The Twins

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The Twins are a Hardmode mechanical boss which is essentially a more difficult version of the Eye of Cthulhu. The Twins are two separate flying entities, Retinazer and Spazmatism, connected by a tendril, each with its own attack pattern and life count. Both must be killed in order to defeat the boss. Retinazer is usually the one which is defeated last because it is usually harder to hit thanks to it's lazers.

The Twins can be summoned manually using a Mechanical Eye at night (7:30PM to 4:30AM). They also have a 10% chance to spawn randomly at dusk once a Demon or Crimson Altar has been destroyed, as long as The Twins have not yet been defeated at least once in the current world, with their arrival announced by the status message "".

The Twins must be killed before dawn, otherwise they fly up and then despawn.

First phase

 * The eyeball with the red iris, Retinazer, fires high velocity red lasers. It will usually attempt to remain diagonally above the player.
 * The eyeball with the green iris, Spazmatism, fires medium velocity balls of Cursed Flame. It will usually attempt to remain horizontally in line with the player.

Both alternate between their signature ranged attacks and charging melee attack, much like the Eye of Cthulhu. Retinazer's charge attack has higher velocity but covers slightly less distance than Spazmatism's.

Second phase
Each eye has a second form, which each individually reaches upon its health dipping to 40%. Retinazer transforms at /  HP while Spazmatism transforms at  /  HP.
 * Retinazer becomes a mechanical eye with a laser cannon in its pupil, and only fires projectiles, ceasing its attempts to ram the player (or align with the player diagonally). It fires more rapidly and with higher damage, and periodically fires in quick barrages, but does significantly less damage. The barrages become more intense and frequent the more damage Retinazer takes, eventually occurring non-stop.
 * Retinazer will, however, align horizontally with the player when firing barrages, though not as tightly as first-phase Spazmatism does.
 * Spazmatism becomes a mechanical mouth (similar to the Eye of Cthulhu) that chases the player, charging with greater speed and range, and periodically spews streams of Cursed Flames from its mouth in a manner similar to the Flamethrower. The flames can inflict the Cursed Inferno debuff and deal high damage. It no longer attempts to align horizontally with the player.

In Expert mode, Retinazer's laser firing becomes faster and charges cover more distance as its health depletes. Spazmatism's fireballs inflict Cursed Inferno for double the duration. Spazmatism also charges faster in its second form.

Tips

 * Focus on defeating one eye completely first without doing too much damage to the other one. Battling The Twins while both are in their second form makes the battle much more difficult, especially in.
 * Spazmatism is a good choice for defeating first, since its cursed flames are difficult to avoid in its second form. Retinazer is less deadly, cannot inflict debuffs and will not charge in its second form. It is also easier to outrun Retinazer and therefore get away from it quicker.
 * A Cross Necklace helps during The Twins' second form, as players will take far less damage during barrage attacks.
 * The Twins are only immune to Confused, so using a weapon that inflicts a debuff may be useful during the fight.
 * A good arena for this boss is simply a long, flat plane. With Lightning Boots and a ranged weapon, the player can continually outrun The Twins' attacks while firing back at them.
 * The is an excellent weapon against The Twins if it is fired as the player runs away.
 * A Daedalus Stormbow with Holy Arrows can be a great tactic, as it can deal massive amounts of damage while staying out of range of many of The Twins' attacks.
 * The Shadowflame Knife can be great if you have one because it takes no mana or ammunition and The Twins are only immune to confusion, so the Shadowflame Debuff can go in effect
 * Retinazer's second form can not attack the player if he/she is hiding in a box. Defeating Spazmatism then causing Retinazer to reach it's second form can become an almost guaranteed win if this strategy is used.

Trivia

 * Retinazer's name is a of ', a part of the eye, and '. Spazmatism's name is a portmanteau of ', meaning to twitch uncontrollably, and ', an eye disorder.
 * Unlike Spazmatism, Retinazer’s second form has no visible bolts the left side.
 * The Twins seem to have (two different eye colors). However, they may have either central heterochromia iridum (different rings of colours in the eyes) or complete heterochromia iridum (two completely different eye colours), it is not completely clear due to the fact that there is a small region of blue between the main iris and the pupil, which may be shadowing or a different colour in the iris.
 * In its second form, Spazmatism's fire stream attack functions almost identically to the Flamethrower weapon, with similar range and damage, but inflicting the Cursed Inferno debuff instead of On Fire!.
 * The Twins are the only boss with two trophies, and the only mechanical boss with phases.
 * Despite inflicting it, Spazmatism is not immune to Cursed Inferno.
 * The Twins are one of three bosses with a corresponding minion (Optic Staff), the others being the  and Duke Fishron (Tempest Staff).

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