Doom: The Dark Ageshas some of the best monster designs in most of the games out there, but the bosses are a cut above the rest. As playersprogress through the game’s chapters, they’ll experience set-piece boss encounters.
These boss fights can either go super well or put your demon-slaying skills to the test. With that said, some boss fights are quite memorable compared to the rest, and this list will rank all of them.
This list may contain spoilers forDoom: The Dark Agesbosses and their lore. Reader’s discretion is advised.
7Agaddon Champion
Doom Slayer’s Demonic Variant
Agaddon Champion is the second boss that the players will encounter inChapter 8: Abyssal ForestofDoom: The Dark Ages. The demon wields a twin-blade sword and a shield, making it great at both offense and defense against the Doom Slayer.
Players will need to be constantly on the move as Agaddon Champion can also useenergy projectiles at long range. However, despite being versatile in combat, the boss can easily be taken down with well-timed parries and strikes when its force field is down.
6Komodo Champion
Battle of the Beasts
Players encounter the third boss inDoom: The Dark Ages, Komodo Champion, inChapter 14: Sprice of Nerathul. The boss has a unique beast design as it charges the Doom Slayer on all fours. It’s also quite fast, making its attacks all the more difficult to dodge and parry. The boss is clad in armor, wielding a double-blade chainsaw in one hand and a power gauntlet in the other.
Despite its amazing enemy design, Komodo Champion can be easily defeated once players get the hang of its speed. Most of its melee attacks, likechainsaw swing and gauntlet ground pound, can be parried. Despite wearing golden armor, it doesn’t get superheated and blow off, compared to other demons.
5Vagary Champion
Blast from the Past
OGDoomplayers will immediately recognize the Vagary Champion boss, despite it getting a complete design overhaul inDoom: The Dark Ages. It’s the first boss you’ll encounter inChapter 4: Sentinel Barracks, and once again inChapter 22: Reckoning. It wields an energy blaster on its right appendage that can shoot a volley of orbs, among which only a few are parryable.
Its spider body is completely covered in golden armor that can be superheated with consistent shots from Doom Slayer’s weapons. Despite being a classic boss, that’s pretty much where the wow-factor ends, as Vagary Champion is one of the more simplistic bosses in the game. The combat loop requires players toparry its energy orbs until the boss is stunned, then shoot its unarmored back for damage until it’s defeated.
4Kreed Maykr
Time to Meet Your Treacherous Maykr
Kreed Maykr is one of the first proper boss fights that players experience inDoom: The Dark AgesChapter 20: Resurrection. After getting betrayed, Doom Slayer casually walks up to Kreed Maykr to take his revenge. The boss fight itself can be challenging as it’s bullet-hell galore, with the boss relaxing in its chair and sending out a barrage of energy-based attacks at players.
The Kreed Maykr boss fight issplit between two phases, the second being a much harder variant of the first, despite the mechanics remaining the same. The boss fight gameplay loop is simple: dodge the incoming projectile attacks, and damage the boss enough to fill up the finisher bar. Once the bar is filled, perform a glory kill to take a chunk of its health.
The boss eventually increases the quantity of projectile attacks byspawning two additional halo ringsover its head. It’s also quite difficult to land shots at the boss due to it being quite fast. In the second phase, the boss strips itself of both the armor and the levitating chair, followed by a significant increase in its projectile attack speed inDoom: The Dark Ages.
3Old One
Lovecraftian Nightmare
The Old One is, hands down, one of the most memorable fights inDoom: The Dark Agesthat players will encounter towards the end, inChapter 21: The Final Battle. The powerful cosmic god is a force to be reckoned with, as players square off with it in the Atlan Mech. While the Cthulhu boss does not have any weapons on hand, it can summon a mace and tentacles at random points in combat.
The boss fight isn’t really that difficult if players time their dodges right. However, it can get abit tricky in the second half, where the Old One starts to rain down portals that spawn tentacles from the ground. Even then, the boss is quite manageable, and players will have a great time fighting off this Lovecraftian entity.
2Prince Ahzrak and the Witch
The Unholy Duo
The fight against (weakened) Ahzrak and the Witch is the last boss encounter inDoom: The Dark Agesthat occurs inChapter 22: Reckoning. One of the best things about this boss fight remains the synergy between the two, as they gang up on Doom Slayer without giving him any openings. Ahzrak wields his poleblade, while Witch relies on projectile orb attacks.
The fight can become a bit overwhelming as both simultaneously put pressure on Doom Slayer from all sides. If one hasencased themselves in the force field, the other one goes on the offensive to deal maximum damage. While Ahzrak will often close the distance and use melee attacks that are parryable, the Witch will constantly zip across the room to put as much distance as she can between herself and the Doom Slayer.
Once the Witch is taken out of the battle, players willfight Ahzrak one-on-one, which will be much easier than the Enhanced Ahzrak boss fight.
1Enhanced Ahzrak
Bat Out of Hell
Enhanced Ahzrak is one of the toughest boss fights inDoom The Dark Agesthat players will fight right after defeating the Old One inChapter 21: The Final Battle. This is also one of the longest boss fights, spanning across three different phases, each ramping up in difficulty from the previous. Ahzrak will use his poleblade combos to attack Doom Slayer, while also summoning structures that damage players, unless they shoot them.
Ahzrak, in his enhanced form, alsostops Doom Slayer from performing any Glory Killswhen stunned. He transformed into his winged form in the second phase, which makes him even faster. This form grants Ahzrak access to even more abilities, making the fight a lot tougher. The same trend continues in the third phase, which evolves the boss fight into a literal nightmare.
