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DoomRL => Discussion => Topic started by: Klear on January 21, 2012, 08:48

Title: Good build for AoI?
Post by: Klear on January 21, 2012, 08:48
So.. I guess the title says it all. What build would you recommend for AoI? I'm trying to get all the missing bronze/silver badges, but so far I had no luck with Impatience.

It might be because I just managed a full win in AoMC UV (two invulnerability globes on level 23? What am I supposed to do with the lava element?) so it might be just that I'm much less careful now when playing on HNTR.
Title: Re: Good build for AoI?
Post by: ZicherCZ on January 21, 2012, 11:20
I had a HNTR AoI win with this build back in 0.994:
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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.4) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------

  Class : Marine

    Ironman          (Level 2)
    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Badass           (Level 1)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)
    Army of the Dead (Level 1)

  Rel->Rel->SM->Bad->TaN->MAD->Iro->TaN->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   modified red armor [4/4] (120%) (B)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified BFG 9000 (11d8) [60/100] (P1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified protective boots [1/2] (28%) (T)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (T1)

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

    [a]   modified combat shotgun (7d3) [5/5] (T1)
    [b]   modified assault shotgun (7d3) [8/8] (B1)
    [c]   modified super shotgun (8d4)x5 [2/2] (F1)
    [d]   modified red armor [6/6] (100%) (P)
    [e]   shotgun shell (x50)
    [f]   shotgun shell (x50)
    [g]   shotgun shell (x50)
    [h]   shotgun shell (x50)
    [i]   shotgun shell (x50)
    [j]   rocket (x7)
    [k]   rocket (x10)
    [l]   rocket (x10)
    [m]   rocket (x10)
    [o]   power cell (x50)
    [p]   tactical boots [1/1] (100%)
    [q]   shell box (x100)
    [r]   shell box (x100)
    [s]   shell box (x100)

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

    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 25% 
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   



I believe that this build would be viable against Masterind as well. Most probably I would try to get to melee range and then super-shotgun her ass off.
Btw. that firestorm on the super shotgun turned to be _insanely_ effective. With a bit of luck, I one-shotted Viles.
Title: Re: Good build for AoI?
Post by: crate on January 21, 2012, 14:10
Actually I'm pretty sure the firestorm on your super shotgun did nothing since the game can't fire 5 shots when you only have 2 in the magazine.  (Same reason the double/super shotguns were not actually as good as advertised, since they only fired twice instead of the listed 3 times).
Title: Re: Good build for AoI?
Post by: ZicherCZ on January 22, 2012, 11:40
Actually I'm pretty sure the firestorm on your super shotgun did nothing since the game can't fire 5 shots when you only have 2 in the magazine.  (Same reason the double/super shotguns were not actually as good as advertised, since they only fired twice instead of the listed 3 times).
Actually it was the other way around. The double shotty fired _three_ times while using _only two_ shells (same for super shotgun). And when I firestormed the super shotgun, the difference was _more than noticable_.

But it"s a moot point now. Shotguns can't be firestormed in 0.995 anymore, as I found today. Sounds DoomRL-ish enough that I found the firestorm on an AoSg run.
Title: Re: Good build for AoI?
Post by: Klear on January 22, 2012, 12:41
Wow, THANKS for suggesting a shotty build. In Hell's Armory I found the Jackhammer... from then on it was a breeze. Until the lava pits, that is, where I foolishly killed myself trying to get Lava Silver.

Still, at last I have all the bronze badges, so that's something to celebrate, isn't it?
Title: Re: Good build for AoI?
Post by: ZicherCZ on January 22, 2012, 13:14
Lucky you with that shotty build.
I played AoSg today and instead of Jackhammer, I found both firestorm and sniper packs. Guess I know now who steals my luck ...
Title: Re: Good build for AoI?
Post by: 2DeviationsOut on February 01, 2012, 09:38
I still use Ammochain for AoI. It's my go-to build, and it's hard to argue with that much offensive firepower. Also, then you can carry more armor, which is crucial on the higher difficulty levels.