War
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0 |

Ingame Appearance
Entity ID
65.0


War is a Harbinger that can appear in all environments of Chapter 3 ( The Depths,
Necropolis,
Dank Depths).
Contents
Behavior[edit | edit source]
Phase 1[edit | edit source]
- Charges either left or right off-screen and continuing on from the opposite end of the screen. Continues until he has crossed the screen three times.
- He performs this attack more often if Isaac is to his left or right.
- Shoots eight projectiles in all directions.
- Ascends off-screen and summons 5 Troll Bombs.
- Returns from the side of the screen.
Phase 2[edit | edit source]
Once his health is below half, War's horse blows up, dropping War, who performs a sobbing animation.
- War charges quickly at Isaac gradually building speed and making more tighter turns. He pauses briefly to sob before restarting this process.
Champion Versions
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- Dark Grey: 15% larger with 25% more HP (625). Summons 2 Mega Troll Bombs when he ascends off-screen and summons a single Troll Bomb behind his path when he charges through the screen. He also shoots 6 projectiles in all directions when he stops chasing Isaac in his second phase.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Dark Grey Champion War before Repentance.
War as one of Delirium's forms.
Unlockable achievements[edit | edit source]
- The Book of Revelations - Defeat a Harbinger.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- War appeared in the original The Binding of Isaac.
- War is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse mentioned in the Bible.
- In many depictions of War, he is shown holding a sword vertically [1], corresponding with why War's battle sprite shows him holding his hobby-horse vertically.
- Although his appearance on the vs screen shows his hobby-horse as brown, it is red in-game.
- War's "horse" appears more akin to a bull.
- In the original game, War's face was round.
This has been somewhat reverted in Repentance.
- War can be seen wielding a
Wire Coat Hanger as a weapon in one of the original game's concept arts.
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