| Type | Weapon |
|---|---|
| Damage | 64 Rogue |
| Knockback | 3 (Very Weak) |
| Critical chance | 4% |
| Use time | 14 Very Fast |
| Velocity | 12 |
| Tooltip | Throws a bombshell that explodes, summoning a meteor to impact the site Right click to throw a spread of gravity affected comets that explode, leaving behind a star Stealth strikes lob a bombshell that additionally splits into comets on hit |
| Inflicts Debuff |  Astral Infection100% chance |
| Debuff duration | 4 seconds (Bombshells, Large Comets) 2 seconds (Small Comets, Stars) |
| Debuff tooltip | Your flesh is melting off |
| Inflicts Debuff |  Confused100% chance |
| Debuff duration | 5 seconds (Explosion) |
| Debuff tooltip | Movement is reversed |
| Rarity |  |
| Sell | 9  60  |
Large Leonid Comet
Small Leonid Comet
Leonid Star
| Dropped by | ||
|---|---|---|
| Entity | Quantity | Rate |
| Astrum Aureus | 1 | 10% |
The Leonid Progenitor is a Hardmode rogue weapon that drops from Astrum Aureus. When used with its primary fire (left-click), gravity-affected bombshells are thrown which will explode on enemies and tiles, causing a large explosive meteor to rain down which deals half damage. When used with its secondary fire (right-click), six gravity-affected small comets are thrown out which each explodes into a stationary star which deals one-third damage. Stars may deal damage to an enemy only once but will linger around instead of disappear, shrinking after a short amount of time. Secondary attacks are 25% slower than primary attacks. All attacks inflict the Astral Infection debuff.
Performing a stealth strike with the Leonid Progenitor throws a bombshell regardless of attack type, which rains five small comets beneath it in addition to the large comets. The small comets behave identically to the ones fired by secondary attacks.
Its best modifier is Flawless.
Notes
- This weapon does not benefit from the effects of the Invisibility Potion or the Shadow Potion.
Trivia
- Leonids are prolific meteor showers associated with a comet known as Tempel-Tuttle.
- The star projectile from this weapon is identical to the player's mana stars after using the Phantom Heart.
The Leonid Progenitor's bombs that release star and comet projectiles. Notice how the comets cannot damage the Target Dummy through walls.
