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[Sereg]

First Angelic for this profile, second earned overall, and first Nightmare! win without AoOC. This one might even be easier then Shottyman, as it's less luck dependant - once I got a feel for it, I was generally able to make it to Babel or better if I got through the early game safely. Despite being a full playthrough, it's also not very time consuming - might turn around and pick up Speedrunner Gold after this, as it should be trivial compared to this run.

Early attempts using pistols were quickly abandoned, followed by a shotgun approach, which made it down to the Cyberdemon and got soundly stomped. The trick for me was to build as if for melee, grabbing the chainsaw and holding it in reserve for the bossfights. Berserker was a huge help for survival, anyway, and the run probably wouldn't have been possible without it. My inventory for most of the game was a stack of shells and a large medkit, and I'd replenish either as necessary. If I ever ran low on shells, I just played like a pacifist and ran for the stairs, rather then risking an accidental melee kill. Cyberdemon and Mastermind were handled with melee until they displayed (almost dead), then finished with the shotgun. Mastermind almost got me during that part, as she took 3-4 shotgun blasts to finish, but the medkit I was carrying saved the day and allowed me to finish the run.

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Nathan, level 6 Arch-Vile Br. General Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 9224 turns and scored 204781 points.
 He played for 14 minutes and 21 seconds.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 190 out of 784 hellspawn. (24%)
 Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
 He was an Archangel of Travel!

-- Special levels --------------------------------------------

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 1
  Levels completed : 0

-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------

  Major Icarus Cross
  Compet-n Gold Cross
  Untouchable Badge
  Lightfoot Platinum Badge
  Lightfoot Diamond Badge
  Lightfoot Angelic Badge

-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------

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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health 39/50   Experience 13656/6
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +6

-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------

  Class : Scout

    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Brute            (Level 2)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)

  HR->Bru->Bru->Ber->HR->DM->

-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nanofiber red armor [2]
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   combat shotgun (7d3) [0/5]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   steel boots [1/1] (94%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   chainsaw (4d6)

-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------

    [a] shotgun shell (x40)

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Fire       - internal 60%   torso 73%   feet 60% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------

    21 former humans
    19 former sergeants
    9 former captains
    53 imps
    19 demons
    51 lost souls
    1 cacodemon
    7 hell knights
    1 baron of hell
    3 former commandos
    2 pain elementals
    2 revenants
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  He left level 14 as soon as possible.
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 17 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
  He left level 18 as soon as possible.
  He left level 19 as soon as possible.
  He left level 22 as soon as possible.
  He left level 23 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

-- Messages --------------------------------------------------

 You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
 You need to taste blood!
 You load a shell into the combat shotgun. You are hit! You are hit! You are
 hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You need to taste blood!
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. You need to taste blood!
 You load a shell into the combat shotgun. You are hit! You are hit! You are
 hit! You are hit! You are hit! You need to taste blood!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | blood | [ m ]ore
 You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
 You need to taste blood!
 You pump a shell into the combat shotgun chamber. You need to taste blood!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | blood | [ m ]ore
 The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations! You defeated the Spider
 Mastermind! Press <Enter>...

-- General ---------------------------------------------------

 930 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 805 of those were killed.
 4 of those were killed by something unknown.
 47 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 56 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 18 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 16 killed the bitch and survived.
 1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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[Tormuse]

Hey, this is awesome!  :D  I haven't actually achieved this one, so kudos for beating me to it!  :D

Very interesting strategy, incorporating berserker in a game that specifically prohibits melee kills.

[Sereg]

Holy crap, you have 7 Angelic Badges and this one *isn't* one of them?

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Holy crap.


Anyway, yeah, despite the melee limitation, berserker seemed like the only safe way to go here, given the two bossfights and the rather intense inventory restriction. Either I try to stand off and avoid damage, taking less effective blind(or intuition guided) shots and going through loads of ammo I don't have, or I fight in the open, doing significantly more damage and conserving ammo, but going through loads of medkits I don't have.

Bru->Bru->Ber was option C, minimizing my use of both consumables, and doing significantly more damage while still maintaining the letter of the challenge limitations, if not the spirit. If it's even possible to complete this challenge without that skill path, I will be both surprised and VERY impressed...

[Tormuse]

...If it's even possible to complete this challenge without that skill path, I will be both surprised and VERY impressed...

Ooooh, that sounds like a challenge if I ever heard one.  :D :D :D

[Sereg]

You're more then welcome to attempt it - it's certainly not going to be the easiest way to earn an 8th Angelic, though =P