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[Robsoie]

If you close with them they can't attack you.

I didn't knew that.
Interesting, will have to get revenge on the Mancubi now.

[ZhangC1459]

If you close with them they can't attack you.

I didn't knew that.
Interesting, will have to get revenge on the Mancubi now.

yeah, apparently most monsters have a certain range at which they'll use their ranged attacks, too far out and you can shoot them while they come up, too close (i.e. within splash damage range or right next to them) they'll move or melee.

[Duke 2.0]

 Note that two spaces away is enough for them to blast you point blank.

[3]

If you have ranks in Hellrunner you can usually do some damage and pop behind a corner before they can react. That's how I found them easy on my Marksman run going for GK.

This is good advice in general. Using Hellrunner effecively (if you can spare the slots) makes AoMs runs far less painful than they need to be.

The best way of dealing with Mancubi is, of course, to not have to get in their line of fire at all. This is generally easier with Mancubi than most other enemies because 1. they generally appear alone or in small groups; 2. they don't fly; and 3. they only appear in hell so there's lots of napalm barrels around to limit their potential movement with. Find a way to block them with lava and they're not much of a threat so long as there aren't Viles around.

[BishopX]

If you close with them they can't attack you.

I didn't knew that.
Interesting, will have to get revenge on the Mancubi now.

yeah, apparently most monsters have a certain range at which they'll use their ranged attacks, too far out and you can shoot them while they come up, too close (i.e. within splash damage range or right next to them) they'll move or melee.

Currently many end-game enemy don't have any melee attacks. These include mancubi, revanants and archviles. Arachnotrons still have a melee attack, is just sucks compared to plasma.

Creative use of doors and medpacks to get sergeants, captains and commandos into melee can really cut down on damage taken.

[ZhangC1459]

If you close with them they can't attack you.

I didn't knew that.
Interesting, will have to get revenge on the Mancubi now.

yeah, apparently most monsters have a certain range at which they'll use their ranged attacks, too far out and you can shoot them while they come up, too close (i.e. within splash damage range or right next to them) they'll move or melee.

Currently many end-game enemy don't have any melee attacks. These include mancubi, revanants and archviles. Arachnotrons still have a melee attack, is just sucks compared to plasma.

Creative use of doors and medpacks to get sergeants, captains and commandos into melee can really cut down on damage taken.

Oh god.  Sergeants are the bane of my existence on melee runs.  Captains and commandos not so much since I usually have dodgemaster by the time I get commandos and the Captains always seem to get shot by the people behind them (usually sergeants), but... fucking shotguns and their always hitting, i tell you.

[BishopX]

Small medpacks are for dropping, not using. When you see a sergeant, back up, drop a pack and keep backing up until it's out of site our you can get into a door way, then drop another one. Wait until the sergeant pops up next to you and stomp his face in. Rinse and repeat as needed.

[Dorten]

Me is also stuck on Kill 5 mancubi in melee... 

I have one killed in melee from my only good berserk run, when I found the Butchers Cleaver on level 2. I even got the LS then. But  I still died afterwards...

[BishopX]

Ah screw it, time to finally beat those mancubi to death...I've been stuck on mancubi rank for more than 6 months now. Will report my success.

[Blaze]

Strangely enough, I'm still a Sergeant Major despite achieving Hell Knight Rank. Stupid standard win still eludes me.

Think those mancubi are tough? To reach Hell Knight, you have to kill 200 Hell knights, Kill 50 hell knights with Pistols, and an additional 20 in melee.

And now I have to kill 500 barons of hell :/

[Duke 2.0]

 Time for some Ao100 runs, and perhaps some AoMC ones to smooth them out.

[BishopX]

Strangely enough, I'm still a Sergeant Major despite achieving Hell Knight Rank. Stupid standard win still eludes me.

Think those mancubi are tough? To reach Hell Knight, you have to kill 200 Hell knights, Kill 50 hell knights with Pistols, and an additional 20 in melee.

And now I have to kill 500 barons of hell :/

I think I've done that already...

EDIT: not quite, I've killed 750 hell knights, 191 of them with pistols, and 19 of them in melee. I've only killed 303 barons of hell however.

If you need a standard win try going for a intuition build, it gives you the flexibility to use whatever you find.

[Tarran]

Time for some Ao100 runs

Watch out for Mancubi teaming up with Arch-viles, they ended my HMP runs twice so far.

[ZhangC1459]

Time for some Ao100 runs

Watch out for Mancubi teaming up with Arch-viles, they ended my HMP runs twice so far.

ew.

[Tarran]

GodDAMMIT. See what I mean about Mancubi teaming up with Arch-viles?

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.1) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Tarran, level 12 Cacodemon Sergeant Major, killed by a mancubus
 on level 28 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 129195 turns and scored 145569 points.
 He played for 1 hour, 45 minutes and 6 seconds.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 688 out of 701 hellspawn. (98%)
 He held his right to remain violent.
 He was an Angel of 100!


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

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)

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

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  ..........##############.......##########........#####....#
  .............^...|..............^...............X.........#
  ###########################################################

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

  Health -5/50   Experience 66219/12
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

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

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 2)
    Juggler          (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Ammochain        (Level 1)

  Fin->Fin->SoB->SoB->TH->WK->MAc->WK->TH->HR->HR->Jug->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   modified gothic armor [8/8] (122%) (APT)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified plasma rifle (1d9)x6 [40/40] (P2T3)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified phaseshift boots [4/4] (200%) (ABT)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified missile launcher (6d6) [5/5] (B1)

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

    [a] nuclear plasma rifle (1d6)x6 [24/24]
    [b] Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
    [c] Revenant's Launcher (7d6) [1/1]
    [d] red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [e] gothic armor [6/6] (122%)
    [f] rocket (x10)
    [g] rocket (x10)
    [h] large med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] homing phase device
    [q] homing phase device
    [r] homing phase device
    [s] homing phase device
    [t] envirosuit pack
    [u] Hell Staff

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

    66 former humans
    77 former sergeants
    41 former captains
    148 imps
    45 demons
    119 lost souls
    37 cacodemons
    24 barons of hell
    24 hell knights
    31 arachnotrons
    10 former commandos
    11 pain elementals
    18 arch-viles
    31 mancubi
    5 revenants
    1 nightmare imp

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

  On level 17 he found the Trigun!
  On level 22 he found the Hell Staff!
  On level 23 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
  On level 28 he finally was killed by a mancubus.

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

 the arch-vile. The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits the
 arch-vile. The missile hits the mancubus. The missile hits the arch-vile.
 The arch-vile raises his arms! You are engulfed in flames! The
 mancubus fires! Boom! Boom! You are hit!
 Chain fire (warming) -- Choose target or abort...   The missile hits
 the mancubus. The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits the
 mancubus. The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits the arch-vile.
 The missile hits the arch-vile.
 Chain fire (full) -- Choose target or abort...   The missile hits the
 arch-vile. The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits the
 mancubus. The missile hits the mancubus. The missile hits the arch-vile.
 The arch-vile dies. The missile hits the mancubus.
 Chain fire (full) -- Choose target or abort...   The missile hits the
 mancubus. The missile hits the mancubus. The mancubus fires! Boom!
 Boom! You are hit! The mancubus fires! Boom! Boom! You are hit! You

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

 Before him 167 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 127 of those were killed.
 25 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 9 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 6 souls claim to have killed him...
 1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 4 killed the bastard and survived.
 1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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*Sigh*, that's the third time I died to a Mancubi+2 Arch-vile squad on HMP Ao100. I really should've positioned myself better then I did. Man, I was doing so well...