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[Moonshine Fox]

I really need to work on fighting Cybie with pistols I feel. My dodge wasn't high enough to reliably dodge his missiles. But once he fired, I got about five shots off before he could fire again, so I routinely did dodge-attempt, 4 shots, dodge-attempt, 4 shots. Works well, and would probably have been more successful *if* I had more dodge. But as it is, Sharpshooter is freaking hard to get to apparently. Feels like it takes forever. I picked a level of Whizkid in order to get myself an Energy Pistol, but that felt hilariously lacklustre compared to the Storm Bolter. Once I got the Anti-Freak Jackal I had tons of fun, but that thing seems...less useful than it initially looks. Damage is great, but fire seems to be a common resistance, and it also blows up all the loot.

And yourself. Do not use in melee range.

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Jacob Orine, level 8 Hell Baron 2nd Lieutenant Technician,
 was splattered by a Cyberdemon at the Tower of Babel.
 He survived 58279 turns and scored 40775 points.
 He played for 1 hour, 1 minute and 23 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 378 out of 390 hellspawn. (96%)
 He held his right to remain violent.
 He was an Angel of Marksmanship!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 4
  Levels completed : 3

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

  Hell Armorer Badge

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

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 22692/8
  ToHit Ranged +6  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Technician

    Son of a gun     (Level 3)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 3)
    Whizkid          (Level 1)
    Sharpshooter     (Level 1)

  SoG->SoG->SoG->WK->EE->EE->EE->MSs->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nanoskin blue armor [1/2] (22%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   energy pistol (2d5) [6/6]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   Anti-Freak Jackal (5d3) [5/6]

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

    [a] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [b] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [c] 10mm ammo (x3)
    [d] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [e] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [f] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [g] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [h] power cell (x70)
    [i] power cell (x17)
    [j] power cell (x70)
    [k] small med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] phase device
    [n] homing phase device
    [o] envirosuit pack
    [p] sniper weapon pack
    [q] plasteel boots [4/4] (100%) (P)

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

    Bullet     - internal 0%    torso 6%    feet 0%   
    Melee      - internal 0%    torso 6%    feet 0%   
    Shrapnel   - internal 0%    torso 6%    feet 0%   
    Acid       - internal 0%    torso 6%    feet 0%   
    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 6%    feet 0%   
    Plasma     - internal 0%    torso 11%   feet 0%   

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

    106 former humans
    45 former sergeants
    13 former captains
    68 imps
    40 demons
    71 lost souls
    9 cacodemons
    13 hell knights
    4 barons of hell
    2 arachnotrons
    2 former commandos
    2 pain elementals
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 6 he assembled a tactical armor!
  On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
  On level 7 he assembled a storm bolter pistol!
  He broke through the lab.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 9 he assembled a energy pistol!
  On level 9 he assembled a fireproof armor!
  On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 9 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  He sounded the alarm on level 11!
  On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
  He broke into the Containment Area, but gave up against the overwhelming forces.
  Entering level 12 he was almost dead...
  On level 12 he assembled a nanofiber skin armor!
  On level 13 he assembled a tactical boots!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 16 he finally was splattered by a Cyberdemon.

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

 You reload the energy pistol.
 You are hit!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Cyberdemon (heavily wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Cyberdemon. You are hit!
 The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 You are hit! Your nanoskin blue armor is damaged!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : Jacob Orine (heavily wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
 Find a more constructive way to commit suicide. Targeting canceled.
 You reload the energy pistol.
 You dodge! Boom! Your nanoskin blue armor is damaged!
 You start running!
 You are hit!
 The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 You dodge! Boom! You die!... Press <Enter>...

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

 194 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 169 of those were killed.
 2 of those were killed by something unknown.
 3 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 10 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

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

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[Sereg]

Yeah, I just reviewed my Marksman Platinum run, and Cyberdemon was a pain even dual wielding Combat + Grammaton, and using a P modded red armor.

He is not meant for pistol users to handle easily, unless maybe scouts.

[singalen]

Unless definitely scouts. Dodgemaster makes Cybie fun and easy.

[Moonshine Fox]

Unless definitely scouts. Dodgemaster makes Cybie fun and easy.

Yeah. That was my problem. I didn't get that as I was a Tech. I've been trying Scout runs lately to use Gun Kata, but have had really shitty luck. But I'm working on it and it seems more reliable, and the sudden DPS spike with Dualgunner is very welcome.

[ZicherCZ]

Or unless playing on UV+. With a Sharpshooter build, you can still acquire Dodgemaster ways before encountering Cybie.

[Tormuse]

While I'm sure it was a rough battle, it looks like you had a pretty good chance of defeating Cybie here.  (He was heavily wounded!)  The nanoskin armour provides a bit of fire protection, (red would have been better, but oh well) and with the tac boots and lots of running, you should have had a decent enough dodge chance, I think, and EE3 would offset the accuracy penalty from running.  Those two med packs could have been enough to see you through this.  (And the ability to insta-use med packs is a huge benefit here)

Of course, I would be a massive hypocrite to criticize you for not using the med packs, considering that neglecting my med packs is my number one cause of death in this game.  :P