Headless Horseman

Headless Horseman is a Harbinger that can appear in all environments of Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4; replacing any other Horsemen.
The head has 100 HP. The body's HP scales depending on what Chapter it is encountered, ranging from 60-300 HP.

Behavior[]

Headless Horseman consists of two entities: The head and the body. Each performs attacks independently of the other.

The head has the following attacks:

Shoots 3 projectiles in a spread at Isaac.
Charges either left or right off-screen and reappears on the opposite end of the screen. He can charge either one, two or three times.
- He performs this attack more often if Isaac is to his left or right.
- This attack deals a full heart of damage.

The body has the following attack:

Periodically shoots red Ipecac-like shots at Isaac, leaving a large puddle of damaging Red Creep on impact.
- This behavior is similar to Pestilence's second phase.

Both the head and the body deal a whole heart of contact damage.

Gallery[]

Headless Horseman in-game.
Headless Horseman as one of Delirium's forms.

Notes[]

In several normal rooms, Headless Horseman's head appears on his own without his body.
- Two or three of Headless Horseman's heads can be found in the same normal rooms.

Trivia[]

Headless Horseman appeared in the original The Binding of Isaac.
The Headless Horseman has been a common motif in Europe since the Middle Ages.
The boss art shows the head with both eyes, even though its in-game sprite only has one.
The boss art shows the horse's head as brown, even though its in-game sprite is black.
The Delirium version of Headless Horseman's horse resembles Famine's horse rather than Headless Horseman's.