"Shooting" Particles to another entity.

The title may be a bit confused, I honestly can't find a better title but hopefully it'll do..

So I want to kind of "shoot" particles from the player to all nearby entities and damaging them, I know I could shoot an arrow and spawn particles on its location but is there a more efficient way of doing it ? For example without spawning the arrow ?

This is my code.

Code:

public static Inspiration getInstance() {
        return instance;
    }
    public double r = 0.5;
    public int inc = 1;
   
    public void onEnable() {
        Bukkit.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(this,this);
        instance = this;
    }
    @EventHandler
    public void blank(PlayerToggleSneakEvent event){
            final Player player = event.getPlayer();
            new BukkitRunnable(){
                double t = 2*Math.PI;
                    public void run(){
                        Location loc = player.getLocation();
                        t = t + Math.PI/8;
                        for(double phi = 0; phi <= 2*Math.PI; phi = phi + Math.PI/16) {
                            double x = 2*Math.cos(phi) * r;
                            double y = t*Math.exp(t) * Math.sin(t);
                            double z = 2*Math.sin(phi) * r;
                            loc.add(x,y,z);
                            ParticleEffect.FLAME.display(0, 0, 0,0,5,loc,10);
                            loc.subtract(x,y,z);
                        }
                                double y2 = 0.1;
                                player.teleport(player.getLocation().add(0,y2,0));
                            if (t > 30){
                                    this.cancel();
                                    player.sendMessage("stopped");
                                    double radius = 3D;
                                    List<Entity> near = player.getLocation().getWorld().getEntities();
                                    for(Entity e : near) {
                                        if(e.getLocation().distance(player.getLocation()) <= radius) {
                                            double x2 = e.getLocation().getX();
                                            double y21 = e.getLocation().getY();
                                            double z2 = e.getLocation().getZ();
                                        }
                                    }
                            }
                    }
                                          
            }.runTaskTimer(Inspiration.getInstance(), 1, 1);
    }

 

@q8minecraft
Actually the arrow is probably the most efficient way to do it

 

@Scimiguy
Hmm.. Alright, I'll try it, thanks!

The only problem is that I've seen a video on it a while ago and wanted to shoot that beam, and I didn't notice an arrow being spawned.


And I have another problem, is there any other way or teleporting the player without affecting their movements? Because teleport(); kinda screws up moving my head

 

@q8minecraft
As far as I'm personally aware, the look location is handled by the client.
I may be wrong though -- try playing with the pitch/yaw of the player on teleport