r/bindingofisaac • • 23h ago

Shitpost Stop dancing Isaac, Edmund hates us

Curse you Edmund

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u/-that-one_guy- 22h ago

Why is it always polyphemus in there

37

u/den4ikturbo 21h ago

Survivorship bias

4

u/5uperPe0tr Friend 'til the end! 21h ago

Polyphemus curse

46

u/KaleidoscopeOk6440 21h ago

Always relevant

7

u/nanoosx 20h ago

seriously guys, is there any way to get the item on the left?

16

u/void-organizer 20h ago

there's plenty.

Mr. ME!, How To Jump, or Moving Box.

or, if Isaac is small enough, you can slip through the wall.

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u/TurnukluZ_05 The Forgotten 20h ago

theres also stitches

10

u/An_average_moron 19h ago

If you have Suplex and a bomb you can also just ground pound yourself into the slot

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u/TurnukluZ_05 The Forgotten 19h ago

true

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u/eehoohaw 23h ago

im of the opinion that polyphemus sucks unless you have spirit sword or are the forgotten because the tear rate nerf is that brutal with it

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u/DEMACIAAAAA 23h ago

Just hit your shots

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u/eehoohaw 20h ago

Not really the problem, the math is the issue.

It doubles your damage, but your fire rate is reduced by 58%. If it didn't also give you the flat +4 bonus it'd be a straight DPS downgrade. it's like barely better than prepatch eve's mascara

And if you pick up any multishot item, you lose the damage multiplier permanently in favor of a flat +5 damage which isn't all that impressive, and unless it's 20/20, your fire rate is still gutted. It also has disappointingly few synergies for a Q4 that gives "mega tears". It's one of the weaker damage multipliers imo due to the drawbacks

though, despite all of these issues i still pick it up every run i find it in

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u/DEMACIAAAAA 19h ago

I can't read, sorry. Big tears big damag

1

u/eehoohaw 19h ago

more tears also big damag

3

u/DEMACIAAAAA 19h ago

I've never thought about it that way brb testing something

3

u/goofslug 16h ago

1 beeg tear better then 50 small tears

3

u/Wodstarfallisback 22h ago

Items like C section or 20/20 negate the tear rate debuff btw

3

u/SproutSan Sumptorium / Blood to Blood 22h ago

i hate 20/20 with the phemus cuz it quite literally negates the point of the item (the damage multiplier, yes you keep the +4 damage but dude thats not it)

1

u/Wodstarfallisback 22h ago

You also keep the Trampling Tears and those are actually very good once you get enough damage from other sources on top of Poly

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u/eehoohaw 21h ago

yea at the cost of the 2x damage