Shot Speed

Attributes

Health

Damage

Tears

Range

Shot Speed

Speed

Luck

Hidden Attributes

Shot Speed is the attribute that governs how quickly an individual tear travels and is represented by a speeding ball. Shot Speed also affects the effective range of the tears. As the range stat determines how long tears will stay in the air (and not distance traveled), a lesser shot speed reduces effective range. Shot speed measures the velocity of each tear in contrast to the Tears stat, which measures tear frequency.

• All characters start with the same shot speed except for Samson, who has 1.31 shot speed, and Eden, whose shot speed can be anywhere between 0.75 and 1.25.
• Items that reduce shot speed cannot lower it past 0.6.

Notes

• A higher shot speed will increase the directional knockback of enemies hit by the tears.
• Having a high shot speed is not always desirable. While a high shot speed means enemies are easier to aim at, and effective range is increased, it also means more knockback, which can make enemies move in unpredictable ways, potentially damaging Isaac and making it harder to land consecutive shots. Some items will also directly benefit from low shot speed such as Trisagion, and particularly items that grant homing tears such as Godhead, and Spoon Bender.

Items that affect shot speed

Active Items

Name	ID	Icon	Quote	Description	Quality
Dataminer	5.100.481		109	Displaces enemy sprites for the current room, randomly increases one stat and decreases another.	0

Passive Items

Name	ID	Icon	Quote	Description	Quality
Blue Cap	5.100.342		HP + tears up + shot speed down	Gives one full Red Heart container, +0.7 tears and -0.16 shot speed. Gives one Red Heart container, 2 Hearts of health, +0.7 tears and -0.16 shot speed.	3
Cat-O-Nine-Tails	5.100.165		Shot speed + damage up	+1 damage, +0.23 shot speed.	3
Dead Onion	5.100.336		Toxic aura tears	Grants piercing and spectral tears. Increases tear size (without increasing damage) while greatly reducing range and shot speed.	3
Eve's Mascara	5.100.310		Shot speed down + DMG up	Doubles damage, halves tears stat, and greatly reduces shot speed.	1
Experimental Treatment	5.100.240		Some stats up, some stats down	Randomly increases and decreases some of the character's stats.	1
Godhead	5.100.331		God tears	Grants homing tears with a damaging halo. +0.5 damage, -0.3 tears, +1.2 range, -0.3 shot speed, +0.8 tear height.	4
Lost Contact	5.100.213		Shielded tears	Isaac's tears can hit and destroy enemy projectiles. -0.16 shot speed.	2
Magic 8 Ball	5.100.194		Shot speed up	+0.16 shot speed, spawns a random tarot card.	1
Missing No.	5.100.258		Syntax error	Randomizes all passive items and stats upon pickup and at the start of each succeeding floor.	2
My Reflection	5.100.5		Boomerang tears	Gives Isaac's tears a boomerang effect. +1.5 range, +1 tear height, x1.6 shot speed multiplier.	0
Sacred Heart	5.100.182		Homing shots + DMG up	Grants homing tears, x2.3 damage multiplier, +1 flat damage, +4.125 range, +0.75 tear height, -0.4 tears, -0.25 shot speed, a red Heart Container and replenishes all Red Hearts.	4
Safety Pin	5.100.339		Evil + range + shot speed up	Grants one Black Heart, +5.25 range, +0.5 tear height, +0.16 shot speed.	1
Screw	5.100.255		Tears and shot speed up.	+0.5 tears, +0.2 shot speed.	3
Speed Ball	5.100.143		Speed + shot speed up	+0.3 speed, +0.2 shot speed.	2
Stem Cells	5.100.176		HP up	Grants one full Red Heart container and +0.16 shot speed.	1
Toothpicks	5.100.183		Tears + shot speed up	+0.7 tears, +0.16 shot speed.	3
Torn Photo	5.100.341		Tears + shot speed up	+0.7 tears, +0.16 shot speed.	3
Tractor Beam	5.100.397		Control your tears	Increases tears, range, and shot speed. Isaac emits a beam from his face that his tears follow along.	2
Dark Prince's Crown	5.100.442		Loss is power	When at exactly one Red Heart, grants +0.75 tears, +1.5 range, +1 tear height, +0.2 shot speed.	1

Trinkets

Name	ID	Icon	Quote	Description
Whip Worm	5.350.27		Wooosh!	Increases shot speed by 0.5, increasing effective range.
Lazy Worm	5.350.66		Pft	Increases Range by 4 and decreases Shot Speed by .4.

Other

• In co-op, Long Baby will occasionally briefly increase range, shot speed, and tear height. Dark Baby will occasionally briefly increase all stats, including shot speed.
• The Era Walk card decreases shot speed and increases speed for the current room.