HUSH

[Andrew R]

Gotten fairly close to beating him but what is the best build / character?

[goofy_goober!]

brimstone ez win

[Fishman (real)]

Marked lets you focus a lot more on dodging.

[Isabelle]

Originally posted by goofygoober_0w0:

brimstone ez win

No? Hush's boss armor means that high damage brimstone blasts are, generally, much weaker. Brimstone, as far as I know, doesn't bypass boss armor. You're going to suffer from the low tears stat.

[aywee]

Hush (and other late game bosses) have so called boss armor.

Basically, the game checks how much damage was dealt, and adjusts the final damage accordingly. If total damage is above a certain threshold, damage multiplier will be lowered. It can go as low as 0.09x. Armor resets in 4 seconds.

If you have build with fast tears, just keep firing. If you have strong-hitting builds (e.g. Brimstone), fire every 4 seconds.

Delirium is a special case - each time he transforms to a different form, so called "starting armor" is applied. It lasts 4 seconds, but reduces your damage to 0.01x. However, his main form doesn't have any armor whatsoever. So the strategy is mostly to keep firing, and focus his main form if possible.

Repentance buffed bombs, so they deal 100 damage and bypass boss armor. Use them.

You can read more about boss armor on Fandom Wiki:
https://bindingofisaacrebirth.fandom.com/wiki/Damage_Scaling

[JEREJK]

If you are struggling with dodging etc. try to fight him with psy fly. It's not as good as it was before but that item will help a lot with hush, and im also always going against hush with a synergy build, just beat him with c section + Jacobs ladder + tech zero and with a good fire rate, i was able to do a lot of damage with this setup and it was also easier to focus on dodging due to the homing fetus shots. So anything that gives you homing helps a lot on the fight.

[Joshua Kurayami]

Gnawed leaf + any item that can deal damage on it's own through contact or auto-fire.

[Isabelle]

Originally posted by Joshua Kurayami:

Gnawed leaf + any item that can deal damage on it's own through contact or auto-fire.

+1 gnawed leaf with any independent damaging familiar is literally an unbeatable combo, if you have the patience to wait like half an hour to kill every boss.

[toliksem1712]

soy milk and LITTLE HORN and a little luck but not necessary or you can use any powerful damage effect like OCULAR RIFT

[Kobeth]

Mom's knife is really good against him, even more if you're tainted lilith. Bird's eye/Ghost pepper are also really good. Trisagion with homing and a lot of projectiles will also melt him. Tainted judas can use Hush's projectiles to build up his damage thanks to his active item.