Shade

Shade is an unlockable passive item added in Afterbirth †.

Effects[]

Grants a shadow familiar that follows Isaac's movements on a 1-second delay and deals 2 contact damage per tick or 30 damage per second to enemies.
Shade is absorbed by Isaac after dealing 600 damage.
- The familiar disappears and turns into friendly dark Chargers, similar to those spawned by My Shadow.
- Isaac will now do equal contact damage at the same rate as the Shade used to.
  - BFFS! will continue to work on Isaac even after absorption, doubling damage dealt.
  - Isaac's contact damage increases when absorbing multiple Shade familiars.

If other familiars that move with a similar pattern such as Multidimensional Baby have been collected before the Shade, it will follow them instead with further delay.
If Isaac gains a method of flight, Shade will gain wings.
Cannot be removed with Sacrificial Altar

Obsessed Fan behaves similarly to Shade before the disappearance, but with a longer delay on following Isaac's movements.
If playing as Dark Judas or Tainted Judas, the shade familiar will have red eyes instead of white ones.
Shade's pickup quote may be a reference to the horror film "It Follows".