Brand of the Inferno

  

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Brand of the Inferno

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	95 (Melee)
Knockback	6.5 (Strong)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Tooltip	Right click to guard with a shield
Rarity	05*
Sell	1
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Striking Moment
Buff tooltip	400% increased damage for next melee strike

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Hellfire
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Chance	25%
Duration	5 seconds

Sounds

Use
End of parry cooldown

• Internal Item ID: 3823
• Internal Buff ID: 198 , 323

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Ogre (T2)  Ogre (T2)	1	10%20%
Ogre (T3)  Ogre (T3)	1	5%

The Brand of the Inferno attacking a Target Dummy, and parrying a Mimic's attack.

The Brand of the Inferno is a Hardmode sword dropped by the Ogre mini-boss during the Old One's Army event. It has a 25*1/4 (25%) chance of inflicting the Hellfire debuff for 5 seconds.

With any equipped shield (including the Squire's Shield, but not Huntress's Buckler) and holding this weapon, pressing the ⚷ Open / Activate button will cause the character to brace for the next attack. When timed correctly, just before taking a hit, the enemy's attack will be parried (see Notes for details about the parry), dealing some damage to the attacker and granting the Striking Moment buff for the next 5 seconds. This allows the next melee attack to deal 5 times the damage. Alternatively, if the shield is held in place, 20 defense is temporarily gained; this lasts until the shield is once again lowered.

Its best modifier is Legendary.

Notes

• Parrying an attack will prevent the contact damage to the player, and deal 200% of the contact damage to the attacking enemy and apply a knockback of 5 (Average), and grant the player 30 (60 with Cross Necklace equipped) immunity frames.
  • As a result, the damage dealt by parrying an attack is decreased by banners (25% in Classic or lower, 50% in Expert or above), rerolled inversely by Luck (having negative luck will give a chance to increase incoming damage, and increase reflected damage as a result) and capped at 1000 damage.
• The Brand of the Inferno's parry ability can only be used to parry contact damage from enemies. Fall damage, lava damage, enemy projectiles, and traps will still harm the player.
  • It can, however, reduce damage from these sources with the 20 defense gained while pressing the ⚷ Open / Activate button.
• Parrying in Journey Mode with Godmode enabled will do nothing.

Tips

• The act of gaining the Striking Moment buff and switching to a more powerful weapon like Meowmere has potential for massive damage.

Trivia

• In the inventory, the sword's loops appear hollow. However, while being used, the loops are filled with flame. This is purely a graphical difference.
• The Brand of the Inferno has similarities to the Tizona in regard to blade design and name (Tizona means firebrand).

See also

• Sergeant United Shield, another weapon that can parry attacks.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Sprite updated and slightly increased in size. Old sprite was:
  • Now inflicts Hellfire instead of On Fire!.

• Desktop 1.4.1.2: Use time decreased from 25 to 20.

• Desktop 1.4.1: Size increased by 13%.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Damage increased from 44 to 85.

• Desktop 1.3.4: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.17: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.1096.2: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.0.1.