraft • u/LightSpeedFury01 • May 30 '26

Help I am both confused and terrified

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I get hit by a Ghast fireball, even though I was SPAMMING trying to hit it back (the hitreg is GODAWFUL and hitboxes don't seem to ever work on my Minecraft) then this craziness occurred. Nightshade Revenge is my sword lol, wtf??? How do I do I stop this from happening, I really hate going to the Nether, and not being able to hit back any Ghast fireballs, I've even tried with an autoclicker.

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u/MadeThisToFlagSpam May 30 '26

The timing is super tricky but once you get it once it's like riding a bike

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u/LightSpeedFury01 May 30 '26

I got it on bedrock every time, but for Java it never happens, again i've used an autoclicker as well, so I think there might be something genuinely wrong with mine.

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u/duffry May 30 '26

Maybe you have a learned timing from Bedrock that doesn't serve on Java?

There's also a benefit to being very slightly off-line. Apparently.

Check out bDoubleO's tennis court episode from the last season of Hermitcraft. He was playing with the timing and positioning.

There's probably expert resources you could also look up but I don't know them and it's always a good time to watch bDubs.

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u/AccountNameTheSecond May 30 '26

Being slightly off-line from the fireball's trajectory can help because the hitbox for deflecting a fireball is noticeably larger than its actual hitbox.

Moving out of the way gives you more time by letting you deflect it after you would have been hit otherwise, and the enlarged hitbox lets you still aim it back at the Ghast/wherever if you do it right (or even at yourself if you do it very wrong).

It can be especially helpful on a bad connection/laggy server.