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[Omega Tyrant]

I've cleared all of the angel challenges except for AoP and AoH, so I decided I would finally play AoH, as I could get its Platinum on HNTR. I didn't want to spend a lot of time throwing knives at the Angel of Death and don't trust my sense of timing to hit him without retaliation, so I decided to go with a tanking melee build to achieve a AoH conqueror run. It sounded counter-intuitive, but I figured the early levels would be easy enough to just rely on basic Shotgun + corner shooting until I got Vampyre, and then I could rely on Vampyre with a good armor and constant berserk to keep me alive for the rest of the run.

A key part of the run was getting the Ballistic Vest from Hell's Arena, for a 50+% resistance to everything Cerberus Armor later on, while before it's Cerberus I could use it with a P-mod to reduce melee damage from everything to 1-3 without berserk. I kept restarting until I got it, dying a few times to Cacodemons in HA, and fortunately after the first time getting the Ballistic Vest, the run was a victorious one that went pretty smoothly. At Deimos Lab, I was able to outmaneuver the Shamblers and isolate them to take them out one at a time, while Berserker protected me from being instant-killed when I got hit by one of their bolts. In the process I got a Nano and Onyx mod, and I used the former to get Antigrav Plasteel Boots to make me ridiculously fast even with no Hellrunner and armor, while ensuring I wouldn't be screwed if hit into lava. Speaking of lava, I inadvertently discovered during the run that stepping into lava would proc berserk, while I took only 1 damage, so I would exploit that and rockets to ensure I was never without berserk in the later game. I also went for a Ripper instead of using the Spear, as I figured the half-second attack speed would be especially useful for this run/build and merit the Whizkid/mod investment. As for the onyx mod, I was initially hesitant on using it on the Cerberus Armor, as I really wanted to get a power mod on it to ensure everything did 1 damage, but ultimately figured berserk + TaN would do it well enough that I would be better off making its durability infinite.

Overall I can't remember any part of this run being particularly challenging or any close calls, even Limbo went really smooth. I was concerned about Spider's Lair and was a bit relieved when it didn't spawn, but also a bit disappointed I missed out on the Spider Killer's Cross.

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Vampyrez, level 14 Arch-Vile Colonel Marine,
 nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
 He survived 960579 turns and scored 150223 points.
 He played for 3 hours, 37 minutes and 32 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 687 out of 687 hellspawn. (100%)
 This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
 He was an Angel of Humanity!

 He saved himself once.

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 11
  Levels completed : 11

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

  Medal of Prejudice
  Aurora Medallion
  Conqueror Badge
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Every Soldier's Medal
  Thomas's Medal
  Hell Champion Medal
  Everyman Gold Badge
  Everyman Platinum Badge

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

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

  Health 28/14   Experience 80908/14
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +8  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +12

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

  Class : Marine

    Ironman          (Level 1)
    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Tough as nails   (Level 1)
    Brute            (Level 4)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)
    Badass           (Level 2)
    Vampyre          (Level 1)

  Bru->Bad->Bru->Ber->Fin->MVm->Fin->WK->WK->Bru->Bad->TaN->Iro->Bru->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   cerberus ballistic vest [0] (O)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   ripper (7d6) (B)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   antigrav plasteel boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   shell box (x93)

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

    [a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
    [b] tactical rocket launcher (6d6) [4/5] (T1)
    [c] nuclear BFG 9000 (8d6) [40/40]
    [d] BFG 9000 (10d6) [180/220] (B3T1)
    [e] red armor [6/6] (100%) (AP)
    [f] Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
    [g] shotgun shell (x70)
    [h] rocket (x14)
    [i] rocket (x13)
    [j] rocket (x14)
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] homing phase device
    [q] shockwave pack
    [r] Hell Staff
    [s] shell box (x100)

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 95%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 95%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 95%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 60%   torso 95%   feet 95% 
    Fire       - internal 60%   torso 95%   feet 85% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 95%   feet 60% 

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

    82 former humans
    52 former sergeants
    15 former captains
    85 imps
    59 demons
    197 lost souls
    39 cacodemons
    33 hell knights
    34 barons of hell
    26 arachnotrons
    6 former commandos
    6 pain elementals
    8 revenants
    22 mancubi
    11 arch-viles
    1 nightmare demon
    2 bruiser brothers
    2 shamblers
    1 lava elemental
    1 agony elemental
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind
    1 John Carmack
    1 Arena Master

-- 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 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
  He broke through the lab.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 8 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
  He slaughtered the beasts living there.
  Level 13 was a hard nut to crack!
  On level 13 he found the Necroarmor!
  On level 14 he assembled a antigrav boots!
  On level 14 he assembled a tactical rocket launcher!
  On level 14 he assembled a cerberus armor!
  On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 17 he assembled a ripper!
  On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 17 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 19 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
  Level 19 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  On level 19 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
  He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
  On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
  On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
  On level 21 he found the Acid Spitter!
  On level 21 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  On level 22 he found the Hell Staff!
  On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
  He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He nuked level 24!
  He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

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

 You need to taste blood!
 John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You're going berserk! You need to
 taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! The lost soul hits you. You need
 to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You are hit! The lost soul dies. That hurt! You' going
 berserk! The lost soul dies. The lost soul dies. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
 You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
 Carmack! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!

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

 97 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 48 of those were killed.
 6 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 6 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 37 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 21 killed the bitch and survived.
 14 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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[emulord]

That run is nasty! Well done!
AoH is too hard for me, but maybe I'll try a tank build too.

[Sereg]

Very nice run. AoHu is one I won't touch, and don't need to for my remaining skill ranks(unless I find myself in the incredibly improbable position of having Everyman Angelic as my easiest remaining Angelic badge one short of a Chaos rank), fortunately, but I have much respect for those who can manage it.

[Tormuse]

Huh, Vampyre is a bold choice for AoHu!  (Every time I read "AoH," I think "Angel of Haste," even though that hasn't been a challenge mode for several versions)  :P  It looks like you had some excellent equipment to make it work!  I imagine the Ripper and the Anti-Gravity boots would've gone a long way toward eliminating the Vampyre's biggest drawbacks: lack of speed.  And I think you made the right choice in putting the Onyx mod on the Cerberus Armour; you would've been running around with 95% resistance all around while berserk, so a power mod would've been totally redundant.

Congrats on pulling off a very unusual choice of strategy!  :)