Cuphead DLC - King's Gauntlet (The King's Leap Boss Challenge)

The King's Gauntlet is a challenge in the Cuphead DLC (The Delicious Last Course), where you have to defeat all bosses of the King's Leap in a row, without dying. If you die, you have to start over from the first boss.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
00:00 Intro
00:23 The Pawns
01:00 The Knight
02:25 The Bishop
03:43 The Rook
04:59 The Queen

[@dr_brainiac]

the king totally used us to get back at his wife

[@renotoad]

The knight moved forward thats, ILLEGAL

[@The_whales]

The pawns are moving in a line that isn’t moving forward and also they didn’t hit anything so it makes it more ilegal

[@randomperson-jh5ys]

Thatis somehow more illegal then the fact that the rook has infinite murders and I love it

[@hideandseekwithouthide1416]

Lol😂

[@gamerkalvin8663]

Did you forget that the bishop sometimes moved forward that,s ILLEGAL he,s supposed to go in a X like shape

[@jamesliu8095]

Actually he would move forwards then attach upwards, like a knight would.

[@strangecolouredbird]

It took me an embarrassingly long time to beat the pawns. Please don't ask.

[@margrietpruim1244]

WELL, maybe it's because I need to dodge them the one without heads and also there are 8 of them.

[@petetanaka4]

me too. you arent alone

[@heckromancer382]

how long did it take you to beat the pawns?

[@strangecolouredbird]

@@heckromancer382 Three *days*

[@Krystal40553]

The pawns and the Bishop took me forever, the pawns I spent 3 hours on because I suck at parries and I quit doing the challenges and went back to the DLC until I got stuck on a boss and need coins so I had to go back and finished it, it took me another 2 hours to finally beat the pawns. Then it me 2-3 hours to beat the bishop as he spawning where I landed and the speed he kept going. But the other challenges won’t too beat and the Queen was my favorite challenge. I think to beat all the DLC it took me 3 days in total. In fact I had an easier time beating the DLC bosses than the actual Cuphead Game as when the DLC came out I still haven’t finished the game and I was stuck on Dr Kal’s robot boss which originally made me quit the game. Then after beating the DLC I still couldn’t beat Dr Kal’s robot but eventually I did and now I’m stuck on King Dice.

[@user-tl4dt2so9g]

The Knight is the funniest boss because he taunts you for camping😂

[@margrietpruim1244]

Did anyone realized he was using the Golden Chalice Filter????

[@oliwiapro9514]

I realize

[@daryantsns3448]

Is that what that is? Does that have something to do with why the thing said “Cross” instead of something like “A” or something?

[@Tyranitar.]

@@daryantsns3448no that’s just the playstation version

[@CassidyBlitzus356]

I'm the only one who noticed the reference to Betty boop with the rook?

[@oliwiapro9514]

Uhmmm

[@dadawgdoin7467]

It’s a very obvious one

[@SomeoneNews]

Time please

[@Marv1089]

3:45, the dream bubble the rook has while he’s sleeping before the fight starts.

[@SomeoneNews]

@@Marv1089 thank you

[@gustavochavarria8161]

I didn't know these fights are based around the Chess pieces.

[@aloevi4850]

Really? It is really easy to tell. Especially since there is a flag with their logo on every fight which is easy to notice.

[@rjoe1336]

same lol

[@israelandredossantos]

Paw, Knight, Bishop, Rook, Queen and King. What do you think it is?

[@Ihaterule34]

@@aloevi4850didn't see it

[@Poopenfarden]

​@@israelandredossantos uhhh probably checkers

[@matteocaiti4878]

Am i the only one who thinks the queen's chattering teeth sound is a bit unsettling?

[@borysk2910]

No not only you

[@margrietpruim1244]

Well...same

[@fabriziofriuli3688]

The King Is like the Grandpa of Cupehad and Mugman

[@soren8r]

Elder kettle?

[@fabriziofriuli3688]

@@soren8r Yes.

[@Crazylom]

Cubehad

[@ATEG8374]

Elder Kettle found shattered in a ditch

[@Luigi_MyBeloved]

​@@Crazylomdicehas

[@Willchannel90]

They referenced our medieval ancestors where they royal challenge for fun.

[@britishperson1]

the pawns moved sideways and the knight moved forward.. thats AN ILLEGAL MOVE

[@user-lf7oo2qm3q]

𝓐𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓮

[@Spikey_Spike]

I was only able to beat the pawns and the bishop using Cuphead, the rest I had to beat with Ms. Chalice

[@BLZ231]

I could beat all of them with Cuphead, but admittedly I haven’t been able to complete the gauntlet yet.

[@Kids_Scissors]

What's Ms. Chalice's deal again? Doesn't she just exclusively parry to defeat enemies or somethin?

[@Spikey_Spike]

@@Kids_Scissors Ms. Chalice can dash to parry and double jump at the cost of being unable to use charms

[@Kids_Scissors]

@@Spikey_Spike ah I see

[@mikeblackmetal]

​@@Spikey_SpikeUsing Ms. Chalice is a charm herself: Can't be hurt when dashing, her dash can parry, double jump, 1 extra HP, unique supers... Sometimes using her feels like cheating :3

[@bigmadbenson]

Closest we'll get too Cupsouls

[@user-zs9ux1ru8u]

The Rook is the most popular 💀💀💀

[@IvanMorselli-pc8vl]

What does the. Rook head look like?

[@minusterry5711]

4:00 New animation?

[@heresacaterpillarifoundinm8679]

Is there a reason why every channel I've seen showcasing the dlc bosses never show these guys?

[@mikeblackmetal]

The DLC bosses can be considered in 2 kinds: Chef Saltbaker's quest and Chess King tournament. Maybe these guys can't be considered as normal bosses.

[@Da_blox_theorists.]

Does bro not now how to parry the lions he missed them 2 times 💀

[@lamnguyenlxnguyen755]

Chess piecs Pawn Knitgh Bishop Rook Queen

[@Tizio_Caio_aerdnA]

I hated beating the rook

[@marshadow6724]

how hard was the challange

[@CookingCrossing]

Im stuck on the.kniiight.

[@Marisathegemfox]

I had to count how many perrys it takes to get rid of all these characters. Well almost because I had a tough time remembering them Pawns: 8 perrys Knight: 20 perrys Bishop: 8 or 9 perrys Rook: Can't remember Queen: 6 perrys (Or so I think) I hope this helps out to those who are trying to earn the achievement for the gauntlet. Good luck

[@IvanMorselli-pc8vl]

Hi

[@petergennaro9147]

He hit 1 k!

[@wildfire_gaming]

Thanks for noticing!!! I'm so happy I finally hit that mark 😀

[@daryantsns3448]

Why is Ms Chalice yellow?

[@CrazyKevin22]

It’s a skin that can be unlocked if you defeat every boss with Ms Chalice (including the dlc) and then talk to the cactus girl near Esther Winchester

[@IvanMorselli-pc8vl]

Oh, I didn’t know they’re all from chess

[@Lazy_Alanlife]

Sure if you are growing up you can quit now go QUICK QUIT NOW!!!!!!!!!

[@_balls_master_]

what does this mean girlie