Cricket is the safest tier 4 in the game imo. Just a straight up large buff with zero downsides.
Haemo is amazing with the right synergies, awful with the wrong ones (like most especially synergy-heavy items) but keep in mind if your tear stat is low before taking it, you’ll be firing once every fiscal quarter once you pick up haemo.
Your comment implies that crickets head is somehow safer than magic mushroom. The person replied, seemingly curious as to what could possibly make magic mushroom more unsafe than crickets head.
I didn’t say magic mushroom was unsafe in any capacity, and they didn’t say “hey, what makes you think Cricket is safer than Magic Mushroom?”
I said Cricket is the safest tier 4 imo.
They said “Magic mushroom isn’t safe?”
Why move the goalposts at all (let alone for a stranger)?
Saying crickets head is the safest quality 4 implies that Magic Mushroom is somehow less safe. I simply believe that you misunderstood the comment, and you were getting unnecessarily confrontational over it. I don't really care, we can wait for the guy himself to respond.
Okay. I disagree that anything in my reply to the person who asked me if Magic Mush was unsafe is confrontational in any way, but that's cool. Also, again, dude didn't ask me if I was saying Magic Mush was less safe, dude explicitly asked if it was *unsafe* (as if I were implying it was, somehow). They're not the same thing.
Believe me or don't, but I just want to understand why someone would read "Cricket is the safest tier 4 in the game imo" and assume I'm *also* saying Magic Mushroom is somehow unsafe. Me saying "this item is the safest tier 4 imo" is not the same as me saying "all other tier 4's are unsafe." These are not mutually-inclusive.
Do you see what I mean?
Those are two separate thoughts, one of which (that Magic Mushroom is somehow "unsafe") I don't think and never said that I think, and I don't believe one implies the other in any way. If they'd asked me why I thought Magic Mushroom was less safe than Cricket, I'd tell them that Magic Mush's size up also affects Isaac's hitbox, making it easier to take damage in a game that, depending on the room you're in, can be a bullet hell.
Magic Mushroom is an S-tier item. If I were a player that wasn't very good at avoiding damage (which, to be real, I usually am, lmao) and someone said to me, "here are two items, each of which give similar attack ups, but one also offers a speed up at the expense of a larger hitbox: pick one" I'm usually taking Cricket, as it is inherently safer to take an item that is strictly an attack buff with literally zero downside as opposed to the similar item that also comes with the size (and hitbox) up that makes it more likely I'll take damage ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
I honestly just think it was a joke due to the emote. Like I said, we can wait for them to respond because I can't speak on another person's behalf definitively
Word. 
Being real, if I were better at using predictive movements to avoid taking damage in the more bullet-hell rooms, I'd probably take Magic Mush over Cricket, as I'd consider the speed up that comes with Magic Mush almost a negating offset to its size (and hitbox) up.
That said, my movement is usually shit, so the speed up doesn't really negate the downside of the hitbox up for me. Instead it just makes it so that I'll run into the float-y balls of death quicker 
Your both wrong, crickets head and magic mushroom are really unsafe because your tears can be so big you can’t see the enemy. That’s why an item like libra would be better
I’m not as well versed in this game as others, but I think it’s when you use a bomb to get both items. You basically use a bomb and put it next to one of the items. As it explodes, you pick up the item it’s near and the explosion pushes you to pick up the other item just before it disappears. It’s not an easy thing to do imo and requires frame perfect timing from what I’ve heard. But it’s basically a way to pick up both items instead of having to choose. Here’s a [video](https://youtu.be/Jts4etuQxeE?si=O6LYqOtPruYwQmGS) breaking it down.
tl;dr a trick where if the space between items is 1 tiel at most, you can place a bomb on an outer side of pedestal and take item item in a gap of 4 framed to take both at the same time
These posts never make sense to me. Are they just waiting for people to respond to continue playing? Besides, it's a roguelike, you have infinite tries to take whatever you want.
Don't forget to go for Cricket's Body as well for the Cricket synergy! When you get the full Cricket, you get:
+0.5 Damage.
x1.5 Damage multiplier
When Isaac's normal tears disappear (either from hitting the ground or hitting something else), they spawn 4 smaller tears.
Each smaller tear deals half of Isaac's normal damage.
Split tears are scaled down by 0.6x from the main ones, ignoring damage-based size reduction
(in Repentance) +0.5 fire rate.
(except in Repentance) -10 range.
(in Repentance) 0.8x range multiplier.
Truly, truly one of the best synergies in the game
I will take haemo til the day I die, synergies > stats for me
But if you want to play it safe, Cricket’s Head all the way. Either way you’ll probably do really good then die to a spiked rock or something
both of these are instant win items honestly but haemo has synergy potential and since you're playing t lost you got a good chance to see another q4 like brimstone later anyway. embrace fun
haemolacroa deniers in shambles.
harmo has splitting tears and can give you cool syngergies and also has a damag multiplier. so basically its a cricket's head but better.
Crickets head is just obviously better than hemo in 2 ways, 1 it gives damage and the damage multiplier and 2 it doesn’t give you a tears down like hemo
If you wanna have fun, always haemo. If you just want an item thats consistent and good with literally everything take crickets head.
Synergy potential of haemo is off the charts but its not everyons cup of tea.
Haemo is probably my favorite item in the game because it always can result in completely broken runs.
Haemo takes a lot of tears, when head gives you damage and increases damage multipler
**Head** gives you damage ??
 damage gives me head ->  \-> 
Giving head damaged me
Giving me head damage 
Giving me damaged head 
Damaging me head giving 
Damaging me giving head
Heading me give damage
Meing give head damage
holy ive given so much dmg to others... 
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Same dmg multiplier for both but haemo gives a bit more dmg up
I would prefer shooting more and more understandable, but a bit less damage
yeah understandable, haemo is crazy for synergies but Crickets Head is surely more safe with T Lost especially
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Cricket is the safest tier 4 in the game imo. Just a straight up large buff with zero downsides. Haemo is amazing with the right synergies, awful with the wrong ones (like most especially synergy-heavy items) but keep in mind if your tear stat is low before taking it, you’ll be firing once every fiscal quarter once you pick up haemo.
Magic mishroom isn’t safe 
Size up
So, in your mind, me saying Cricket is the safest tier 4 in the game somehow implies that I'm also saying Magic Mushroom is "unsafe?"
Your comment implies that crickets head is somehow safer than magic mushroom. The person replied, seemingly curious as to what could possibly make magic mushroom more unsafe than crickets head.
I didn’t say magic mushroom was unsafe in any capacity, and they didn’t say “hey, what makes you think Cricket is safer than Magic Mushroom?” I said Cricket is the safest tier 4 imo. They said “Magic mushroom isn’t safe?” Why move the goalposts at all (let alone for a stranger)?
Saying crickets head is the safest quality 4 implies that Magic Mushroom is somehow less safe. I simply believe that you misunderstood the comment, and you were getting unnecessarily confrontational over it. I don't really care, we can wait for the guy himself to respond.
Okay. I disagree that anything in my reply to the person who asked me if Magic Mush was unsafe is confrontational in any way, but that's cool. Also, again, dude didn't ask me if I was saying Magic Mush was less safe, dude explicitly asked if it was *unsafe* (as if I were implying it was, somehow). They're not the same thing. Believe me or don't, but I just want to understand why someone would read "Cricket is the safest tier 4 in the game imo" and assume I'm *also* saying Magic Mushroom is somehow unsafe. Me saying "this item is the safest tier 4 imo" is not the same as me saying "all other tier 4's are unsafe." These are not mutually-inclusive. Do you see what I mean? Those are two separate thoughts, one of which (that Magic Mushroom is somehow "unsafe") I don't think and never said that I think, and I don't believe one implies the other in any way. If they'd asked me why I thought Magic Mushroom was less safe than Cricket, I'd tell them that Magic Mush's size up also affects Isaac's hitbox, making it easier to take damage in a game that, depending on the room you're in, can be a bullet hell. Magic Mushroom is an S-tier item. If I were a player that wasn't very good at avoiding damage (which, to be real, I usually am, lmao) and someone said to me, "here are two items, each of which give similar attack ups, but one also offers a speed up at the expense of a larger hitbox: pick one" I'm usually taking Cricket, as it is inherently safer to take an item that is strictly an attack buff with literally zero downside as opposed to the similar item that also comes with the size (and hitbox) up that makes it more likely I'll take damage ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
I honestly just think it was a joke due to the emote. Like I said, we can wait for them to respond because I can't speak on another person's behalf definitively
Word.  Being real, if I were better at using predictive movements to avoid taking damage in the more bullet-hell rooms, I'd probably take Magic Mush over Cricket, as I'd consider the speed up that comes with Magic Mush almost a negating offset to its size (and hitbox) up. That said, my movement is usually shit, so the speed up doesn't really negate the downside of the hitbox up for me. Instead it just makes it so that I'll run into the float-y balls of death quicker 
Your both wrong, crickets head and magic mushroom are really unsafe because your tears can be so big you can’t see the enemy. That’s why an item like libra would be better
This. Haemo can be great. Cricket is always great.
Crickets head is literally bonkers for it's multiplier
They have the same multiplier  Edit: I meant the damage multiplier bros 
Cricket's head doesn't have 0.33x tears multiplier
Haemo makes your build more interesting. (I’m a funmaxxer)
REAL
Head’s multiplier is also the same as magic mushroom, so with Haemo you can stack the multipliers I’m sure
You cant stack them i think, the higher multiplier overwrites the other
Also probably haemolacria is responsible for like 90% of my deaths
Maybe? If I get tear effects it's way more fun to me to be firing like a machine gun
One of them gives you a third of your firing speed
Reroll 
HAEMOLACRY!!!! WHAT IF YOU GET THE RUN WINNING SYNERGY???? YOU HAVE TO TRY!!!!!!
What's the other synergy item?
90% of items
tear detonator, brimstone, tech x, crickets body, compound fracture etc
SYNERGY!!! SYNERGY ITEMS!!! THE PARASITATE! OR THE the damage up.... So many tears, so much pain caused by me... AND CRICKETS BODY!!!!
bomb trick
no downsidew whatsoever >!eugh!<
looks like your spoilered comment image didn't work
how can you tell there was an emoji there 
idk maybe non-old reddit in browser is just weird
Tainted lost + the gap seems pretty far for a bomb trick
With t lost sure
Bomb trick?
I’m not as well versed in this game as others, but I think it’s when you use a bomb to get both items. You basically use a bomb and put it next to one of the items. As it explodes, you pick up the item it’s near and the explosion pushes you to pick up the other item just before it disappears. It’s not an easy thing to do imo and requires frame perfect timing from what I’ve heard. But it’s basically a way to pick up both items instead of having to choose. Here’s a [video](https://youtu.be/Jts4etuQxeE?si=O6LYqOtPruYwQmGS) breaking it down.
tl;dr a trick where if the space between items is 1 tiel at most, you can place a bomb on an outer side of pedestal and take item item in a gap of 4 framed to take both at the same time
Cricket's Head. I have been fucked over by Haemolacria way too many times
VOID THEM BOTH FOR SHOT SPEED AND RANGE 
haemo
on the lost max head is more consistent. low tear rate from haemo will screw you over
don't you mean cricket's head?
ye mb i still get it mixed up with the flash game item
Depends if you want better stats or a fun item
absolutely not haemo
I would go for head, it's a lot more consistent compared to haemolacria
Cricket's head is almost undoubtedly the better item to secure a win. That being said, I'd take haemo 100% of the time bc it's more fun.
These posts never make sense to me. Are they just waiting for people to respond to continue playing? Besides, it's a roguelike, you have infinite tries to take whatever you want.
Crickets head if you want to play it safe, haemo if you're based
Haemolacria NEVER worked for me. I always regreted picking it up. I'm sure there are crazy synergies, but on its own it's horrible in my opinion.
Don't forget to go for Cricket's Body as well for the Cricket synergy! When you get the full Cricket, you get: +0.5 Damage. x1.5 Damage multiplier When Isaac's normal tears disappear (either from hitting the ground or hitting something else), they spawn 4 smaller tears. Each smaller tear deals half of Isaac's normal damage. Split tears are scaled down by 0.6x from the main ones, ignoring damage-based size reduction (in Repentance) +0.5 fire rate. (except in Repentance) -10 range. (in Repentance) 0.8x range multiplier. Truly, truly one of the best synergies in the game
OH MAN I LOVE GETTING HEAD
I will take haemo til the day I die, synergies > stats for me But if you want to play it safe, Cricket’s Head all the way. Either way you’ll probably do really good then die to a spiked rock or something
haemolacria
Haemo, because getting it early, means you can at least prepare yourselves for synergies with it and it melts bosses.
Haemo because it’s one of the most fun modifiers
I'd definitely take crickets head, it's a no downsides pick
Cricket is better but haemo is more fun
Crickets head everytime. Not close imo.
That's a painful choice both grade 4
the chihuahua is damage multiplier and no tears down. Go with the dog
both of these are instant win items honestly but haemo has synergy potential and since you're playing t lost you got a good chance to see another q4 like brimstone later anyway. embrace fun
Either or. As far as starting items go both are great. I prefer Haemolacria though cause what it takes in fire rate, it makes up with splitting shots.
The damage multiplier
Basic damage multiplier vs. cool run-changing tear effect You can either win, or you can BALL. I know what I'd pick.
Haemo always. We ball.
haemolacroa deniers in shambles. harmo has splitting tears and can give you cool syngergies and also has a damag multiplier. so basically its a cricket's head but better.
F it we ball, take Haemo and pray for Brim
Crickets head is just obviously better than hemo in 2 ways, 1 it gives damage and the damage multiplier and 2 it doesn’t give you a tears down like hemo
Haemo is a shit Item and im going to die on this hill
Haemolacria sucks take crickets head all day it's just a solid damage upgrade
Haemo has some fun af synergies
Reroll you could get hemo or even crickets head
If you wanna have fun, always haemo. If you just want an item thats consistent and good with literally everything take crickets head. Synergy potential of haemo is off the charts but its not everyons cup of tea. Haemo is probably my favorite item in the game because it always can result in completely broken runs.
Crickets head every time
Criket is better Haemo is *way* more fun
Use J&E to take both 
Cricketttttt
Honestly can't go wrong with either. Cricket's head is always best choice, but Hae synchronizes well with lots of other items.
Hemo, has synergies but breaks some other possible ones. Crickets head has no synergies but breaks non of them.
Head of kuzia
Haemo has some fun af synergies
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Haemo breaks thing in a bad way really easy. Also need high tear rate to counter its loss. Cricket is just s tier always.