User:Blcd/Tainted Lost

Tainted Lost is a character added in The Binding of Isaac: Repentance. It is the alternate version of. Tainted Lost is unlocked by reaching and using either the  or the  to access a special room in one of the walls while playing as The Lost.

Tainted Lost is just like The Lost but instead of, it starts with and does not start with the. Tainted Lost has flight and spectral tears, but no health and dies from any damage taken. Cards and Runes have a 10% chance of being turned into a Holy Card.

Item Quality Bonus
Tainted Lost has an additional mechanic which prevents unusable and low-quality items from spawning, such as items that only provide health increases (which The Lost is unable to use)

Categorization and quality are hidden values assigned to each item in the game. If an item that does not qualify would be generated, it's instead silently rerolled to a suitable item.

Additionally, Tainted Lost has a 20% chance of rerolling any item with a quality value of 2 or less – such as or  – even if they would otherwise qualify.

This, unfortunately, precludes items such as and. These cannot appear in game naturally (but will still appear through methods that force them to spawn, such as ).

Excluded Items
The following items cannot be found while playing as Tainted Lost.

Strategy
With only a single for defense, defensive items become just as important as offensive ones, as you won't be able to afford taking more than a single hit the entire run unless you find another Holy Card. However, because all items not marked as "offensive" will automatically be rerolled, the amount of defensive options available are much less plentiful. Some of the most important items that can't spawn due to this mechanic are:



Not all good defensive items are removed by this mechanic, however; after all, the best defense you can have as Tainted Lost is a great offense, and there will be no shortage of good offensive items if you're playing as him. But in terms of actually defensive items, here are some that should be sought out when restarting or going through your run:


 * (to re-use Holy Card)
 * (very powerful in combination with Panic Button)
 * (for cards to get you out of bad situations, plus the chance to get another Holy Card)
 * (to recover your shield after getting hit)
 * (to get Wooden Cross)
 * (to duplicate your starting Holy Card)
 * (to use with )
 * (Gives an extra life as Tainted Lost)
 * (to duplicate your starting Holy Card)
 * (to use with )
 * (Gives an extra life as Tainted Lost)
 * (to use with )
 * (Gives an extra life as Tainted Lost)
 * (to use with )
 * (Gives an extra life as Tainted Lost)
 * (Gives an extra life as Tainted Lost)
 * (Gives an extra life as Tainted Lost)
 * (Gives an extra life as Tainted Lost)
 * (Gives an extra life as Tainted Lost)

Trivia

 * While items like, and  are not considered items that the Tainted Lost can find, they will still appear for him if the conditions for finding them are met.