Regardless of which one is left standing, the surviving monster will be left in very little shape to face the player again. Since the Cyberdemon's rockets are far easier to dodge than the Spider Mastermind's hitscan bullets, this helps weaken the Cyberdemon quicker by using him as a living shield.
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The Spiderdemon, along with the Demon, Mancubus, and Cyberdemon are the only monsters whose dying sound clips includes noise other than the monsters' vocals.
#Cyberdemon vs spider mastermind series
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The PlayStation and Saturn versions of Doom in turn feature two Spiderdemons as the bosses of its final level, Redemption Denied on harder skill levels.
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It is massively larger than before, with a bulkier body and a plethora of new attacks rather than just its original super-chaingun. The Spider Mastermind serves as the final boss of the game, and is implied to be the commander of Hell's forces during the game's events. The Spiderdemon is the second form of the Arachnotron class, and also a boss. She doesn't have a plasma gun, so thank heaven for small favors. The Doom II manual presents the Spider Mastermind as the mother of the Arachnotrons: " You guess the Arachnotrons had to come from somewhere. Watch for it at the end of the third episode of DOOM, and numerous times times in DOOM II." The Official Doom FAQ (included in Doom 1.4) describes the creature as a 'huge robotic chaingun shooting spider," adding "it will make you wish you never were playing DOOM in the first place.
#Cyberdemon vs spider mastermind manual
Perhaps as a result of this, the manual for the Depths of Doom Trilogy erroneously states that it appears in Doom II only. The Spiderdemon is not mentioned in the Doom manual, presumably to avoid a spoiler.