Piranha Gun



The Piranha Gun is a post-Plantera Hardmode ranged weapon that fires a single mechanical piranha-shaped projectile that latches onto an enemy to do continuous damage while the attack button is being held. The projectile must return to the gun before being fired again, but if the attack button is held and other enemies are still within range, it will proceed to automatically home in on those enemies without needing to return, and attack until all enemies in range are defeated, or the attack button is released. The Piranha Gun is found in the Dungeon's Jungle Chest, which requires the Jungle Key to open. This weapon is very effective to most strong enemies.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Tips

 * The Piranha Gun's damage and critical chance is determined after the cast of the projectile. So if a player gets the 30% damage and crit from full invisible shroomite, lets the Piranha loose, they can move around with the piranha still dealing the 30% damage and having the 10% extra crit.
 * The Piranha Gun is great for eliminating swarms of enemies as you can hide behind walls whilst it jumps around between enemies in a wide open space, thus eliminating everything in a room from the safety of your point.
 * Especially good for eliminating Paladins as a player can safely fire at them then hide behind a wall whilst the piranha does its work.
 * This weapon is useful in dispatching teleporting enemies, such as Necromancers, since the piranha will lock on to and follow the target each teleport.
 * Useful in stunlocking enemies; certain enemies and bosses, or boss segments such as the Golem's fist, can not attack or fire whilst being damaged, thus, the Piranha Gun nullifies their attacks.
 * Some users may find the Piranha Gun is useful for support. It can be easily used to constantly damage bosses without focusing on aiming projectiles or going in close for melee attacks, allowing the user to focus on dodging the attacks of the boss and to hold out for any debuffs to clear such as Potion Sickness.
 * The Piranha Gun can be effective against Dungeon Guardians.
 * Duke Fishron moves too fast for the latched piranha, making this a completely ineffective weapon to fight with, as it does not destroy bubbles either. Though you can reliably latch it to him at the start of the fight, giving you a source of constant damage if you don't have a homing weapon and are good at dodging.
 * The Piranha Gun is extremely effective at farming pre-hardmode bosses, especially Skeletron and Wall of Flesh. A Piranha Gun with a decent modifier can take out the WoF in 30 seconds at most if aimed at one of it's eyes.

Trivia

 * The gun itself is actually a highly modified flail.
 * A possible reference to a weapon used by the character Vector from Despicable Me.

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