Changes: Vade Retro

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Vade Retro is an activated item added in The Binding of Isaac: Repentance.

While held, non-ghost enemies leave behind small, red ghosts on death; using the item causes the ghosts to explode, dealing damage to nearby enemies.
- The damage exploding ghosts deal is equal to 3 + 0.04x the health of the enemy the ghost spawned from, and each explosion can hit the same enemy up to 3 times. Explosion range increases the more powerful the explosion is.
- Enemies with high health, such as champion enemies, minibosses and bosses will leave behind a larger ghost that creates three explosions, instead of just one.
- Explosions from this item do not damage the player or terrain, but can destroy enemy projectiles.
- Can be used as long there are ghosts in the room.

The item's name refers to the Latin phrase "Vade retro satana", a phrase commonly uttered during exorcisms which roughly translates to "Stay back, Satan."
This item's ability could be a reference to Nuclear Throne where the character Melting has a similar ability.
- This is further re-enforced by the fact that more powerful enemies leave larger ghosts that explode into 3 small blasts; in Nuclear Throne, larger enemies' corpses would explode in a similar fashion.
You can use this item one more time during your death animation, which will cause a white explosion on your body.
- This is another parallel to Nuclear Throne's Melting and his ability, he was also able to use his ability one last time after death to explode his own corpse.

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 * The item's name refers to the Latin phrase "Vade retro satana", a phrase commonly uttered during exorcisms which roughly translates to "Stay back, Satan."
 * This item's ability could be a reference to Nuclear Throne where the character Melting has a similar ability.
-** This is further re-enforced by the fact that more powerful enemies leave larger ghosts that explode into 3 small blasts; in Nuclear Throne, larger enemies' corpses would explode in a similar fashion.{{nav|bethany unlock}}
+** This is further re-enforced by the fact that more powerful enemies leave larger ghosts that explode into 3 small blasts; in Nuclear Throne, larger enemies' corpses would explode in a similar fashion.
+* You can use this item one more time during your death animation, which will cause a white explosion on your body.
+** This is another parallel to Nuclear Throne's Melting and his ability, he was also able to use his ability one last time after death to explode his own corpse.{{nav|bethany unlock}}