Incubus

"Dark friend"
Entity 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 copies Isaac's tears.
  • Incubus' tears ignores Isaac's range and shot speed.
  • Incubus' damage is reduced by 25% when playing as characters other than Lilith.

Notes

• 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 has the second highest priority of following familiars, below King Baby.
• This item belongs to the Conjoined set. Collecting three items from this set will transform Isaac into a three-faced version of himself. Lilith's Incubus, however, does not count towards the transformation.

Synergies

• Azazel / Brimstone: Fires a full length Brimstone laser that can be charged while still firing the previous laser, allowing it to fire more rapidly than normal.
  • The laser fired by Incubus has the same width as Lil Brimstone's.
  • When playing as Azazel, Incubus' Brimstone laser has the same range as him.
• BFFS!: Deals double/ 1.5x Isaac's damage. Still deals 2x damage as Lilith.
• The Forgotten/ Spirit Sword/ Berserk!: Incubus will carry the respective melee weapon, using it exactly like the player.
• Forgotten Lullaby: Doubles fire rate of Incubus. This notably makes it fire and charge attacks faster than Isaac does.

Interactions

• Analog Stick: No effect. Stat changes still apply.
• Bird's Eye: Shoots red flame.
• Cursed Eye: No effect.
  • A burst of 3 tears is fired at the regular tear delay without needing to charge.
  • Incubus now charges and fires a burst of 5 tears just as Isaac would, he remains safe from the teleportation effect.
• Dead Eye: Only Isaac's tears affect the damage multiplier.
  • Incubus' tears now affect the damage multiplier, allowing it to be used with Lilith as a result.
• Epic Fetus: No effect.
• Evil Eye: No effect.
• Eye of Greed: No effect.
• The Forgotten: Fires bone tears like Compound Fracture without the splitting effect. Reverts to normal tears when switching to the Soul.
• 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.
• Immaculate Heart: Incubus can create its own orbiting tears, which will orbit the Incubus that created it, and not Isaac.
• 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.
  • Incubus is still able to fire tears while Kidney Stone is charging.
• Large Zit: No effect.
• Loki's Horns: No effect on Incubus.
• The Ludovico Technique: Incubus' tears become piercing and spectral but otherwise fires normal tears.
• Maw of the Void: No effect. Stat changes still apply.
• Marked: No effect. Stat changes still apply.
• 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.
• Tech.5: No effect.
• Tech X: Incubus shoots small, fixed-size Tech X laser rings, with a very slightly longer minimum charge than Isaac.
• Technology 2: No effect. Stat changes still apply.
• Tractor Beam: No effect. Stat changes still apply.
  • Tractor Beam + Monstro's Lung: Tears now follow the beam.
  • The Incubus tears will 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.)