Incubus

**Incubus** is an unlockable passive item added in *The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth*.

## Effects

* Spawns a demonic familiar that copies Isaac's tears with reduced size (or width for some special attack).
	+ Incubus' tears ignores Isaac's range and shot speed.
	+ Incubus' damage is reduced by 25% when playing as characters other than  Lilith and  Tainted Lilith.
* This item belongs to the  set. Collecting three items from this set will transform Isaac into a three-faced version of himself.

## Notes

* Lilith's starting Incubus is technically not a collected item but an intrinsic part of the character, and is removed if an item such as  or  are used to become a different character. As such, playing as Lilith will not add Incubus to the collection page, nor does her personal Incubus count towards the  transformation.
* Incubus is one of the familiars that can be spawned by . Receiving one in this way does not count towards Conjoined, however.
* Incubus has the second highest priority of following familiars, only being below 's priority.

## Synergies

* Azazel / : Fires a full length Brimstone laser that can be charged while still firing the previous laser, allowing it to fire more rapidly than normal.
	+ The laser fired by Incubus has the same width as 's.
	+ When playing as  Azazel, Incubus' Brimstone laser has the same range as him.
	+ Multiple copies of  will not grant Incubus the mega brimstone effect.
* /  The Forgotten / : Incubus will carry the respective melee weapon, using it exactly like Isaac.
* : A burst of 3 tears is fired at the regular tear delay without needing to charge.
	+ Incubus now charges and fires a burst of up to 5 tears just as Isaac would.
* : Doubles fire rate of Incubus. This notably makes it fire and charge attack faster than Isaac does.
* : Incubus can create its own orbiting tears, which will orbit the Incubus that created it, and not Isaac.
* : Incubus can fire the Technology 2 laser too.
* : The Incubus tears will follow the beam. This makes it seem as if the tears come directly from Isaac, even if blindfolded.
	+ **Tractor Beam** + : Also allows the Incubus tears to follow the beam.

## Interactions

No effect on Incubus:

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Only stat effects are applied; otherwise no effect on Incubus:

Other interactions:

* : Only Isaac's tears affect the damage multiplier.
* : A dangerous combination, since familiars naturally stays behind the character, and the character's movement may block the bomb, which causes self-damage easily.
* The Forgotten: Fires bone tears like  without the splitting effect. Reverts to normal tears when switching to  The Soul.
* : The effective range of Incubus' tears is roughly doubled, with a single bounce in the middle of the flight.
* : Incubus will fire tears in relative position to its body depending on where Isaac's head is currently.
* : The item is recharged by Isaac's tears, not Incubus'. This item works with  Lilith.
	+ Incubus' tears contribute to the item charge.
* : Incubus ignores the range down from this item, and will fire the tear barrage but not the stone.
	+ Incubus is still able to fire tears while Kidney Stone is charging.
* : Incubus' tears become piercing and spectral but otherwise fires normal tears.
* : Since Incubus ignores shot speed the tears turn back very quickly, greatly reducing effective range.
* : Incubus shoots small, fixed-size Tech X laser rings, with a very slightly longer minimum charge than Isaac.

## Trivia

* In folklore, incubi are evil spirits said to descend upon sleeping people, specifically ones fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep, or, more simply put, the male version of a succubus.