The BEST Red Items in Risk of Rain 2!

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[@DisputedOrigin]

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[@MemeRaiders-ex6sy]

Forgot the void reds

[@sorriiez]

​@@MemeRaiders-ex6sy void are voids

[@MemeRaiders-ex6sy]

@@sorriiez reds are reds

[@dragonlord4898]

Promotion Skip Button: 5:34

[@skelet8337]

If I remember correctly the reason that headstomper was hated was because it was actually bugged I remember seeing a max damage head stomper deal less damage than 2 atgs and yeah 57 leaf clover is worse now because bands aren't %chance items anymore and with more items in the game it is less likely to get the %chance items when it was considered the best item it was practically guaranteed to get at least 5 proc chance items before stage 5.

[@FreyCloud]

I saw Jimmy slip and fall the other day. What an idiot.

[@crimsonartist5190]

i hope he doesn't become a lawyer, he's only good at destroying things

[@empranion]

is this a bo burnham reference or am i thinking too much

[@FreyCloud]

@@empranion it was a bo reference in disguise. I'm impressed

[@newzealand1706]

@@FreyCloud i saw that too. what a dingus

[@iamveryconfusedd]

​@@empranion Yoooo

[@Aver187]

Bro has personal beef with Jimmy 💀💀

[@ThatLazyyGuy]

As he should

[@xd-ko]

You dont??

[@Juexis5]

real ones don’t fw jimmy

[@teddymitch9842]

what did blud do ?💀

[@YCantIHaveMyPseudo]

​@@teddymitch9842He was born as his nephew /j

[@matthiasbarish1296]

I did NOT just get jumpscared by a Ceremonial Dagger

[@TheToasterWaffle]

I love describing why headstompers is so good to people because when most people think upfront damage they look at the funny 40k diablo, so when I tell them headstompers is a quarter of that every 10 seconds with very little cast time they always immediately pick it up from the soup

[@carterklassen405]

Still garbage

[@SilverFoxeGames]

@@carterklassen405 sir you are about as based as hydrochloric acid on the PH scale

[@Noahnime]

@@carterklassen405 literally the best item in the game

[@q6969]

​@carterklassen405 even ignoring the damage, it is extra mobility, the best thing you can have in the game, and an immunity to fall damage. No matter your level of understanding saying headstompers is bad is bad is an L take.

[@NotABean_]

@@carterklassen405 this is not a controversial take, considering how everyone else can agree it's just wrong lmao

[@grfrjiglstan]

Scorpion is omega-cracked against Mithrix. His adaptive armor means that if you attack him at a reasonably fast speed, the damage you do will steadily decrease - unless you have the scorpion, in which case you'll shred through all that new resistance he keeps cooking up.

[@SSM24_]

Yeah I think Scorpion is the single best red item cauldron to get on the moon just because of how much it helps against Mithrix.

[@Jarubimba]

@@SSM24_ And he can't get as much value from it on the phase four as well, so it's just extra convenience

[@Yeedede]

Additional benefit, scorpion stacks won’t be cleansed when mythrix jumps in phases 1 & 3, when everything else will be

[@jimmyd7645]

hey man leave me alone

[@nathansatnarain9079]

Jimmy hate stamps 0:15 1:41 2:56 4:17 4:35

[@o3ohno123]

i hate jimmy

[@ShaeFur]

Head stompers my beloved ❤

[@MemeRaiders-ex6sy]

You forgot the void reds

[@paquixyz4000]

@@MemeRaiders-ex6sy why are you telling him 😭

[@MemeRaiders-ex6sy]

@@paquixyz4000 to lazy to delete the message

[@paquixyz4000]

@@MemeRaiders-ex6sy fair enough

[@aperson4097]

I remember my first red item. I was like 10 hours in the game, (didn't know about the stage 4 stuff) and kinda confused on why I wasn't getting any red. Finally got a behemoth out of a chest, shot a beetle guard to death, and went "ah, this is why red items are so rare, huh". One of the best red items on feeling alone. So good.

[@Fivesallround]

I distinctly remember my first 2 red experiences. The first was me grabbing a Dio's best friend, which saved me the first time I ever beat Mithrix, but I like the second one more. I was playing loader for the first time, and I was trying to loop to obliterate and unlock mercenary, when I ended up on Siren's Call. Because I already beat AWU to get Loader, I figured it was fitting to beat it again with the new survivor. That fight took me way too long, but I was rewarded with a Hardlight Afterburner. The feeling I got after I picked it up and realized that it gave me 3 extra punches was the best moment I've had in this game. Needless to say the rest of that run was a cakewalk.

[@tkmisere7591]

My first one was Afterburner, getting 2 more teleports with Huntress was amazing.

[@ImJustNes]

Huh, it seems like Behemoth being the first ever red is a pretty common thing. Interesting!

[@crow2596]

more red items should have "base effects" that make them exciting to pick up, even if you don't have the build for it. like the way headstompers (giving you a higher jump height so you can have a weak test-drive of the kinetic explosion) or spare drone parts (with col. droneman) do it. imagine if laser scope gave you a +20% crit chance on the first stack (with diminishing returns), or if ICBM shot out a trio of missiles every 10 seconds etc. like you said, items like brilliant behemoth really FEEL like legendary items: they give you that dopamine rush when you see them. all reds should feel like that.

[@yuuko6264]

underappreciated fact of scorpion: while armor reduction asymptotically approaches 2x damage (already huge), when you keep stacking it, you can nullify mithrix's (and voidling's) adaptive armor passives. for those who didn't know, sufficient burst damage can momentarily take those bosses up to +400 armor bonus. with enough scorpion stacks, your damage against them will be far more consistent. if you have a crowdfunder on loader or something, you'll notice your fire bands doing a lot more damage.

[@pingupie7770]

I think aegis is better

[@VarioustinglesASMR]

Love this comment 😂😂

[@maddit_line]

0:18 I’ve used that exact same stock image in a school slideshow

[@grantcole8898]

It is total bullshit that icbm doesn't work for Mul-t's rockets. Also spare drone parts + equipment drone with goobo Jr is insane

[@3cooo659]

not a missile, same reason it wouldn't work with say commandos grenades or void fiends secondary

[@thedarter]

Us Engineer mains needed this (no we didn't)

[@StormSurge10]

What is the interaction for drone parts and an equipment drone with goobo specifically?

[@grantcole8898]

@StormSurge10 drone parts gives the equipment drone a gun, and goobo Jr spawns another one that does 3x damage. And since drones scale off of enemy level...

[@danilsdoes1410]

I legit thought you were joking about head stompers at first. Didn't know it was so strong!

[@ThatPenguin]

Literally can revive a dead run

[@wackywoowar9249]

Haha I'm sure everyone goes through a sudden "transition" from hating to loving head stompers literally overnight

[@benaya3250]

fav item for artificer bc i can just stomp every boss lol

[@ThatPenguin]

@@benaya3250 if you use quail you can delete any boss with a small slope

[@taxevader2507]

Grandpa disputed the merc main forgot that half of the survivors can barely jump (stompers still top 3 though)

[@_ygg24]

i think its always worth noting with a list like this, that item quality can be vastly different in an eclipse run and in a looped monsoon run. you touched on it a little bit, where clover is MUCH better in a looped run (so much so that i'd say its the best, even over HS which are SLIGHTLY less valuable in monsoon) i also completely agree that the behemoth is such a fun item, we need more silly reds (icbm too)

[@mr.newvegas1704]

Personally I think he’s overrating the hell out of behemoth. Behemoth is fun and has some cool tech, but 60% damage pales in comparison to the power of clover. Even in a single loop, not finding even just a couple proc items is a little unrealistic. Behemoth is literally just 3 watches. Would you rather have 3 watches or a clover? Lol

[@itioticginger9520]

I'm not trying to be rude here, but looped monsoon gets boring relatively quickly

[@ukaszanioowski9722]

@@mr.newvegas1704 depends if my skills have certain traits like Desperado Stacking or Desperado Slayer or even Lights Out Slayer i'll be taking behemoth over most other reds exceptions would be Clover if i had a lot of procs or ICBM if i had a lot of missile items or SDP if i was playing engineer / had more than 3 drones, the equipment charge on kill item if i had blast shower, bands and playing as loader it all really is situational

[@crystalflare0684]

​@@mr.newvegas1704He mainly plays eclipse without looping which can make clover no where near as consistently good as a pure 60% damage increase. You can easily have a run that goes to mithrix with only one or two proc items or even none.

[@_ygg24]

@@itioticginger9520 for experienced eclipse players this is probably a common opinion, but I know for a fact that a considerable chunk of the ror2 player base will stick to monsoon or easier

[@olive8047]

Another disputed upload, it's a good day.

[@EverythingChannely]

Olive

[@tealordd]

Hey, grandpa! Thx for the vid. Miss ya, man

[@sfordy]

I hate that small enemy

[@SirDeathDark]

I think one of the bigger oversights with daggers is while they're not missiles in a literal sense, they ARE missiles in a mechanical and gameplay sense (alongside n'kuhana's opinion and little disciple) and should really combo with ICBM. This would also help patch up their diminishing performance as you get deeper into runs and small mobs become less common.

[@eliiNya]

personally, i'm a fan of the jimmy hate on this page. there's not many people that will stand up for what's right and do what you do, and i can respect that. you have earned my subscription fellow stranger.

[@calvinjordan3624]

Rip meat hooks, free my boy

[@ukaszanioowski9722]

Brilliant Behemoth is the only item which copies the proc ability traits, like Acrid Bite's Slayer effect which deals more damage the less health an enemy has, allowing for the explosion to deal more damage than the initial hit

[@Shhhhh183]

Both Desperado and Lights out also have Slayer, which I feel like isn’t talked about much.

[@zeroed]

why did you make this video again just to glaze headstompers some more

[@Mantosasto]

***k Jimmy, he hacked my dog and robbed my aunt with a paper plane to the eye.

[@TonyWimpole]

Glad to see Spare Drone Parts rated so high. I’ve seen some conflicting opinions on this item, but after it carried several of my runs (survivor dmg vs drone damage wasn’t even close), I could no longer deny its greatness.

[@themeepanaught]

The Perforators? Am I schizophrenic or Calamity reference?

[@TrainerRobo]

commented on an older video but still want to bring this up again for people who don't know: acrid can utilize headstompers super effectively without wax quail. unless its been patched recently, timing a jump and your utility straight up in the air with headstompers will launch you up into the sky - no trimping involved. This can be used to skip commencement and to utilize the slam without a quail or any movement items. I was a very early adopter for headstompers and knew about it's strength as soon as acrid came out when the game was still in EA. I've never seen anyone talk about it (though admittedly i haven't been into RoR2 youtube until lately so someone very well may have already)

[@StickyCat398]

Ranking behemoth over droneman is a crime. Imagine having an item that literally wins the whole game for you regardless of character, and then imagine having 3 watches. That’s the difference, except the watches don’t break

[@itioticginger9520]

I agree that it should not be higher, but behemoth is still insane for both damage and aoe, I would put it 4th and move droneman and clover up

[@Metal_Sign-Friday_Patchouli]

To be fair, Behemoth makes your AoE quadratic because enemies in range all get hit by each other’s detonations (I assume.) That said, hard to beat a survivor-agnostic “your free win, madam” from your army of robot maids.

[@pissmice]

Yall are no fun

[@ianirwin8501]

If you don't get the RNG of getting drones each stage, it is useless. Behemoth is always useful. The end.

[@Metal_Sign-Friday_Patchouli]

@@ianirwin8501 pretty sure you reliably get drones in any run you don’t Artifact them out.

[@friendlynightmares]

its crazy coz I love the ceremonial dagger, but I do understand why it's not extremely useful overall

[@druidofnosleep1513]

It's one of the best for looped runs

[@Apoch_Final]

What did jimmy do to you Dio?

[@istimagyar53]

I love op dlc items, all my homies love op dlc items.

[@crXssfire_]

why no love for meat hook?

[@ratdistributor8549]

I'm still trying to beat monsoon on all the survivors and almost every single time I win. It's because I have headstompers.

[@Tachyon322]

13:33 if you don’t have diablo strike, be the diablo strike

[@ceddavis7441]

The hardlight after burner is kinda gimmicky to stack, cause only the initial item reduces cooldown.

[@tobi_versace]

Ceremonial dagger and shrimp combined is so broken

[@ParkAir33]

Headstompers is literally the only item in the game that I kinda refuse to use when I get it because I feel it trivializes things so much (as long as you have a quail) and while there are other things that are like that as well, I just find headstompers unfun because you do the same simple thing of jumping and slamming over and over again. Although it still is satisfying watching the whole stage die.

[@ThePanPanda11]

could you do a ranking on every pillar skip and maybe a short demonstration for them?

[@ilsu2178]

I mean, if it works to skip pillars then it works. Don't think there needs to be a ranking on what is the most effective, just depends on what you get.

[@mr.newvegas1704]

1) h0st skip with headset 2) vase 3) wings 4) h0st skip with safer spaces + 2-3 movement speed items 5) egg with fuel cell 6) trimping up with tons of movement speed or with quails 7) hardlight afterburner for merc/rex/non-blink huntress 8) captain nuking himself

[@itioticginger9520]

There is already a really good video on all pillar skips out there, but it is not up to date with the new h0st skips

[@ThePanPanda11]

@itioticginger9520 yeah I mainly just want a good video on how to do the Head Stompers skip along with a few others. None of the ones I found really explained it

[@Shhhhh183]

⁠@@mr.newvegas1704 I know I really don’t need to tell you this, but both of Huntresses mobility abilities have blink in them. The alt is called “phase blink”.

[@SeroGrave]

You've changed my mind on head stompers. I thought it was a mid gag item with a mario reference.

[@AN4ROK]

W Kaggers Jumpscare

[@nery2981]

YEAAAAAAHH!! all my friends say H3AD-5T v2 is useless, but it's always been my favourite item. i'll show them this video, thank you. words can't describe how happy i was seeing it in first place.

[@mollysmoshingtankcrew9441]

There is no possible way you legitimately ranked Tesla coil above daggers 💀💀💀💀💀

[@tythus654]

As much as I understand why Headstompers got #1, I still hate them. It just throws me off to an extent that it feels kind of like playing with extreme lag. I honestly wish they just implemented the original headstompers instead, though understandably that would be much more complicated to implement in a 3D environment

[@abcrasshadow9341]

Crazy person, I was like you once but then I received enlightenment. Try playing Eclipse more :D

[@wyn9693]

The expectation of clover being higher on the list really comes down to an issue with the roguelike community. There's this idea that an item that will take your winning run and turn it game breaking has to be the best, and will act like it's stringer than items that will salvage losing builds. My favourite example is rock bottom vs libra in the binding of isaac. Stat downs are a thing that happens, but is extremely conditional. Normally you simply don't get stat ups, and when stat downs hapen it's typically either a one off minor inconvenience or it's a price you pay for an extremely powerful effect. So an item that means you don't feel the effects of stat downs is theoretically busted on said strong items but in a weak run won't do you much, where rearranging your stats and converting large amounts of your range and projectile speed into movement speed, fire rate and damage will salvage almost any weak run, and when your speed is high enough it will convert the remaining gains all to the dps stats, salvaging almost any bad situation. But the community refuses to believe rock bottom isn't a top 3 item because they can't imagine getting an item without a synergy

[@guncatto2625]

I LOVE headstompers cus well, extra jump height my man! Also just being immune to the fall damage that happens when you fall off the map is just mmm. Only problem with headstompers placement is the fact you didn't mention how item/characters reliant its stomp mechanic is. Really strong on artificer and loader plus some others. And like, really mediocre on engineer.

[@MoldyCrowChannel]

Has anyone noticed (this might be only on console) that Headstompers jump height got hella increased with the devotion update? I’ve been playing since the update came out and realized with no movement speed and no quails I was jumping higher than the central spire on sirens call (the one that the reds spawn out of after defeating AWU)

[@Shhhhh183]

Yeah I got that and it was basically a free run. Such a ridiculous bug, but I’m not complaining.

[@MoldyCrowChannel]

@@Shhhhh183yea it makes the pillar skip require far less quails and movement items it’s essentially free

[@Shhhhh183]

@@MoldyCrowChannel it also just allows you to essentially one shot everything with the stomp because the jump is so high.

[@unamusedrohan1666]

Brilliant Behemoth was the first red I picked up back in the original RoR. It's the moment the game clicked for me and it stands as THE Risk of Rain item in my mind.

[@Niftyturnip-]

never know what reds to chose (i like doin command runs sometimes cuz its fun to just blow everything away without question), usually i take 57 leaf first as a safe bet, and after that its whatever jumps out at me, now i think ill take far more headstompers, droneparts, and scorpions.

[@Bonelord69]

Glad to know the best ways to deal with Jimmy when he gets introduced as a new enemy in the dlc

[@TheHappyDays-k5j]

I see old man, I click

[@JonathanBrunstad]

I love it u Get the spare drone parts and then you think wouldnt be funny if i got a sheet ton of drones? Thats What i did

[@martyballamore2760]

I felt scammed when I got my first 57 leaf clover and elites didn't spawn items like the 56 leaf clover from RoR1 did

[@stella4228]

I love the daggers, but I play on switch, so like...... I can't use them because otherwise the game crashes

[@xN33Dx]

Corrupted missiles have 100% hit chance once you had a mixed urn 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@idkwhat01]

I am in disbelief how there are people that still think HeadSetV2 is bad

[@Lubloom]

headstompers will always be the goat

[@trizick5379]

i fucking love brilliant behemoth since game one it was always my favourite and not matter what character what ability's what your skill is it is always fun to have and and makes character just funner from the auto weapons to shot guns to explosions and flashy mulity hit moves or the singles ones if it do damg theres always a little blast from behemoth

[@bananasplitzX]

My man, what Jimmy did to you? 😢

[@jimmy-g8j]

As a fellow Jimmy, I believe Jimmy is a disgrace to the amazing people named Jimmy.

[@fish6087]

Bro does NOT like jimmy 😭 Lil bro called him a poo poo head 1 time and it’s the end of thag friendship

[@stygiansilver9320]

Disputed origin can you kill jimmy in a bunch of funny ways (in game) and then upload them to youtube

[@ThePhysicsGun]

You talk about Jimmy like he's just some trash mob but he ends so many of my E8 attempts before they even get a chance to get going

[@baval5]

Headstompers can be as strong as they want to make it, could clear the whole stage and the complete the teleporter in one stomp, and I still wouldnt use it because its annoying lol

[@_kartofeleek]

Jimmy is not getting a break in this one

[@drakonis8138]

They nerfed forgive me please SO HARD in the newest update :(

[@BlindSpectet]

Acrid headstompers is some of the most fun i've had in this game

[@jamesblazer9836]

What the fuck are all these other difficulties? It only goes to Monsoon.

[@nicooftheforest]

'alternate gamemodes' button on the main menu. the important one is 'eclipse' which adds stacking modifiers on top of monsoon, like 'fall damage is doubled and lethal' for example

[@jamesblazer9836]

@@nicooftheforest sometimes I forget that tone is impossible to fully grasp over text, and you could easily have taken this worse than I meant it. That said, thanks. Never once paid attention to that

[@nicooftheforest]

​@@jamesblazer9836 right?? tone of voice is such a major factor in the outcome of a conversation, but can still be forgotten really easily in a text-based format. anyways, thanks for saying that, because you could have just not responded, but you did, so thanks :)

[@SirPage13]

@jamesblazer9836 @nicooftheforest This interaction had no business being as heartwarming as it was. Thank you for a nice read :')

[@Thisisaname-yf5fl]

They need to add Jimmy as an enemy in seekers of the storm

[@FreyCloud]

Opinion accepted (it correlates with my own)

[@contagious_noob3651]

I honestly think drone parts is the best red its the only red that basically guarantees a win on any survivor you just need to not get terrible luck on drones.

[@CookieJar2025]

i swear you've made this video before what's different

[@alejan3san]

ICBM needs to work with MulT's rockets, someone mod it please

[@yaphyre8616]

I could have swore I saw this video a few months ago fym 21 hours ago ☠️

[@wooblz4610]

I think that dios should be in top ten but I do feel that the item gets worse the better the player is. but it removes permadamage stacks soo

[@andrewfirth9858]

brilliant behemoth was my first red item in my first run ever. it was so awesome

[@OpIvyPunk]

Planula is literally red, yet i dont see it on this list. How could you forget planula?

[@ImSpaceBoomy]

I dont watch these videos to see how he ranks items and what items are good. i watch cuz i like to hear him say the most dogwild shit ever

[@bissepoop3700]

First

[@uhhmary]

Can't believe Jimmy manifested himself as a real enemy to get revenge

[@NotDuckRBLX]

How are drone parts better than clover???

[@potato_bot6335]

thank you for getting right into the video without a long intro

[@unity3169]

Your choice in music is sooo good it’s all from games Ik

[@fishcati5620]

Smh cant believe bro forgot about Wake of Vultures

[@D-N-0]

i still cant understand why he haven't done timestamps on any of his tops

[@Weed_Dante]

Dagger is so good imo that I never even take it because it just makes the game boring

[@sharkt9877]

I def gotta disagree? Daggers being 10 is criminal? It’s phenomenal. I’d argue one of the best

[@Vi-rd5uj]

yeah but in terms of bosses it doesnt do much, thats why its ranked lower compared to other reds that are more well rounded and best for everything

[@purpleturtle6195]

whats the name of that video with the old man going 'blebelbebldlblebleble'?

[@Mercurymallow]

Jimmy will pay for what he did on the playground

[@yimwee2401]

What the hell do you have against poor jimmy?

[@knockdoubt]

We play this game very differently...

[@regretgames5580]

Glad that there's someone out there that shares my hatred of Jimmy.

[@ChrisM11]

Does the drone red help engineers turrets or is it literally only drones?

[@skyyard_]

Je suis choqué et déçu, le treffle ya pas mieux !!!!!!

[@Yardo]

I feel like splatterspeen is better than a few of the items on this list.

[@myAKQJ10]

Shatterspleen is yellow

[@Yardo]

@@myAKQJ10 ahh I thought this was just best items overall. Misread.

[@ihasahat1576]

Was there any actual reason Head-stompers was hated?

[@dylandavidson1876]

DO feature on cracking the cryptic when?

[@ZeroTTTempest]

cookie clicker ost spotted.... so based

[@SpookSkellington]

Pot plante is bestest becaus green good and heal many