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Punching Bag item
Punching Bag is a familiar in The Binding of Isaac.
Description
Spawns a familiar that walks randomly around the room and acts as a decoy, making enemies attack it instead of Isaac if it is closer than him.
The familiar can block enemy projectiles.
Enemies can target the familiar for up to 6 seconds, then they will target Isaac for 6 seconds, etc.
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.
Item pools
Punching Bag 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. |
| monstermanual | Can be summoned via  Monster Manual. |
Special synergies
The following special synergies and interactions for Punching Bag have been documented.
| Mod | Item | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| --- | Abyss | Spawns a cyan locust that has a 30% chance to destroy enemy projectiles upon contact. |
* 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.
Punching Bag
• Wandering familiar that blocks enemy shots
• Enemies will sometimes focus their attacks on it instead of Isaac
• Abyss: x1 baiting shield locust .75x Isaac's damage
External links
- Check out the item description on the external Isaac Wiki.
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