The soul

[Mahasamatman]

Am I the only one who doesn't understand The Soul, it seems like a degraded version of the Forgotten, I don't see what's so good about it.

[Fracastador]

It has the ability to:
-Attack at range for more damage than the forgotten(at range) under most circumstances. (Very important for killing explosive enemies)
-Take better advantage of very strong tear stats.
-Get different and sometimes superior item synergies.
-Fly
-Use the forgotten's body as a shield to block enemy projectiles and rushing attacks.
-Take devil deals.
-Take hits for the forgotten if you are worried about losing bone hearts.

[Galewin]

-Catch items out of reach
-Hiding in the rocks with fly and spectral tears for safety
-Better synergy with some items
-Being able to hide behind tthe forgotten
-Still being able to hit consistently at distance

the list goes on and on

[Squidy]

The soul is also very useful as you can hide behind the bone body to avoid taking damage. This is extremely useful for boss fights such as It Lives, Isaac, ???, etc. as you can hide behind the body and you get through the whole fight without taking damage... AND YOU DONT EVEN HAVE TO MOVE!

[Mahasamatman]

Originally posted by Fracastador:

It has the ability to:
-Attack at range for more damage than the forgotten(at range) under most circumstances. (Very important for killing explosive enemies)
-Take better advantage of very strong tear stats.
-Get different and sometimes superior item synergies.
-Fly
-Use the forgotten's body as a shield to block enemy projectiles and rushing attacks.
-Take devil deals.
-Take hits for the forgotten if you are worried about losing bone hearts.

Originally posted by Galewin:

-Catch items out of reach
-Hiding in the rocks with fly and spectral tears for safety
-Better synergy with some items
-Being able to hide behind tthe forgotten
-Still being able to hit consistently at distance

the list goes on and on

So basically it's just used to "upgrade" The Forgotten.

[Razzle]

Bro when people say "Git Gud" It usually has a meaning to it.

Its actually very easy to dodge projectiles with the forgotten thanks to the soul
You can use him to block hits for you but thats not just it

Keep a long distance between you and him and once you're surrounded by hell bullets flyin everywhere switch back to him and its like a very quick teleport.

Obviously he has a good advantage for being range.
If you have 1 hit left the soul has different hp.

So many runs you'll end up realizing that the forgotten melee weapon syrengies are great but the soul would have better use for them


its not "used to upgrade" The forgotten, its what make this character unique and different to anything in the game , its a 2 in 1 deal.