Flails

Flails are ranged melee weapons (with the exception of Harpoon) that consist of a object linked to the player with a chain, and are automatically reeled back in after being thrown.

Flails have special physics that allow you to "spin" the flail, effectively taking out the enemies on either side of the player. To do this, simply throw the flail, hold the mouse button, and when the ball reaches the end of the chain, turn around and the flail will go to the other side, where you repeat this process. You can also hold the left click button and not move to let the ball part of the flail fall to the ground, where it can still damage enemies. It should be noted that harpoons do not work the same way and cannot be spun.

Also, they are heavily influenced by gravity, making them good weapon to attack from above with.By holding down the mouse button when throwing, the player can execute a more powerful throw, making the flail fly farther. The flail will ricochet off walls and enemies is it does touch one, however it will pierce anything when it comes back to the player. For instance, it is a blood moon and 5 zombies are coming towards you, you could attack the first zombie and the flail will come straight back to you or you could throw the flail behind all the zombies and it would attack each one in succsession because it ignores collision when it comes back to the player

It should be noted that Flails work best against Worm Type monsters. The 5 flails are as follows, from weakest to strongest

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