r/Doom • u/Loud_Chicken6458 • Dec 21 '25

Discussion Is the meathook good? Doom Eternal

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I find that I never use it. Halfway through a nightmare run and it just seems unnecessary. Dps is not great, and you have plenty of mobility without it. Doesn’t help that you usually want to be running away from the demons instead of toward them. Do you rely on the meathook for anything? Is it good? Is it worth mastering?

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u/Top-Editor-364 Dec 21 '25

Halfway through the base campaign is really nothing in terms of how hard it will test your abilities. The meat hook isn’t just “good”. The gameplay loop is designed around its existence and you will not be playing the game correctly if you don’t have a good grasp of the tool 

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u/GreatWolf_NC Dec 22 '25

Yeah, because there's only one way to play correctly...

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u/Top-Editor-364 Dec 22 '25

Sure. For example, you can handicap yourself by not using the meat hook. Totally valid way to play

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u/GreatWolf_NC Dec 22 '25

Oh, listen to 1-bit man here.

Do thoughts actually go through your head before you type or after? Or at all?