Tough Love

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Tough Love is a passive item.

Effects

  • Adds a chance to shoot a tooth instead of a tear, which deals x3.2 Isaac's damage.

Notes

  • The chance to fire a tooth depends on the luck stat, and the formula used to determine the chance is: 110−⌊Luck⌋[1]
    • At base luck (0), the chance is 10%, maxing out at 100% at 9 luck.

Interactions

  • (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth) Apple!Apple!: With 14 Luck, overrides Tough Love. With 13 Luck, Apple and Tough Love each have about an equal chance to trigger.
  • (in Rebirth) BrimstoneBrimstone: Overridden by Brimstone.
    • (except in Rebirth) Occasionally fires Brimstone beam with damage multiplier of Tough Love.
  • Cricket's BodyCricket's Body / (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth) Compound FractureCompound Fracture: Teeth will split into smaller teeth.
  • (except in Repentance and Repentance+) Dr. FetusDr. Fetus: Bombs explode with the increased blast damage and radius of Mr. MegaMr. Mega.
    • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Adds a chance for the bombs to deal increased damage. See the page for the specific damage formula.
  • Fire MindFire Mind: Adds a flaming effect to the teeth, (except in Repentance and Repentance+) but without the chance of exploding.
  • IpecacIpecac: Teeth explode with the increased blast damage of Mr. MegaMr. Mega.
  • (except in Repentance and Repentance+) Mom's KnifeMom's Knife: Overridden by Mom's Knife.
    • (in Repentance and Repentance+) : Both damage multipliers apply, combined damage multiplier is x6.4.
  • (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth) HaemolacriaHaemolacria: Tears will not appear as teeth but may still gain the damage multiplier.
  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) JawbreakerJawbreaker: Activation rates are individually applied to each tear, effectively allowing for higher amounts of teeth. At 9 Luck, the trinket is no longer needed, as Tough Love will already guarantee that every shot is a tooth.
  • The Ludovico TechniqueThe Ludovico Technique: Tear occasionally flicks to being a tooth, which deals 3.2x Isaac's tear damage, before immediately returning to being a normal tear. The frequency at which the tear very briefly transforms into a tooth increases with Luck, permanently becoming a tooth at 9 Luck.
  • The ParasiteThe Parasite: Split tears will not turn into teeth.
  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Spirit SwordSpirit Sword: Both the sword and projectiles can deal increased damage.
  • TechnologyTechnology: Damage multiplier applies occasionally.

In-game Footage

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Trivia

The x3.2 damage multiplier is likely a reference to the fact that full set of adult teeth amounts to 32 teeth in total.

References

  1. ↑ Binding of Isaac Item Trigger Testing


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