Athame

[Wanderer312]

This item after the black hearts nerf is pretty bad, not something that's worth sacrificing a heart over but what if instead of creating black hearts it gave a damage buff like Dark Arts?
Make it be a able to delete bullets as well and you get an item that can kill enemies and save your ass during bullet hell sections and give you damage up as well. What do you guys think?

[Rougheredge]

I had a friend who suggested that maybe it and Maw of the Void should give you a half black heart for every 5 or 6 kills, that way they could still be used as intended but not give you full black hearts after one room.

[HeraldOfOpera]

Honestly, JUST the bullet deletion on both items would probably be fine. Becoming immune to bullets for 1 second every 2.5 seconds is the sort of crazy thing you'd need to be worth 2 heart containers now that those actually matter.

[Wanderer312]

Either bullet deletion or enemy deletion would be fine, both would require Athame's cost to be raised to two hearts in my opinion. For Maw of the void ı honestly have no idea, either make it give +2 damage to the player or lower it's cost to one heart cause it's not worth it now.

[HeraldOfOpera]

Messaggio originale di Wanderer312:

Either bullet deletion or enemy deletion would be fine, both would require Athame's cost to be raised to two hearts in my opinion. For Maw of the void ı honestly have no idea, either make it give +2 damage to the player or lower it's cost to one heart cause it's not worth it now.

Considering Athame requires you to have already taken damage, bullet erasure doesn't mean as much as something that can be used proactively without having to pick up three other items (9 Volt, Dull Razor, Habit, which is already crazy enough on its own).