Headless Horseman

Headless Horseman is a Harbinger that can appear in all environments of Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4; replacing any other Horsemen.
The head has 100 HP. The body's HP scales depending on what Chapter it is encountered, ranging from 60-300 HP.

Behavior

Headless Horseman consists of two entities: The head and the body. Each performs attacks independently of the other.

The head has the following attacks:

Shoots 3 projectiles in a spread at Isaac.
Charges either left or right off-screen and reappears on the opposite end of the screen. He can charge either one, two or three times.
- He performs this attack more often if Isaac is to his left or right.
- This attack deals a full heart of damage.

The body has the following attack:

Periodically shoots red Ipecac-like shots at Isaac, leaving a large puddle of damaging Red Creep on impact.
- This behavior is similar to Pestilence's second phase.

Both the head and the body deal a whole heart of contact damage.

Gallery

Headless Horseman in-game.
Headless Horseman as one of Delirium's forms.

Notes

In several normal rooms, Headless Horseman's head appears on his own without his body.
- Two or three of Headless Horseman's heads can be found in the same normal rooms.

Trivia

Headless Horseman appeared in the original The Binding of Isaac.
The Headless Horseman has been a common motif in Europe since the Middle Ages.
The boss art shows the head with both eyes, even though its in-game sprite only has one.
The boss art shows the horse's head as brown, even though its in-game sprite is black.
The Delirium version of Headless Horseman's horse resembles Famine's horse rather than Headless Horseman's.