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Omega Tyrant: Update for 0.10.0

2025-09-03T17:02:09Z

Update for 0.10.0

Epyon at 11:56, 11 August 2025

2025-08-11T11:56:14Z

Omega Tyrant at 19:22, 12 August 2024

2024-08-12T19:22:57Z

Papilio: /* Boss Enemies */

2014-08-23T17:04:14Z

‎Boss Enemies

GinDiamond at 13:35, 12 May 2013

2013-05-12T13:35:37Z

Thomas at 05:57, 25 March 2013

2013-03-25T05:57:05Z

Shark20061: /* Nightmare Enemies */ Adding elite humans to the list

2013-03-23T02:24:32Z

‎Nightmare Enemies: Adding elite humans to the list

Reef Blastbody at 16:20, 14 August 2012

2012-08-14T16:20:10Z

Reef Blastbody: Formatting/templating

2012-08-14T16:15:51Z

Formatting/templating

Shark20061: Undo revision 1873 by Shark20061 (talk) Mistake

2012-03-06T07:59:56Z

Undo revision 1873 by Shark20061 (talk) Mistake

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 * '''Armor''': The shield of anything that moves. Armor for enemies is directly proportional to [[protection]].
 * '''[[Accuracy]]''': How likely an enemy will hit its target. This counts both for melee and ranged attacks on enemies.
-* '''Melee Damage''': How much an adjacent attack will hurt. For enemies, this is governed by a 1d3+X, where X varies from enemy to enemy.
+* '''Melee Damage''': How much an adjacent attack will hurt. For enemies, this is governed by a Xd3, where X varies from enemy to enemy.
 * '''Projectile Damage''': How much attacks at a distance will hurt. Enemies can hurt each other with their projectiles, although this does not result in monster infighting (as would occur in D). Enemies can also even hurt themselves with their own attacks if they get hit in its [[explosion]] radius, with the exception of a few enemies that are explicitly immune to their own attack.
 * '''[[Speed]]''': How quickly the enemy performs all actions. 100% speed means that each action will take the action's default time (see the speed/time page for details); anything lower results in slower actions and anything higher results in faster actions.
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 * [[nightmare imp]]
 * [[nightmare demon]]
 * [[nightmare cacodemon]]
 * [[nightmare arachnotron]]
 * [[nightmare arch-vile]]
 * [[elite former human]]

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 * '''[[Accuracy]]''': How likely an enemy will hit its target. This counts both for melee and ranged attacks on enemies.
 * '''Melee Damage''': How much an adjacent attack will hurt. For enemies, this is governed by a 1d3+X, where X varies from enemy to enemy.
-* '''Projectile Damage''': How much attacks at a distance will hurt. Enemies can hurt each other with their projectiles, although this does not result in monster infighting (as would occur in Doom). Enemies can also even hurt themselves with their own attacks if they get hit in its [[explosion]] radius, with the exception of a few enemies that are explicitly immune to their own attack.
+* '''Projectile Damage''': How much attacks at a distance will hurt. Enemies can hurt each other with their projectiles, although this does not result in monster infighting (as would occur in D). Enemies can also even hurt themselves with their own attacks if they get hit in its [[explosion]] radius, with the exception of a few enemies that are explicitly immune to their own attack.
 * '''[[Speed]]''': How quickly the enemy performs all actions. 100% speed means that each action will take the action's default time (see the speed/time page for details); anything lower results in slower actions and anything higher results in faster actions.
 * '''Special abilities''': If the enemy has a particular trait, it will be mentioned here. Things like teleportation, resurrection, regeneration, and resistances count as special abilities.

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 ==Overview==
-Enemies (or monsters) are the obstacles to your sweet, sweet victory. They have stats in the same way that you do (see [[Mechanics]] for details), but contrast in that their movements are governed by the game's [[AI|artificial intelligence]]. The difficulty of these monsters depends on their stats and their intelligence.
+Enemies (or monsters) are the obstacles to your sweet, sweet victory. They have stats in the same way that you do (see [[Mechanics]] for details), but contrast in that their movements are governed by the game's [[artificial intelligence]]. The difficulty of these monsters depends on their stats and their intelligence.
 ==Statistics==
 Every enemy comes with an array of stats, but these are the most important ones:
-* '''[[Health|HP]]''': The lifeblood of anything that moves. When something has zero HP, it is dead.
+* '''[[HP]]''': The lifeblood of anything that moves. When something has zero HP, it is dead.
 * '''Armor''': The shield of anything that moves. Armor for enemies is directly proportional to [[protection]].
 * '''[[Accuracy]]''': How likely an enemy will hit its target. This counts both for melee and ranged attacks on enemies.
 * '''Melee Damage''': How much an adjacent attack will hurt. For enemies, this is governed by a 1d3+X, where X varies from enemy to enemy.
-* '''Projectile Damage''': How much attacks at a distance will hurt. Enemies can hurt each other, although this does not result in monster infighting (as would occur in Doom).
+* '''Projectile Damage''': How much attacks at a distance will hurt. Enemies can hurt each other with their projectiles, although this does not result in monster infighting (as would occur in Doom). Enemies can also even hurt themselves with their own attacks if they get hit in its [[explosion]] radius, with the exception of a few enemies that are explicitly immune to their own attack.
-* '''[[Time|Speed]]''': How quickly the enemy moves. 100% speed means that each action will take one second: anything lower results in slower actions and anything higher results in faster actions.
+* '''[[Speed]]''': How quickly the enemy performs all actions. 100% speed means that each action will take the action's default time (see the speed/time page for details); anything lower results in slower actions and anything higher results in faster actions.
 * '''Special abilities''': If the enemy has a particular trait, it will be mentioned here. Things like teleportation, resurrection, regeneration, and resistances count as special abilities.
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 ===Nightmare Enemies===
-Upgraded versions of their basic counterparts, nightmare enemies are generally seen on [[Game_Settings#Difficulty|Nightmare!]] difficulty and the [[Challenges#Angel of 100|Angel of 100]] challenge.
+Upgraded versions of their basic counterparts, nightmare enemies are generally seen in certain [[special level]]s on [[Game_Settings#Difficulty|harder difficulties]] and in deep floors of the [[Angel of 100]] challenge.
 * [[nightmare imp]]
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 ===Boss Enemies===
-Bosses are the masters of special levels. With some exceptions due to the [[Challenges#Angel of 100|Angel of 100]] challenge, these enemies will only appear once per game.
+Bosses are the masters of [[special level]]s. With the exceptions due to the [[Angel of 100]] challenge (where some bosses appear as regular enemies in very deep floors) and certain rare [[level type]]s, these enemies will only appear once per game.
 * [[shambler]]

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	* [[Spider Mastermind]] <font color="#FFFF50">(MAJOR SPOILERS!!!)</font>		* [[Spider Mastermind]] <font color="#FFFF50">(MAJOR SPOILERS!!!)</font>
	* [[John Carmack\|JC]] <font color="#FFFF50">(MAJOR SPOILERS!!!)</font>		* [[John Carmack\|JC]] <font color="#FFFF50">(MAJOR SPOILERS!!!)</font>
		+	* [[Apostle]] <font color="#FFFF50">(MAJOR SPOILERS!!!)</font>

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 * [[Arena Master]]
 * [[Cyberdemon]]
-* [[Spider Mastermind]]
+* [[Spider Mastermind]] <font color="#FFFF50">(MAJOR SPOILERS!!!)</font>
 * [[John Carmack|JC]] <font color="#FFFF50">(MAJOR SPOILERS!!!)</font>

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:20, 14 August 2012
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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	Enemies (or monsters) are the obstacles to your sweet, sweet victory. They have stats in the same way that you do (see [[Mechanics]] for details), but contrast in that their movements are governed by the game's [[AI\|artificial intelligence]]. The difficulty of these monsters depends on their stats and their intelligence.		Enemies (or monsters) are the obstacles to your sweet, sweet victory. They have stats in the same way that you do (see [[Mechanics]] for details), but contrast in that their movements are governed by the game's [[AI\|artificial intelligence]]. The difficulty of these monsters depends on their stats and their intelligence.

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 Enemies (or monsters) are the obstacles to your sweet, sweet victory. They have stats in the same way that you do (see [[Mechanics]] for details), but contrast in that their movements are governed by the game's [[AI|artificial intelligence]]. The difficulty of these monsters depends on their stats and their intelligence.
 Every enemy comes with an array of stats, but these are the most important ones:
 * '''[[Health|HP]]''': The lifeblood of anything that moves. When something has zero HP, it is dead.
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 All lists are sorted by room depth (although unique bosses get to stay at the bottom of their list).
 ==Basic Enemies==
 Most enemies you will encounter are considered basic.
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 * [[arch-vile]]
 ==Nightmare Enemies==
 Upgraded versions of their basic counterparts, nightmare enemies are seen exclusively on the [[Game_Settings#Difficulty|Nightmare!]] difficulty and the [[Challenges#Angel of 100|Angel of 100]] challenge.
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 * [[nightmare arch-vile]]
 ==Boss Enemies==
 Bosses are the masters of special levels. With some exceptions due to the [[Challenges#Angel of 100|Angel of 100]] challenge, these enemies will only appear once per game.

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 * [[former sergeant]]
 * [[demon]]
 * [[former captain]]
 * [[hell knight]]
 * [[cacodemon]]