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Demon attacking the Doomguy in MAP03: The Gantlet

Commonly referred to as "Piggys" "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.

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.

Data

Attributes
ID #	3002 (decimal), BBA (hex)
Hit points	150
Speed	10 map units/frame (175.0 map units/second)
Width	60
Height	56
Reaction time	8
Pain chance	180 (70.31%)
Mass	400
Bits	4194310

Bits list
1: Obstacle 2: Shootable 22: Affects Kill %

Sprites & sounds
Sprite name	SARG
Alert sound	DSSGTSIT
Action sound	DSDMACT
Pain sound	DSDMPAIN
Death sound	DSSGTDTH

Melee attack
Damage	4-40
Sound	DSSGTATK

Damage done by a Demon's bite

Appearance statistics

The IWADs contain the following numbers of Demons:

Game	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Ultimate Doom	163	303	443
Doom II	94	213	331
TNT: Evilution	137	208	219
Plutonia	105	123	139

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)

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 [[Image:Demon-Doom2-map03.png|256px|thumb|right|Demon attacking the Doomguy in [[MAP03: The Gantlet (Doom II)|MAP03: The Gantlet]]]]
-Commonly referred to as "Piggys" "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 friggin' head off.''
+Commonly referred to as "Piggys" "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 ==