Gray Zapinator

The Gray Zapinator is a pre-Hardmode Magic weapon sold by the Traveling Merchant. Unlike the Zapinator, the Gray Zapinator is single shot. Its projectiles also behave erratically. Upon striking an enemy, the laser beam can do any of the following:


 * Pierce the enemy


 * Change speed dramatically, accelerating wildly or coming to a near-complete stop


 * Teleport to a new location, similar to the Influx Waver's projectile


 * Rotate in a random direction


 * Spawn a second beam


 * Attain maximum knockback


 * Deal a massive critical hit of more than 300 damage
 * Gain the ability to pass through blocks

These can occur in seemingly any combination, creating the potential for enormous bursts of damage. Beams that are slow only do damage near the front and have a long delay before it can damage the same enemy again.

It is affected by the Meteor armor set bonus, reducing the mana cost to 0.

Trivia

 * The Zapinator's name and sprite resemble the, an electronic light gun accessory for the (NES).
 * The erratic behavior of the projectiles along with the tooltip, 'It might be broken', are most likely references to how broken NES Zappers now are in real life. This stems from using non-CRT screens which disrupts the ability for the photosensitive diode in the barrel to properly detect when you're aiming at a target on the screen.