When Life Gives You Lemons

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When Life Gives You Lemons is challenge #12. Character Isaac icon.pngIsaac is the default character for the challenge, and he starts with Collectible Lemon Mishap icon.pngLemon Mishap, Collectible 9 Volt icon.png9 Volt, Collectible Habit icon.pngHabit, and a Lemon Party pill. The goal is to defeat Boss Mom ingame.pngMom. This challenge is available by default.

Difficulty

The lack of Treasure RoomTreasure Rooms makes this challenge much more difficult than a normal run.

Strategy

  • Lemon Mishap has a small range, making it difficult to use. The Habit and 9 Volt will allow more frequent uses of it but their combination is more important than that. Because every run starts with 9 Volt, any activated item obtained will take less time to recharge. The Habit makes taking damage charge it faster as well. The only catch would be finding a better activated collectible.
  • The (except in Rebirth and Afterbirth)Lost CorkLost Cork is an extremely beneficial trinket in this run, expanding the area of Lemon Mishap and thus making it safer to use since Isaac doesn't need to be as close to the enemy.
  • A good item to find is Collectible Shoop da Whoop! icon.pngShoop da Whoop!, simply for being usable every room because of 9 Volt.

Reward

Trivia

  • The challenge name is a reference to the proverbial phrase "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
  • One of the Fortune Telling Machine.pngFortune Telling Machine's fortunes is "When life gives you lemons, reroll!"