Pain Elemental

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The Pain Elemental is a floating, demonic monster in the Doom series known for spawning Lost Souls as its primary method of attack.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pain Elemental canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf demon
fictional monster
video game enemy
AIBehavior tries to maintain distance while spawning Lost Souls
alignment hostile
appearsIn Doom
Doom 64
Doom Eternal
Doom II: Hell on Earth
Final Doom
appearsInMode multiplayer custom maps
single-player campaign
attackType summons Lost Souls at range
bodyType large floating head-like creature
category Doom monsters
colorScheme brown
combatRole summoner
creator id Software
damageSource contact damage from Lost Souls it spawns
designGoal force players to prioritize target selection
enemyType mid-tier demon
faction demons of Hell
firstAppearance Doom II: Hell on Earth
franchise Doom series
linked to: DOOM series
gameEngine id Tech 1
gameGenre first-person shooter
gameMechanic can quickly overwhelm player with adds
hasProjectileLikeThreat spawned Lost Souls behave like projectiles
influenced later summoner-type enemies in shooters
influencedBy classic horror demon imagery
inUniverseOrigin Hell
killEffect prevents further Lost Soul spawning upon death
movementType floating
notableAbility can spawn multiple Lost Souls
notableFeature lacks conventional projectile attack
mouth used as portal for Lost Souls
platform PC
console
primaryAttack spawning Lost Souls
reappearsIn Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods
linked to: Doom Eternal
relatedEnemy Lost Soul
returnsIn modern Doom reboots as redesigned enemy
soundDesign distinctive groaning and spawning sounds
strategyAgainst prioritize killing before other monsters
use rapid-fire weapons to interrupt spawning
threatLevel high if ignored
weakness vulnerable to sustained gunfire

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Doom II: Hell on Earth enemyType Pain Elemental
Cacodemon hasVariant Pain Elemental