There's an item that blows you up

[Gl]

That does 185 area damage but hurts you. Please forgive me if I project negativity but how is this item useful when it hurts you?

[Pathetic Meow Meow #FixTF2]

sadly there are a bunch of items that are considered "useless"

[PC Crashing Sim (But IRL)]

Host Hat can solve that issue, I think.
https://bindingofisaacrebirth.fandom.com/wiki/Host_Hat

[Augie9957]

Think of it like it costs health, but in return you deal 185 damage, there are several items that are like this

[love yourself]

God synergy with pyromaniac and if with Repentance dlc actually a good item to have for T. Forgotten. In most cases yes its a trash item

[Gl]

Originally posted by Extermination:

Host Hat can solve that issue, I think.
https://bindingofisaacrebirth.fandom.com/wiki/Host_Hat

I think you're right! "Grants immunity to explosions." Thanks!

[Gl]

Originally posted by Augie9957:

Think of it like it costs health, but in return you deal 185 damage, there are several items that are like this

That's a lot of damage!

[Gl]

Originally posted by ёJ3:

God synergy with pyromaniac and if with Repentance dlc actually a good item to have for T. Forgotten. In most cases yes its a trash item

That's an amazing response. "All explosions heal Isaac instead of damaging him. If Isaac has no Red Heart containers or full health, no damage is taken."

[Luna]

Originally posted by Chris:

That does 185 area damage but hurts you. Please forgive me if I project negativity but how is this item useful when it hurts you?

it can be good if your cornered.
sometimes its safer to just take half a heart of damage rather than dealing with the swarm that cornered you.
its still not very good but i dont think its completely useless.

[Danizk0]

Free bombs are good
185 damage in a large radius is good
0.5 hearts is cheap
Since it's not technically a self-damaging item, there are many ways to use it for free
Synergizes with bomb upgrades
Synergizes with items that do stuff when you take damage

Very solid and fun active item with multiple ways to use it. The only downsides are that it doesn't work with Car Battery and becomes worse on Womb (unless you have Wafer or only use it when you have invincibility).

Originally posted by Freya:

sometimes its safer to just take half a heart of damage rather than dealing with the swarm that cornered you.

You can also use it if you get hit by the swarm - immunity frames will protect you from explosion damage

[Seltus]

its busted on tainted forgotten as the explosion will go on the skeleton and can be spammed with no damage taken. Trivialises almost everything but delirium. Dont be afraid to pick up low tier items and experiment with different characters