Placebo

Placebo is an activated item added in Afterbirth.

Effect

 * Mimics the effect of Isaac's held pill, like does with cards and  does with runes.
 * Does not consume Isaac's held pill.
 * Does not mimic cards or runes.

Recharge time
In Repentance, Placebo's recharge time changes depending on the pill Isaac was holding when he used it. This is a list of the following recharge times the item can have:


 * 1 Room:
 * Bad Gas
 * Bad Trip
 * Bombs are Key
 * Feels like I'm walking on sunshine!
 * Friends Till The End!
 * Horf!
 * I Found Pills
 * Puberty
 * Something's Wrong...
 * Telepills
 * X-Lax
 * 2 Rooms:
 * Addicted!
 * Infested?
 * Infested!
 * Percs!
 * Pheromones
 * Re-Lax
 * 3 Rooms:
 * Amnesia
 * Explosive Diarrhea
 * I'm Drowsy...
 * I'm Excited!!!
 * Lemon Party
 * Paralysis
 * Power Pill!
 * R U A Wizard?
 * Retro Vision
 * 4 Rooms:
 * Gulp!
 * I can see forever!
 * Stat-downs (health, range, speed, tears, luck, shot speed)
 * 6 Rooms:
 * Hematemesis
 * Experimental Pill
 * Vurp!
 * 12 Rooms:
 * 48 Hour Energy
 * Balls of Steel
 * Full Health
 * One makes you larger/small
 * Pretty Fly
 * Stat-ups (health, range, speed, tears, luck, shot speed)
 * Stat-ups (health, range, speed, tears, luck, shot speed)

Golden Pills use the recharge time of the pill they mimicked. Recharge time is unaffected by whether or not it was a normal pill or Horse Pill.

Note that because the recharge time is determined after using the pill, Placebo cannot be used as a way to narrow down what type of pill Isaac is holding before he uses it.

Synergies

 * Balls of Steel + : The player can gain functional invincibility.
 * : Allows for Virtually infinite health.
 * 48 Hour Energy: Can spawn an unlimited number of Lil' Batteries, allowing unlimited use of another activated item or pill.
 * Vurp: Allows pills that normally take 12 rooms for Placebo to charge to be used twice as frequently.
 * butter! Because Placebo is dropped upon usage, the recharge time is reset to 4, allowing to use more expensive pills much more frequently.

Interactions

 * : All pills are replaced by cards, rendering Placebo useless.
 * If used with or, using a pill that has a larger charge requirement than Placebo's current will still consume soul or blood charges equal to the difference (likely a bug).

Trivia

 * Placebo is a medicine or procedure prescribed for the psychological benefit to the patient rather than for any physiological effect.