Nimbus Rod



The Nimbus Rod is a Hardmode magic weapon that creates clouds that cause damaging "rain" projectiles to fire downward. When cast, a cloud projectile is fired from the rod and travels towards the cursor. Upon reaching its destination or colliding with a solid block, the cloud stops and begins emitting rain particles downward for one full minute. Each drop of rain deals the weapon's stated damage and pierces through enemies. Up to two clouds can be created in this way, and subsequent uses of the weapon will cause the oldest cloud to disappear.

The Nimbus Rod has a 6.67% (1/15) chance of dropping from an Angry Nimbus, which spawns during rain.

Tips

 * The Nimbus Rod's fire-and-forget nature, low cost, long duration and relatively high damage over time make it an ideal weapon to have during fights against large enemies like bosses. The piercing property of the raindrops proves effective against multi-segmented enemies, such as The Destroyer. The player is also left free to use other weapons while the clouds are active, since only the initial cost consumes mana.
 * The Nimbus Rod is incredibly powerful against the during the Lunar Events after their shield has gone down, since they remain stationary. This allows the player to deal damage to the pillar while they focus on staying alive and dealing with its minions.
 * Each individual raindrop will trigger damage-related set bonuses, such as those of the Orichalcum armor and Spectre armor, which is especially useful with the Spectre Hood.
 * For maximizing, the arena should be flooded, since liquids slow enemies down, allowing more raindrops to hit them. Note that enemies cannot be slowed down by any means.
 * As there is limited space between drops, the rain can serve as a barrier against destructible projectiles, such as Burning Spheres.
 * The Crimson Cloud from the Crimson Rod can also be active, allowing the player to have up to three clouds on the screen at once.

Trivia

 * The term Nimbus is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified as the . A nimbostratus cloud is a low, gray, often dark, amorphous, nearly uniform cloud that usually produces continuous rain or snow.
 * The rain from the Nimbus Rod travels at 51 mph, the same speed as a falling player.
 * During a Blood Moon, the rain drops from Nimbus Rods will become red.

History
Bâton nimbus 비구름 지팡이 雨云魔杖