Shadowflame Hex Doll

  

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Shadowflame Hex Doll

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	32 / 40 (Magic)
Knockback	3.75 (Weak)
Mana	6
Critical chance	7%
Use time	21 (Fast)
Velocity	27 (effective)
Tooltip	Summons Shadowflame tentacles to strike your foes
Rarity	05*
Sell	2
Research	1 required

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Shadowflame
Debuff tooltip	Losing life
Chance	100%
Duration	4–8 seconds

Projectile created

• Shadowflame
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 3053
• Internal Buff ID: 153
• Internal Projectile ID: 496

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Goblin Warlock Goblin Warlock	1	16.7%33.3%

The Shadowflame Hex Doll in use.

The Shadowflame Hex Doll is a Hardmode magic weapon that fires curving purple tentacle projectiles at decent range, which inflict the Shadowflame debuff with the same purple flame effects. Using it a single time will fire 3 projectiles at once, but the weapon can be quickly used to make up to 9 projectiles at once. It has a 16.67*1/6 (16.67%) / 33.33*1/3 (33.33%) chance to drop from Goblin Warlock during a Hardmode Goblin Invasion.

Its best modifier is Mythical.

Notes

• Randomly, the Shadowflame tentacle will appear to bounce off a solid surface. This appears to happen most often when the tentacle was already going to be bending in a direction away from or parallel to the surface to start with. (The tentacles can technically bounce, but only when traveling mostly parallel to the surface)
• Like many projectiles, the tentacles are slowed by liquids. They will not travel as far if used in a liquid.

Tips

• Because of the random deviation of the tentacles as they travel further away, the Shadowflame Hex Doll is less effective at its maximum range against smaller targets.
• The Shadowflame Hex Doll can prove to be very useful if acquired in early Hardmode, especially in tight caverns.
• The tentacles' piercing and area-of-effect damage is effective against worms, e.g. The Destroyer, and crowds of enemies, e.g. Plantera's Tentacles.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Damage reduced from 40 to 32.
  • Now uses local immunity frames on its projectiles.
  • Now always fires one tendril directly towards the cursor, though the others will continue to vary wildly beyond close range.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.