Imagine being chained up, having your sibling cry on you until you are almost dead and then he throws an eraser at you, causing you to be completely erased out of existence.
Poor Esau... was hungry & was tricked out of his inheritance by his own brother and mother, ends up dying wanting to haunt & punish Jacob forever only to be taken down by an eraser.
i have a worst one YOU ARE GOING TO ̶T̶H̶E̶ ̶S̶H̶A̶D̶O̶W̶ ̶R̶E̶A̶L̶M̶ V̬̪̤̠̤̰̰͎̤͇̣͔̖̲̓͛͒̃͑̈͗͂E͔̰̱͎̭͗̀͌̋̅̆̄̇̽N̩̭͉͍̲͊͛͆͐Ê̘̘͓͇̜͖̳͕͈̙͈͙͈͇̯̠͌̈̓̃̈́̑̂̃̌̚Z̪͕͓̥͍͆͛̇̑̅̓̓̐̀̈́͆̄̓̀̇͒ͅṶ͍͍͙̲̮̰̫̯̜͇̞̠͖̟̭͋̓̑͋̿̀͛Ê̳͍̞̬͈̥͓͚͚̱̄̒̉̃̊̚L̜̗̦͇̑̅̈͒̆̍̚À̰̫̱̘͇̳̱͍͚͍͈̤̈̏͒͐̓̽̄̚
Dark Esau: *_hey what's up brother I'm here to torment your life again do you remember all that horrible stuff you did to me in the past haha yeah how about you REPENT FOR YOUR SINS REPENT FOR YOUR SINS REPE_* Tainted Jacob: [holds up eraser labeled 'For Big Mistakes']
@@destroidhak2556 I will explain: back then werr a birth rights. It is a property of the oldest brother, that gives him rights to rule the younger siblings. Esau was older but jacob traded it for red stew Fun fact: red stew and birth rights are in game items as well Ps sorry for bad english
The much simpler way to kill Esau without repercussions is just using meat cleaver and killing the two that split. Their explosions won't kill you and can even be used to open boss rush/hush.
This is a bug however, while eraser is *intended* . This means that the cleaver method will not work eventually, but eraser will. Also if you're gonna use bugs you might as well just use the exploit that also works right now, wherein you just go back to main menu when you kill him, and then resume game. You will not be a ghost, and he will be gone for that floor.
"Why does everyone want to cheese Tainted Jacob?" If I had to guess, getting two-tapped by the spirit of your dead brother doesn't outweigh the sheer damage he does in his attempts to two-tap you. Also, getting hit the first time doesn't give you s, so it's very likely to get turned into the Lost by Esau only for something else to get you.
he also dies whether intentional by the player or Esau just straight up ran through obstacles and dies so it's hard not being the lost as tainted Jacob.
I just got it recently, and though I don’t play Isaac as much as I used to, I love it! Ed really went out of his way to make this incarnation especially brutal!!
@@carlangas0100 lol I still haven’t unlocked them. Or maybe I did. I die in basement all the time in repentance while I beat the game in afterbirth+ easily
@@Locked_looper wat. the basement isn't any different in repentance. the only difference now is that in hard mode, the enemy bullet speed is significantly increased.
Reminds me of the glitch challenge where I had an item give me infinite eraser uses without any consequences at my will. I crashed the game at the cathedral because it didn't know what to spawn anymore whenever I entered a room + other glitch effects not liking that. Big sad
Sometimes you gotta feel bad for Esau, the way Jacob just paradises him around like he’s just a limb(who he often forgets about ie getting separated) after getting his blessing in exchange for some stew. Then Jacob leaves Esau for dead and Esau is out for his birthright . The achievement for unlocking Tainted Jacob is literally called The Deserter. And then Esau just gets erased.
I think it would’ve been cool if, upon tearing his way out of the ground, Dark Esau would screech “JACOOOOB!!!” or something similar. It would definitely add to the menacing feeling of a nigh-unkillable spirit of vengeance endlessly hounding Jacob as a hate-filled reminder of his sins.
You can prevent Jacob from transforming into a ghost by exiting the game and re-entering before Dark Esau's death animation. P.S: I don't speak English but I did my best
@@monosophy691 This doesn't answer his question at all. If you have the Red Key, you can still miss them, if you don't know the logic behind where they would spawn. To use Red Key efficiently, you want to go to the Ultra Secret room asap, so that you can then exit the map via an error room.
@@Nekoszowa This is equally useless information. Even if you have Book of Secrets, you can't access them, you can only see where they are. The only way to use Book of Secrets would be to carry the backpack so that you can have Red Key as well. Which... is easier said than done
From what I know secret rooms always spawn in places where you can access it from multiple rooms (2-4) and super secret rooms spawn where you can only access it from one room, meaning it's connected to only one room Other than this, I don't know a consistent way to find them
If people used dark esau as a attack: Jacob: behold, my stand, who is my own brother, darks esau Esau: bro, this is the last time we do this, i promise i will kill you Jacob: yeah yeah, now go there and beat the sh*t out of them
The French streamer Shisheyu find an other way to break the tainted Jacob mecanic. You need the Blue Hourglass and two clear rooms, during the dying animation of Issau you just need to leave the room, wait for the explosion who turn you into the Lost and then use the Hourglass, do this each floor
@@eliandirsinaril1999 Getting rid of dark esau without facing consequence of being the lost, no matter if its with exiting and loading during dark esau animation or using eraser, meat cleaver or blue hourglass is still considered a cheat on itself. There is no way of knowing dark esau health as spider mod item does not count dark esau as regular enemy due its unique properties and therefore using eraser effectively is almost impossible unless you exactly know how much damage you are dealing with your tears and how much hp dark esau has left (because of increased max hp for dark esau every time you go to next floor)
@@eliandirsinaril1999 So, what you say, means that me using specific item I used to make esau invincible, when I was playing as normal jacob, is not cheating/bug and therefore normal way to play? Alright.
@@byrontheusurper6505 I was expecting something fun to play, like Bethany or The Forsaken. Instead most of the tainted characters are pretty much worse versions of their original counterparts. Only Tainted Azazel and Bethany are well balanced so far, they actually seem different but neither worse or better.
Why the people Hate Tainted Jacob? Easy its because if Esau hit you, You're gonna play like Rebirth The Lost and trust me its really difficult. I saw a comment that say that "Its because the people don't want to learn how to use It to your favor". Well if you Really play The TBOI You know that play like the Lost its for the full floor. Its like the first time you try to Unlock the Forgotten You're gonna die a lot of time (Until you find something to protect you for explosions). So please don't say that Its because we are don't want to learn how to use Tainted Esau in to your favor. Its more because its really Hard. Just imagine to fight The Hush or Delirium and become the Lost just because Tainted Esau hit you and killing Esau in the fight its gonna transform you in the Lost for that floor. (Sorry if my English its not the best).
It is definitely hard to play around Tainted Esau, but without him it feels pointless to even play as Tinted Jacob. It removes most of what makes the character unique (the chain isn't that interesting when you use it on enemies). This strategy could be useful when you're just trying to unlock stuff with Tinted Jacob, though.
@@Shabadaba1216 for me the playstyle the game is trying to nudge you towards when playing tainted jacob doesn't quite fit Isaac as a whole because the there are definitely sections where the game just says "fuck you" to the entire mechanic (such as when fighting ANY major end boss or what I mentioned in the previous comment). The character just felt like fitting a square peg into a round hole for me.
Most of the community: "Tainted Jacob and Dark Esau is easier than normal Jacob and Esau Everyone else: "Tainted Jacob and Dark Esau are just more fun" Me: "You guys just suck at using Jacob and Esau."
Interesting... Does this also work on specific bosses? I know they normally just take a big chunk of damage from eraser, but if you land the killing blow with it will they be prevented from showing up on future floors?
Listen, if you get lucky enough to find the eraser, then be able to calculate his health and not screw it up. Then you deserve to remove it. Plus you do kill a great source of boss damage.
then it's time to just edit the fucking save file to fill out all of Jacob and Esau's and Tainted Jacobs completion marks. Arbitrary difficulty. "If you kill him, you're the lost. If you use a rare item perfectly, you're the lost. If you get hit, you're the lost. You need to evade him and all the bullet hells in the game, and if you get hit by him, you're the lost." WITHOUT HOLY MANTLE.
I’m immensely sad the antibirth soundtrack didn’t make it somehow out there wasn’t an option to maybe go back and forth between the two OSTs, IMO this song fits the vibe of the basement and the game overall more than most of the old afterbirth OST and some/most of the repentance OST
I lost all hope in isaac community when i saw those jacob&essau cheese tacticts about killing one brother as second player and re-entering the game again,but this? this is really creative
I don't think people are doing it just because he turns you into the lost (including if you kill him, not just if he hits you), You can only get completion marks for the lost instead of tainted jacob when esau transforms you I think if you could still get jacob's marks a lot less people would be cheesing it
@@saintssky8602 if you have such a good run then you shouldnt have any issues taking out bosses. If you let him hit you then thats your problem for not paying attention or using your active item
@@porkyminch1640 It's not about dodging him, Delirium and other bosses kill Esau super quickly, and boom, now you have 1 hit and you're dead, he should be buffed to have more HP in final boss fights, I can understand you turning into the Lost for trying to get rid of him, but it's stupid when you don't do nothing wrong and Delirium deletes him
Technically, this means this could be doable on F1 with the item draft mod, where you could get the eraser right off the start. Now we just wait for repentance mod support.
Spider Mod unfortunately doesn't track the health of Dark Esau because it's technically part of the character and not enemy (hence why familiars don't target it). Spider Mod effects like the slowing/disorienting can be applied.
I think they should add a health bar of some kind, not just for the eraser usage but also just so you know how close he is to death and if he's about the mess up your whole run with his explosion
Esau: You were always a pain in my ass, how about we switch places and you will REPENT FOR YOUR SI- (erased) Jacob: “Plants vs zombies victory theme playing”
First you cheat your brother out of the inheritance And then you erase his vengeful spirit that came back to torment you for your misdeeds from existence. What the hell is wrong with you Jacob?
One use per floor, but you could just totally miss the throw and waste it. Probably why it's like that now, but imo it should have stayed just one use.
Here's an interesting discussion. Erase Dark Esau is a cowardly move? Idk, if in my run i have the opportunity to make this, i'll do it. Honestly, i think Dark Esau it's a great concept whit a bad desing. Great video! (Sorry for my English!)
I mean, yeah, you can use it against your enemys, that's really not the problem. The problem here is his life, his life is conected to our life, whit a couple of enemys, he'll die and we'll pay the consequences. That's not skill, in my opinion.
After almost completing tainted Jacob, I'd never want to erase Esau, there are so many opportunities to abuse lost form - many pickups you can't get without flight, access to the challenge rooms with boss items and free devil deals, especially if you have devil's crown or satanic bible
Sad thing about Dark Esau is that can fuck runs and make final boss battles insanely harder, especially in the Lost form, imagine fighting Hush with no holy mantle + Esau still chasing you.
why does everyone want to cheese Tainted Jacob? I find Tainted Esau to be the best boss killer
Because they dont wanna learn how to use him to their advantage
mainly because one wrong move can turn you into Rebirth Lost
Have you tried beating Mega Satan with him? Esau dies almost immediately , And it becomes a rebirth lost fight.
I like dodging him but it is awful on endgame bosses, due to his low hp he just dies so fast
Yeah, you have a good strategy.
I changed the title to remove my biased opinion.
It all depends on play style, and I just want to provide an option :D
Imagine your last moments in existence is being chained up and having your sibling gives you a thumbs up before vanishing you to the void
Based
Now that's a bruh moment
lol.
…after you kill him multiple times
Imagine being chained up, having your sibling cry on you until you are almost dead and then he throws an eraser at you, causing you to be completely erased out of existence.
"with a tear damage of 43.5" ah yes the standard tear damage in basement 1
ikr lmao
That's like, ipecac though, not impossible.
@@aleblanc6904 yeah not impossible. You just have to find ipecac AND eraser first floor.. extremely timewasting even with cheesing
@@aleblanc6904 ipecac does poison damage so it wouldn't work
Eden's blessing + playing on normal mode, its possible, but extremly rare
Game: repent for your sins
Jacob: what sins? Esau killed himself
yeah. out of all options, he chose to bump his head on the eraser as shown in the video
What a fool.
@@Syncer I mean Jacob even tried to hold him with chains, but nothing could stop that suicidal boi
Epsautein didn't kill himself
@@kormannn1 tainted Epstein did
Poor Esau... was hungry & was tricked out of his inheritance by his own brother and mother, ends up dying wanting to haunt & punish Jacob forever only to be taken down by an eraser.
Ah yes, the ultimate tool to stop paranormal hauntings, RUBBER
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Tainted Jacob: Sorry brother... YOU ARE GOING TO -THE SHADOW REALM- _B R A Z I L_
Dark Esau: *NOOOOOOOO*
Brazil is a theme park whose theme is the most theologically accurate depiction of hell. You can't change my mind
SHADOW WEALM
ZA HANDO
i have a worst one
YOU ARE GOING TO ̶T̶H̶E̶ ̶S̶H̶A̶D̶O̶W̶ ̶R̶E̶A̶L̶M̶ V̬̪̤̠̤̰̰͎̤͇̣͔̖̲̓͛͒̃͑̈͗͂E͔̰̱͎̭͗̀͌̋̅̆̄̇̽N̩̭͉͍̲͊͛͆͐Ê̘̘͓͇̜͖̳͕͈̙͈͙͈͇̯̠͌̈̓̃̈́̑̂̃̌̚Z̪͕͓̥͍͆͛̇̑̅̓̓̐̀̈́͆̄̓̀̇͒ͅṶ͍͍͙̲̮̰̫̯̜͇̞̠͖̟̭͋̓̑͋̿̀͛Ê̳͍̞̬͈̥͓͚͚̱̄̒̉̃̊̚L̜̗̦͇̑̅̈͒̆̍̚À̰̫̱̘͇̳̱͍͚͍͈̤̈̏͒͐̓̽̄̚
the lil puff instead of dark esau actually made me chuckle, that was funny.
he tried it
@@keeperfan1315 he really said "yeah, i'll give it a go"
Dark Esau: *_hey what's up brother I'm here to torment your life again do you remember all that horrible stuff you did to me in the past haha yeah how about you REPENT FOR YOUR SINS REPENT FOR YOUR SINS REPE_*
Tainted Jacob: [holds up eraser labeled 'For Big Mistakes']
Jacob: i let you have godhead you lying bitch
Esau: I want my bitrh rights back!
Jacob: haha eraser go swoosh
@@thatlittlemonstrosity "i want my birth rights back!"
Did he became black or something?
@@destroidhak2556
I will explain: back then werr a birth rights. It is a property of the oldest brother, that gives him rights to rule the younger siblings. Esau was older but jacob traded it for red stew
Fun fact: red stew and birth rights are in game items as well
Ps sorry for bad english
@@thatlittlemonstrosity yeah i know the story, it was a joke
Dark Esau: Reaches 0 HP
Big Horn: *bonjour*
0:53 puff
meanwhile the music goes mental in response
Innocence Glitched has a sick drop tho
the game is like "YESSS HE'S GONE LETS CELEBRATE"
ladies and gentlemen, we got him.
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How to cope with your guilt?
Through eraser at it, duh
Did you mean: *throw an* eraser at it
@@j.hawkins8779 yeah probably
The much simpler way to kill Esau without repercussions is just using meat cleaver and killing the two that split. Their explosions won't kill you and can even be used to open boss rush/hush.
This is a bug however, while eraser is *intended* . This means that the cleaver method will not work eventually, but eraser will. Also if you're gonna use bugs you might as well just use the exploit that also works right now, wherein you just go back to main menu when you kill him, and then resume game. You will not be a ghost, and he will be gone for that floor.
@@Distrance well, cleaver still works to this day, so...you're wrong?
@@BlackScreenProductions125 Just because it's not fixed doesn't mean it's not a bug. They've stated it's a bug.
@@BlackScreenProductions125 It doesn’t work on pc, the most updated version of isaac, so yes it was a bug (:
@@BlackScreenProductions125 lmfao
"Why does everyone want to cheese Tainted Jacob?"
If I had to guess, getting two-tapped by the spirit of your dead brother doesn't outweigh the sheer damage he does in his attempts to two-tap you. Also, getting hit the first time doesn't give you s, so it's very likely to get turned into the Lost by Esau only for something else to get you.
he also dies whether intentional by the player or Esau just straight up ran through obstacles and dies so it's hard not being the lost as tainted Jacob.
“I find Tainted Esau to be the best boss killer” *the jester said to Syncer*
good guide videos explaining how to do/get anything despite me not having repentance
update:i got repentance now
I just got it recently, and though I don’t play Isaac as much as I used to, I love it! Ed really went out of his way to make this incarnation especially brutal!!
Repentance is so hard for me.
@@Locked_looper downpour and mines are harder than regular basement and caves, bosses and mobs
@@carlangas0100 lol I still haven’t unlocked them. Or maybe I did. I die in basement all the time in repentance while I beat the game in afterbirth+ easily
@@Locked_looper wat. the basement isn't any different in repentance. the only difference now is that in hard mode, the enemy bullet speed is significantly increased.
"Sorry brother, now the computer is mine." 0:32
More of a my turn on the Xbox... forever
Tainted Esau: YOU WILL JOIN ME IN HELL, YOU WI-
Tanted Jacob with the eraser: Seinfeld Theme
Reminds me of the glitch challenge where I had an item give me infinite eraser uses without any consequences at my will.
I crashed the game at the cathedral because it didn't know what to spawn anymore whenever I entered a room + other glitch effects not liking that.
Big sad
when you use the eraser so much it might as well consider deleting the game files
The [Expunged] of Isaac
[REDACTED] moment.
May this video rest in peace, for Esau is now impervious
Dark Esau: *I have become stronger than your puny piece of rubber*
edmund definitely going to "Balance" this out for sure
Sometimes you gotta feel bad for Esau, the way Jacob just paradises him around like he’s just a limb(who he often forgets about ie getting separated) after getting his blessing in exchange for some stew. Then Jacob leaves Esau for dead and Esau is out for his birthright . The achievement for unlocking Tainted Jacob is literally called The Deserter. And then Esau just gets erased.
Thats the beauty of it my bro, no rest for the wicked, until you erase it :D
@@wutgreens443 💀the wicked wins here?
Doing something like this would be pretty in character for the Jacob of the original story tbh
Just how God intended
What is the Jakob and esau story?
@@dennisg.6389 essentially esau was going to get all the birthrights so jacob offed him to get them for himself
@@aguafria9003
I still honestly think the whole thing could've been averted if Isaac didn't give his blessing to only one of them like an asshole.
@@yocapo32 And it's actually interesting because if I remember right, his ancestor, Abraham, gave his blessing to all of his kids.
I think it would’ve been cool if, upon tearing his way out of the ground, Dark Esau would screech “JACOOOOB!!!” or something similar. It would definitely add to the menacing feeling of a nigh-unkillable spirit of vengeance endlessly hounding Jacob as a hate-filled reminder of his sins.
"BROTHEEEERRRRR!!"
@@condor2279 Jacob: *Holding the eraser* "Goodbye Brother, Now the Xbox is only mine"
@@condor2279 Liquid Snake pops out of the ground
@@Spark-bw3ph ya beat me to it
@@Zakal2 we're kindred spirits you and I, brother.
Esau: You Can't beat me
Jacon: I know, but he can
Erase: Hasta la vista baby
hasta la bye bye
Esau: You cannot defeat me!
Jason: Who said that?
Eraser: Who said what?
ah yes me fav character Jacon.
Esau - You took everything from me.
Jacobie ( with eraser) - I don’t even know who you are
the lack of an r makes this so much better
Esau: ME HOY MENOY
Jacob: So long, doodle
You can prevent Jacob from transforming into a ghost by exiting the game and re-entering before Dark Esau's death animation.
P.S: I don't speak English but I did my best
Honestly, your English is looking better than most native speakers on this site. Cheers.
@@theoryoftheinnocent thanks bro
*during dark esau death animation but before the big blast turning you into the lost
your english is fine
Pokémon trained me for this moment.
Dark Esau: You will pay for your sins and be pulled into the boiling blood lake of he-
Jacob: *Za Hando Noises*
Can you capture dark Esau with the poke ball and make him an ally?
sadly no :D
@@Syncer I guess we can't make our brother our own slave gladiator
yeah. what a good move
Missed synergy opportunity. Hope they update the game.
@@shagadelic.mp4 nah he's considered a boss, and bosses are immune to friendly ball
In the next video, can you explain about the ultra secret rooms? and the best way to find him?
Reverse moon or using red key a lot are the only ways
@@monosophy691 This doesn't answer his question at all. If you have the Red Key, you can still miss them, if you don't know the logic behind where they would spawn. To use Red Key efficiently, you want to go to the Ultra Secret room asap, so that you can then exit the map via an error room.
Book Of Secrets has a chance of showing them on the map
@@Nekoszowa This is equally useless information. Even if you have Book of Secrets, you can't access them, you can only see where they are. The only way to use Book of Secrets would be to carry the backpack so that you can have Red Key as well. Which... is easier said than done
From what I know secret rooms always spawn in places where you can access it from multiple rooms (2-4) and super secret rooms spawn where you can only access it from one room, meaning it's connected to only one room
Other than this, I don't know a consistent way to find them
When the innocence glitch beat dropped it hit so hard I thought it was dark esau’s attack
now tainted jacob is a playable character 10% of the time, when you actually find eraser and manage to not fuck up the math
Spider mod just became hella more useful than it already was
@@GaymerMajor for some ungodly reason spider mod does not work on Esau
@@GaymerMajor Spider Mod doesn't work on Esau because of his unique properties.
@@_connorsseur it's because Tainted Esau is considered enemy or allie.
say goodbye to your free devil deals
If people used dark esau as a attack:
Jacob: behold, my stand, who is my own brother, darks esau
Esau: bro, this is the last time we do this, i promise i will kill you
Jacob: yeah yeah, now go there and beat the sh*t out of them
Great, now i just gotta get to 43.5 damage on basement 1
The damage you will deal on a tear is 10x your dmg stat so as you know what esau hp is you can still work it out
Tutorial: How to turn tainted Jacob into Isaac
Ummm
Is NOT a tutorial to turn Jacob into Isaac bc he have the « Anima Sola »
How to turn tainted jacob into the best character of the game
@@-drakoff52-14 please for the love of the lord learn how to speak
@@babaskarma1981 would this count as r/ihadastroke
The French streamer Shisheyu find an other way to break the tainted Jacob mecanic. You need the Blue Hourglass and two clear rooms, during the dying animation of Issau you just need to leave the room, wait for the explosion who turn you into the Lost and then use the Hourglass, do this each floor
you dont need to have glowing hourglass do this with leaving the run and reentering
@@alpack2027 this is cheating though. I guess it works as long as your fine with that.
@@eliandirsinaril1999 Getting rid of dark esau without facing consequence of being the lost, no matter if its with exiting and loading during dark esau animation or using eraser, meat cleaver or blue hourglass is still considered a cheat on itself. There is no way of knowing dark esau health as spider mod item does not count dark esau as regular enemy due its unique properties and therefore using eraser effectively is almost impossible unless you exactly know how much damage you are dealing with your tears and how much hp dark esau has left (because of increased max hp for dark esau every time you go to next floor)
@@sportakus3 i disagree. Items are in game features, unless it is unreported bugs.
@@eliandirsinaril1999 So, what you say, means that me using specific item I used to make esau invincible, when I was playing as normal jacob, is not cheating/bug and therefore normal way to play? Alright.
So basically, you can remove your sins with an eraser
I lovw the inclusion of the Antibirth soundtrack in the background very nice, Mudeth is an actual god.
I WANTED TO SEE IF THIS WOULD WORK AND THERE WAS NOBODY WHO HAD TESTED IT, SO THANK YOU!
Syncer,you are one of the best youtubers of tboir so im gonna get more people to subscribe
Tainted Jacob has obtained an eraser!
Dark Esau is now scared
666k views? Now that's, a magic number
Thanks for the video. That’s really cool.
I just lost a Mega Satan run with Tainted Jacob. Had I known this was a thing beforehand about an hour ago, I would've given it a try.
jacob: i have a friend!
eraser: where?
edmund on his way to patch the fuck outta this
ah i remember when you could actually kill him, bad times, dark times
there where exploits tho, thats why edmund removed the possibility to kill him at all
Неономи, привет!
Dark Esau emerging has the same energy as Tricky's stop sign emerging from a crack in the ground in madness combat
I cannot wait to get repentance, all the tainted characters look soo cool!
They might look cool but they're a real pain in the ass to play. Most of them anyway
@@SLISKI_JOHNNY isn't that kinda the point?
@@byrontheusurper6505 I was expecting something fun to play, like Bethany or The Forsaken. Instead most of the tainted characters are pretty much worse versions of their original counterparts. Only Tainted Azazel and Bethany are well balanced so far, they actually seem different but neither worse or better.
just found a golden bomb on basement one and the shop had eraser. thank god for this video
that's hush, santa, the lamb, mega santa and delirium down in one run. FeelsAmazingMan
@@miglerman7751 Mega Santa? I think your copy of the game is personalized man you might wanna check up on that
@@muchotexto4248 95% of the playerbase of this game call Satan just "Santa" INCLUDING me myself. Too late for anyone to care but it's da truth lol
*I am sorry, brother*
Why the people Hate Tainted Jacob?
Easy its because if Esau hit you, You're gonna play like Rebirth The Lost and trust me its really difficult.
I saw a comment that say that "Its because the people don't want to learn how to use It to your favor".
Well if you Really play The TBOI You know that play like the Lost its for the full floor. Its like the first time you try to Unlock the Forgotten You're gonna die a lot of time (Until you find something to protect you for explosions). So please don't say that Its because we are don't want to learn how to use Tainted Esau in to your favor. Its more because its really Hard. Just imagine to fight The Hush or Delirium and become the Lost just because Tainted Esau hit you and killing Esau in the fight its gonna transform you in the Lost for that floor. (Sorry if my English its not the best).
Also the fact that there are some room layouts where it is literally impossible to avoid dank esau unless you have flight and that's no fun.
@@hdckighfkvhvgmk exactly
It is definitely hard to play around Tainted Esau, but without him it feels pointless to even play as Tinted Jacob. It removes most of what makes the character unique (the chain isn't that interesting when you use it on enemies). This strategy could be useful when you're just trying to unlock stuff with Tinted Jacob, though.
@@Shabadaba1216 for me the playstyle the game is trying to nudge you towards when playing tainted jacob doesn't quite fit Isaac as a whole because the there are definitely sections where the game just says "fuck you" to the entire mechanic (such as when fighting ANY major end boss or what I mentioned in the previous comment). The character just felt like fitting a square peg into a round hole for me.
I would unironically play tainted lost over this character. At least you have better items.
Most of the community: "Tainted Jacob and Dark Esau is easier than normal Jacob and Esau
Everyone else: "Tainted Jacob and Dark Esau are just more fun"
Me: "You guys just suck at using Jacob and Esau."
Yeah as the one being shamed. I agree. I never really bothered to learn how to use Jacob and esau. While completion marks for tainted Jacob go brrrrrr
Interesting... Does this also work on specific bosses? I know they normally just take a big chunk of damage from eraser, but if you land the killing blow with it will they be prevented from showing up on future floors?
Yeah, as long as you can land a killing blow it will prevent them from spawning.
no more bloat haha
*Glares at delirium*
@@thealchemistking4063 For segmented bosses like Pin or Hollow, Delirium will just instantly die if they were erased when turning into them.
Eraser:
Can erase demonic entities and other baddies
*can’t erase pens*
hit him around 75 times with base tear damage on floor 1 to get him to around 10 hp
0:53
ladies and gentlemen, we got him.
Eraser is basically ZA HANDO.
Is an over glorified chaos card
I feel like this should just make you The Lost for the rest of the run lol. I have a feeling that's how they'll address this, if they choose to
Listen, if you get lucky enough to find the eraser, then be able to calculate his health and not screw it up. Then you deserve to remove it. Plus you do kill a great source of boss damage.
then it's time to just edit the fucking save file to fill out all of Jacob and Esau's and Tainted Jacobs completion marks.
Arbitrary difficulty.
"If you kill him, you're the lost. If you use a rare item perfectly, you're the lost. If you get hit, you're the lost. You need to evade him and all the bullet hells in the game, and if you get hit by him, you're the lost."
WITHOUT HOLY MANTLE.
@@g80gzt That's bs difficulty ngl
@@g80gzt easy man just having a laugh lol
*WOE,*
*ERASER BE UPON YE*
I miss Antibirth OST
I’m immensely sad the antibirth soundtrack didn’t make it somehow out there wasn’t an option to maybe go back and forth between the two OSTs, IMO this song fits the vibe of the basement and the game overall more than most of the old afterbirth OST and some/most of the repentance OST
I really like the repentance ost, specially the gehenna ost
Im hype af in my bed rn with this antibirth music
Knowing how much of a lowkey sadist Edmund is, how long do you think it'll be before this gets patched out?
Give it one month or heck, even a week.
@@ThePaupepa *cries in PS4*
@@steffisfantasy Xbox one
Turns out? 7 months.
@@ThePaupepa Loooooooooooooooooool a month. A week. lmfao
You mad lad some Isaac science
Alternate title: How to permanently destroy your brother's soul
I lost all hope in isaac community when i saw those jacob&essau cheese tacticts about killing one brother as second player and re-entering the game again,but this? this is really creative
Honestly dodging him like a constant game of chicken is really fun
@@porkyminch1640 yeah but its not funny when you have a good run and he kill you.
I don't think people are doing it just because he turns you into the lost (including if you kill him, not just if he hits you),
You can only get completion marks for the lost instead of tainted jacob when esau transforms you
I think if you could still get jacob's marks a lot less people would be cheesing it
@@saintssky8602 if you have such a good run then you shouldnt have any issues taking out bosses. If you let him hit you then thats your problem for not paying attention or using your active item
@@porkyminch1640 It's not about dodging him, Delirium and other bosses kill Esau super quickly, and boom, now you have 1 hit and you're dead, he should be buffed to have more HP in final boss fights, I can understand you turning into the Lost for trying to get rid of him, but it's stupid when you don't do nothing wrong and Delirium deletes him
onto the void you go
do you get something special like an achivment or item from that? it would be a cool esteregg
You get peace
Неономи:математика рулит!
Goodbye brother, now PC is completly mine!
Esau:at first you stole my birthright then you stole my blessing and now our computer is only for you.
I love how he just farts from the ground
the luck up pill flex though
Technically, this means this could be doable on F1 with the item draft mod, where you could get the eraser right off the start. Now we just wait for repentance mod support.
seems like spidermod would make getting the health numbers just right so much easier
Spider Mod unfortunately doesn't track the health of Dark Esau because it's technically part of the character and not enemy (hence why familiars don't target it). Spider Mod effects like the slowing/disorienting can be applied.
In b4 nerf because they have a deep need to keep terrible gimmicks in the game for some reason.
I think they should add a health bar of some kind, not just for the eraser usage but also just so you know how close he is to death and if he's about the mess up your whole run with his explosion
I still find eraseing dark Esau is a bad move early to mid run because he deals a lot damge but end game just erase him
"It's over Dark Esau! I have the eraser!"
"You underestimate my power!!"
"Don't try it."
*AAAAA* pop
Jacob was like: No U.
Syncer... I fucking love you
Esau: You were always a pain in my ass, how about we switch places and you will REPENT FOR YOUR SI- (erased)
Jacob: “Plants vs zombies victory theme playing”
First you cheat your brother out of the inheritance
And then you erase his vengeful spirit that came back to torment you for your misdeeds from existence.
What the hell is wrong with you Jacob?
Well its jacob
Fair enough.
Wait erasers effect is for the whole run? Then why doesn't it disappear after one use like in antibirth. Seems really op.
Its an Spacebaritem which seems like a one-room-charge but only resets after leaving the floor.
One use per floor, but you could just totally miss the throw and waste it. Probably why it's like that now, but imo it should have stayed just one use.
@@vexhilion6815 Yeah, one use was way more balanced
Although then people would only use it on hosts, bishops and dark esau
Yea Ik about the recharge thing but as some people said it should've stayed at one use imo
This is a certified cain classic
It's nice to know you can do this but this will basically never come to pass
неономи вошёл в чат хд
Mod Buddy is even more useful now!
Here's an interesting discussion. Erase Dark Esau is a cowardly move? Idk, if in my run i have the opportunity to make this, i'll do it. Honestly, i think Dark Esau it's a great concept whit a bad desing.
Great video! (Sorry for my English!)
I mean, yeah, you can use it against your enemys, that's really not the problem. The problem here is his life, his life is conected to our life, whit a couple of enemys, he'll die and we'll pay the consequences. That's not skill, in my opinion.
Fun fact: you can use anima sola to release Esau early
After almost completing tainted Jacob, I'd never want to erase Esau, there are so many opportunities to abuse lost form - many pickups you can't get without flight, access to the challenge rooms with boss items and free devil deals, especially if you have devil's crown or satanic bible
Absolutely true, it has many advantages , also, Esau is the best boss killer imo, just use anima sola and guide him!
Sad thing about Dark Esau is that can fuck runs and make final boss battles insanely harder, especially in the Lost form, imagine fighting Hush with no holy mantle + Esau still chasing you.
Once Esau dies you get anima sola to use on boss though, this item alone makes Jacob not much harder than tainted lost
Literally just Isaac without the d6 at that point
I mean you have anima sola
the antibirth ost still fucking slaps
Alternatively, using meat cleaver wil make two tiny dark Esaus, and when they both die you won't be turned into the Lost!
Esau: Hehe I'm in danger!
Прощай брат, компьютер теперь только мой
Bye bye, brother. NOW IT'S MY COMPUTER (ONLY).
Now get the eraser with tainted jacob
Even without Esau Jacob is dangerous. Jusy remember that he was wrestling with an angel in bible