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[ZicherCZ]

Well, I wanted to see the Angelic requirements, and I thought Longinus the easiest one. And I was correct, as it took me only four or five attempts before things clicked into place.

My strategy was easy - pick up a Scout and simply outrun AoD. With Fin2/HR2 I had 0.64s both attack and movespeed. A lucky invulnerability on Hell 1 spawned close to me, allowing me to level up to 3 in perfect safety. Some of the invuln lasted even into the UC for the initial wave of lost souls. The demons? I simply led them into a lava bath effortlessly, granting me level 4. I had everything I needed.
Then, I just escaped from the AoD, and when he didn't move and was two squares away from me, I waited. This brought him into my melee range, but giving me a free attack without him having a chance to retaliate. Rinse and repeat until he's dead. He did not attack me at all.

The next level got me killed, but I didn't mind at all.

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Rahul Chandra,
 level 5 Hell Baron Captain Scout,
 was shot by a former sergeant on level 2 of Hell.
 He survived 20173 turns and scored 38791 points.
 He played for 32 minutes and 13 seconds.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 77 out of 104 hellspawn. (74%)
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 1
  Levels completed : 1

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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Longinus Platinum Badge
  Longinus Diamond Badge

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

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  ###########################################################

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 7526/5
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +2  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +3

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Brute            (Level 1)

  HR->HR->Fin->Fin->Bru->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   nothing
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] combat knife (2d5)
    [b] chainsaw (4d6)
    [c] Hellwave Pack

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

    None

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

    2 former sergeants
    27 imps
    16 demons
    22 lost souls
    2 hell knights
    4 barons of hell
    1 pain elemental
    1 revenant
    1 arch-vile
    1 Angel of Death

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

  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 2 he ran for his life from lava!
  On level 2 he found the Hellwave Pack!
  On level 2 he finally was shot by a former sergeant.

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

 You push the barrel of napalm.
 Run - direction...
 You hit the baron of hell.
 You hit the baron of hell. The baron of hell dies.
 You hit the imp. The imp dies.
 You are hit!
 You dodge! Boom!
 You start running!
 You hit the imp. The imp dies. You are hit!
 You hit the imp. The imp dies.
 There is shotgun shell (x16) lying here.
 You hit the former sergeant. The former sergeant dies.
 Run - direction...
 You stop running.
 The former sergeant dies. Your red armor is completely destroyed! You die!...
 Press <Enter>...

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

 149 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 123 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 4 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 11 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 10 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 7 killed the bitch and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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[Evilpotatoe]

What's too easy (and needs to be fixed) is not longinus diamond, it's Angel of death. He's clearly ridiculous.

As long as there will be dual angels, anyway, you'll just have to come in with an AoB and zerk him. It's quite easy too (you may even take EE for accuracy).

[Sereg]

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Nathan, level 6 Arch-Vile Lt. Colonel Scout,
 was bruised by a baron of hell on level 4 of Hell.
 He survived 21029 turns and scored 67052 points.
 He played for 28 minutes and 29 seconds.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 171 out of 239 hellspawn. (71%)
 He was an Angel of Berserk!
 He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!

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

  Levels generated : 4
  Levels visited   : 1
  Levels completed : 1

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

  UAC Star (gold cluster)
  Longinus Platinum Badge
  Longinus Diamond Badge

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

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  #.............h.V.........#h...0....0...........#.........^
  #.......................|.#.....................#..........
  ###########################################################

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 12354/6
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +6

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Brute            (Level 2)

  HR->HR->Fin->Fin->Bru->Bru->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   green armor [1/1] (58%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [2/2] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] combat knife (2d5)
    [b] chainsaw (4d6)
    [c] small med-pack
    [d] small med-pack
    [e] large med-pack
    [f] large med-pack
    [g] thermonuclear bomb

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

    Bullet     - internal 0%    torso 15%   feet 0%   
    Shrapnel   - internal 0%    torso 15%   feet 0%   
    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 0%    feet 25% 

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

    1 former captain
    25 demons
    122 lost souls
    1 cacodemon
    2 hell knights
    3 barons of hell
    9 pain elementals
    3 revenants
    2 mancubi
    2 arch-viles
    1 Angel of Death

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

  He nuked level 1!
  On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 1 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 2 he ran for his life from lava!
  On level 4 he finally was bruised by a baron of hell.

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

 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. You are hit! You are hit!
 You use a homing phase device. You feel yanked in a non-existing direction!
 There are stairs leading downward here.
 You wear/wield : a green armor [1/1] (100%) There are stairs leading

downward
 here.
 You enter Hell, level 4. You sense a passage to a place beyond...
 There is a small med-pack lying here.
 You picked up a small med-pack.
 You open the door.
 You are hit! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! The former captain dies. There
 is an armor shard lying here.
 Melee attack -- Choose direction...
 Melee attack -- Choose direction...
 You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...

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

 1540 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 1400 of those were killed.
 5 of those were killed by something unknown.
 34 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 77 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 24 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 6 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 18 killed the bitch and survived.

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Hey, that *is* easy... time to update the badge count.

What's too easy (and needs to be fixed) is not longinus diamond, it's Angel of death. He's clearly ridiculous.

As long as there will be dual angels, anyway, you'll just have to come in with an AoB and zerk him. It's quite easy too (you may even take EE for accuracy).

I've actually been doing it without AoB on Reaper Gold attempts, going Marine with Bru->Bru->Ber and just stabbing him to death with my combat knife and whatever mods I can find for it. It's a lot easier to 100% clear for Scythe, to say nothing of making it down to the Mortuary, without being melee restricted.

On a related note, Scythe is easily my most found unique, with 22, compared to the second best, AMS, at 13.

[ZicherCZ]

As long as there will be dual angels, anyway, you'll just have to come in with an AoB and zerk him. It's quite easy too (you may even take EE for accuracy).

It's not _that_ easy. Longinus Diamond disallows Brute (and thus Berserker as well), so no zerking from this source. You get one berserk from dropping and then picking up the starting chainsaw (which, I believe, is already in bug reports), and that may well be not enough to take AoD all the way down. Plus, you might need that one zerk to pass the starting level.