|explicit1_text = Adds (14-18) to (30-36) Physical Damage
|explicit1_text = Adds (14-18) to (30-36) Physical Damage
|explicit2_text = +(10-20)% to Critical Hit Chance
|explicit2_text = +(5-8)% to Critical Hit Chance
|explicit3_text = +(15-25) to Intelligence
|explicit3_text = +(15-25) to Intelligence
|explicit4_text = Forks Critical Hits
|explicit4_text = Bifuricates Critical Hits
|explicit5_text = 10% of Skill Mana Costs Converted to Life Costs
|explicit5_text = 10% of Skill Mana Costs Converted to Life Costs
|flavour_text = "In the hands of Orbala, it made a god bleed."<br>- Wranga, tale-woman of the Wahida akhara
|flavour_text = "In the hands of Orbala, it made a god bleed."<br>- Wranga, tale-woman of the Wahida akhara
|release_version = 0.2.0
|release_version = 0.2.0
}}
}}
{{Tooltip info
| name = Forking Critical Hits
| description = Hits with this weapon roll against their Critical Hit chance twice when determining if they are a Critical Hit.<br><br>If either roll succeeds, the hit will be a Critical Hit, and thus the Critical Damage Bonus will apply as normal.<br><br>If both rolls succeed, the hit will be a Critical Hit, and the Critical Damage Bonus will apply twice to that Hit.<br><br>If a modifier makes your Critical Hit Chance Lucky, that Luck will apply individually to both of these rolls.
}}
'''Tangletongue''' is a [[unique]] {{il|Forked Spear}}.
'''Tangletongue''' is a [[unique]] {{il|Forked Spear}}.
==Mechanics==
==Mechanics==
{{c|mod|Forks Critical Hits}}: Note that this mod does not cause projectiles to [[fork]]. Instead, this mod causes hits with this weapon to roll [[critical hit]] chance twice;
{{Keyword infobox|ForksCrit}}
* If either roll succeeds, the hit will be a critical hit and critical damage bonus will apply as normal (e.g. the default +100% critical damage bonus will make the hit deal 2x damage).
{{c|mod|Bifuricates Critical Hits}}: Bifuricated Critical Hits will roll twice for [[critical hit]] chance, with each roll applying the critical hit damage bonus to the final hit. If both rolls succeed, it will apply the critical hit damage bonus twice.
* If both rolls succeed, the hit will be a critical hit and critical damage bonus will apply twice (e.g. the default +100% critical damage bonus will make the hit deal 3x damage).
* If the player has any source of lucky or unlucky critical hit chance, [[luck]] will apply to each roll individually (each roll has two chances to succeed/fail respectively).
{{Item acquisition}}
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Tangletongue.png
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==Legacy variants==
Tangletongue has a [[legacy variant]].
{{legacy variant table header}}
{{legacy variant table row|0.3.0
|implicit=
* Grants Skill: Spear Throw
|explicit=
* Adds (14-18) to (30-36) Physical Damage
* {{c|mod|+(10-20)% to Critical Hit Chance}}
* +(15-25) to Intelligence
* Forks Critical Hits
* 10% of Skill Mana Costs Converted to Life Costs
}}
{{Legacy variant table end}}
==Trivia==
According to {{il|Garukhan's Resolve}}, Tangletongue was the spear that Orbala (Garukhan) used to wound [[poewiki:Innocence|Innocence]].
==Version history==
==Version history==
{{Version history table header}}
{{Version history table header}}
{{Version history table row|0.3.0|
* The Tangletongue Unique Spear now has +5-8% to Critical Hit Chance (previously +10-20%). Existing Uniques can be made worse with a Divine Orb.
* "Forks Critical Hits" now reads "Bifurcates Critical Hits". The mechanics are unchanged.{{Undocumented}}
}}
{{Version history table row|0.2.0|
{{Version history table row|0.2.0|
* Introduced to the game.
* Introduced to the game.
Latest revision as of 13:25, 10 October 2025
Tangletongue Forked SpearSpear Physical Damage: 17-32 Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attacks per Second: 1.60 Weapon Range: 1.5 metresRequires Level 26, 17 Str, 38 DexGrants Skill: Spear ThrowAdds (14-18) to (30-36) Physical Damage +(5-8)% to Critical Hit Chance +(15-25) to Intelligence Bifuricates Critical Hits 10% of Skill Mana Costs Converted to Life Costs"In the hands of Orbala, it made a god bleed." - Wranga, tale-woman of the Wahida akhara
Hits with this weapon roll against their Critical HitCritical Hits deal +100% extra damage (i.e. twice as much damage) by default. Critical Damage Bonuses can further modify this value.
Attacks usually use your weapon's base Critical Hit Chance, while Spells and some other skills have their base Critical Hit Chance listed on the skill.
Most modifiers to Critical Hit Chance are percentage based. For example, gaining 100% increased Critical Hit Chance on a base Critical Hit Chance of 7% would result in a final Critical Hit Chance of 14%. chance twice when determining if they are a Critical Hit.Critical Hits deal +100% extra damage (i.e. twice as much damage) by default. Critical Damage Bonuses can further modify this value.
Attacks usually use your weapon's base Critical Hit Chance, while Spells and some other skills have their base Critical Hit Chance listed on the skill.
Most modifiers to Critical Hit Chance are percentage based. For example, gaining 100% increased Critical Hit Chance on a base Critical Hit Chance of 7% would result in a final Critical Hit Chance of 14%.
If either roll succeeds, the hit will be a Critical Hit,Critical Hits deal +100% extra damage (i.e. twice as much damage) by default. Critical Damage Bonuses can further modify this value.
Attacks usually use your weapon's base Critical Hit Chance, while Spells and some other skills have their base Critical Hit Chance listed on the skill.
Most modifiers to Critical Hit Chance are percentage based. For example, gaining 100% increased Critical Hit Chance on a base Critical Hit Chance of 7% would result in a final Critical Hit Chance of 14%. and thus the Critical Damage BonusMultiplies the damage dealt by Critical Hits. Default value is +100% (i.e. twice as much damage). will apply as normal.
If both rolls succeed, the hit will be a Critical Hit,Critical Hits deal +100% extra damage (i.e. twice as much damage) by default. Critical Damage Bonuses can further modify this value.
Attacks usually use your weapon's base Critical Hit Chance, while Spells and some other skills have their base Critical Hit Chance listed on the skill.
Most modifiers to Critical Hit Chance are percentage based. For example, gaining 100% increased Critical Hit Chance on a base Critical Hit Chance of 7% would result in a final Critical Hit Chance of 14%. and the Critical Damage BonusMultiplies the damage dealt by Critical Hits. Default value is +100% (i.e. twice as much damage). will apply twice to that Hit.
If a modifier makes your Critical Hit Chance Lucky,Lucky things are rolled twice and the better result used. that Luck will apply individually to both of these rolls.
Bifuricates Critical Hits: Bifuricated Critical Hits will roll twice for critical hit chance, with each roll applying the critical hit damage bonus to the final hit. If both rolls succeed, it will apply the critical hit damage bonus twice.
Item acquisition
Tangletongue can drop anywhere. It can be chanced.
According to Garukhan's ResolveGarukhan's ResolveSupport, Lineage, Attack, Conditional Category: Hit and RunRequires Level 65 Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attack Skills you use yourself which do not already have some Condition for use. Supported Skills can only be used after you have moved a certain distance, but will Bifurcate Critical Hit Chance. Cannot support Skills which have a Cooldown or that are Triggered, and does not modify skills used by Minions.Attack Critical Hit Chance with Supported Skills Bifurcates Supported Skills become usable after you have moved 20 metres Supported Skills become unusable again after useAt the last, her hope gone - but not her resolve - she threw her beloved Tangletongue. That was the day a god bled. For this, the Great Roc graced a Maraketh warrior with a feather for the first time.Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill., Tangletongue was the spear that Orbala (Garukhan) used to wound Innocence.
Spear ThrowAdds (14-18) to (30-36) Physical Damage
Forked SpearForked SpearSpear
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Compare each legacy variant to the current variant.
Garukhan's ResolveGarukhan's ResolveSupport, Lineage, Attack, Conditional
, Tangletongue was the spear that Orbala (Garukhan) used to wound Innocence.