Likely,the crucible has displayed to be one of the most devasting weapons against demon and titans alone. He is seen through artpieces wielding it and in another,using his supershotgun. It is his BFG of the night sentinel age.
Travis has dealt with dozens of people at once, with all of them having weaponry able of hurting him.
Likewise for Travis, he's at an AP disadvantage against most foes, or they have piercing damage that'd kill him with ease, but they're trained assassins with decades of experience and complex powersets he'd initially have no way to counter
Are Plutonia and TNT canon? Huh. Anyway, Travis can deflect machine gun fire and laser beams shot from the eyes with his Beam Katana, and in fact has instinctive reaction so good he can dodge it when it's coming from behind him. There's also spammable blade beams as wide as him, wide bursts of electricity, gunfire from master gunmen, homing rockets, beams as wide as buildings, doves and horny gimps.
Travis also comes from his own society that idolizes and incentivizes training for killing. In his very second fight, he fights the 10th best assassin in the world, with decades of experience, and impresses him so much he goes from dismissive to shocked and encouraging of Travis' pursuit of the #1 spot.
I mean, the real issue here is that Travis looks like a moron, would Doomguy really think it necessary to use that on him?Doom Guy got the Crucible soon after he got blessed by the Divinity Machine while the city he is in is invaded by demons, he killed some demons with the sword then sacrificed the sword to take down a Titan.
So the Crucible will likely be the Doom Slayer's main weapon.
He can learn combat techniques in the span of a three-second beating or by reading a wrestling magazine, and he's become the strongest assassin in america (this being a world where assassins are basically celebrities, so there's A LOT of them) by only watching training tapes of a samurai instructor. Early on, he fights the daughter and disciple of this samurai instructor, who's trained for years specifically to beat Travis, and he whoops her ass. Of course, he only gets better and better as the game goes on, receiving something closer to actual training.
Does that same society take down entire Titans and Behemoths that could crush a platoon with their fist only using metal swords and halberds? As well as deal with endless hordes of demons who have slain equally as trained individuals and are physically comparable to them?
The Doomguy does the same,except with entire legions of hell and sentinels warriors leading the attacks rather than a few people.
Yes. Doomguy is eternally bloodthirsty and has PTSD. He wouldn’t care about such about looks.
Except he won’t get the chance to get back up after said beating. If they clash swords or if Travis underestimates him he gets gibbed to pieces.
NMH has tank-like beings that vaporize trained groups of assassins (as in, world-class ones) in seconds, and Travis obviously beat that one too.
Travis doesn't actually underestimate people, he's cocky but he's learned that lesson hard. And again, if they clash swords, he's gonna be unharmed, as the crucible doesn't have the right kind of NPE to hurt beam katanas. But it wouldn't pass through it, as they have been shown to block physical objects.
Travis has Low-Mid regen and can keep fighting after having his heart punched out. And how fast is Doomy's RPL? Cause Travis ends fights ASAP, and the second he can he'll execute a Death Blow- a beheading or bisecting slice. Worth mentioning Travis' beam katana cuts people comparable to him.
That's a speed feat, and speed is equalized. He also can't really beat Marauders by hitting them before their shield is up, he has to bait them.
Tbf a lot smaller,but fair.
But he doesn’t have the LS to actually hold back from a push on the doomslayer’s end. So he’ll be overpowered either way.
The crucible has the AP to essentially instant gib him if it lightly touches him. Low-Mid likely won’t help.
Combat applicable. He seemed to have jump strength mid-way into the fight after being hurt.
Fair on that end,still has a low 7-B crucible to block blows.
Fair,but waiting for the shield to come back up just to beat em likely seems game mechanics.
The crucible is vastly superior to other energy weapons within Doom lore. So it might be able to do something
He can just pick up the sword again lol, Travis is very competent in H2H and can definitely last enough until he gets an opportunity to grab it again, especially since he's able to stun targets with his blows.
It cleanly cuts through fodder demons, it doesn't gib them. So, if it grazes him, it'll just cut him where it does. But again, Instinctive Reactions, nevermind that Travis is able to sense bloodlust- he'd realize what kind of fighter Doomguy is, which is a modest advantage.
Alright, though again, Travis can cut up people even stronger than him and he's a sizeable if not huge amount above his own 0.1 tons feat.
Of course, but that won't help if Travis gets a Dark Step.
Superior cause of strength, but it has no feats of that sort. Even then, it's just light, cutting through it would be the same as passing your hand through a flashlight's beam.
While it's a partially heat-based weapon, it doesn't rely on it- it's just as good at dealing out kinetic energy, as shown by the fact that Travis working out translates to it getting stronger. It also has electricity to it, though I think Doomguy resists that too.
Probably just game mechanics. Realistically speaking that amount of AP would completely gib Travis.
Against the guy who has killed a pit of night sentinels with just his bare hands armed with a meter long sword? Who specializes on the bob and weave type deal? Idk,maybe he’ll get a hit in but supernatural willpower will let him power through and just slice him. Even in irl,it’s hard fighting a guy H2H with a knife,let alone a massive sword that can destroy you in an instant.
This is a fair assessment,but the weapon becomes less potent without its heat. So through willpower (and being <<0.9 tons). The doomguy is likely to survive an onslaught,albeit barely and will retaliate.
Eh, it clearly works like a lightsaber of sorts, it ain't surprising that it'd cut cleanly like that. This isn't a huge part of my argument tho, odds are if the Slayer lands a hit it's a big, meaty one.
I mean, I've already described Travis' skill, and he might honestly be even more impressive in wrestling than swordfighting. He is at a disadvantage here and if the fight started like this I'd vote Doomguy, but it's not a lost cause there. All he needs is a quick blow to stun the Doom Slayer or a dodge to activate Dark Step and he's got his sword and the perfect window to attack.
Not really, it can clearly slice through someone who resists its heat almost completely and is stronger than Travis. Besides, while Dark Step does last 3-4 seconds from the player's perspective, Travis is also way faster than normal gameplay in it, he gets like, 10 or something slashes in before it runs out. This is more than enough time to hit a spot multiple times, or go for a weaker spot.
Upscaling, mostly. Travis can deflect that beam with an unaugmented starting beam katana, but he has three each stronger than the previous one that all have further enhancements to their power. And it's canon that he uses his final katana since you need it to fight the final boss. If he needs even more power he can charge up his attacks.
My masculinity increases ten fold when I vote doomguy though....
Resists via the Archville’s mind manip. Buff totems do the same thing.
Irrc,he actually be duel wielding the two of them. So he used both in battle in recorded cases of him fighting the hordes of hell and had his SSG when trapped in the unholy crusade.
Fair 'nough
Meh, I can't see Travis not being able to dodge it a few times, and the way it works Doomguy's gonna have to reload it after one shot, and he can't do that with the shotgun in one hand and the sword in the other.
Again, any gun that isn't the SSG can be blocked, and Travis can even bat the meathook back at him (that is something he's done). And as for the Ballista, it needs both hands to be wielded, so if he's holding that he's not holding the Crucible, which means it's free real estate to cut him up for Travis.
He could switch. Wouldn’t that use up perfect dodge?
