Describe the DOOM weapons in your opinion!

[enderkevin13]

I'll go first:

Brass knuckles: It's your fist, but for serious shit.
Pistol: You'll only use this on the first level or two.
Shotgun: Now that's better!
Super Shotgun: This is probably the only weapon you'll need.
Chaingun: It's like a pistol that repeats itself one too many times.
Rocket Launcher: Use this and the SSG, only useful weapon next to that.
Plasma Rifle: It's satisfying to use just, okay?
BFG 9000: You'll never use this honestly, but you want it.

[Big C]

Fist: If you're using this without a berserker pack, you may have a problem. If you're using this WITH berserk pack, then RIP AND TEAR. (Unless it's a cyberdemon, because he's not slim pickens.)
Chainsaw: Good cacodemon and pinky killer.
Pistol: At least you can toggle some switches with it.
Shotgun: The ol' reliable! Works for anything, anywhere, anytime, as long as you've got ammo and room to outdodge more durable monsters.
SSG: Jesus Christ this thing is OP.
Chaingun: Good for mowing down lots of imps or weaker enemies and stunlocking enemies at range but otherwise lacking.
Rocket launcher: Good all-purpose hard-hitter as long as the target is not right in front of you.
Plasma rifle: The high-tier workhorse weapon.
BFG9000: Either inefficient or utterly devastating depending on how skilled you are with it (example: its ability to instakill a Spider Mastermind).

[4thcharacter]

Fist: I would use this more often if you don't alert enemies by just punching the air. Berserked, 10/10.
Chainsaw: Better than the fist. Just watch where it drags you when you use it.
Pistol: First weapons are supposed to be weak but still reliable. This one? No. It's slow, gets inaccurate after the 1st shot and takes a while to kill something unless it's a pathetic zombieman.
Shotgun: This isn't a shotgun, it's a burst rifle. And your real starter weapon (and mostly the ending weapon too)
SSG: Now this is a shotgun.
Chaingun: And this is an assault rifle disguised as a chaingun.
Rocket Launcher: Will make most enemies cry but it makes me anxious. Poor against long range targets.
Plasma Rifle: I find this better than RL in terms of long range combat because you can practically spam this anywhere for a very long time and you'd hit your enemy somehow unless the said enemy is hiding behind a decoration or corners.
BFG9000: Great for emergency situations, crowds and bosses. In Doom 2 maps this weapon won't see much use. On most megawads you'll use this alot.

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-DoomRL, some of the non-assembled weapons-
Pistol: Now this is what a pistol should be. Kind of weak, but reliable and doesn't get too inaccurate. This is a mini rifle if you're a scout.
Shotgun: I've never used this much because you have to cock it after each shot and because of that it's gotten kind of slow. And there are better shotguns to use and upgrade.
Combat Shotgun: A little faster than the shotgun but weaker. Unless you assemble it to something else then you'll never get anywhere with this that much.
Double Shotgun: Looks like super shotgun but it isn't. Firing a shell one at a time is a neat feature.
SSG: Wow. This makes the original Doom 2 SSG look and sound weak.
Battle Rifle: Nothing special but it has it's usages and it's accurate to boot. Pretty reliable.
Chaingun: Now it feels like a chaingun, unlike Battle Rifle it's inaccurate. It's a bit powerful. Something I originally expected from the original chaingun from Doom when I first played it.
RL: I find this more safe than the original RL. Maybe it's because you can't fire it that fast and you have to reload after firing a single rocket. You'd be doing some trench warfare stuff with this one.
BFG9000: Nothing much changed except you have to reload it. So no more BFG slaughterfests. You'd have to find a very rare variant of it if you want to do that. Or you need to load some dedicated mutator that replaces the chainsaws.
Minigun: Chaingun's meaner and angrier big brother that can mow down crowds.
Tristar Blaster: I really dig the projectiles' and their explosion sounds. It looks cool. It looks like the BFG but it's not that strong.
Blaster: Pew pew pew! I feel like a true space soldier with this one.
RC-P90: I'd take this than most rapid-fire weapons anytime. Reliable no matter what class you play, and it's one and only upgrade makes it better.
Handcannon: Powerful, but slow and inaccurate (and loud) unless using it as a scout. Great for surprising those imps and zombies to their death with this.
Hunting Revolver: My one true love! I really love this weapon design-wise and performance-wise.

-Trailblazer-
Macheterang: This makes the TB the mod with the best melee weapon IMO. It looks strong and has the gall to prove it. These being able to be thrown is just cherry on top.
Sidekick: Another starter pistol done right. But it won't outclass most weapons here anytime soon.
Cradle & Grave: These twin revolvers reminds me of those shooter arcade games where you have to reload but virtually have infinite ammo. That's not a bad thing actually.
Leadspitter: This Uzi is gangsta AF. Nuff' said.
FMG: Really accurate and powerful rapid-fire weapon. Eats ammo like a popcorn if you enjoy it too much, though.
Fleshrend: Go-to weapon. Upgrade it and it can lay waste to crowds and annoying group of imps that's trying to corner you faster than Doomguy's running speed.
Chrome Justice: The name sounds nice, gun looks nice and fires nicely. Who can say no to that? Doom's shotgun and Half-Life 's shotgun's lovechild.
Patriarch: Feels kinda underwhelming to me but I can't point out why.
Bitchmaker: Bitchin' badass big revolver. My only qualm with it is it's projectile is large and Doom has a poor collision detection so you might see the projectiles from this gun vanishing when reaching the windows. But man, that name just makes me want to use it around and around. Especially against tougher enemies like barons, masterminds and cybies. It turns poor imps and anything weak into a pile of bloody goop. Now if there's only some bonus effect when you beat bosses w/ this weapon..
Skullthrottle: If you want to show some nasties who's boss, this is your weapon of choice. Complete with rock music or a screaming angry old guy to top it all off.
Nutcracker: This is a strange one. Sometimes I find it reliable and sometimes it doesn't. But it's still frighteningly strong.

[TheMightyHeracross]

Fist: Sucks, unless you have Berserk. Then it rocks.
Chainsaw: Rocks, unless you have Berserk. Then it sucks.
Pistol: Sucks.
Shotgun: Good for picking off cannon fodder, or as the primary weapon before the SSG.
SSG: Small groups of cannon fodder, or tough enemies. Good all-around.
Chaingun: Big groups of zombies or imps, or if I want to take a less risky approach by pain-locking enemies (but using a lot of bullets)
Rockets: Situational, but good for lots of tough enemies.
Plasma: Feels so awesome to use, but sadly not used often because I want to save for the BFG.
BFG: Kill everything.

[Melodica]

Fist: You just ran out of ammo! now you're DOOMED! unless you find a berserker pack! THEN THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE DOOMED!
Chainsaw: The chainsaw, the great communicator! stunlock those demons until they die!
Pistol: If you are using this thing, you might as well leave a suicide note.
Shotgun: Perfect at close and long range, a perfect weapon for every situation.
Super Shotgun: Ever wanted to use rocket launchers up close without splash damage? Fear no more! It reloads kinda slowly.
Chaingun: Merge the long range of the pistol and the speed of the chainsaw and you get this thing!
Rocket Launcher: Ever wanted to use super shotguns from a reasonable distance without having to reload? Fear no more! It has splashdamage so watch out at close range.
Plasma Rifle: Take the chaingun, make it fire faster, give it projectiles that do a pretty decent amount of damage and BAM!
BFG9000: Heeeeeey, this thing is big and it fires big things! They do lots of damage! And when those big things explode, a cone of damage will spread to the direction you fired in!

[Hellser]

Fist: *Bsh!*
Chainsaw: Vroom, vroom.
Pistol: Pew.
Shotgun: Pew! Ch-ch. [Favorite]
SSG: PEW! Cluck-click-clunk.
Chaingun: Pew Pew.
Rocket Launcher: Big badda boom. [Leeloo's Favorite]
Plasma Rifle: Moar pew pew. [Second Favorite]
BFG: Big Pew Pew.

[RSSwizard]

Chainsaw: That weapon that makes the Berserk Fist harder to pull out. Its also that thing I use to kill the single, lone caco.

Fist: What you get when you get the Berserk. And if im gonna run out of ammo I make sure I get the berserk first. Its pretty fun killing some bigger guys too... its absurdly satisfying to kill revenants and hell knights, with just your fist. The Chainsaw gets in its way though, gotta switch through 2 weapons just to use your fists.

Pistol: I use the pistol for activating those switches that need to be shot, because it only activates them once, and only uses one bullet.

Shotgun: Sniper Rifle. For anything other than long range id rather be using the super shotgun because even up close it often takes 2 blasts or even 3 to kill imps or pinkies. Might as well just put two in them with the super.

Super Shotgun: Designed for killing pinkies and cacos no doubt. I guess its good for killing barons or hell knights up close but thats only because maps be forcing you to... like "here's a baron, here's a super shotgun, you know what to do".

Chaingun: Its like a long range chainsaw. Its the panic gun I turn to against pinkies. But its also satisfying to gun down imps with it. If ive got enough bullets its also a panic gun for cacos to crowd control them. Rarely ill use it against archviles but only because there's nothing else effective at long range.

Rocket Launcher: Never to be fired in bursts less than 3... act like the cyberdemon. If you wanna use it, you need to kill the whole crowd not just a few of them. And I dont know why they give this to you for killing bosses, its actually not all that great at doing so, usually blows up in your face when you clip the support column you're taking cover behind. Doomguy doesnt know how to stick his gun around corners. But this IS the lead Revenant counter though... it just Annihlates these unjustly tough and fast annoyances (how exactly did the Revenant end up being the posterchild for the doom franchise anyway? I thought the Baron Of Hell was supposed to be).

Plasma Gun: Seems like this thing was designed specifically for killing pain elementals, since it just plows through all the shit that gets in your way. Its also the easiest weapon to take down the cyber because 10 shot bursts are real good for raking it while dodging, yet not missing too much at the same time. But it uses up precious BFG ammo so its only good for medium range. Its a refined pristine weapon that shouldnt be used on things that it isnt designed for. Pinkies are domestic disturbances, I never use it on them when cruddy shotgun ammo is plentiful.

BFG: Surprise Attack. Like seriously I use this thing against everything. If there's a bunch of annoying enemies, I use it as a first strike. If there's Barons im more inclined to use this on them just to get them out of the way. And I use it to kill the Spider boss, if I can get up close to it anyway - usually weaken it with the SSG first though. Ironically it dont work all that good on the Cyber, just cant get close enough to make it worth the ammo.

[Ravick]

Fist: No ammo? Punch them to death! Got berserk? Punch them to shreds!
Chainsaw: No ammo again? This does not use ammo! Slice them!
Pistol: Starter pack! Ugly, weak! You wonder why start with a side weapon as your main weapon!
Shotgun: This is your BoomStick! Badass Badassery!
Super Shotgun: Game's main weapon. Point.
Chaingun: Usefull when running out of shells for the Super Shotgun.
Rocket Launcher: Fastest rocket puker ever. Use with caution.
Plasma Rifle: Pain Elementals killer.
BFG 9000: Shit got serious? Make shit even more serious for them with this shit!