My Reflection

Item Icon
Pickup Quote	"Boomerang tears + DMG up + luck down"
Entity ID	5.100.5
Character Appearance
Item Pool	Crane Game Treasure Room Treasure Room
Quality	2
Item Tags
Collection Grid	(page 1, column 5, row 1) (page 1, column 5, row 1)

My Reflection is a passive item.

Effects

• Isaac's tears travel a short distance, then reverse direction and return to Isaac.
  • The tears are constantly pulled towards Isaac; if Isaac moves after shooting, the tears will always return to him.
• +1.5 range.
• +1 tear falling speed.
• 2x + 1.5 range, +1.5 damage, -1 luck.
• 1.6x shot speed multiplier.

Interactions

• Anti-Gravity: The tears will slowly move towards Isaac instead of remaining stationary. Releasing the fire button will launch the tears as usual.
• Brimstone: Overrides My Reflection.
  • Makes the beam curve when moving. It has the same effect on Azazel's mini-brimstone and doubles the range.
  • The laser makes a thin loop in front of Isaac, and fires the normal laser backwards.
• Continuum: If tears cross the border of the room, they will move towards Isaac from their new position rather than crossing back across the border.
• Compound Fracture / The Parasite/Cricket's Body: Split tears will move towards Isaac.
• Dr. Fetus: Not recommended. The bombs will slide back towards Isaac after having reached a certain distance.
  • When combined with Rocket in a Jar, the rockets will not explode unless they hit an obstacle or enemy, making this much safer.
• Epic Fetus: Overrides My Reflection.
• Euthanasia: Needles from Euthanasia bursts will move towards Isaac.
• Flat Stone: Tears bounce away from and then back towards Isaac. However, unless you have range ups, this generally results in tears slowing down then dissipating rather than actually returning.
• Haemolacria: Range becomes extremely high, making Haemolacria tears follow Isaac for a long time before hitting the ground. Burst tears do not have a boomerang effect.
• Ipecac: Not recommended. The explosive tears will begin flying back towards Isaac after having reached a certain distance.
• Lachryphagy: Tears will move towards Isaac and can still be fed and burst. The bursted tears will also move towards Isaac.
• A Lump of Coal: The tears increase in damage as they are pulled towards Isaac.
• The Ludovico Technique: The tear will slowly move towards Isaac, and the shot speed increase allows the tear to be moved much faster.
• Mom's Knife: No effect, as the knife already has this effect.
  • The stat changes carry over, but the knife's trajectory does not.
• Montezuma's Revenge: Causes the beam range behind Isaac to become significantly increased as well as having a short range similar to Azazel's beam in front of him. This greatly eases the use of this item allowing for high DPS.
• My Reflection: No further stat changes.
  • Damage and luck changes stack, range and shot speed don't.
• Piercing tears: Despite the piercing effect, tears cannot damage the same enemy multiple times.
• Pop!: Tears constantly swarm around Isaac, quickly filling the room.
• Proptosis: At base tear size, tears disappear before they can return to Isaac.
• Pupula Duplex: Tears will spin like boomerangs, the effect is purely cosmetic.
• Revelation: The laser makes a thin loop in front of Isaac, and fires the normal laser backwards.
• Rubber Cement: Isaac's tears will continually be pulled towards him, effectively reducing the chances that tears will bounce.
• Spoon Bender: If tears are close enough to an enemy, it will home in and damage them. If not, they will return to Isaac.
• Strange Attractor: Not recommended. While it may make it easier to hit enemies, it also makes it much easier for them to be attracted to Isaac, surrounding him.
• Technology: Overrides My Reflection.
  • Makes the beam curve when moving.
  • The laser makes a thin loop in front of Isaac, and fires the normal laser backwards.
• Technology 2 / Tech.5
  • Tears return to character and the beams curve when moving.
  • The laser makes a thin loop in front of Isaac, and fires the normal laser backwards.
• Tech X: Stat effects of My Reflection remain but the boomerang effect does not.
• Tiny Planet: The orbital tears will move faster to stay in orbit around Isaac, making aiming easier.
• Trisagion: Makes the beams much longer as they move away from and then back towards Isaac.
  • The beams are in the form of a thin loop which cover a larger area, and the beams return to Isaac.
• Whip Worm: Further increases shot speed, making Isaac's tears travel much farther forward before returning to Isaac.

Trivia

• This item is a reference to the concept of a mirror breaking when being looked into, usually played as a joke on ugly characters being 'so ugly they break the mirror'.
  • This may be a commentary on Isaac's poor self-esteem.
  • The Luck Down inflicted by the item is a secondary reference to the superstition of a broken mirror causing seven years of bad luck.
• In his first post-Repentance Lore Stream, Edmund McMillen stated that Isaac's visual appearance (ie: the crescent shape on his forehead) is simply a reference to the shape of boomerangs, as the item causes Isaac's tears to come back to him like the movement pattern of a boomerang.
• In the same lore stream, McMillen explained that the reason Isaac's tears return to him is simply due to the idea of attacking a mirror, with the tears being reflected backwards similarly to how shiny surfaces (such as mirrors) reflect light.
• This item is the only one to apply a multiplier to Isaac's shot speed, instead of a plain bonus.
• This item is used in Suicide King (challenge #7) and Slow Roll (challenge #15).

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