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Doppelganger

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Doppelganger
When active, the Doppleganger will spawn an image to the player. This "double" is meant to confuse your opponents and draw fire away from you... and it works!

—Ground Zero Manual

The Doppelganger is a new power-up introduced in the Ground Zero expansion. It is only found in multiplayer.

Quite similar to the Holoduke powerup in Duke Nukem 3D, the Doppelganger creates a stationary clone of the player in order to distract other players long enough to get the drop on them. The illusion will explode when fired upon, making the deception obvious, so it is important to quickly take advantage of its temporary misdirection.

Strategies

The Doppelganger is useful for throwing off other players' aim, or to make a camping railgunner reveal his position.

References


Quake II: Ground Zero
Organization Terran Coalition of Man · Strogg
Characters Stepchild · Wonimal · Zor · Scar-funkle
Enemies Daedalus · Medic Commander · Stalker · Turret
Bosses Carrier · Black Widow Guardian
Weapons Chainfist · ETF Rifle · Plasma Beam · Proximity Launcher · Tesla Mine · Disruptor (2023 remaster)
Powerups Antimatter Bomb · Defender Sphere · Doppelganger · Double Damage · Hunter Sphere · IR Goggles · Vengeance Sphere