So I finally got a win on the shotgun/melee build I've been working on for the past few days.
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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cobalt, level 9 Cacodemon Sergeant, defeated the Cyberdemon
on level 25 of the Phobos base.
He survived 115652 turns and scored 84846 points.
He played for 2 hours, 35 minutes and 12 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 541 out of 614 hellspawn. (88%)
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Aurora Medallion
Hell Champion Medal
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 49/60 Experience 38544/9
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Ironman (Level 1)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
Vampyre (Level 1)
TaN->TaN->Bad->Bru->Bru->Ber->MVm->Bru->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [4/4] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] modified Assault Shotgun (8d3) [6/6] (N1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
[b] BFG 9000 (10d8) [100/100]
[c] Blaster (2d4) [20/20]
[d] Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
[e] blue armor [1/2] (38%)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] rocket (x10)
[i] power cell (x50)
[j] power cell (x50)
[k] power cell (x50)
[l] power cell (x50)
[m] power cell (x50)
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] large med-pack
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
95 former humans
63 former sergeants
16 former captains
91 imps
60 demons
134 lost souls
32 cacodemons
10 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
7 hell knights
6 arachnotrons
6 former commandos
1 Angel of Death
5 pain elementals
3 arch-viles
10 mancubi
1 revenant
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 4 he found the Blaster!
On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he found the Assault Shotgun!
On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 12 he found the Trigun!
On level 15 he found the Nano Pack!
On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 16 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 20 he entered the Vaults.
He came, he saw, but he left.
On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
He decided it was too hot there.
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
footsteps...
The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit! Your blue armor is damaged!
You swap your weapon. The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
You wear/wield : a modified red armor [6/6] (100%) (P)
The Cyberdemon hits you. The Cyberdemon hits you.
You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you.
You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. Your red armor is
damaged!
You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. Your red armor is
damaged!
You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you.
You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. Your red armor is
completely destroyed!
You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The Cyberdemon hits you.
You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon dies. You feel relatively safe
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 72 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
67 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
And 3 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 1 souls claim to have killed him...
1 killed the bastard and survived.
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Trigun and blaster were just for fun. I dropped the chainsaw when I got the longinus. Vampyre is such an amazing melee trait. Way more fun than MAc. However, melee took a backseat this time. Assault Shotgun was an amazing find- it's one of my favorite uniques and fits perfectly for the build. Then when I found the Nano Pack, the game got a thousand times easier. I could just spam shotty fire everywhere until the screams stopped. Had a lot of armor problems, but I guess that's to be expected in such a melee-heavy build. Longinus + Berserker is such a great combo in late game, especially with Vamp feeding you health as you go.
There were a lot of uniques generated, but this build really doesn't need any. As long as you have enough backup armor, vamp will keep you alive. I usually have a power-modded combat shotty as my main weapon. Doing this has taught me a lot about when I have time to switch to melee and step in on a former sarge/mancubus/etc and when I don't, and also how to sneak around to find doors close to tough enemies. Bit like Solid Snake with a chainsaw. I'm just glad this build finally won. I had so many close calls, including one run where I cleared the Unholy Cathedral AND the Mortuary, then died to cybie (no armor, medpacks, or power cells, with health at 75% :(). By the way, Mortuary is totally not worth it. I blew all my cells, armor, medpacks, and a lot of ammo for... not very much. Getting AA is a bad tradeoff for your whole stack of healing, considering how fast endgame enemies can pour on damage.
Oh well. cheers