Demon


 * For the Demon in Doom 3, see Demon (Doom 3).

Commonly referred to as "Pinkies" or "Bull Demons", Doom's Demon is a big, bulky, vaguely humanoid demon. The Doom II manual refers to them as: ''Sorta like a shaved gorilla, except with horns, a big head, lots of teeth, and harder to kill. Don't get too close or they'll rip your fraggin' head off.''

Combat characteristics
Demons do not have ranged attacks, so they are no threat at long range. However, Demons have a huge advantage over other hellspawn with ranged attacks: speed. Faster than most monsters in Doom (except the charging Lost Soul, the Cyberdemon, and Doom II's Arch-Vile in this respect), the Demon closes distances very quickly, often running towards the player in a zig-zag pattern, making them harder to hit, and helping corner the player. Under Nightmare! or -fast, the Demon moves and attacks twice as fast, thus becoming the fastest monster in the game, and the second quickest to attack (after the Cyberdemon).

In the original Doom, Demons were usually found alone or in small numbers, but in Doom II they were often found in larger packs, making them all the more dangerous to deal with. They emit a loud snarl when they are killed.

Tactical analysis
The preferred weapon against Demons for many Doom players is the chainsaw; the Demon is unable to attack the player when being struck with the chainsaw, and furthermore the chainsaw does not use up any ammunition. However, the shotgun is also effective since it can cause damage at longer ranges, and the super shotgun can kill a Demon at close range with one blast. Another quick way of killing them without wasting ammo is to punch them to death when in Berserk mode (which is often possible with only 1-3 hits).

In monster infighting, healthy Demons are able to make short work of former humans and Imps, and are generally the easiest monster to trick into attacking other enemies. Demons actually appear to be considerably less intelligent (and/or more oblivious) than Imps, as they often run around for quite a long time aimlessly before attacking the player.

Appearance statistics
In classic Doom, the Demon is first encountered on these maps:

The IWADs contain the following numbers of Demons:

Doom RPG
In Doom RPG, the Demon appears as the "Pinky" class of monster. There are three variations, identified by color:


 * Bull Demon (olive green)
 * Pinky (normal colors)
 * Belphegor (blue)

A Pinky will attack automatically the moment the player steps into an adjacent square, even if it has already moved that turn. They are resistant to rockets and susceptible to shotgun attacks.