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The Parasite is an unlockable passive item.
Effect
- Tears split into two tears on impact with obstacles or enemies.
- The split tears deal 50% of Isaac's normal tear damage.
- If one of those split tears hits an obstacle or enemy, it will split again and deal 25% of Isaac's normal tear damage.
Synergies
Compound Fracture - Both tear split effects happen simultaneously.
Cricket's Body - Two groups of this item's four tears, creating eight additional miniature tears on every point of impact instead.- Homing Tears - The split tears will be more likely to hit enemies.
Jacob's Ladder - Each split creates an electrical burst.- The Ludovico Technique - Repeatedly spawns miniature tears when on top of an enemy, greatly increasing damage.
- Piercing Tears - Split tears form for each hit as the tears pass through the enemy.
- Spectral Tears - When tears pass through solid objects, like rocks, they will split, resulting in many tears shooting out from every rock the original tear passed through.
- Tiny Planet - The split tears will continue to orbit Isaac, increasing damage potential.
- Tractor Beam - The split tears will be forced directly forward, impacting whatever caused the first tear to split. This increases damage immensely.
- Technology Zero - Split tears are connected via electricity both to each other and tears nearby.
Interactions
- Bob's Rotten Head - Two further explosions appear perpendicular to the head's direction of travel when it blows up.
- Brimstone - No effect.
- Dr. Fetus - Bombs turn orange and with no other effect.
- Template:Afterbirth Bombs split into two bombs upon detonation.
- Epic Fetus - No effect.
- Ipecac - The Ipecac tear will spawn two smaller explosive tears when it collides with a solid object, but not with an enemy. These tears can spawn tears on their own as well, potentially leading to huge chain reactions.
- Mom's Knife - Knife turns orange with no other effect.
- Rubber Cement - Tears only split when hitting enemies and no longer off the wall or most obstacles.
- Technology - No effect.
Trivia
- Mega Satan shoots brown tears that split like this item does.
- This item could be a reference to the anime/manga Parasyte.
In-game Footage
Seeds
Template:PlatPC FR6X 2BGZ (Adjacent to spawn) Template:PlatPS4 XX1T QXN1 (Adjacent to spawn) Template:PlatVita NZ7X G61B (First treasure room) Template:PlatSwitch 7NN1 6CZS (Starting item as Eden)
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