Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago

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Deemed impossible to beat in one segment; the infamous slaughter-map of Okuplok is analyzed in this series. This tutorial explains several survival strategies for the first fight: the Imp Staircase.

Update: Okuplok has now been beat saveless on ULTRA-VIOLENCE: youtu.be/Cl3jW_VdJRw

Okuplok is considered by many as the most difficult doom map ever created (even though the verdict on that is still up to debate). The map is heavily criticized for it's wildly varying levels of difficulty between each fight, together with a major health and armor starvation. This makes it extremely frustrating as a challenge, especially when you die to a difficult fight, after having cleared several easy (and borderline boring) fights for 3 hours. Some consider that the only reason why no one has single-segmented Okuplok yet, is because no one even wants to try. I wouldn't be surprised.

Regardless of the criticism, Okuplok is popular, and many players struggle with several of it's difficult fights. This video's purpose is to help those players with guidelines, strategies, statistics, and other useful tips. I did a thorough research of the known strategies for these fights, but in case I missed something: feel free to give your feedback in the comment section below. Any new information can help everyone else who's struggling!

All the footage for this video series was recorded on Ultra Violence difficulty.

Alternate strategies for this fight: youtu.be/c-B-4DhbT1A

Doom on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2300/DOOM_II
dsda-doom sourceport: doomworld.com/forum/topic/133096-dsda-doom-v0256-2023-01-15
Okuplok slaughter-map: dsdarchive.com/wads/oku2v31

Written, narrated, edited, and performed by Coincident.
No generative AI was used in the making of this content.

Music:
Matt Gray - Central Park Loader (MIDI Rendition) (Last Ninja 2 OST, 1988)
Mika Hohko & Adrian Broeck - Thor And Jotun (Titan Quest: Ragnarok OST, 2017)
James Paddock - Plutopia (Final Doom: Plutonia 2 OST, 2008)
Stuart Rynn - Gold Rush (Doom: Ancient Aliens OST, 2016)
Elric Sullivan - Nanonucleonic Cyborg Summoning (Doom: Back to Saturn X Episode 1 OST, 2012)

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Stuart Rynn stuartrynn.bandcamp.com
Elric Sullivan doomwiki.org/wiki/Elric_Sullivan

Sources:
decino (1): youtube.com/watch?v=70rp8hU_bLE
decino (2): youtube.com/watch?v=8t5wxTQnsVo
Arbys550: youtube.com/watch?v=J3hj13-5Ntw
blueskull: youtube.com/watch?v=HXnEKHdDuHA&list=PLvP0dusu4z92KAy6iAN4OGcWpcgGogS4u
Azuruish TAS: youtube.com/watch?v=fEnOEzq8PuE
Red Recluse TAS: youtube.com/watch?v=mffEY8L2N_0
Erik TAS: youtube.com/watch?v=UO5s0IYMmVs
Zero Master TAS: youtube.com/watch?v=ubdda0DuFvM

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Chapters:
00:00 Okuplok
00:52 Platforming
01:19 The 6 Threats
03:04 Dealing with the Threats
05:57 Push Strategy
07:06 Hold Strategy
09:50 Statistics

Tags:
#doom #strategy #guide