The Ghoul is a new monster from Doom II's new expansion pack, Legacy of Rust. Here, it is the unused beta Lost Soul design.
Combat characteristics[]
The Ghoul is a flying silver-colored, energy-filled horned skull similar in appearance to the Lost Soul, yet its horns are more downward-pointing and lacks the fire surrounding it, and the insides of its mouth and eyes change color from red to yellow to blue. It attacks by firing a single yellow energy projectile as the skull itself flashes yellow within. This is in stark contrast to the beta behavior, which was to attack the player with a psychic attack which always hit directly regardless of any intervening obstacles, being similar to a long-distance melee attack.
Tactical analysis[]
Ghouls are faster than Lost Souls, but have less health; a single shotgun blast or a few chaingun rounds will be enough to destroy one. Their projectiles are not very powerful, causing the same amount of damage as an Imp fireball, but they travel much faster; as Ghouls are usually encountered in groups and can fly, they can quickly wear down a careless player.
Although the Ghoul leaves a corpse behind when killed, it cannot be resurrected by an Arch-Vile.