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Abel item
Abel is an unlockable familiar in The Binding of Isaac.
Description
Spawns a familiar that mirrors Isaac's movement and shoots tears towards him that deal 3.5 damage.
When used by Cain or Tainted Cain, the familiar's tears are red and deal 7.5 damage.
The familiar shoots 1.88 times per second.
Note
This page shows the latest information as of the new Repentance+ (Online Co-op) DLC.
To see information about this item for the previous Repentance version, check this page instead.
How to unlock?
Defeat The Lamb as Cain.
Transformations
Conjoined transformation. Collecting 3 items from this set will make Isaac shoot in 3 directions at the cost of -0.3 damage and -0.3 tears.
Item pools
Abel can be found in the following item pools:
| Name | Weight |
|---|---|
| Treasure Room |
1.0/1.0
|
| Greed Treasure Room |
1.0/1.0
|
| Baby Shop |
1.0/1.0
|
Tags
The following tags are applied to this item:
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| summonable | Can be summoned via  Lemegeton. |
| baby | Contributes towards the Conjoined transformation. |
| monstermanual | Can be summoned via  Monster Manual. |
| offensive | Can appear for  Tainted Lost. |
Special synergies
The following special synergies and interactions for Abel have been documented.
| Mod | Item | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| --- | BFFS! | ×2 damage. |
* Note that not all possible synergies and interactions are listed here.
Internal item description
Below is the Internal Item Description as shown in-game.
Note that some stat changes are not displayed here. Please see the main description for the full effects.
Abel
• Familiar that mirrors Isaac's movements and fires normal tears in Isaac's direction
• Cain: Abel deals increased damage when playing as Cain
• Abyss: x1 locust .5x Isaac's damage
External links
- Check out the item description on the external Isaac Wiki.
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