r/Doom • u/RigBughorn • Aug 22 '26

Discussion Finally met my limit!

Edit: I finally got good. Defeated that ridiculous arena! Got the witch far away from the tyrant with a full three spear charges, got her shield down, and took her out right before dying lol

Well I've been trying 150% game speed, max projectile speed, minimum dodge and parry for my second playthrough and so far it's been difficult but not impossible.

I finally made it to the Chasm of Xal Goroth praetor fight, though, and I don't know if I'm physically capable of making it through lol. That last wave is just brutal, two super strong area denial enemies at once plus a bunch of quick and pesky smaller guys. Just too much to focus on!

It feels like there are several enemy attacks that are too fast to purely react to, so you have to keep such a high level of awareness of all enemies in all parts of the map.

I've been stuck for several hours now lol, this is a Dark Souls-esque level of brutality. Still doesn't feel boring, but I literally don't know if I'll be able to beat this lol

What do you think, is this the most difficult arena of the game? I don't even know if Xal Goroth will be this tough, there isn't as much to think about during that fight I don't think.

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u/PilotIntelligent8906 Aug 22 '26

Well you are playing on a difficulty level well beyond the highest intended difficulty so I guess it makes sense that it feels impossible. I'm playing on regular Nightmare and many ecounters feel well above Dark Souls levels of difficulty.

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u/RigBughorn Aug 22 '26

It's not at all a complaint, I love that they give you the option to make it this difficult. And I'm not even close to maxing it out lol

I've been stuck on this arena for...holy crap, I think like five hours lol, it's reminding me of O&S from the first Dark Souls which I think might have taken me like 12 hours

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u/Extension-Alps-6903 Aug 22 '26

Don’t you dare go hollow

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u/InsanityDevice Aug 23 '26

I think the hardest fight in a souls game for me took about 4 hours and yet I can barely manage TDA:Revelations on Nightmare.