Hell razer

The Hell razer readies its laser cannon.

The Hell razer is a new form of demon which appears in the 2016 Doom. It could first be spotted from afar, without any explanation offered, in screenshots released shortly after E3 2015 by Bethesda. According to in-game codex information, the creature is the end result of a demonic parasite infesting a possessed soldier.

Tactical analysis

Health: 600

Chainsaw Fuel Usage: 1

The Hell razer's main weapon is a precise red laser that seems to have unlimited range. This can be a nuisance in certain large arenas, e.g. the reactor room in VEGA Central Processing. Fortunately, the lasers do not track well; they can be easily dodged with minimal movement. At close range, however, it exhibits a melee attack similar to that of the possessed soldier.

Attacks

Attack	Too Young To Die	Hurt Me Plenty	Ultra Violence	Nightmare
Melee	5	10	17.5	30
Energy Beam	21	43	83	135

Lore

UAC data classifies the Hell razer as an astute, tactical foe that prefers long-range combat using its arm cannon laser beam, which consists of unrefined but highly focused Hell energy. Lazarus Project research examined how a parasitic hell razer embryo alters a host creature, producing the arm cannon and altering the host body so that it can survive the heat produced by use of the weapon.

In other games

Mighty Doom

Hell Razer in Mighty Doom

The hell razer appeared in the most recent mobile Doom game, Mighty Doom. As one of the enemies starting from early stages of the game, and as one of the bosses in Chapter 5: Nekravol. Normal variants of the demon have two types. One is similar to Doom (2016), and they fire a laser in a straight line towards the player, aiming via a red line. When the line disappears they are locked in place, and the second type fires blue spread-shot beams. Boss versions are not different except for the big size, they can either fire multiple consecutive blasts that the Slayer can avoid with constant movement, or may unleash a massive web of laser beams after a delay of a few seconds, requiring the Slayer to move to an area where all the lasers miss to avoid taking damage.

Trivia

• The Hell razer was developed by Tango Gameworks.

Sources

• DOOM - Bestiary (archived 🏛)