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The ballista with the Arbalest mod

The Ballista is a weapon in Doom Eternal. It is similar to the previous game's Gauss Cannon, and runs on Energy cells. The Ballista is acquired in the Fortress of Doom after completing Doom Hunter Base: it is presented as a mission objective to get it, so it cannot be missed.

Codex

The weapon of choice for Sentinel marksmen. It is said in Sentinel battle lore that a single battalion of archers defended the walled city of Illkana for ten days and ten nights armed only with their Ballistas. A precise weapon, the Ballista fires a twin beam of superheated Argent, vaporizing its target on impact.

Description

All attacks with the Ballista deal bonus damage to flying enemies.

By default the Ballista fires a single high-powered shot with a fairly low fire rate but pinpoint accuracy. The basic fire mode, regardless of the equipped mod, costs 25 Cells per shot. It is best used as part of one-two combos with another weapon, as all of its attacks either have slow refire rates or need to be charged up. It is also excellent for targeting the weak spots of enemies that have them, though less ammo-hungry weapons like the Heavy Cannon with its Precision Shot mod, the Combat Shotgun with the Sticky Bombs mod or the Rocket Launcher are generally more appropriate for this.

The first mod is called Arbalest. This is very roughly analogous to the Gauss Cannon's Precision Shot, but has a weaker zoom effect without a "sniper scope" screen overlay, and focuses primarily on damage. It has the same energy cost as the default shot at 25 Cells, but has an attached charging and reloading time, and slows down the Doom Slayer's walking speed while it is being charged or while a charge is held. The walking speed penalty can be negated with the "Full Speed" upgrade, and the Mastery removes the pause between firing and being able to charge a new shot.

When fired, it shoots out a dart-like projectile with similar speed and accuracy to the primary fire. After a short pause this projectile explodes. It appears to deal damage twice: if the initial hit kills the first enemy struck, the bolt will go right through it without exploding and can hit a second. The explosion is large and very powerful: a single shot is quite capable of killing a Cacodemon instantly.

The Destroyer Blade approximates Siege Mode, but again differs in the details. By default Destroyer Blade uses 50 Cells and must be fully charged before it can be fired. While it slows the Slayer down, unlike Siege Mode it does not lock him in position even if it is totally unupgraded.

Rather than Siege Mode's concentrated beam, the Destroyer Blade fires a off a broad horizontal line of Argent Energy that is able to hit several clustered targets. The two upgrades add a peripheral blast effect that can stagger demons with a near-miss, and increase the charging speed: the latter is vital to get the most out of the weapon.

The Mastery, Incremental Charge, removes the requirement to fully charge the weapon before it can be fired, instead giving a three-phase charge with the damage and width of the beam increasing with each step. The increments each have their own energy cost: 16 for a level one charge, 33 for level two, and the usual 50 for level three.

Modifications

Modification	Upgrades	Mastery
Arbalest	Full Speed Stronger Explosion	Instant Salvo
Destroyer Blade	Charging Blast Rapid Chains	Incremental Blade

Weapon Skins

As with most other weapons in Doom Eternal, the Ballista has several weapon skins available.

References

Trivia

Ballista and Arbalest were both the names of bow-like weapons: the former a torsion-powered siege engine, the latter a type of heavy crossbow.
The passive Cacodemons flying around in the distance in Hell On Earth and Super Gore Nest can be killed and count towards Mastery of the Arbalest.

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-The '''ballista''' is a weapon introduced in [[Doom Eternal]]. It fires a single straight shot, similar to the [[gauss cannon]]. The first mod, Arbalest, can be charged to fire a shot that sticks to its target before detonating a few seconds later.<ref name = "9Things">[http://au.ign.com/videos/2018/08/20/9-things-we-learned-about-doom-eternal 9 THINGS WE LEARNED ABOUT DOOM ETERNAL]</ref> The second mod, Destroyer Blade, charges and unleashes a wave of Hell energy that cuts through demons as it travels.
+The '''Ballista''' is a weapon in ''[[Doom Eternal]]''. It is similar to the previous game's [[Gauss Cannon]], and runs on [[Energy cell]]s. The Ballista is acquired in the [[Fortress of Doom]] after completing [[Doom Hunter Base]]: it is presented as a mission objective to get it, so it cannot be missed.
-== History ==
-The ballistas are weapon of choice of Night Sentinel Marksmen. The weapon is very powerful as a battalion of Night Sentinels managed to defend a city of Ilkana from a massive horde of demons.
+==Codex==
+''The weapon of choice for Sentinel marksmen. It is said in Sentinel battle lore that a single battalion of archers defended the walled city of Illkana for ten days and ten nights armed only with their Ballistas. A precise weapon, the Ballista fires a twin beam of superheated Argent, vaporizing its target on impact.''
+==Description==
+All attacks with the Ballista deal bonus damage to flying enemies.
+By default the Ballista fires a single high-powered shot with a fairly low fire rate but pinpoint accuracy. The basic fire mode, regardless of the equipped mod, costs 25 Cells per shot. It is best used as part of one-two combos with another weapon, as all of its attacks either have slow refire rates or need to be charged up. It is also excellent for targeting the weak spots of enemies that have them, though less ammo-hungry weapons like the [[Heavy Cannon]] with its ''Precision Shot'' mod, the [[Combat Shotgun/Doom Eternal|Combat Shotgun]] with the ''Sticky Bombs'' mod or the [[Rocket launcher/Doom Eternal|Rocket Launcher]] are generally more appropriate for this.
+The first mod is called '''Arbalest'''. This is very roughly analogous to the Gauss Cannon's Precision Shot, but has a weaker zoom effect without a "sniper scope" screen overlay, and focuses primarily on damage. It has the same energy cost as the default shot at 25 Cells, but has an attached charging and reloading time, and slows down the Doom Slayer's walking speed while it is being charged or while a charge is held. The walking speed penalty can be negated with the "Full Speed" upgrade, and the Mastery removes the pause between firing and being able to charge a new shot.
+When fired, it shoots out a dart-like projectile with similar speed and accuracy to the primary fire. After a short pause this projectile explodes. It appears to deal damage twice: if the initial hit kills the first enemy struck, the bolt will go right through it without exploding and can hit a second. The explosion is large and very powerful: a single shot is quite capable of killing a [[Cacodemon/Doom Eternal|Cacodemon]] instantly.
+The '''Destroyer Blade''' approximates Siege Mode, but again differs in the details. By default Destroyer Blade uses 50 Cells and must be fully charged before it can be fired. While it slows the Slayer down, unlike Siege Mode it does not lock him in position even if it is totally unupgraded.
+Rather than Siege Mode's concentrated beam, the Destroyer Blade fires a off a broad horizontal line of Argent Energy that is able to hit several clustered targets. The two upgrades add a peripheral blast effect that can stagger demons with a near-miss, and increase the charging speed: the latter is vital to get the most out of the weapon.
+The Mastery, Incremental Charge, removes the requirement to fully charge the weapon before it can be fired, instead giving a three-phase charge with the damage and width of the beam increasing with each step. The increments each have their own energy cost: 16 for a level one charge, 33 for level two, and the usual 50 for level three.
 ==Modifications==
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-==References==
+==Weapon Skins==
+As with most other weapons in Doom Eternal, the Ballista has several weapon skins available.
+<gallery>
+Ballista-Default.png|Default
+Ballista-Maykr.png|Maykr
+Ballista-Rune-Scarred.png|Rune-Scarred
+</gallery>
+==References==
+<references/>
+==Trivia==
+*Ballista and Arbalest were both the names of bow-like weapons: the former a torsion-powered siege engine, the latter a type of heavy crossbow.
+*The passive Cacodemons flying around in the distance in [[Hell On Earth]] and [[Super Gore Nest]] can be killed and count towards Mastery of the Arbalest.
+{{Doom Eternal weapons}}
-<references/>
+[[es:Ballesta (Eternal)]]
 [[Category: Doom Eternal weapons]]