Divine Intervention

Divine Intervention is an unlockable passive item added in The Binding of Isaac: Repentance.

Effects[ | ]

Double tapping a fire key creates a Divine Shield that slowly moves in the chosen direction.
The Divine Shield has a variety of effects.
- Enemies are pushed back in the opposite direction, completely reversing their trajectory with some added momentum.
  - If they hit a wall or obstacle while being pushed, they take 10 damage and deal 10 damage to enemies they hit. The damages are increased by 2 for each floor.
- Enemy tears are reflected, dealing damage back to enemies depending on the source of the tear.
  - The reflected projectiles deal 6 damage if they would've hurt Isaac for half a heart, and 7 for a full heart.
  - Reflected projectiles do not gain Tear effects from Isaac.
    - Explosive projectiles (e.g. from Gurgle) explode as normal, dealing as much damage they would've.
    - Projectiles that create other projectiles (e.g. Shady) can harm Isaac and be reflected.
    - Homing projectiles (e.g. from Psychic Horf) do not retain their homing effect after being reflected.
  - Can reflect:
    - Fire projectiles (e.g. from Mega Satan).
    - Obstacles thrown by Polty or Kineti, dealing a flat 35 damage.
  - Does not reflect:
    - Lines of fire (e.g. from Dragon Fly), but can reflect fireballs (e.g. from Crackle) and their lines of fire do not harm Isaac.
    - Projectiles from Big Bony, Coal Boy, Danny.
- Enemy Brimstone lasers are reflected, dealing 7 damage per tick (105 damage per second) to enemies hit by the reflection. It can even deflect the colossal brimstone laser fired by The Beast.
  - White beams, such as those used by Dogma in its second phase, are reflected into holy beams similar to those fired by Revelation.
The shield lasts 1 second, and has a cooldown of 3 seconds.
This item belongs to the Seraphim set. Collecting three items from this set will transform Isaac into an angel.

Notes[ | ]

If any charged item is obtained along with Divine Intervention e.g. Brimstone or Revelation, a different fire key may be pressed to put out the shield without forfeiting the charge of said item.