The cheapest thing he does is charge at you like he's gonna swing, then stops and shoots you. Then you shoot him accidentally and summon the dog.

Marauder AI is so brilliant that in Markiplier's pre release gameplay video people in the comments we're saying they thought he was another player

Pretty much every FPS teaches us to paint the target with our crosshairs. The fact that The Marauder won't cross it is genius.

I couldn't even imagine that some pixels can be sooo smart, very good job elysium, please make a review of a tyrant

Marauder Bonus stat: +100 difficulty against IGN members

this has been the most useful ai video so far

For me on first playthrough, 'the only thing they fear is you' soundtrack was really meant for marauder.

You did it! You broke the Marauder down to it's bare essentials!!

The most comprehensive video I have seen on marauder behavior. Most impressive.

The Marauder is my favorite enemy in Doom Eternal, he is just such a cool demon. I had no idea the AI for him was that smart. I do remember, however, than when the game first came out saying you liked him on r/Doom would get you death threats in your inbox...

They can't block bfg shots that are going in front of them...damn..That's kinda helpful, thanks :D

This is great. I love the idea that he throws out feints. It reminds me of the Hell Knights in 2016 ‘playing dead’. I love when games make it look like the enemies are actually thinking, rather than following their programming

Interesting seeing him take damage from the BFG considering how a handful of people were saying he was immune to it. That may come from a misunderstanding of the tutorial because it said he is *resistant* to super weapons, not immune. It's kinda like body armor: manufacturers will tell you their body armor is bullet resistant, not bulletproof. Meaning, it will absorb an X amount of shots before it's fully damaged.

I love these guys for the most part. They're cool and exhilarating to fight, but sometimes they just feel jank as hell. Them being buffed/possessed makes them faster which seems to fuck with their ai 'cus they'll run right in front of you and just stare at you or try to swing at you from half way across the arena. Also specifically the double marauders in Immora will just not swing and only use their shotgun. And I'm not just standing around with my thumb up my ass; I'm running, meat hooking, and keeping my distance, and when you they run up to you and you think they're going to swing... I get a shotgun to the face. They only do this in that one arena, everywhere else they act normal. Also one time in Urdak a marauder wouldn't attack AT ALL, so I had to use remote detonate and sticky bombs to hurt him. I don't really count this glitch as a real complaint because it's never happened again and it was more funny than anything. Also after the Ancient Gods part 2 the dog howling is incredibly annoying. But I still do like the marauders.

Marauder is my favourite enemy and this in-depth analysis really does him justice! Thank you!

When the Marauder is stunned, even with Sentinel hammer, he wakes up instantly from getting hit with the microwave beam.

how am i still learning new things about this game

Pretty impressive , nice job noticing all these AI behaviors. Doom Eternal AI doesn't get enough credit.

I never knew that the marauder dashed out of your aim. Very helpful.

Elysium Gaming PhD in FPS AI Honestly, you just stepped up your game. Realy perceivable improvements here. Congratulations.

whoever coded these dudes is a god. Sure most of us know how to beat them, but this is some super complex ai

Shoutout to ma man pls! I can see the effort put into these videos! My favourite is Marauder :D

Just a quick correction, they can only bait the *ranged axed attack* which is basically kinda useless since their eyes don't even flash green.

Imagine the skill it took to code the Marauders AI..

fuck, I almost regret learning this, it's such a satisfyingly tough yet managable opponent, it's like you fight on his terms, where every other demon let's you do whatever, I love it. Now I'll just pin'em to walls and count stuns to predict dashes

Excellent video. They also block D-Blade and lock on even when their eyes are green.

I think this is your best video so far. Much appreciated.

Woo, another video! Crazy how much stuff goes unnoticed until it's broken down!

This was the most helpful video I’ve seen on the maurader. Excellent work

That adjacent fact was really good to know. Nice vid

Excellent guide as usual!

this... this is the analysis ive been waiting for.

Now this, this was helpful Nice work

Thank you so much for the awesome review , I will try use these tip in another enemy IA :)

Their overhead axe attack actually does more damage, or at least it did. It could’ve changed in one of the patches

this was great. can't wait for khan maykr and samur. I understand them enough to for nightmare but not enough for extra life mode nightmare. I watch everyone else's videos and it seems like they have way less electrical floor and agression than what I am seeing. I know all the weapon strategies but can't make sense of their attacks and where i should move. Always takes me like 20 times to beat those two maykrs.

I've been waiting for this

This is amazing work. I hadn't figured out any of these things. DE really has a high skill ceiling.

Marauder is the most unique enemy in DOOM franchise 👌 Thank you for informing us, I like this kind of videos especially as an console player. I've put like and subscribed, nicely done 👍👏😊

Nicely done. This will help me with that pesky arena on UN.

1:10 that's stupidly useful, thanks bro!

Absolutely great, thanks for the info

Amazing insight

My only issue with him is that I feel he needs a little more for his kit and more interactions with certain weapons or moves. - Personally, I would have blood punch knock him away from you if he has his shield up. It wouldn't damage him, but it could at least give you some space. However, doing so will cause him to retaliate with a large wave attack that will leave a large damaging trail for a few seconds. - He has some little skulls on his right thigh that look like little grenades, and his concept art had them glowing green. Make these some sort of "curse grenade" that can very briefly remove your dash while he closes in. But, if you use the the microwave beam just as he throws it, it will explode in front of him and temporarily disable his shield BUT make him use more aggressive range attacks and take reduced damage. You also wouldn't be able to pull out the beam and hit him with it just as he throws it; you'd have to have it ready and anticipate his grenade so you can't cheese it. - Give him some kind of lock-on projectiles that can be dodged with dashing like revenant or doom hunter rockets. Just for more variety. - Though he can dash away from your rockets, maybe have remote detonation rockets that do reach him slow him down and raise his shield while dealing very little damage. Doing it too much, though, will cause him to shoot out a shield wave like the one the gladiator does. - Increase his HP a bit to compensate for these ideas. - Have another projectile of his be ground waves that can knock you back like the whiplash or carcass waves. Another way to add variety to his ranged attacks. These are just some ideas to add a little more variety to him, not that they would actually do it.

I knew it! The reason that sometimes they don't swing their axes is because they in my crosshair. So, it's really good way to look away for a bit to make them do their green light stuff, more consistently. And yeah, it also works on Blood Maykrs and Armored Barons... and maybe the Dark Lord as well. Oh, and that BFG look away strat is a promising one. :)

Now it'll be way easier when fighting buffed, possesed and screetched Marauders, thank you! Great video

Minor one but one that a lot of people miss: you can meat hook the doggo

Great job !!

i like to play with the marauder. i ether shoot rockets at him with the remote detonation, and/or do the Ballista - Arbalest, grapple, sticky bomb, jump, sticky bomb, grenade, jump, sticky bomb, grenade, dash, sticky bomb, dash, sticky bomb, blood punch, blood punch, super shotgun, ballista method of killing him.

this video should get more attention

Sylar incoming

This is amazing, thanks man, new sub :)

I also notice that he walks towards me when i look at him and then back pedals

Dude let's go you hit 1 thousand subs!

ok but that bfg tip is insane tho. Im gonna try and see if i can somehow exploit it with the double marauder fight in Taras nabad ML

Excellent video.excellent ending.. again xD

I am not a coder or have any clue how AI works, but I would give enemy AI "extra eye" from players camera perspective, if player is aiming at enemy then it will move agressively and stuff like that..

If Hugo sees this, you just know he's going to patch those BFG shots away from the Marauder.😆

Nice video subbed

You can microwave the dog and soft falter the marauder

Holy shit this is great information

One of the best enemy in eternal

I REALLY WANT A GAME ABOUT THE MARAUDER! IT WOULD BE SO COOL!

interesting to know

Of course they have such sophisticated AI, they're supposed to be a countermeasure for the Slayer....only to fail every time.

I like this I love this *I need this*

Welp by knowing to block some BFG shots and evade grenade already made it impressive as fuck

Thanks, I'm kinda stuck fighting two marauders on ultra nightmare

is there an explanation for his wolf summon? I hear if you focus away from him it comes out or if you shoot his shield it comes out but both of which don't happen, it feels too random even when im intentionally testing what gets it to summon.

Ive thought this the whole time, but marauder is a beefed up death knight from quake.

👍👍Murderer he's the most hated and Favorite of mine...

The work and knowledge that went into this finely packaged video is greatly appreciated. Thanks, man! And now it will hopefully help me to put this MF to sleep.

very well done but I think Marauder is an easy target.

Any idea on why feet ballista works on marauders?

How do you make them spawn like that?

IGN's favorite enemy.

Personally, I think they made Marauder too easy. Having him use the shield and get stunned when countered during his axe attack makes him feel simple to fight. I wish they did something more like you'd see in an action game, where he does actually have your entire arsenal and you have to constantly attack him while dealing with your own weapons on the receiving side.

Marauder probably got a higher IQ than everyone at IGN

You use PS or PC?

Do an episode on the tyrant

Anti clockwise triggered me. *Counterclockwise*

The Marauder is now officially a joke to fight against🤣

the git gud enemy

Game journalists' worst enemy.

4:21 they are going to extinct

Me when fighting the Marauder: 😴

why does the marauder have 5000 hp and the doomslayer, a god - 200 hp, doesnt make sense

:)

Seems more and more like Maurader is not a boss but someone to be bossed around, these Ai tips seems almsot like cheating lol.

This seems like a bunch of nonsense, my gaming world view was purely formed by IGN so these tips can't be true. Haven't you heard the marauder breaks the combat loop of doom eternal? He pulls his shield out any time he wants, summons dogs whenever he wants,shoots you whenever he wants. It's too hard..How are you supposed to fire a weapon within 2 seconds of a bright green flash. It's impossible to fight him, no one can explain his behaviors! He is even tougher than a Cuphead tutorial level!

It’s a shame that the AI the game draws your attention to the most is probably one of its weaker ones. It’s incredibly predictable, partly because the way the developers want you to beat it feels in itself like cheesing an AI exploit. Seriously, when’s the last time you fought a marauder and thought, ‘that man right there is more intelligent than any of these demons’? I do think ID software is way too proud of their ‘fellow black belt’ as they’re so fond of calling it.