The Warden is terribly nerfed

The warden's sonic boom in 22w17a was nerfed from 30 damage to 10 , which said it could ignore shields and armor which is fine. But for some reason protection blocks it from doing the 10 damage to 1-2 hearts,  eating food regenerates fast, so building up and shooting the warden and taking 1-2 hearts from the sonic boom attack. You could defeat the warden wearing any armor with protection  4 and a bow with food. 

there were bug reports about this issue. But they said it was intentional 

either make the warden's sonic boom stronger or make it bypass protection 4 or make projectile protection blocks that damage