Wormwood

Wormwood
Base HP
200
Stage HP
0
Found In
Downpour Normal Enemy: Corpse
Dropped Items

Wormwood is a boss that appears in Downpour.

Behavior

Wormwood has several attack patterns:

• Pops out of the water and spits a spray of tears at Isaac.
• Occasionally, he jumps out of the water and charges towards Isaac. Shortly after jumping out, it will shoot tears in cardinal directions.
• Once he reaches about 33% health he will execute a series of attacks.
  • Swims under Isaac and punches his tail through the ground 5 to 7 times, which can damage Isaac and leave holes in the ground.
  • Afterwards, the screen starts shaking. After a short delay, he will break through one of the walls to the left or right and charge at Isaac at a high speed. He will spawn Small Leeches as he crashes through.
  • After this attack, he resumes using his first 2 attacks.

Notes

• While jumping, he can jump over Isaac's tears.

Trivia

• His name is a reference to the Biblical Wormwood. It is a star that, according to the Book of Revelation, will fall on a third of the Earth's water, which will turn the water bitter and deadly to drink.
  • Wormwood is also the name of a demon in C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters.