Parasitoid

Parasitoid is a passive item added in Afterbirth †.

Effects

 * Adds a chance to fire an egg sack which spawns slowing creep. If an egg sack hits an enemy, a blue fly or blue spider is spawned.
 * Egg sack tears have considerably higher tear height and consequently, range.

Synergies

 * //: All tears have a chance of becoming an egg sack.
 * : Egg sacks will be quadrupled when passing through the prism.
 * //: When egg sacks are fired, they will split into smaller egg sacks. Split egg sacks from The Parasite will not look like egg sacks.
 * : Egg sacks bounce against floor.
 * : Egg sacks retain damaging aura and homing effect.
 * : Flies and spiders are bigger and deal double damage.
 * Homing Tears: Egg sacks will home in on enemies.
 * : Familiar can fire egg sacks.
 * : Every tear in the tear barrage and the stone has a chance to be an egg sack.
 * /: Each tear in tear barrage has a chance to be an egg sack.
 * : Tear's appearance doesn't change, but it gains a chance to spawn slowing creep, flies and spiders on occasion.
 * : Egg sacks bounce and apply their effects on each hit on enemies.
 * : Every tear fired when taking damage has a chance to be an egg sack.

Interactions

 * Azazel: Parasitoid has no effect.
 * : Overrides Parasitoid.
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 * : Tears retain Haemolacria appearance and only the main tear can spawn flies or spiders when damaging enemies.
 * : Only extra range applies on egg sack tears and they will not spawn flies or spiders.
 * : Fed tears have a chance of being egg sacks or normal tears. Fed egg sacks will burst and each burst tear has a chance of being a egg sack.
 * : Overrides Parasitoid.
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Trivia

 * Parasitoid is a term for when insects' larvae live inside their hosts as a parasite before eventually killing the host.

Parasitoid