I threw an Eraser at Tainted Esau.

[XZero]

But it failed.




https://bindingofisaacrebirth.fandom.com/wiki/Eraser

Although difficult to accomplish, successfully dealing the final blow to Dark Esau with the Eraser will remove him for the rest of the run. Tainted Jacob will not be turned into Lost mode.

…Oh really… How am I going to manage this…

[Omegatherion]

Meat Cleaver is the way to go my friend.

[XZero]

Originally posted by Omegatherion:

Meat Cleaver is the way to go my friend.

Oh…?

https://bindingofisaacrebirth.fandom.com/wiki/Meat_Cleaver

Using it while playing as Tainted Jacob Tainted Jacob will split Dark Esau. The Esaus are able to damage each other, and will likely die quickly unless they are separated somehow. Upon their deaths, Jacob will not be turned into the ghost form.

I will have much anger if this gets nerfed into nonexistence.

…The Tainted Jacob page says it’s a bug, though. Argh. Conflicting with my want to actually win “legitimately.”



I have had too many “I almost can’t lose except then Esau removes my HP” runs.

[PreLife]

if you find an eraser on floor 1 it takes 71 shots and an eraser to get rid of him forever. i pulled this off once and got a delirium mark with him

[XZero]

Originally posted by PreLife:

if you find an eraser on floor 1 it takes 71 shots and an eraser to get rid of him forever. i pulled this off once and got a delirium mark with him

I think you missed that the additional “stage HP” applies to the first floor too.
Should be 73 hits.

https://bindingofisaacrebirth.fandom.com/wiki/Tainted_Jacob

Dark Esau's health increases each time Tainted Jacob progresses down a floor. His base health is calculated with the following formula: (250 + 20 x stage). For example:

During The Basement Floor 1, Dark Esau has (250 + 20 x 1) = 270 HP.

3.5 base damage * 73 hits + 15 from eraser = 270.5


…I am going to have to count it myself to be completely sure which is right. If an eraser shows up again, I must not miss.

[LewkForce]

I created a simple to use Google Sheet for this to aid in using the Eraser on Tainted Esau: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xLCEM4RAF1FMkxLMQUWLa5ls9x2cKDIR1eGgflzrACY/edit?usp=sharing

Simply replace the value of YOUR DAMAGE over the default in the floor you are currently on, and the formula is computed for you (yay, no math!)