u/MaleficTekX

I started my Pandemonium run to practice for Ultra Nightmare. In my original nightmare run, I tried out the Impaler but once I saw the power of the chainshot, it got replaced.

In my Pandemonium run I took some people’s advice and tried out the Impaler once more using the upgrade that wasn’t Chronostrike and it changes the whole game…

Hell knights are one shot, Imps are one shot, Archnotrons are one shot after a shield bash, mancubus are three shot, pinkies may as well be one shot. Agadon’s, Cyberdemons, and Komodos are bullied by this thing

The only enemies that can reliably survive the Impaler, are Cacodemons, Shielders, Vagary’s and buffed enemies.

Every time you do anything involving melee, drops Impaler ammo… when you pick up impaler ammo, your next shot gets empowered, remember all the one shots I was mentioning? THAT WAS WITHOUT EMPOWERED SHOTS.

Not only are you a DPS monster, but if you hit headshots, you charge your melee, and with the Cthulu flail, that means even more BS DPS.

“But Malefictekx,” I hear you saying, “what if I suck at lining up headshots without chronostrike?” Not a problem at all because; when you parry… time slows down anyways. You already have chronostrike built into your kit… you just have to parry! Parry an attack, line up the headshot, pick up the ammo you just got from parrying, empower your next shot, repeat.

Let me explain to you just how overpowered you get with this thing. My only deaths on pandemonium right now are: Once on Siege 1 due to archnotron bombs right at the start, and thrice on Abyssal woods due to my stupidity. I have been sticking with the Impaler and super shotgun since then, and I’ve been storming through the game after realizing that I can just shield throw fodder to buff my shield charge, and use Impaler to deal with near everything, and the SSG deals with what it can’t. I’m on Resurrection now and only have had to stop because my shield throw button has literally broken. Let’s see if I can keep up the deathless streak on my practice.

That’s not even going over how fast this weapon makes Enhanced Azrak, because I’ve practiced it, and the Impaler not only speeds up the fight, but it’s the safer option over Chainshot, because it fires faster, meaning I can parry quicker and sneak shots in between his attacks, and I get my Mace quicker thanks to its upgrades, meaning the fight goes quicker and I have less chance to miss a parry and mess up the run.

After finishing my Nightmare run, I’ve learned;

-Nightmare imps REALLY suck

-Archnotrons suck

-Caco’s suck

-Shielder gunners suck

-Revenants REALLY suck

-Prioritize upgrading Shield, Super Shotgun, First plasma gun (whatever it’s called), Ravager , Rocket Launcher, and Chainshot

-Get gud with impaler.

-Practice the Final Battle like crazy

-Heaven Splitter, and Cthulhu mace are the best things to use endgame