Curve Ball
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Curve Ball is an Item that increases the player's fire rate at the cost of causing projectiles to curve off their initial trajectory in a clockwise direction. It does not affect initial shot accuracy.
Strategy
Curve Ball's benefits depend on the range of the player's weapon, meaning short-range weapons (particularly melee) will have greater success due to the low distance the shots can deviate over. However, the curve on projectiles is slight enough that most runs can get some use out of this item, at the cost of minor inconvenience.
Synergies
- Eyedrops - Increased shot accuracy decreases overall variability in where projectiles fly.
See Also
- Get Dizzy, another item with a similar effect.
Trivia
- Curve balls are a result of the Magnus effect, a phenomenon reflective of Newton's third law. The angular velocity applied to an object causes pressure on its opposite sides to become unequal, therefore "pushing" the fluid or gas surrounding it in one direction. Per Newton's third law, the object is pulled in the opposite direction by fluid or gas it redirects, so for example, a topsin will cause a ball to be pulled downward as the air beneath it is forced upward.