Someone finished Doom's insane permadeath mode without any upgrades

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Only two days after id Software's Doom reboot launched speedrunner Zero Master managed to be the first to complete its hardest difficulty setting, Ultra-Nightmare, which is actually regular Nightmare with permadeath enabled, i.e. you only get one shot at it. Indeed, it is a mode so challenging that nobody at id Software was able to complete it.
But being the first to do this wasn't enough for Zero Master. He needed a further challenge to... I dunno, make him feel. As such, he managed to conquer Ultra-Nightmare without using a single upgrade.
That means no weapon enhancements. No perk-granting runes. No Praetor suit upgrades. And no argent cells offering permanent boosts to your health, armour or ammo count (though the first one of these needs to be collected as a mandatory story requirement. Zero Master uses this to up his ammo capacity).
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