Talk:Crashfish/@comment-27069434-20180212070915/@comment-30572652-20180830163936

Thanks for posting this! I can confirm this is by far the best strategy I've found for dealing with them, and would recommend updating the article to reflect this: once they're launched, the best way to escape damage is to head toward the enraged meatball, not away from it. It will always overshoot and you'll take little or no damage as long as you can keep moving in a straight line. You don't even need to be all that careful about sidestepping it; I've had one ricochet off my face and explode harmlessly a few meters away (I'll have to see if I can post the video of that one, it was hilarious).

If you're caught by surprise and don't know which way to head, your best bet is to try and make a hard turn around some obstacle or into a side cave--ideally a full U-turn but anything over 90 degrees will give you a decent chance of ditching the suicidal bastard. It's much faster than you are, but it steers like a cow.