Clinger Staff



The Clinger Staff is a Hardmode magic weapon that has a 20% chance to be dropped by a Corrupt Mimic. It generates a 15 blocks tall wall of Cursed Flame, which deals damage and inflicts the Cursed Inferno debuff to any enemy that walks through it. The point at which the wall is generated must be in a direct line of sight; otherwise, the wall will not generate, though still use mana. The Clinger Staff's wall lasts for about 45 seconds. Only one wall may be generated at a time; if another is summoned, the first one will vanish.

Its best modifier is Mythical in as the recent 1.4.0.1 update has made this weapon able to deal critical hits. Ruthless for maximum damage output in as it cannot deal critical hits on these platforms.

Tips

 * Due to its high knockback, this weapon is excellent at keeping enemies away from the player.
 * The Clinger Staff excels at killing Worms, as multiple segments can be hit by the wall.
 * This weapon can be useful while in the Dungeon for keeping enemies away due to its narrow passageways.
 * This weapon is useful during the Old One's Army event, as many enemies cannot pass though due to its high knockback.
 * Since the critical strike chance of a projectile is not based on the weapon that fired it but rather the one the player is currently holding, this weapon pairs very well with magic weapons with a higher base critical strike chance than usual, most notably Sky Fracture.

Trivia

 * Despite its name and appearance, the staff is not dropped by Clingers.
 * This weapon has the highest mana usage of all magic weapons in a single use.

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