Optic Staff

Optic Staff

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Statistics

Type	Summon Weapon
Damage	30
Knockback	2 (Very weak)
Mana	10
Use time	35 (Slow)
Velocity	10
Tooltip	Summons twins to fight for you
Rarity	5
Sell	2

Projectile created

• Retanimini
  

• Internal Projectile ID: 387

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The twins summoned by the Optic Staff

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Biggest Twins army possible (9 Twins = 18 minions)

The Optic Staff is a Hardmode Minion summoning weapon that summons a miniature version of The Twins in their second form, which follow the player and attack enemies. The summoned pair of characters (named Spazmamini and Retinamini) attack via a melee and ranged laser attack respectively, similar to the behavior of the The Twins boss. Like other minions, the summoned Twins are invincible and follow the player for an unlimited amount of time, unless the player dies, summons a replacement minion, or cancels the buff.

Its best Modifier is Ruthless. The Mythical modifier provides the widest array of stats bonuses, but these primarily affect the initial summon rather than the resulting minion. Additionally, minions cannot deal critical hits.

Crafting

Recipe

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Notes

• One pair of twins count as one minion toward the maximum minion count.
• Its laser projectiles emit a small amount of light.
• The lasers do not lead their targets, so quick enemies at long range can be missed often.
• Due to its piercing attacks, the twins can only hit the same enemy a maximum of 6 times per second, regardless of how many twins are summoned (this applies to all weapons and summons that pierce enemies).

Tips

• The Optic Staff is effective against bosses, as each eye attacks individually, and is especially effective against The Destroyer, as the mini Spazmatisms will pierce each segment.
• Each individual Spazmatism and Retinazer does 30 damage each, totaling 60 base damage per pair of hits, meaning it can produce a higher damage rate than even the Tempest Staff (50 base damage). These twins are also more versatile, using both melee and ranged attacks, while the Tempest Staff's sharknadoes only use ranged. It is also arguably better than the Pygmy Staff (34 base damage).
• They do not do well against a separated mob crowd, and are better for thick mob crowds such as those in the Pumpkin Moon and Frost Moon, as well as in the Dungeon.

Bugs

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History

• 1.2.4.1: Now requires 10 mana. Fixed bug where Twin Minion pairs could go uneven / re-summoning would fail.

• 1.2.4: Introduced.