Silence Between Two Strikes

The Silence Between Two Strikes is an Elite equipment in Risk of Rain 2. It can only be found as a rare drop from an Elite. The drop chance is 1/4000 from each Overloading Elite, but this chance is affected by the and.

A player equipped with the Silence Between Two Strikes gains the power of an Overloading Elite; 50% of their health is replaced by shields, and their attacks attach lightning bombs to enemies, which explode after a brief pause dealing 50% total damage.

Although the Silence Between Two Strikes is held in the equipment slot, it works passively and cannot be activated. Equipment cooldown reduction and additional equipment charges from do not affect its behavior.

Trivia

 * The name refers to the silence between lightning striking and hearing thunder. This name is further reflected by the lightning bombs (the silence between the player landing a hit, and the bomb exploding).
 * This equipment can be exploited by when paired with the ability . Damage taken without the Silence Between Two Strikes can be recovered when switching to this equipment and back again. (Last tested V1.2.4.1)
 * This is also the case with.
 * When an enemy is killed, it’s whole body is covered in blue energy and disintegrates into blue splinters of light instead of falling over or exploding like they normally would. If the bombs placed on an enemy have not detonated, they stay in the air until they explode.