Lilith

Lilith is a character added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth. Lilith starts with one red heart container and two Black Hearts. Lilith's starting items are the Box of Friends, Incubus and Cambion Conception. Lilith is permanently blindfolded, meaning she has no ability to fire tears; she instead deals damage with the Incubus familiar that follows her.

Lilith is unlocked by completing Greed mode with Azazel.

Notes[]

Lilith's Incubus cannot be rerolled.
- The Incubus can be found as a separate item, and picking it up will grant Lilith a second Incubus familiar.
If Lilith dies in Co-Op mode, she won't have the Incubus or the blindfold over her eyes, but her ghost will still be unable to fire tears.
Lilith is very powerful in Greed Mode due to box of friends being able to be used multiple times per room.
Lilith's Incubus familiar copies whatever tears she would fire if she weren't blindfolded. Combined with the Box of Friends, the basic strategy for her is to simply multiply her damage. Powerful tear modifiers such as Polyphemus will become even more deadly if Lilith can create several Incubi.
Mom's Knife gives Incubus a smaller version of the item with the same base range as Isaac; However, Lilith will not get this to use due to her blindfold.
- This knife can be used with Incubus to give it contact damage with no danger to Lilith.
With Mom's Knife and Tech X, Incubus can shoot Tech X shots and Mom's Knife incredibly fast for massive damage. Charging doesn't affect Tech X's size or Mom's Knife's throwing distance, making the knife useless in this combo unless used at very short range. This is a very strong combo for Lilith as she already starts with Incubus and can use Box of Friends to multiply her damage.
- If Brimstone is taken after Tech X, Incubus will still fire its standard laser rings, not Brimstone rings.
Lilith can use the Epic Fetus while her Incubi still fire what her tears would be without Epic Fetus.
Unless you have a beam weapon ( Brimstone/ Technology), picking up My Reflection is a bad idea: it will greatly shorten Incubus' range without the possibility to increase it.
Due to her starter item Box of Friends, she strongly benefits from other familiars and familiar enhancers like BFFS!.
Battery items are very useful for Lilith so she can continue to use the Box of Friends.
- 9 Volt will reduce it to a 3-room ( 2-room) charge allowing it to be used more often.
  - AAA Battery has a similar effect, and stacks with 9 Volt, allowing for a 2-room ( 1-room) charge on Box of Friends.
- Car Battery will double the effect of the item, meaning she'll create 2 copies of each familiar per use.
- Charged Baby creates batteries or recharges your item by one bar occasionally, and is also duplicated by the Box of Friends. The more the player creates, the more often they will obtain batteries and charges from the increasing number of charged babies.
Heart Containers, healing items, and Heart-generating items ( Charm of the Vampire, Humbling Bundle, etc.) indirectly benefit Lilith since her Cambion Conception gives her additional familiars after taking multiple hits. Use a fireplace or Heart Donation Machine to damage yourself multiple times to speed up the familiar-generating process (preferably after killing the boss to not hurt your Devil/Angel Room spawn chances).
Activated Items recharge per-wave in Greed Mode and Boss Rush, allowing Lilith to use the Box of Friends very often. Familiars like The Relic and Little C.H.A.D. could give the player an endless amount of health if used correctly.
- Due to this, during Greed mode, it is most effective to stay within the Arena for every wave in order to maximize the amount of familiars you have upon reaching the boss waves.
- 4.5 Volt replaces the per-wave charging. With only this, compared to no battery items, starting and ending fully charged, it's typically possible to use Box of Friends once or twice more in a full set of Greed Mode waves.
When shooting, keep in mind that Incubus lingers behind you.
One must take caution in duplicating familiars with the Box of Friends. If the player creates too many (easy to achieve in Greed Mode or Boss Rush), when the player steps into another room, all of their minions, including the originals, will despawn. This can be fixed by quitting and reloading the run.
Since Lilith is blindfolded and does not shoot tears by herself, items like Technology 2, Tech.5 and Tractor Beam have no effect. However, The Ludovico Technique and Tractor Beam still work as they would on any other character.
- Obtaining The Ludovico Technique is necessary to utilize Maw of the Void to its fullest, as it will allow Lilith to create the damaging black ring around her.
- Cursed Eye ends up being a powerful item due to this, as it causes Incubus to fire three tears per shot with no charging, while Lilith doesn't have to worry about getting teleported by accident as she cannot charge up.
While other activatable items may have some form of use, it is not advised to permanently trade out the Box of Friends. Without it, Lilith loses what is essentially her greatest strength, as Incubus shooting in her place is only a positive with its usage.
- If Lilith dies with an extra life item that changes her to a different character ( Ankh, Lazarus' Rags, Judas' Shadow), she will lose both her blindfold and the intrinsic Incubus familiar.
- Despite this, Lilith's Incubus still counts as an actual item. Be warned as this makes a run with only 19 visible items have the chance to warp to The Void after the Mom fight.
Taking Brimstone while having The Ludovico Technique will synergize and become a large controllable ring per incubus. Multiple rings may completely overlap.
Forgotten Lullaby is effectively a tears up for the Incubus familiar, and can also boost any other familiars Lilith might get.
Spirit Sword: The sword is held by the fetus and acts the same way as with other characters.

Item Interactions[]

Bird's Eye / Ghost Pepper: Flames emerge from Lilith instead of the Incubus.
Birthright: All shooting familiars no longer follow behind Lilith. They all group towards Lilith's firing direction instead.
Baby-Bender affects the Incubus, as it's a familiar, identically to Spoon Bender.

Ineffective Items[]

These items will not affect Lilith due to her blindfolded condition and certain limitations of Incubus.

Note: As mentioned above, certain items will apply their normal effects if Lilith obtains The Ludovico Technique.

Analog Stick (Tears up is applied, but Incubus cannot fire in 360 degrees)
Cursed Eye
Dead Eye
Dead Tooth
Epiphora
Evil Eye
Eye of Greed
Ghost Pepper
Lead Pencil
Loki's Horns
Marked (Stat increases are applied, but the mark does not appear)
Maw of the Void (Stat increases are applied, but the ring will never be created)
Mom's Eye
Mom's Wig
The Mulligan (The Guppy transformation does work, however)
Tech.5
Technology 2
Tractor Beam

Unlockable Achievements[]

Immaculate Conception - Complete the Boss Rush as Lilith.

Goat Head Baby - Defeat Mom's Heart on Hard mode as Lilith.

Serpent's Kiss - Defeat Satan as Lilith.

Rune Bag - Defeat Isaac as Lilith.

Succubus - Defeat The Lamb as Lilith.

Cambion Conception - Defeat ??? as Lilith.

Box of Friends - Defeat Ultra Greed as Lilith.

Duality - Defeat Ultra Greedier as Lilith.

Incubus - Defeat Hush as Lilith.

Big Baby - Defeat Mega Satan as Lilith.

Euthanasia - Defeat Delirium as Lilith.

Blood Puppy - Defeat Mother as Lilith.

C Section - Defeat The Beast as Lilith.

The Harlot - Use Red Key (etc.) to open the hidden closet in Home as Lilith.

Dark Baby - Earn all Hard mode Completion Marks as Lilith.

Trivia[]

Lilith is the Hebrew name for a figure in Jewish mythology, thought to be derived from early class of female demons.
In some cultures, Lilith is the original woman God created before Eve. She refused to become subservient to Adam and left Eden; in others, she is depicted as the bane of humanity when Adam refused her, driving her to curse all of his descendants and targets children under grudge.
Cambion Conception is always listed as one of Lilith's starting items, even if it has not been unlocked.
Lilith, as well as The Lost and Bethany, are the only non-tainted characters whose unlock conditions require a specific character.
Lilith's starting health is listed as "?" on the character selection screen.
Lilith's locked character icon is a locked box with her Incubus on it
- She shares this locked box icon with Judas, Azazel, and Apollyon.