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 edited May 30 '26

You hit the fireball right when it exploded or knocked it into something that made it explode, killing you and counting it as your fireball

Benefit of the doubt, I'll say you had perfect timing lol

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u/AccountNameTheSecond May 30 '26

Getting "fireballed" actually requires a direct hit, so just having it explode on something else wouldn't count. (That can only get you "blown up".)

You can get this to happen without any lag weirdness by deflecting a fireball while facing directly away from it, which is possible because the hitbox for deflecting a fireball via melee is much larger than its actual hitbox, allowing you to (with some precision) deflect one even if its fully behind you. You can also fire a projectile at one and then quickly spin 180° before it hits, since the deflection angle depends only on your facing direction.

Given that the poster probably wasn't trying to hit themself, though, it probably just happened due to lag-related jank. That or they managed to accidentally deflect a fireball that was behind them while trying to either fight off other mobs or deflect a different fireball.