Crimson Rod



The Crimson Rod is a magic weapon that can be obtained from breaking Crimson Hearts in the Crimson. It launches a reddish rain cloud towards the cursor, where it rains blood droplets downward onto enemies below. The cloud projectile does not pass through terrain, instead stopping if it hits a surface before it reaches its target location. As well, its coverage area is rather narrow, making it difficult to use in open areas or against agile foes. The droplets pass through all enemies, and the droplets fall for around 20 blocks or until they hit a solid object. Thus, it can be used to great effect against larger foes and clustered enemies, if you can lure them into the rainfall and attack them with another weapon while they are still taking rain damage. The fact that the droplets deal damage for a long projectile duration makes this weapon ideal for area denial and base defense during a Goblin Invasion or Blood Moon.

Because the Crimson Rod has no knockback, it cannot receive any Modifiers that affect knockback, including Mythical. The best modifiers that it can receive are Mystic and Demonic.

Trivia

 * This item could be a reference to Hunger Games: Catching Fire, where one of the traps in the arena is a blood rain.

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