Learn how to navigate the early challenges and anomalies as Judas in The Binding of Isaac. This guide covers Black Judas, item interactions, and crucial early-game tips for survival.
Walkthrough
- 1Judas is unlocked by beating Satan for the first time.
- 2He begins with 1 Red Heart container, 3 coins, and The Book of Belial.
- 3Judas has a 1.35x damage multiplier.
Tips
- The Book of Belial's damage increase is significant; keep it until other damage sources are sufficient. In Rebirth, it guarantees a Devil or Angel Room. In later DLCs, it increases the chance by 12.5%.
- Prioritize health upgrades due to Judas's low starting health. Devil Deals can be risky.
- Dead Cat is a good early item for Judas, effectively having no downside and contributing to the Guppy transformation.
- Items that activate on low health (Scapular, Monkey Paw, Glyph of Balance, Whore of Babylon) are easily triggered with Judas.
- Black Judas: Spawns when a character dies with Judas' Shadow. Has 2 Black Hearts, a 2x damage multiplier, and 1.1 base speed. Black Judas has the highest damage multiplier.
- Black Judas Health (Pre-Repentance): Can gain Red Heart containers.
- Black Judas Health (Repentance+): Cannot gain Red Heart containers; items that grant them give Black Hearts instead.
- Black Judas counts as Judas for achievements and unlocks, including Completion Marks.
- In Repentance+, Black Judas gains Tainted Judas' bonus effects when using Dark Arts.
Item Interactions:
- Birthright (Repentance+): The Book of Belial becomes a passive item. Its damage boost scales with the charges of the active item above it. This may not work with certain item types and has special interactions detailed on The Book of Belial's page. Stacks with Book of Virtues.
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