Shovel
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The Shovel is a melee weapon which flings enemies away and bombs back toward their sources.
Details
- Special Effects:
- Bombs hit by Shovel strikes are sent back as if they were parried by a shield. However, bomb power is 20% of shield-parry values (18 base damage instead of the usual 90 base damage).
- The second hit in the combo knocks enemies back, and the final hit sends them flying away for 1 second.
- Breach Bonus: 0.7 / 0.5 / 2
- Base Breach Damage: 127.5 / 78 / 375
- Base Breach DPS: 363
- Combo Duration: 1.6 seconds
- First Hit: 0.55 (0.4 + 0.15 + 0)
- Second Hit: 0.35 (0.2 + 0.15 + 0)
- Third Hit: 0.7 (0.4 + 0.3 + 0)
- Tags: NoCritical, HeavyWeapon, UnlockInPublicEvent
- Legendary Version:
- Forced Affix: Better Secrets
- "Secrets found in the walls and ground are of increased quality."
- Forced Affix: Better Secrets
Notes
- Shovel’s legendary affix ‘Secrets found in the walls and ground are of increased quality’ can only be triggered when Shovel is in the main hand. It's possible to carry the Shovel in the backpack and swap it into the main hand, and then breaking a secret wall marking.
- Bombs will still be reflected with
Porcupack (while equipped in the backpack) if you roll through them, similar with 
Armadillopack, and the cooldown will not be triggered.
- Be cautious that the mutation is often on cooldown, if so, this will not work.
Trivia
- The Shovel has the same abilities as the
Spartan Sandals (knocking enemies & bombs away), despite damage and other statistics being a bit different. - The Shovel may be a reference to Crypt of the NecroDancer, specifically to Eli, whose playstyle involves pushing bombs around.
- It may be a weapon themed after the Graveyard biome as the in-game Graveyard is where common villagers are buried, and the shovel is presumably used to dig their graves.
- The Shovel may also be a reference to Shovel Knight, as it can also be found by breaking a wall beside the campfire where you first find the King Scepter.
- The Shovel changes its icon and model while using
Shovel Knight Outfit
