Icon of Sin/Doom Eternal

The Icon of Sin appears as the main antagonist and final boss of Doom Eternal, where it must be fought in the level Final Sin.

Background
Near the end of the game, Samuel Hayden informs the Doom Slayer that Khan Maykr is awakening the Icon of Sin as a last-ditch effort to destroy the Earth. To stop this, the Slayer travels to Urdak and confronts the Maykrs as they complete the ritual to awaken the Icon, intending to control it via the mortal heart of the Argenta it used to be. Using a knife given to him by Valen, the Slayer destroys the heart, causing the Icon of Sin to go berserk and travel to Earth independent of the Khan's control. This also breaks the Maykr's pact with Hell, allowing demons to invade Urdak.

After slaying Khan Maykr and returning to Earth, the Slayer battles the Icon of Sin atop a skyscraper, destroying the Maykr-made armor protecting it. Once the armor is fully destroyed, the Icon of Sin walks to a different location; the Slayer uses a portal to teleport to it to continue the battle. After a lengthy battle that results in most of the Icon of Sin's flesh being destroyed, it is left weakened enough for the Slayer to climb onto its head and bury the Crucible into its exposed brain, breaking off the blade to kill the Titan for good.

In-Game Description
The Icon's presence warps reality, damaging the intricate order of our dimension merely by existing within it. If the Icon is allowed to remain unchecked it would lead to the total devastation of Earth, followed by a breakdown of spacetime around the planet. The resulting black hole will eventually drag our entire universe down, casting it into the mouth of Hell as a conquest to be absorbed by the Dark Realm.

The Khan Maykr had taken measures to augment the titan, installing Maykr technology throughout its structure to ensure it could be controlled. With the ritual interrupted the Icon is now fully unleashed, raging across Earth until Hell consumes all. No longer bound by the Heart of the Betrayer's Son, the Icon of Sin is free from any measure of control that the Maykrs might have conceived. Only the Slayer, prophecied in Argenta legend to stand against the Icon, can stop this apocalypse.

Codex

"As it is written in the prophecies of ancient Sentinel scripture, the Titans - towering elder demons of the infernal age - would return, unearthed from their immortal slumber. The Titans are believed to be harbingers of the end-times, primordial forces of chaos and destruction."

"Born from the tortured spirit of the Betrayer's son, it was by Hell's unholy design that the Icon of Sin was given flesh. The fearsome Titan, forged from the essence of mortal suffering, once bore a human soul - a soul now transmogrified and entombed within the still beating heart of its former self. The Betrayer, seeking to free his son from eternal torment within the depths of Hell, made an agreement - a pact sealed by the black fates of darkness - that promised to grant his son the chance to return from death. The son would live again, but not as a human - in Hell's endless cruelty, the son was damned to become the Icon, an inhuman existence bound only to its former humanity by the now disembodied, undying mortal heart."

Physical Appearance
The Icon of Sin's head is identical to its previous depictions and is very similarly sized to its 2016 incarnation, although it exchanges its biomechanical design for a fully organic look. Its brain is no longer exposed, although its head bears a pentagram-esque symbol on the same area. It also seems to have visible pupils, hidden behind a layer of skin protecting its eyes.

Most notably, the Icon of Sin's full body is shown for the first time in the franchise, featuring goat-like legs and hands akin to a bat's. Several of its bones are visible, mainly its ribs and shoulder blades. It is very muscular in build, and several red markings can be seen across its body. It also seems to have far more color to its flesh overall, compared to its original counterpart's white skin.

The Icon of Sin is first shown wearing a full-body suit of armor of Maykr design, colored an eerie white with red markings and lights spread all around.

Powers and Abilities
The Icon of Sin is most likely one of the most powerful, if not most, demons to appear in the Doom series. Due to his great size and build, he has immense strength, durability and surprising speed which is further increased by his Maykr armor. His powers include fire the blaze from his palms and forehead, firing fireballs and a charged concentrated laser beam from his head. summons the rains of meteors from the sky and absorbs energy and power from surrounding demons and Maykr's. Once some of his body parts is destroyed, that part becomes immune to further damage. The Icon of Sin also grows stronger the longer he is on Earth. As said before, his presence warps reality and if left alone would destroy Earth and create some sort of blackhole that would send the whole dimention he is in to Hell.

Strategy
The Icon of Sin boss fight can be quite difficult especially on nightmare difficulty. There are many strategies that will allow for the fight to become much easier and it can be killed in under a few minutes if done correctly.

Ballista + Rocket launcher
One common strategy used by new players is the Ballista and Rocket launcher combo. With this strategy, the player will start by firing the rocket launcher at the Icons chest and head, as soon as the player fires the rocket launcher they will switch the ballista and attack the same body part. Once the Head, abs, and lower chest have been destroyed the player will switch to attacking the arms. As the rocket launcher has slow traveling missiles and the arms are constantly in motion it is not recommended for this part of the fight. Instead, the player will use the ballista and heavy canon. The player will start by firing at the arms with the ballista and then switch to the heavy cannon and fire a single bullet from it, the player will then switch back to the ballista and repeat the process.

Heavy Cannon + Cheat Codes
This method abuses a glitch that uses Cheat Codes and weapon mods. If a cheat code is activated at the correct time along with swapping weapon mods at the correct time it is possible to have cheat codes active on a level that has not been completed and both weapon mods active at the same. By doing this with the IDFKA cheat code, and activating both weapon mods on the Heavy cannon it is possible to fire precision bolt shots at the speed of micro missiles, along with firing micro missiles at the same time. By doing this the Icon can quickly be destroyed due to the massive damage this will deal. This is the method typically used by speedrunners as it can destroy icon in minutes.

BFG usage.

Through the fight, there are also BFG ammo lying around, if the player has 2 ammo to start with they can fire the BFG a total of 8 times through (both halves) of the boss fight. It is recommended that the player should fire once at the start of each half of the boss fight as it is easier to hit the Icon at the start, and they should continue to fire it throughout the fight whenever they feel overwhelmed by the other demons spawning throughout the fight. The BFG should also be used to target the main body and head of the icon of sin as it can be difficult to aim at the arms with it due to its slow traveling speed. If the main projectile of the BFG does not hit the Icon of sin, it will not deal any damage too it.

There are several more strategies that can be used to defeat the icon of sin.