Arch-vile/Doom Eternal

The Arch-vile is a returning monster that will appear in the upcoming Doom Eternal, having made its debut in Doom II.

Possessing high intellect and descending from elder demons gods, they serves as field commanders of lesser demons like Imps, Pinkys, Cacondemons or Zombies.

Appearance
The Arch-vile has a similar design to the original Arch-vile; a tall, thin and pale humanoid body with flaming arms and hands. In the gameplay trailer, the Arch-vile is revealed in a dramatic cutscene and is likely to be featured as a mini-boss of some kind, possibly even as a more powerful male counterpart of the Summoner.

Abilities
In Doom II the Arch-vile has the ability to resurrect slain demons and use fire to burn its enemies, it is currently unknown if these abilities will carry over into the Doom Eternal, one of the other abilities that has been observed it can give haste to lesser demons making them faster adding more lethality to the arch-vile. The Arch-vile will fire slashes of fire when the the Doom Slayer get in Range it will try to back up and launch walls of fire.

Battlemode
In Battlemode, one of Doom Eternal's multiplayer gamemodes, the Arch-Vile will be a playable demon that uses elemental abilities. This includes fire attacks and lightning attacks.