My Top 20 Items in the binding of issac afterbirth and rebirth

[Goose]

20: Little brimstone because its useful powerful and easy to get
19: sacrificial dagger because it has really high damage and easy to hit with
18:dr fetus cause of the immediate use of it
17: polythemus because its massive dammage is great but its SLOW as hell so thats why its so low
16:proptosis because despite the fact you lose range, your damage is very high and your fire rate is the same
15:crickets head because its damage multiplier is amazing and basically a slghtly weaker fast polythemus with good range
14:ludovico technique because the damage tickover and fairly easy use makes this a great item
13:the pact because its really useful as its damage, tears and even soul hearts
12: tammys head becuase its damage and almost synergy with every item and 1 room charge makes it a very powerful item
11:chocolate milk because its charge is fast, your damage gets very high and its ability to synergize with most items in the game gives it number 11
10 :the halo because its an all stats up and an easy unlock
9:ipecac because of its massive power and explosives give it a solid number 9
8:abaddon because of its immediate use and if you grab it no matter what you will live through it as you gain hearts from it
7: mega blast as it has insane power but its regen time , insane rarity and how you unlock it only gives number 7
6: magic mushroom as its the best all stats up in the game and gives you tons of good stuff
5:epic fetus because its insane damage ,easy use and ability to turn any bad run (besides soy milk and libra) into amazingness
4:brimstone because of its amazing power, synergies and fun that gives it this spot
3: sacred heart because its damage is amazing and its homing is better than any other
2:godhead as its use, synergies and just amazing stats give it this spot
1: tech x because it has saved almost every run of mine when i find it and its amazing damage tickover, synergies, ability to kill almost every boss and I beat ultra greed easily with it .


honoraable mentions include
monstros lung,
maw of the void
pyro
the parasite


leave your favorites in the comments unless your here to complain about an item not being here then dont bother

[Milk]

googee11 a écrit :

Tacobandit a écrit :

I mean technically any run is winnable without picking anything up.

not true. There are inevitable damage rooms.

There are rooms where you are guaranteed to take damage, regardless of skill or performance?

[Goose]

the reason i put them on is because i know what they do and have seen them in action

[Quokka]

Tacobandit a écrit :

googee11 a écrit :

not true. There are inevitable damage rooms.

There are rooms where you are guaranteed to take damage, regardless of skill or performance?

yup, there are rooms that spawn you inside of enemies/bosses. There are also rooms with mullibooms or brim spiders where damage is unavoidable for a default isaac.

[AfroFish]

Bob's Rotten Head OP

[Rio]

In no real order

1. Dr Fetus/Ibutac
2. Pyromania
3. Gnawed Leaf
4. D6
5. Dark Bum
6. Serpents kiss
7. Sackboy
8. Humbling bundle
9. Any passive Flight item
10. Continuum tears
11. No.2
12. Host Hat
13. Shop Restock
14. Piercing tears
15. Crystal Ball/Card Deck/Rune bag/Prayer card
16. Holy mantle
17. The nail/Satanic Bible
18. Sad Bombs
19. Holy light
20. Black candle

Honorable mentions

Holy shield
Cube of meat/bandges
Glitter bombs + Scatter bombs
Guppy items
Rotten baby

I dislike all items that change my attack into charged attacks after ages of farming coins as Azazel for the shop donation machine. I also might be alone here in that I don't like magic mush because of the size increase.

[perico2palotes]

It really depends on who you're playing with. IMHO (I'm talking rebirth here) if we divide items on tiers, there is a tier which we should call "god tier" whose items make your game cake all by themselves, which should include:
- brimstone
- stop watch
I'm not accounting for combos in this list, but even if I was god tier would be the same because stop watch is just that good and brimstone has the best DPS combos: b + tammy's head and b + homing shots
Then there's S+ tier, which includes items that are game breaking but really depend on other items to make the most out of their potential:
- dead cat
- holy shield
Dead cat means free devil trades plus free spiked door rooms, plus one less item for guppy's transform (and extreme ease to get the other two due to the other reasons). Holy shield is also gamebreaking. Yet you need to be able to output decent damage because those two items won't carry you through long fights. Now, "decent damage" is already a prereq for an OP game, so that's why these two still qualify at least one cut above the rest.
On S tier we have:
- cricket's head
- 20/20
- abbadon
- daddy long legs (not recommended with The Lost since you lose control on where / when exploding enemies, including teal / blue champions, die.)
On tier S- we would have items that can be great but are too situational to qualify higher:
- humbling bundle
- head of krampus / scissors (the ones that let your body chase enemies)
- joker card
- lil brimstone
Humbling bundle is next to useless if you don't land it early in the game, but if you can get it early on congratulations, you're on your way to OPness. Scissors and head of krampus are some of the best boss killers. They have long recharge time plus take your active item slot, but they can take down bosses and clear big rooms in no time with near zero risk (from caves onward you pretty much can recharge them before entering the boss room). Tammy's head only surpasses HoK once you can get huge base damage, plus piercing shots, plus ouija board effect. In most games HoK will beat TH. Joker card lets you land a devil deal before you enter the boss room, but -more important- lets you enter a devil room you might not see otherwise, at the precise moment you have the hearts to make deals. Lil' brimstone is like brimstone but with worse damage scaling and no synergies, plus you need to get it before you get any other "followers" or you won't be able to target properly.
I don't like items that change tears behavior, brimstone being the obvious exception because it's just too good. Ludovico is very strong when it works but it has serious shortcomings (no AoE, no knockback, can go offscreen on big rooms, etc.). The remote controlled blue fly (not ludovico's) is good but as soon as my shots become half good I no longer use it. Mega fetus is strong but it turns some enemies into a royal PITA (like burrowing ones - you actually need to anticipate when they will unburrow). Dr fetus is too slow; Ipecac is better but it's more unpredictable and risky.

[georgebonkers]

mine is probs deaths touch and worst is experemenal treatment

[Seamus]

D6.

[RocketPotatoL62]

why doesn't anyone like the soul? it's waaaaay under rated, even though not many unlocked it, Godhead is not even that great compared to sacred heart, and the soul makes all projectile based enemies easy to defeat, like the hush.

[burn1none]

1-20= Tech X

[beautheschmo]

Sonic_BasementKeeper62 a écrit :

why doesn't anyone like the soul? it's waaaaay under rated, even though not many unlocked it, Godhead is not even that great compared to sacred heart, and the soul makes all projectile based enemies easy to defeat, like the hush.

I find the Soul to be pretty unreliable personally, especially compared to some of the other projectile-blocking items. Having 3 orbitals almost guarantees you take no projectile damage ever, Dry/Farting Baby and Samson's Chains can be positioned to completely block projectiles from an enemy (unless they shoot curving shots, which accounts for all of like 3 enemies in the game), etc.

The Soul on the other hand varies in strength, and at its low point it basically just turns off, which means you always have to pay attention to whether it's actually working. Also it doesn't block everything. Som fast-moving shots usually keep enough momentum to hit you unless your aura happens to be at full power, and homing shots just straight up ignore it. With some of the other items, you can literally just stand still and not be in any danger, but with the soul, you still have to dodge everything, you just get more of a safety window when doing so. I'd take it over Mask of Infamy and Circle of Protection because those are just straight up RNG, but not over stuff that I can actually control.

I will admit, though, it's probably my favorite item to have when challenging Mega Satan. Repelling his fire waves, while really not necessary, is one of the coolest looking things in the game.

[Goose]

Sonic_BasementKeeper62 a écrit :

why doesn't anyone like the soul? it's waaaaay under rated, even though not many unlocked it, Godhead is not even that great compared to sacred heart, and the soul makes all projectile based enemies easy to defeat, like the hush.

its not on the list cause its my like 30th so ok

[e-v-a-n]

I'll try my hand at this - in no particular order.

1. 20/20
2. Godhead/Sacred Heart
3. D100
4. D6
5. Holy Mantle
6. More/Theres Options
7. Sackhead
8. Tech X
9. Pyromaniac
10. Censer
11. The Wafer
12. Brimstone
13. Mom's Knife
14. Cricket's Head/Body
15. Tech .5
16. Magic Mushroom
17. Proptosis
18. The Pact
19. Sacrifical Dagger
20. Eden's Blessing

Honorable Mentions:

Death's Touch
Goat Head
SMB Super Fan
Scorpio
Rubber Cement
Rotten Baby
Daddy's Longlegs
Pinking Shears
Abbadon
Trinity Shield
Stopwatch

[e-v-a-n]

Sonic_BasementKeeper62 a écrit :

why doesn't anyone like the soul? it's waaaaay under rated, even though not many unlocked it, Godhead is not even that great compared to sacred heart, and the soul makes all projectile based enemies easy to defeat, like the hush.

It's good. I'd say it's better than the Body but less useful as the Mind. The projectiles don't always deflect and the soul hearts could be useless depending on your health at the time.

[McKnuckles]

I have to say that I seem to find tech x more often than I do the other tech items.