Incubus

"Dark friend"

Item ID
5.100.360

Item Pool

			Baby Shop
			Devil Room
			Devil Room

Collection Grid

(page 3, column 15, row 6)

(page 3, column 16, row 6)

Unlock Method
Defeat Hush as Lilith

Incubus is an unlockable passive item added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth.

Effects

• Spawns a demonic familiar that fires tears.
  • Incubus' tears are affected by Isaac's stats and tear modifiers, except range and shot speed.
    • Incubus' damage is reduced by 25% when playing as characters other than Lilith.
  • Most weapon types such as Brimstone and Mom's Knife carry over to the Incubus.

Notes

• Lilith starts with this item, even if it has not been unlocked. It is her primary method of attacking, as she is blindfolded and cannot fire tears normally.
  • Lilith's starting Incubus is technically not a collected item but an intrinsic part of the character, and is removed if an item such as Ankh or Clicker are used to become a different character. As such, playing as Lilith will not add Incubus to the collection page.
• Incubus is one of the familiars that can be spawned by Cambion Conception.
• If an Incubus is acquired through Cambion Conception or by starting with it as Lilith, another Incubus can still be found normally. Lilith can also receive one from Cambion Conception in addition to the one she starts with, and if this occurs, Box of Friends will produce only one extra Incubus.
• Incubus ignores the shot speed and range stats completely. Only tear height, which is included in most range-increasing items, has an effect on Incubus' range.
• When The Forgotten has the Incubus, it will fire bone tears like Compound Fracture without the splitting effect.
• Incubus takes priority over all other following familiars, and will always appear first in line directly behind Isaac.

Synergies

• Azazel / Brimstone: Incubus can charge a Brimstone attack while still firing the previous laser, allowing it to fire more rapidly than normal.
  • Instead of being the normal width of Brimstone, the laser fired by Incubus will be the same width as Lil Brimstone's laser.
• BFFS!: Deals double Isaac's damage.
• Forgotten Lullaby: Doubles fire rate of Incubus.

Interactions

• Analog Stick: Incubus cannot fire in non-cardinal directions, only tears up applies.
• Cricket's Body: The range decrease is ignored for the main tears, but not for the split ones.
• Cursed Eye: No effect.
  • A burst of 3 tears is fired at the regular tear delay without needing to charge.
  • A burst of 5 tears is fired and the need to charge it.
• Dead Eye: The damage multiplier can be raised by Isaac's tears, but not by Incubus' tears. Incubus tears still receive the damage boost.
• Dead Onion: Shot speed is not affected, but the range is decreased slightly due to tear height.
• Epic Fetus: Isaac shoots guided missiles while Incubus still shoots normal tears.
• Evil Eye: Incubus is unable to fire Evil Eye shots.
• Eye of Greed: Incubus is unable to fire golden tears.
• Flat Stone: The effective range of Incubus' tears is roughly doubled, with a single bounce in the middle of the flight.
• Guillotine: Incubus will fire tears in relative position to its body depending on where Isaac's head is currently.
• Ghost Pepper: No effect on Incubus.
• Isaac's Tears: The item is recharged by Isaac's tears, not Incubus'. This item works with Lilith.
• Kidney Stone: Incubus ignores range down from item and will fire tear barrage but not the stone.
• Large Zit: No effect on Incubus.
• Loki's Horns: No effect on Incubus.
• The Ludovico Technique: Spawns a controllable tear while retaining the ability to fire normal tears. Incubus' tears become piercing and spectral.
• Maw of the Void: Damage increased. Incubus will not trigger the void ring.
• Marked: Fire rate increased. Incubus fires continuously in the direction the character is facing.
  • Incubus will now properly target the crosshair.
• Mom's Eye: No effect on Incubus.
• Mongo Baby: Does not copy Incubus's tear effects.
• My Reflection: Since Incubus ignores shot speed the tears turn back very quickly, greatly reducing effective range.
• R U a Wizard?: No effect on Incubus.
• Tech.5: No effect on Incubus.
• Tech X: Incubus shoots small, fixed-size Tech X laser rings, with a very slightly longer minimum charge than Isaac.
• Technology 2: No effect on Incubus other than a damage down.
• Tractor Beam: Range increased, but the trajectory is unaffected.
  • Tractor Beam + Monstro's Lung: Tears now follow the beam.

Trivia

• In folklore, incubi are evil spirits said to descend upon sleeping people, specifically ones fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep, or, more simply put, the male version of a succubus.

Seeds

PC RVFS BLVZ (First-floor Devil Room. Curse Room adjacent to spawn, the Red Chest on the right teleports you to the Devil deal.)