Minecraft wiki entry for Defeating_a_bastion_remnant, associated text: If you have already gathered Blaze Rods and Nether Wart from a Nether Fortress, splash potions can prove effective against piglin brutes, especially if you encounter a group of them. Slowness can slow down their fast movement speed, poison can allow you to gradually drain their health while staying at a safe distance (it also damages them without angering other piglins), and weakness can help reduce their massive attack damage, which also reduces the armor reduction that their heavy hits cause. If you're in a pinch and need to make a quick escape, a level 2 Turtle Master potion slows down movement speed to 10% of normal speed, but will also make the piglin brutes take 80% less damage. You can also use a potion of Harming; however, unlike poison, harming potions will anger nearby piglins.