Samson

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Samson is unlocked when the player defeats two floors in a row without taking any damage. Samson starts with 3 hearts, Template:Afterbirth+ Child's Heart, and Bloody Lust: Every time Samson is dealt damage, he receives a damage boost that resets when he goes down a floor.

Template:Afterbirth+ Samson will start with Child's Heart after completing Ultra Hard.

Unlockable items

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Item & Strategy Notes

• Samson gains damage from being hurt as opposed to killing enemies, and as such, possesses a play style which is fairly similar to Eve. Therefore, using Devil Beggars, Sacrifice Rooms and Blood Donation Machines synergizes very well with Samson.
• Samson starts with a lower Tear stat. Try to seek items that increase it.
• Dying as Samson and then respawning as another character (Lazarus' Rags, Ankh, etc.) won't cost you Samson's inherent Bloody Lust item.

Favorable items

• Dead Bird, Best Bud, Smart Fly, etc: All of these items will add to Samson's damage increase from getting hurt, although, unlike Bloody Lust, the bonus of these items only last for the duration of a room.
• Items relying on contact damage like The Virus or E Coli can also be beneficial.
• Any items that increase tear stat, such as Squeezy, Odd Mushroom (Thin)...
• IV Bag, Blood Rights, Razor Blade, Sharp Plug, Kamikaze!: Activating their effects also give Samson a boost in damage since they damage the player.
• Immaculate Conception and Cambion Conception will produce familiars as Samson heals or receives damage, respectively.
• Cancer and The Wafer minimize damage taken from Sacrifice Rooms, and can be incredibly useful to build a lot of damage, especially in combination with an excess of hearts.
• Gimpy increases benefits from taking damage and feasibly adds more survivability from random soul hearts and half-heart drops.
• Health regeneration items like Yum Heart and Placenta allow health regeneration after taking damage.
• Fanny Pack's chance of dropping a heart upon hit can cancel out damage to Samson while also buffing him.
• Template:Afterbirth+ Dull Razor can safely provide Samson's damage boost without needing to actually take damage.
• Any items that increase health so he can take more damage before dying.

Unfavorable items

• Anything which lowers health, such as Dead Cat can make purposeful self damage less reliable as a damage booster.

Trivia

• In the Bible, Samson was a supernaturally strong warrior who derived his power from Nazarite vow, entitling immense strength to Samson if he did not cut his hair.
  • A strange detail, considering Samson's Lock (Meaning lock of hair) is an unlockable item, implying the Samson we see isn't at his full potential.
• Samson first appeared in the Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb expansion. That version had only 1 heart container and a spirit heart for his starting health, and his Bloody Lust item acted like the Lusty Blood item, re-added in Afterbirth.

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