So, What Are The HARDEST Bosses to S Rank? REVISITED

[@helloeverybody.8455]

Props to Wally Warbles for universally being considered torture to S-rank while spending two phases of his fight hospitalized.

[@discoshark7767]

Real.

[@jaydenriley3236]

That boss was traumatizing to beat

[@shadypixel4478]

Agreed, i wish that bird got fried

[@AWholeBunchaLeonDecoys]

It only took me 15 minutes to S-rank him. Yes I am as shocked as you are

[@-inFinity05-]

I literally came here to see where other people rank Wally, because he is DESTROYING me.

[@BlastingTacos]

"A tricky boss turned into a little b**ch after getting yourself comfortable with the fight." -MrKap, 2023

[@incometax1997]

“A tricky boss turned into a little b**ch after equipping heart ring” -MrKap, 2023

[@StrawberryCocoaPowder]

I always thought Root Pack was the first boss because it introduces you to ho bosses will be like way better than Goopy. -They show how phases work. One is on the side, one can be on the middle, and one can be in the very back. -They introduce to way more Parry opportunities than Goopy. And not to mention its more complex in comparison lol

[@MrKap]

Well, I feel like what you're saying is proving my point. Goopy is so basic, that he's MEANT to be the VERY first boss you fight against. Then after you learn about different boss phases and mechanics. It's the only placement Goopy makes sense in, in my opinion.

[@Mikescool444]

⁠@@MrKap yeah, it’s like some form of multi-stage tutorials The actual tutorial shows you the mechanics that you’ll be utilizing. Goopy introduces the concept of bosses, dodging and attacking, and phase transitions. Then the root pack introduces a proper overarching theme between phases, varied patterns, different play styles, and finally how to capitalize off of reacting quickly to parry bullets.

[@maxwellmegagamer8535]

@@MrKapwdym, I literally S ranked root pack first try, goopy took 5 or so because his physics when bouncing off a wall make no sense which makes it very easy to get hit especially on phase 2

[@MichaelJacksonRobloxGaming]

@@maxwellmegagamer8535for me it’s a switch

[@TopadHC]

​@@MrKapThe actual order in-game for Inkwell Island 1 goes as follows: 1. The Root Pack 2. Goopy Le Grande 3. Hilda Berg 4. Cagney Carnation 5. Ribby and Croaks This definitely isn't the order I played them in, and I especially think it's weird the game considers Ribby and Croaks as the last boss because I played them second.

[@DragonKing920]

Someone count the amount of times he plugged his S rank guide playlist even I was convinced to watch it *(Watch it or else)*

[@MrKap]

Bro it's important okay 😂🤣. But fr I wanted to guide people towards my guides (lol) if they need any more context as to WHY I ranked a boss where they are.

[@MichaelJacksonRobloxGaming]

@@MrKapyou literally helped me a lot for the bosses! And thanks to you, I’m giving the tips you give us to a viewer of my channel for the bosses!

[@demonarcher1661]

This was a blast of a watch and being someone introduced by your original tier list and seeing how far you gone is night and day. Amazing job

[@sillybilly-x9g]

how the hell?

[@UltraMarioBrothers]

9:44 What inspiring words, I’m truly inspired by this speech.

[@arifrulz]

back in my days, without the dlc and yer op charms, it was torture to s-rank hilda berg and grim. Honestly, this impacted me when the dlc came out. As i would not use chalice, cursed, or heart charm when s-ranking

[@Luke_SkywaIker]

Proud to say that I also S-ranked the base game before the DLC came out. Though crackshot makes it infinitely easier I have to admit

[@Themonke115]

@@Luke_SkywaIkerholy shit Luke actual skywalker s ranked without dlc!!

[@davidpaxtor7042]

same, 200% before the dlc. After the dlc, I felt like using the heart charms didn't feel like really s ranking, at least to me because of how the base game made me play

[@Bdcrock]

Back in your day?! you are that old if Cuphead was released in 2017, let’s do the math right quick so 2017 was seven years ago. Everyone was born in 2017 so it’s not back in your day. It’s back before I had updates. Everyone played Cuphead in 2017 at least it was everyone was it was like among us in 2020

[@DrGiggleTouch67]

The reason Mangosteen is so easy and weird is because he’s a reference to Melonbread from Gunstar hero’s, which btw the level he’s featured in also inspired the king dice level.

[@Insertname-gb4vc]

Mangosteen isn’t all that easy because it can turn fast pretty quick if you’re not paying attention

[@VValunt]

Shoutout to everyone who beat the S rank game without the DLC

[@marcitoburrito89]

Me!!!

[@Yigit_Efe_Dalyan]

only peashooter... no supers no charms honeybottoms was pain i also needed to parry the laser of the ship to not fuck up the time requirement

[@ooooooaaaaaaa1]

Even though it doesnt make you a better person that the one that beat it with the optimal layout for every boss, I want to do that challenge when I finish S ranking the whole game...

[@Insertname-gb4vc]

Dr Kahls Robot on Expert was fucking hell

[@ooooooaaaaaaa1]

@@Insertname-gb4vc I think there can be bosses that are like so easy for some people, but for example, I didn't break a sweat for dr kahl but DID struggle for Moonshine mob, so there is some kind of subjectivity. And in fact, bosses like Esther Winchester can go from absolute ball breaking to an absolute b*tch when you use the correct charm (divine relic)

[@MichaelJacksonRobloxGaming]

0:00 - Intro 3:58 - Section l: LIGHT WORK BABBYY 10:14 - Section ll: Didn’t Break a Sweat 19:26 - Section lll: Not Too Hard 26:15 - Section lV: Tests Your Mettle (and this time I corrected it unlike in the old video lol😂) 31:22 - Section V: WTF IS THIS 34:45 - Outro

[@fortnut-bad]

A lil fun detail of my s-ranking adventure is that to be able to beat dr khal's robot i had to turn on black and white mode. I know it might seem counterintuitive, but i just couldnt dustinguish the red crystals from the background, and apparently the black and white filter helped me. Oh, and for the same reason i had to turn on 2-stripes for phantom express. The last phase always got me with the bonewheel attack, and 2-stripes seemed to solve the issue of me not seeing it

[@citriosis]

I mean hey, whatever works! That's super cool, tbh.

[@gamersreactions9267]

HUGE TIP this helped me a lot! ❤

[@latexu95]

9:13 To me, Goopy is the perfect first boss for this kind of game. A simple enough design and attack patterns to get you familiar with the game's core mechanics.😉

[@draco4569]

I always had a much harder time with Phear Lap than Pip n' Dot because the foreground made it hard to see what was going on.

[@BerdlyGaming]

I really liked this tierlist and a lot of the reasoning you had! If I had to complain about one thing, it’s that you mentioned the fight being easier a lot once you’re familiar for controversial placements like 22:26, but mentioned at 32:23 that this part is difficult because you have to get familiar. Just a small nit-picky observation, great video!

[@MrKap]

Thank you for the comment! I wanted to add that, just because I said something similar for bosses in different tiers doesn't necessarily mean anything. And also, I'm not sure I get what you mean about your observation? For that particular phase of Wally, yes, once you get comfortable with the eggshells, the phase becomes much easier to consistently pass, but what does that have to do with the "controversial placements"?

[@BerdlyGaming]

@@MrKap It was mostly just because of the context you brought each thing up in. It seemed like you downplayed the scroll mechanic of rumor’s fight as something that shouldn’t really be considered since you just get used to it, but brought up the eggshells as a difficult obstacle that contributes to the boss being so difficult. Orrrr I was tired and had no idea what I was talking about cause I watched the video and made this comment a bit after I woke up :p I was probably searching for something to comment on after I got concerned why baroness was placed above glumstone lol. Sorry about that xD

[@Stone55]

I do mostly agree about king dice. I S ranked him on my first try, so easily that i went back and did an S rank run beating all mini bosses (minus time requirement because duh) Edit: I actually had a decent amount of trouble with sally stageplay’s time requirement so much that i S ranked it with secret phase

[@LogHead478]

I agree with almost everything from this tier list! Solid ranking! My first time playing I struggled with some of the bosses that were lower on the list. I think that’s normal for this game though. I’m currently trying to finish S Ranking some of the bosses. I might have to go rewatch your guides because I’m struggling with Wally Warbles, Hilda Berg, Mortimer Freeze, and Chef Saltbaker. But don’t worry, I’ll get there eventually!

[@RedPandaOL]

Now that I’ve S-ranked him, I can confirm that putting anything above Dr Khals Robot is a felony

[@MrKap]

This is why this is so subjective in reality, because if I said that in this video, I would've gotten absolutely bombarded with messages saying the opposite. Now objectively, I believe this is not an easy boss and takes skill to get past and beat, especially his last phase, and I believe I ranked him very fairly on the list. But I still get people everyday judging my placement on all the bosses, including Dr Kahl saying I ranked them too high, which I find crazy from an objective POV. And that goes for all my tier lists, including the Run 'n Gun tier list Short series I'm doing currently. Pretty much every Short of those, people are commenting I'm wrong lol. At this point, everyone has their own view of reality and we should try to all be accepting of that if it fits within reason, which I don't mind your reality; Dr Kahl really is pretty difficult without much knowledge of what to do.

[@TMSonicIronic.]

It took me 2 hours to S rank Wally Warbles because I always went over the time limit, so now for me it takes around 6 tries to get the s rank.

[@samwasnttaken8811]

The hardest ones for me to s rank were Wally, Mortimer and the Devil. I didn’t include saltbaker because I haven’t attempted him yet (pray for me) but this tier list honestly is really accurate. Wally’s first and final phase are every single form of cancer known to man but I S ranked him quickly due to maxing Hp with the heart ring, but without it, I wouldn’t even be able to get past his first stage. Mortimer freeze is just unfair with parrys The devils first phase was such a pain in the ass for me istg, I took way too many hits before even getting to the final stage. Also Cala Maria, as long as you don’t get the ghost pufferfish combo she’s an easy s rank. Great video!

[@toni5158]

Yo bro its been 2 weeks, hopefully you got saltbaker. I just beat wally who was my last main game s rank, have 5 bosses from the dlc left, gonna start them tommorow.

[@samwasnttaken8811]

@@toni5158 yes I s ranked saltbaker, and i swear that took years off my life

[@toni5158]

@@samwasnttaken8811 damn shit, I only got him left now wish me luck

[@firstwaddledee9182]

I will always find it so weird that people find the muffin in Baroness Von Bon Bon’s fight is the hardest mini boss. To me it is by far the easiest one.

[@MrKap]

I really hate trying to beat him. Very annoying and id rather fight any of the other bosses than Muffsky honestly

[@firstwaddledee9182]

@@MrKap I find every other mini boss there harder than him. Just walk assay and there isn’t anything he can do.

[@shadypixel4478]

The hardest (for me at least) is that DANG JAWBREAKER

[@AWholeBunchaLeonDecoys]

​@@shadypixel4478Right?

[@AWholeBunchaLeonDecoys]

I have trouble with the jawbreaker and the waffle

[@lisagagliardo3894]

This video was way better than your old one. The original wasn't bad, but this one was so much better. Also, I hadn't played cuphead a lot, but Ribby and Croaks, in my opinion, are very hard. At least from what I've seen.

[@brandontowle1109]

Great video. I S ranked every boss and BY FAR Wally Warbles and Mortimer Freeze took hours on end

[@MrKap]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@BigBossMan538]

I’ve almost gotten an A+ against Saltbaker but took a hit in the final phase. No I’m not salty.

[@Hard2Place]

nah, HE’S the salty one. Bc he’s a salt shaker. Get it?

[@Guppy_Flower]

@@Hard2Place hahahahhahahha

[@Borderlinepenguin]

That happened to me 😭

[@cozmo_Comet]

Ive been S ranking cuphead, starting with isle 1. Everything was going pretty well, and im on my last one to beat, Hildaberg. But GOD IVE BEEN STRUGGLING And did not know why. To see you rank her so high made me feel way better about my lack of skill here lol

[@thetisor24]

I 100% agree that Mortimer Freeze is the most un-fun boss to s rank in this game. Usually when u play a cuphead boss, they’re well designed enough to a point where if you can’t beat a boss, it’s most likely because you lack the skill. However, with Mortimer, I literally CANT beat the boss because of how inconsistent his parries are. It has nothing to do with how skilled I am, it comes down to RNG and I hate it

[@MrKap]

I couldn't agree more! 😁👍

[@spotlightanimation6719]

Treetop Trouble has the same problem with those damn ladybugs

[@BambiKilla40]

Incredible video and entertaining the whole way through. Love the Tierlist, especially because you know the game through and through, which means you can give great opinions. I also came back to Cuphead and tried to S Rank/ rebeat some bosses on Expert, and I agree with most of your opinions.

[@MrKap]

I really appreciate the kind words! I pride myself on trying to learn, and then teach all the knowledge I've gathered throughout the many years of playing Cuphead! I do also plan on expanding out to more games for the same reason. Thank you for the comment and I'm glad you agree with the list!

[@BambiKilla40]

@@MrKap No problem, your videos are great. Not sure if this would be possible, but would a Two Person S Rank Tier List be any different from this Tier List? Curious.

[@GeneralPenguinIsCool]

I love all these videos. The original is probably my most viewed video ever, and I LOVE cuphead. I've still not beaten the entire game, but i found Root Pack, Moonshine Mob and Glumstone the Giant really easy; Baroness Bon Bon, Bepster the Clown, Rumour Honeybottoms, Captain Briney Beard, and Ribby and Croaks were OK but kinda difficult; and Hilda Berg, Mortimer Freeze, Wally Warbles and Grim Matchstick were not kind. Disclaimer: ive never S ranked. The best score ive got is an A+ on Moonshine Mob. Edit: OK, after beating Werner Wermin, Howling Aces and Angel and Demon: they're all in the same tier as my boy Bepster

[@bloemkoolendestreetgang450]

28:35 i like to wait for the eels to appear and then use my super, the super has enough splash damage to kill the eels and thatll make dodging their electric thingies when she turns you to stone much easier

[@MrKap]

I've started doing that more often.

[@brandonfrye2902]

Skip to 4:00 for the whole reason you clicked on this video….

[@ExcaliburSonictheKing]

The "A tricky boss turned into a little b*tch" part had me rolling on the floor😂

[@Alex-sr1fu]

Great tier list, personally, I think that chef saltbaker is a piece of cake but completely agree with you on wally warbles that frickin bird.

[@Alex-sr1fu]

So just today I think that wally warbles is a piece of cake, beat him first try with the time 1:46, now I think that cuphead is just easy (probably still npt as good as you though, keep up the good work!

[@TAKOMAN1]

31:41 I coincidentally S ranked the boss again with no hits yesterday lol. Other than that, I really like your video. I even learned a few things about the game. And this time, I agree with most of the tiers even though I played it way differently than you with a no DLC rule, because Crackshot and Heart Ring are extremely broken. Oh boy, Chef Saltbaker was a nightmare because I only used the Charged Shot in my S rank run.

[@TMSonicIronic.]

On the second phase on hilda berg, the easiest way to go right pass that is to use 3 ex's right at the start.

[@claytonstacy4407]

For King dice, you can also pick MangoSteen as your third miniboss.

[@Frozzfire_Blackheart]

Also there is a secret phase that litterally make djimmi boss fight easier and faster (i think) so what you need to do is became small before djimmi summon the puppet, and the secret phase started and it actually just skip the entire puppet mini boss fight to djimmi's last phase with the new addiction of mini puppet as an extra course but its not really a huge deal

[@Nathan-wf6bl]

My hardest S ranks: 1. Chef Saltbaker - A total nightmare! Even if I get a clean phase 1, phase 2 would ruin everything 2. Mortimer Freeze - That parry requirement sucks. Most of the time when I get the parries, the eyeball in the last phase ends me 3. Cala Maria - RNG hell 4. Wally Warbles - The last phase cost me most of my runs All of these were made easier thanks to your guides

[@leonardovaldivia5200]

IMO, Root pack is easier than goopy

[@KlausRJBR]

I don't like his big ass hit box, and fast jumping, the root pack is more predictable

[@C0DY420]

A tip to make hopus pocus even easier to S-Rank is that in only expert mode, you can just duck to avoid the skull explosion

[@TopPotato109]

Surprisingly the only S rank I did for the DLC achievement is the salt shaker (by accident while trying to achieve A- for him), and the hardest bosses to A- rank were the moonshine mob (my brain just couldn’t comprehend the anteater for some reason) and the ice king

[@itamareizikovich6973]

in the second phase there's a sweet spot where you can avoid becoming stone while still being able to deal damage with bombs and (if you play your supers right) dodge the little things the eels spit. the third phase is similar apart for staying just low enough to not get hit by the bubbles and moving when you see the stone columns coming up from behind her head. 28:04

[@FatherManN]

If ima be real, i've been making the same video about the same tier list back in febuary (My first real edited video, not uploaded). Only found out about your videos just now. Great watches! Hope I don't get called a "copy" y'know. GL on your youtube channel tho! Quality shit

[@emilygordbort7300]

5:56 Something I discovered is that converge absolutely trivializes this boss for the sole reason that you're firing three piercing projectiles You can hit all three of them simultaneously and basically get rid of all three simultaneously, dramatically shortening the fight

[@npc-333]

i can tell how bad i am at games like this because i have 1) spent 3 hours on beppi the clown (normal) 2) cried at the aforementioned fight 3) got a b+

[@acebee46]

I think goopy and the root pack are both *the* tutorial bosses because they both introduce you to different basics. As another commenter said, the root pack show you different boss positions, teaches you to jump and shoot a static boss with basic parries, and obvious distinctions between phases. Goopy teaches you to be more adaptable with your dodges, how to duck and dash, how to shoot a moving target, and chaining parries Lots of different basic mechanics to teach

[@DragonKing920]

Something I find interesting was that someone ranked the top 10 hardest bosses of the century and dr kahl’s robot was number 6

[@DragonKing920]

Melania blade of miquella was first “I have never known defeat” Shut up nerd wait I’m sorry please don’t waterfowl dance on me not again

[@MrKap]

That's crazy 😧

[@Yigit_Efe_Dalyan]

LIGHTWORK BABY LETS G-

[@kingheassler2744]

Thank you for putting so much love and work you are a Awesome youtuber

[@KrazyLime115]

I had to cry in the at 4:20, I payed you money to say mangosteen was the hardest boss and you had to do him like that! Keep up the good work Kap, and maybe stream a little bit? 😉

[@Emm_Hi]

Chef Saltbaker truly gave me the most trouble out of all bosses. I played with Miss Chalice, Super art 2, charge and crackshot And damn, it was hard. The first time I beat it on expert I missed one parry, after that I wouldn't make it to thelast phase for like another 50 attempts But by far the worst thing that could happened to me was being at the last phase with 4 hp, an active shield pal and 5 cards to activate another one. AND JUST BECAUSE OF NERVES I GOT HIT 4 CONSECUTIVE TIMES, INSTANTLY LOSING THE HP REQUIREMENT. That happened to me twice. Now that I have beaten it I don't feel nervous at all, and even got S rank in my first try when I started a new file. As a final tip, I highly recommend Chaser over Crackshot, because it never misses at the last phase.

[@JasperLane]

Not going to lie, I was about to fight you when you started ranking all of the mini bosses, as I consider them just a part of the KD boss fight, luckily you consider them when looking at KD so I will allow this. Great tier list, completely disagree with The Howling aces, they kick my ass eight ways to sunday. And looking at Werner Werman do you and I owe Potato King an apology? Maybe twister is S tier!!!!

[@Benjamin_pooyan]

Agrell with almost everything, especially with djimmi, grim, brineybeard, wally and mortimer freeze. Thought the root pack was the first level the cause it’s the first in the list of levels where you can see your grades. GREAT VIDEO.

[@LaggyMag]

Wally Warbles had no business being as hard as he was. Took me weeks to S rank while most bosses only took me days.

[@cozycass]

The devil crawled so Chef Salt baker could SOAR as a truly satisfying final boss fight

[@Nova_Galaxian]

Something I do to make saltbaker’s 2nd phase easier is bring charge. Each pepper shaker dies with 1 full charge and a simple tap of uncharged. Also be sure to also hit the top peppers with the same technique as the previous one on the bottom is in the middle of the “hitting saltbaker” animation. Seriously makes the 2nd phase a joke. At least to me it does. 3rd phase is kind of a joke too since 3 charged shots kill it. Yes, I’m serious.

[@JLillo]

I'll co-sign on the Hilda placement. I remember a few years ago when I was trying to S-rank everything. On the first island, Cagney, Roots and Goopy were fairly trivial. Ribby and Croaks took about 30 minutes. Hilda took FOUR FREAKING HOURS. Just nasty work all around.

[@VeXJL]

Mate I'm so overspecialized with my set of skills for Cuphead that if I were to make a tier list it would be all over the place. I'm generally pretty good with plane bosses, and I've even speedran Moonshine Mob, Howling Aces, and Honeycomb Herald. Meanwhile, I still haven't S-ranked Glumstone, Mortimer Freeze, or Saltbaker lol. So yeah... my score card (the one that shows all the best times and ranks) is pretty freaking wild.

[@cliffeside0730]

When I first beat all the bosses on expert, not trying to s rank, I beat rumour honeybottoms second try and almost s ranked her. Tried again and s ranked her straight away. My first s rank, including ink isle 1!! And beppi is my favourite boss too I can s rank him every time bad I play him when I’m getting frustrated with other bosses haha!

[@cliffeside0730]

Fun fact for Cala Maria’s second phase!! She has a sound cue before she freezes you, so if you turn your volume up you’ll hear the cue and then can hide near the top of her head to avoid being frozen, then carry on! The only Eason I’ve ever gotten even CLOSE to s ranking her.

[@luihackerson2871]

I fought the root pack first in my first run and Hilda Berg was the reminder that things were going to get difficult for a noobie even then the plane levels get tricky because of the amount of obstacles thrown at you but even then just shrink a lot I found that useful even for bosses like Dr kahl's robot or Esther Winchester. Shrinking makes you fly faster while the mini plane fire sucks and never hits but that's the trick of knowing how to switch back and forth fast

[@GlodGlamerz]

It took me 7 HOURS to just beat Wally Warbles on expert

[@anthonyoliver418]

A good strat for The final boss of the DLC is to bring chaser with the crack shot, use chaser for when he is far but switch to crack shot when he is near you, then in the second phase focus on whittling down multiple of the damage enemies instead of focusing on one row because even with the chaser (which makes whittling multiple at once way easier) as long as you target multiple of them at once you will do decent damage, finally use crackshot for third then chaser for fourth since as long as you cleared second efficiently you should be good

[@oscaratriano8534]

the strat i use is chaser charged shot, first phase i use chaser for everything 2nd phase u can kill the pepper things with a charged shot and one uncharged so u can kill the bottom 2 at a fairly fast pace (and if you're chalice her invincible roll is phenomenal for this phase of the fight) kill 3rd phase with charged (2 hits) then sweep last phase with chaser might not be the best for s ranks but its still a great combo for the fight (i get crackshot chaser tho, crackshot can help so much with the dough sheep that come in the first phase)

[@SylvinTheSlug]

Chalice second super carry

[@FortunAdlaich]

I used Chalice to S-rank most of these, and Saltbaker only took me a few attempts The plane bosses like Wally and Cala Maria still kicked my ass

[@Borderlinepenguin]

What super art did you use for chef? Cause I always use super art 2

[@Borderlinepenguin]

As chalice btw

[@AceTheWerewolf]

Mangosteen actually is a background boss, which means you can literally spam Spread EX, doing even more damage go him. Because like the other background bosses, all of the eight-way shots of the Spread EX, will go inside Mangosteen, using the 35.5 damage for all shots.

[@Fireg0d6251]

There was a comment for every day of the year, and now it's a leap year! Great vid btw, keep it up!

[@Narteketh]

9:14 the checklist says otherwise 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dedicategrinder88]

11:58 EXACTLY ITS SO FUN LOL it uses like all the concepts of the game 16.1.24

[@Logangamez8989]

4:45 Nathaniel Bandy actually said mangosteen was pretty hard 😂

[@MrKap]

Ooohhh yeeeep. I know 😂. You can check the previous tier list to check for yourself 👍

[@obiwaldog517]

I've found that charge is also a good option for Grim since you can control how many shots hit any of the spheres

[@horatioal-saadi5021]

As much as I love both this video and your first one, I will say I think sometimes you talk about cheesing the bosses a bit too much. I'm curious about your rankings if we're actually doing them the intended way, other than that, great video!

[@MrKap]

I believe it's hard to accurately rank a tier list without accounting for other methods. So in this case, a lot of bosses have tricks that bypass some part of their fight, whether it be an attack or the whole phase. These methods are too effective for me to NOT have them affect the tier list in this case. In any case, most bosses under the Tests Your Mettle tier become so unbelievably easy because of the DLC, that in the end it doesn't really matter lol. I do say that the bosses are too easy and talk about cheesy tricks a lot yes, but I wouldn't be mentioning it if it wasn't vital to why I have the boss ranked where it is. I appreciate your support and I appreciate the comment! 😁

[@horatioal-saadi5021]

@@MrKap You make an excellent point! Can't argue with that. I haven't actually got the DLC yet so for me my list would look very different but when I eventually get it, I'll probably go back and S rank all the bosses. If you haven't already checked it out btw, I highly recommend hollow knight as a platformer, as its 43 bosses all have a hitless mode if you'm like a good tough masochistic challenge like I do

[@maxandbiancakindler9285]

he was roasting us the whole video on how bad we are on cuphead

[@MrKap]

Fax lol. When we're talking about S Ranking, you're definitely entering a different section of Cuphead. I don't think Cuphead in general is a very hard game imo, especially with the DLC, because with the right technique and knowledge most bosses become extremely predictable and simple to take out. That's why I have a whole playlist on how to easily S Rank each boss!

[@BlazerMinecrafter]

this pretty much lines up with my experience, saltbaker s is such an endurance test

[@Doombot-z5e]

Me personally the hardest boss in my opinion…is the legendary 8-Ball.

[@ampersand6397]

I guess I consider root pack to be the first boss because the run and guns feel more like bonuses than actual stages? And the way to goopy is the way you have to go to actually progress and leave the island so I guess looping back all the way to root pack feels awkward.

[@cdgissel]

Thank you I feel so validated! Although I'd still put the ice wizard in the s rank because this perrys absolutely piss me off!

[@Kei-ki4ks]

0:22 you can duck under THAT?!?!?!?

[@MrKap]

Lol yes. Although I didn't know you could be THAT close to Werner until I saw the footage myself.

[@Gaming47585]

i knew it for a long time

[@gabrielross5083]

For howling aces I know it sounds dumb but turning my head sideways made the last phase a cakewalk

[@EpicSussyAmogusImposter]

Honestly, as hard as it may have been to S rank Saltbaker, it was a really fun one. Especially the last phase that makes your heart rate reach near lethal levels LOL.

[@PomadaGaming]

REVISITED? Word i just finished the first one. Super fun👍

[@PomadaGaming]

0:37 fair enough then 4:10 lol 10:09 understandable 10:59 uh oh 13:24 dammmmn

[@SaturnThePlanet1248]

While Wally took quite a few tries to S rank for me, if I were ranking him, I would put him on the tier below. The two that would go at the WTF IS THIS tier would be Mortimer Freeze and Chef Saltbaker. (Chef Saltbaker isn’t a surprise but Mortimer Freeze took me HOURS to beat! Don’t ask why.)

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

I'm gonna be honest, if you already have Divine Relic, then NONE of these bosses should be a problem for you. That shi is hard to complete.

[@yeetingat100subs9]

Well u can get the points for the divine relic easily, just start with the easiest bosses first, beating root pack and goopy already upgrades the broken relic and makes it less bad, king dice gives 4 points so then it gets upgraded yet again and at that point it’s no longer terrible and theres several of the easier bosses u could beat to finally upgrade it to divine relic. + u can do all of that in regular mode, doesnt need to be expert

[@TotallySearch]

I haven't played Cuphead in years so I didn't remember if Mangosteen was tough or not, so the joke went past me and a lot of people I imagine

[@orange33340]

im glad i got to watch this live, and agree with the djimmi placement for once

[@crimoncowboy946]

Most of my Wally struggles come from his third phase. The eggshells are just so annoying. I either have to throw caution to the wind by going into the circle and spending most of the phase in his face, or stay on the left like a chicken and lose too much time

[@El_Omar2203]

guys, guys, I think he might want us to check his S-Rank Guides

[@MrKap]

I do! 😋

[@YodeePlayzGD]

MRKAP, for Wally warbles, just stay against the left wall to make the eggshells unable to hit you.

[@MrKap]

This is only true on Regular difficulty, sadly not on Expert.

[@YodeePlayzGD]

@@MrKapohhhhhhhh yeah I’m dumb sorry! I didn’t realize that

[@bowlsfunstuff951]

9:14 I disagree it being the first boss in the game, i know a lot of people think it is and thats fine, but i think its not. Root Pack is more easy and feels like a beginner boss (for me and even in the art of cuphead book it says that!)

[@anijay64]

Yeah chef salt baker and that evil Wally warbles are the hardest easily. Chef salt baker has some of the hardest phases ever and it feels impossible to beat Wally in under 2 minutes with all health

[@aarav6947]

By the way if you want to cheese the first stage of cagey you can just go the left side of the screen and aim upwards with a homing weapon, it’ll kill all the minions and leave you unharmed

[@CoolCow5628]

i just s ranked all bosses and i have to say, this list is the best list and i agree with basically all bosses placements, i only disagree with eshter, i think she should be below mortmer freeze, and i somehow (dont ask how) beat wally warbles and chef saltbaker in under 10 minutes (each), anyway good list well done👍👍👍

[@hypblizz5915]

People that played JSAB: Dr. Kahl’s third phase is free

[@incometax1997]

Man this list would be so different if the run was focusing on time rather than survivability, which is how I prefer to play as a guy who has done dozens of S-rank runs. W video

[@MrKap]

I see where you're coming from. The devs changing it so all that matters is you have 3 HP by the end of the fight and you beat the boss in 2 minutes regardless of difficulty is kinda lame tbh. I know it wouldn't change much on every boss, but maybe having the time requirement change per boss would be interesting so it feels like you have to actually try harder to a certain extent 🤔. Also making it so that taking too many hits regardless of current HP bars you from getting an S Rank would be a change to try out.

[@Wattson-ston]

0:58 bro destroyed, roasted and evaporated them and then said "your totally fine to have any opinion😊"

[@izzybozegaming]

The last phase used to be hard on cala Maria for me until I learned that you can stay right by her eyes and not get hit by the ghost or skulls

[@ghostieboo6665]

wally is easier to beat if during the egg phase, you go either above or below the eggs all the way against the left of the screen and the shells wont hit you, as for the bombs easily go above or between them, avoid birds :)

[@tealightuke]

thanks for this. I'm an "above average" cuphead player. so far I got my S rank on all the non- airplane bosses (except that mf salt baker! still struggling to even get close with that one! . The airplane levels give me a so much trouble (tho I've gotten close a few times on hilda now!). This video gives me hope :)

[@ericabisson7601]

I Accidentally S Ranked Ester Winchester While just trying to beat all dlc bosses on expert and it took 2 trys!

[@gavinarad2288]

Can confirm that phantom express is easy to S rank, I did it my first try of that boss on expert mode. I wasn’t even trying to go for an S, I was just trying to beat all bosses on expert. Ms. Chalice’s super art 2 is extremely OP.

[@josiahlara479]

Your are the goat how you did this by yourself and got s rank is beyond me so yea

[@MrKap]

lol, I appreciate the comment!

[@christiancraig9398]

You know what’s funny is when I was trying to S rank each boss I did Cala Maria first try with no practice

[@Luke_SkywaIker]

Objectively, I’d argue that Grimm deserves to be higher simply because of the sheer lack of parryable objects except for his eye beams. I can’t tell you how many times I had to restart because I killed his first phase too quickly or missed a single beam. Mortimer also has very difficult parries too unless you get lucky RNG and he sends out a few pink cards.

[@MrKap]

You are correct. However, unlike Mortimer Freeze, you have plenty of time to wait for the parries you need for Grim during his first phase. Everything else is pretty smooth sailing once you figure out what you need to do for each phase.