Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
This run was part of my "One Day Challenge", where I limit myself to a single livestream to study, route, practice, and run a single map. This map was a frustrating RNG grind. NightTerror's time on this is admirably good. I struggled to get this time; which was my first sub 2 exit, but I was so close to getting sub 1m50 that I almost felt tempted to keep trying. But in the end I decided against it because I have other maps to grind; the E4M1 IL is not my priority ATM. But even if I did grind this more, I'm not sure I could have beaten NT's time.
As for the strategies used here: other than getting perfect movement on the jump, around the first Imp, and towards the button, you need a lot of luck to survive the massive damage that all the shotgunners at the start can deal. Ideally you want to one-shot double kill both groups of shotgunners after you go through the tunnel, but that's luck-based as well. Then good (and slow) movement will get you in a good setup to grab the RK through the bars. Make sure you hug the left corner of the bars to wake up one of the Barons in advance, so that it teleports later into position. If you don't you might be missing one Baron later when you want to rocket the entire group.
The middle of the run is not very difficult because by this time you mostly only have Imps to deal with. Kill as little as possible until you get into the NIN room, and pray that more stuff dies to in-fighting. Once you press the torch, firing at the imp will wake up the monster closets so you have very little time to tag the secret while the platform is still lowering, and then strafe left towards the wall before exiting, to avoid triggering the walls that can trap the monsters inside and make you lose time.
Finally you need to deal with the inside of the RK building. Step inside to wake up the shotgunners and use the chaingun to snipe them as they teleport. Kill any non-baron-enemies that are waiting at the bars to make space for all the 5 Barons to group together. As you wait for them to approach, open the wall on the other side and kill the Imps there. Once the 5 Barons get close to the Barons, fire all your rockets at them, and try to maximize splash damage, as well as spread the direct rocket damage on all the Barons. Then loop around the other side, open the blue door in advance, and use the last of your ammo to kill everything before you run back to the exit.
Category: UV MAX (100% kills + secrets)
This run: 1m52.54 by Coincident, 2023/05/28
Attempts: 331
Time invested: 5h
Goal: Sub 2m00
More information & demo recording on doomworld: doomworld.com/forum/topic/126955-personal-best-demo-thread-pt-2-%E2%86%90-post-your-non-wrs-here/?page=17&tab=comments#comment-2661781
Doom on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2300/DOOM_II
dsda-doom sourceport: doomworld.com/forum/topic/133096-dsda-doom-v0256-2023-01-15
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This run was part of my "One Day Challenge", where I limit myself to a single livestream to study, route, practice, and run a single map. This map was a frustrating RNG grind. NightTerror's time on this is admirably good. I struggled to get this time; which was my first sub 2 exit, but I was so close to getting sub 1m50 that I almost felt tempted to keep trying. But in the end I decided against it because I have other maps to grind; the E4M1 IL is not my priority ATM. But even if I did grind this more, I'm not sure I could have beaten NT's time.
As for the strategies used here: other than getting perfect movement on the jump, around the first Imp, and towards the button, you need a lot of luck to survive the massive damage that all the shotgunners at the start can deal. Ideally you want to one-shot double kill both groups of shotgunners after you go through the tunnel, but that's luck-based as well. Then good (and slow) movement will get you in a good setup to grab the RK through the bars. Make sure you hug the left corner of the bars to wake up one of the Barons in advance, so that it teleports later into position. If you don't you might be missing one Baron later when you want to rocket the entire group.
The middle of the run is not very difficult because by this time you mostly only have Imps to deal with. Kill as little as possible until you get into the NIN room, and pray that more stuff dies to in-fighting. Once you press the torch, firing at the imp will wake up the monster closets so you have very little time to tag the secret while the platform is still lowering, and then strafe left towards the wall before exiting, to avoid triggering the walls that can trap the monsters inside and make you lose time.
Finally you need to deal with the inside of the RK building. Step inside to wake up the shotgunners and use the chaingun to snipe them as they teleport. Kill any non-baron-enemies that are waiting at the bars to make space for all the 5 Barons to group together. As you wait for them to approach, open the wall on the other side and kill the Imps there. Once the 5 Barons get close to the Barons, fire all your rockets at them, and try to maximize splash damage, as well as spread the direct rocket damage on all the Barons. Then loop around the other side, open the blue door in advance, and use the last of your ammo to kill everything before you run back to the exit.
Category: UV MAX (100% kills + secrets)
This run: 1m52.54 by Coincident, 2023/05/28
Attempts: 331
Time invested: 5h
Goal: Sub 2m00
More information & demo recording on doomworld: doomworld.com/forum/topic/126955-personal-best-demo-thread-pt-2-%E2%86%90-post-your-non-wrs-here/?page=17&tab=comments#comment-2661781
Doom on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2300/DOOM_II
dsda-doom sourceport: doomworld.com/forum/topic/133096-dsda-doom-v0256-2023-01-15
Thanks to the Patrons who review my videos in early-access:
AgileJackson
Andrew Dunai
Billabob
Bofu
Chris O'Neil
HexElix
hido
Isaac Coleman
MaxPayne67
Morvis
Phoenix
Shawn Grant
ShuffleCat
SirLethbridgeDoomer
Spectere
Vytaan
Join them on Patreon: patreon.com/coincident
Join the community on Discord: discord.gg/nYDuB46
Watch me live on Twitch: twitch.tv/coincident
Tags:
#doom #speedrun #twitch
