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Nerf Drowneds with Tridents

Drowneds with tridents are too powerful, and in my opinion, they should be nerfed. I want them to be nerfed because they deal about 4 hearts of damage, and can 3 shot players without armor. They are rare, but if one does spawn during ocean travel, and you don’t have armor, then it’s easy to die. I want them to spawn extremely rarely to lessen the dangers of dying super quickly.
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    Then how else are we supposed to get tridents?

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    They shouldn't spawn less. They should just do less damage. We still need tridents.

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    Perhaps the best nerf would be to make them attack slower. Also, they are NOT that rare.

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    They definitely need their attack power nerfed, they are not rare and spawn frequently. I've died so many times even in Normal-mode survival and it's very frustrating and discouraging that you're not even safe in a boat.

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    The thrown tridents possess excessive range and accuracy. In practice, these projectiles maintain effective engagement distances that exceed reasonable expectations for an underwater mob, combined with a hit probability that remains high even under player movement. When factored against the trident’s solid base damage, a relatively short cooldown between throws, and the Drowned’s non-trivial spawn frequency in ocean and river, the cumulative threat level becomes excessive. Players traversing open water—whether in boats or while swimming—face a near-constant risk of lethal hits without adequate counterplay options.