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Tyrant

super-heavy Demon

Threat Rating

★★★★★

4/5

Tier

super-heavy

Weakness

Chaingun Mobile Turret for sustained DPS. BFG for instant chunk damage. Keep distance.

Overview

The classic Cyberdemon reimagined. Tyrants are massive demons that fire rockets, stomp the ground, and charge laser attacks. They have enormous health pools but are slow-moving. Circle-strafe at medium range while dumping heavy weapons to bring them down.

Strengths

  • +Largest health pool of any non-boss demon.
  • +Rocket barrage covers wide areas with splash damage.
  • +Laser sweep attack deals massive damage across the arena.

Weaknesses

  • -Extremely slow movement -- easy to kite and circle-strafe.
  • -Large hitbox means every shot connects.
  • -Crucible or BFG bypass their massive health pool.

Combat Tips

  • 1Chaingun Mobile Turret deals the highest sustained DPS against Tyrants.
  • 2BFG removes a huge chunk of their health -- use it when other heavy demons are nearby.
  • 3Circle-strafe at medium range to dodge rockets and laser sweeps.
  • 4Crucible kills them instantly -- a good use if Archviles are not present.