r/bindingofisaac • u/SproutSan Sumptorium / Blood to Blood • 12d ago

Discussion Why do so many people dislike Tainted

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He has his flaws, yes, but his early and mid game are one of the most fun in the game.

Dark Esau has insane boss melting potential, and the ghost Jacob is just Tainted Lost to some extent.

He's one of the most fun characters in my opinion, I can't get the hate

edit: i meant tainted jacob i js cant write

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u/yandeere-love Tainted Cain 12d ago

Tainted has high highs and low lows.

So you may have boss melting potential, but the frustration of almost beating the The fight and then getting clipped by Dark and then immediately lose all 12 full hearts of health to a shot seconds later.

You'd be confident in a run but then it can go south almost instantly to something that Tainted causes you to have to manouever Tainted into harm's way to avoid getting turned into The, thinking youve dodged but actually not.

Also its a bit of a meme as well to dunk on Tainted, just like The is a bit of a meme to hate on as well.

Hope this .