Essence of Heresy

The Essence of Heresy is a lunar item in Risk of Rain 2 and a part of the Heresy Set, released in the Anniversary Update.

Obtaining the Essence of Heresy will replace the Survivor's special skill ("R" by default on keyboard) with the Ruin skill.

Tips

 * has exceptional synergy with this item, as he can easily add stacks of with his  and the fact that Ruin out scales both  and.
 * ,, and work very well with this item, being able to deal considerable extra damage when a large number of ruin stacks are detonated at once.
 * Note that if you apply stacks of ruin to multiple enemies and activate the skill, the band activation will only apply to the first enemy hit with the projectiles fired from essence of heresy. If you want to make sure that the bands trigger on the intended enemy, try to focus only on that enemy with your attacks.

Version History

 * Anniversary Update
 * Major Content
 * Added New Lunar Item:
 * Added New Lore Entry: