Pikmin Boss Tier List (100 Subscriber Special)

[@unfinishedart7797]

Bad tier list you smell

[@real9346]

agreed

[@riuukover]

agreed

[@doig_brainrot]

agreed

[@cermahoil3273]

agreed

[@mycat231]

agreed

[@volixwriting887]

Imagine ranking the Giant Breadbug as anything less than S tier

[@SplashMail]

Despicable

[@alexanderdahms4001]

Yeah yhyd too cute for the wolrd

[@professorbrainstorminmemef4779]

Clearly he hasn't played Pikmin 2 😔

[@battledogs3970]

Doesn’t even kill, it just goes “ohhh, shiny!”

[@BOBINDUN]

Seriously my thoughts exactly

[@TheSmartboy64]

The real problem with bosses being carried from Pikmin 1 to Pikmin 2 is this. 1) Since those bosses are at the bottom of dungeons, I think the devs modified their stats a little in anticipation of players having less Pikmin since they have to traverse many challenges to get to them. and 2) (more importantly) Purple Pikmin turned the game's challenge/combat into a joke. They destroy EVERYTHING.

[@zacharymacleod1146]

I recently replayed Pikmin 2 and basically never took purple pikmin into dungeons out of anticipation for the doomsday apparatus and Yeah not having them makes things a lot more challenging.

[@JesseBakerH]

I definitely remember having like 1/3 of my squad left by the time I got to many of the bosses on harder difficulties and dungeons taking me multiple attempts as a kid, but at the same time I didn't reset floors or know about any cheese strategies lolol

[@gunnadahun]

I mostly agree but I think the fact that you can pacify the Armored Mawdad with ONE Rock Pikmin immediately drops it to C tier at best

[@CrispySalsa]

That's totally fair, maybe my brain was still being influenced by True Spice which is why I didn't think it was that big of a deal.

[@terraria_ranger4887]

The worst part is that it's only the case in deluxe. In Wii U pikmin 3, the mandibles take a LOT of rocks to break. I have no idea why they even made that change.

[@jospwasp3504]

Yeah there was nothing wrong with him in the first fight but the fact you can completely shut down his only attack with a single pikmin is kinda upsetting even from a casual players standpoint. he’s basically a more time consuming scuttle chuck.

[@penguinman3399]

@@terraria_ranger4887 disgusting.

[@lycheemyusic]

yeaaaaaa

[@Brandon-tz6vf]

I recently watched my brother play through pikmin 1 for the first time, and that was honestly one of the best pikmin experiences. Watching him lose half his squad to the armored cannon beetle, and then watching him take on the emperor bulblax and losing all his pikmin to the jump slam attack 😂 he was so mad

[@jaidengreene8275]

You forgot that the scornet meistro is extremely easy if you bring two captains. He can only attack the captain you are currently controlling. If you have one with 0 and one with 100 you can let it attack the 0 captain and charge it while it's locked onto the 0

[@astralaegis6283]

Wish you gave puffstool more credit. On my first playthrough, I was thoroughly unprepared and he took all of my Pikmin and the most terrifying thing was Pikmin jumping on my head and killing me. And then to find out in my horror that the puffstool kept the army the next day.... I had to avoid him entirely that playthrough. Also, the puffstool is the only enemy to appear outside of the pikmin series! It appears in The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. I believe it's confirmed in a statuette.

[@JonathanGilmer]

I wish they'd bring Puffstool back!

[@MichaelJones-wj4mo]

Facts. I think a better implemented puffstool would be waterwraith 2.0 in that you would be absolutely terrified. Say he’s underground and you can barely see him, but then he immediately releases the gas if you get too close and comes out of the ground. Or he slowly moves towards the largest Pikmin populations on the map to eat/convert them. Just two ideas off the top of my head and this thing is already a nightmare.

[@Acetag31]

​@@JonathanGilmergot some news for you in Pikmin 4

[@JonathanGilmer]

@@Acetag31 dude no way!?

[@Acetag31]

@@JonathanGilmer yes way!!!

[@PhazonSpear]

My first fight with the Titan Dweevil had me with only 20 or so Pikmin going into it. So it took ages to knock off one of the parts, but it was so, so thrilling the entire time because of it's varied attacks. One of the best moments of Pikmin 2 for me. I slogged through the entire Dream Den again only to find out that the Titan Dweevil didn't magically regain it's armaments because I wanted to fight it again. Such a cool boss fight.

[@thierrydecker8110]

Oh yeah! That kind of happened to me too, when I got to him for the first time I barely had any pikmin left, and by the time I beat him, I didn't even have enough left to carry his parts. It took me a couple of runs through the dream den to finally kill him while protecting enough purples to get his stuff. And after that, I ran through it again just to do the fight over. Him being permanently pacified was a damn shame.

[@anthonyoliver418]

I kinda feel bad for the Smoky Progg, being a developing Mamuta, means that it is not intending on killing you, probably just wants to play but is poisonous due to not being ready to hatch.

[@2GamersAndAMic]

alright, ALRIGHT! I'm GOING! off to watch your Pikmin playthroughs

[@luneromoon]

Smoky Progg and Waterwraith gave me some childhood trauma Very good video, I agree with you

[@LordMoldoma]

The nostalgia level of this video is immense. It takes me back to all of the channels I used to watch as a kid.

[@j_k7769]

The music for each of the Titan Dweevil’s attacks are so well done too. The fire attack feels so intense because of the orchestra. The music for the entire fight is just so well done!

[@luarhg1973]

Good video You have explained well what each boss does and why you put them into that tier congrats for 100 subs

[@lennardheise199]

I remember fighting the water wraith for the first time as a kid an it horrified me. On my first encounter He 1 hitted my entire Squad and i had to leave that dungeon. I think i needed about 4 attempts and 300 dead Pikmins to finally beat that guy 😂

[@dimitrisolaz6921]

Same, I just left the dungeon and actually never fought him. He just scared the hell out of me every time he appeared in the dungeon 😂

[@SpecterVonBaren]

It's amazing how accurate Olimar's notes about it are.

[@davidh6003]

Ever since I stumbled on this video yesterday, I’ve been binging a ton of your content all day! That’s a sub from me, congrats on the 100!

[@CrispySalsa]

Thank you, the Pikmin 1 playthrough has not aged well in my opinion but I'm glad you're getting enjoyment out of my videos.

[@thequ6503]

@@CrispySalsa I just stumbled upon you, and this is a pretty good video! Subscribed.

[@Xenorvya]

The big plant spider thing from Pikmin 3 is a really good boss, as you said, there's no way to stunlock it, it gains new attacks so it isn't too repetitive, and when he's low on health, he will lick around him twice instead of once, which is pretty good. The only problem I have with him is the cap of how many Pikmin he can grab. I wish bosses didn't have those Pikmin eating limits. I semi agree with the pileated snagret, as he's just a normal snagret but tougher, can walk and that's about it, but I do like how he isn't as easy as the other bosses, you can't really stunlock him and you either have to be really careful or just lose 3 pikmins but at least you'll one-cycle him. Man At Legs is too low imo, great boss, just wish it gained new attacks when lower on health, such as being able to move (although much slower) while shooting, and maybe trying to impale your Pikmin as a new attack with its legs. It's unfortunate to me that my favorite Pikmin game (2) has so many easy bosses, the game has a lot of flaws but it'll be my favorite forever. I'd say you have a really good tierlist.

[@kongenthusiast1526]

The man at arms, submerged water wraith and titan dweevil are my most memorable boss fights. Nothing traumatized me more than a mechanical spider pulling out a minigun and mowing all my pikmin down while I lay on the ground helpless

[@runemonkey58]

I mostly agree, but I think man at legs should be higher. Yeah, he's pretty simple, unless he decides to walk over your cover for your partner. RIP pikmin.

[@aaronpayan3548]

Dude needs more subscribers, found you this week and I really think you deserve more

[@ChrisHinners008]

9:54 Probably someone’s first reaction to a boss (blind play through): “Oh another boss like the spider… hopefully this shouldn’t be too hard.” *5 Seconds Later…* *“WHY DOES HE HAVE A MACHINE GUN!?!?!?”*

[@Rended_]

You need to do more this type of video. Audio commentary always does better than game play itself.

[@CrispySalsa]

I enjoy doing let's plays far more than this type of video, regardless of how much attention it gets.

[@Rended_]

@@CrispySalsa ok

[@themcnuggetguy]

i have never played any pikmin games, but based on the playthroughs i have watched for pikmin 1 and 3, i can agree

[@DrunkGeko]

To be fair to the emperor in pikmin 2, it's not like your first thought when encountering a new boss is to just be stupidly aggressive hoping to instakill it That's more of a second playthrough type thing, on your first blind run the emperor can be quite scary. I remember struggling quite a lot against him as a kid

[@Shadowmental]

I love the lore of the Man-at-Legs where it's the machine that approached the Long Legs for the symbiosis

[@Dark_Slayer3000]

You have difficulties dealing with 100 subs 3 weeks ago? Welp, get ready for 500 this week xD

[@kullre_gun]

I've watched this 5 times in one week and it's still really good

[@bellcranel1332]

i love pikmin so much it was all i would ever play when i was 10 and i doubt any game is going to be as good as pikmin 2

[@hat2876]

Huge pikmin fan you summed up my thoughts exactly. The progg is the best secret boss ever fr

[@The_KingDoge]

I can't believe you did my boy giant breadbug dirty like that....

[@NeoCinnamon]

Excited to see what bosses we get in Pikmin 4!

[@lennardheise199]

Will there be a Pikmin 4 ?

[@NeoCinnamon]

@@lennardheise199 yes we got a teaser for it last nintendo direct!

[@lennardheise199]

@@NeoCinnamon Very nice. Pikmin is and always will be one of my favourite game series 😁

[@Starmist2000]

I think the rock pikmin shutting down Plasma Wraith’s main attack isn’t that bad. Taking other pikmin types is always faster than just using rocks since you’ll be able to destroy more of those cubes and the goop they drop which is the fastest way to kill it. I don’t really like the titan dweevil fight that much, it’s a lot of waiting and slowly taking it down with yellows. The monster pump is cool since it affects all the floor so the optimal or at least safest strategy of only taking yellows adds a new threat of having to switch between captains to prevent your pikmin from dying, otherwise it’s just move out of the arena when it uses the flare cannon or comedy bomb which just makes the fight unnecessarily lengthy especially since it stuns captains even with the suit upgrades. It would’ve been better if it didn’t stun you if you had the upgrades so you would be able to have the second captain with reds or whites come in whenever it’s using one of those attacks for some extra damage

[@CrispySalsa]

The problem is that if you didn't get stunned from the Titan's attacks it would be impossible to lose if you just constantly whistled when he used a weapon, as long as you had yellows to counter the electric weapon. I agree that the fight can take a while though and would prefer if the weapons had less health, but I just think it's a fun fight and don't mind if it goes a little long.

[@Starmist2000]

@@CrispySalsa Oh yeah that’s something you can do. Maybe the weapons could take more damage from the corresponding pikmin type or when being used

[@ChrisHinners008]

Also the puff stool’s attack turns your pikmin into puffmin, that attack YOU!

[@thepurplewizard5673]

I respect your list, but I feel as if you’re ranking them with a Pikmin expert’s viewpoint. At lot of these bosses you can fight normally or figure out strategies to kill them faster, which is rewarding and part of the fun.

[@Blackbird1928]

100 subscriber special* 237k views. Mad respect for the grind brotha way to go.

[@The_KingDoge]

Also damn man you went from 100 subs to a thousand in a month!

[@spiderman2pizzatheme965]

happy 700 subs, niche king

[@TheLeafyYard]

I think the list is fine. The only thing I disagree with is the man at legs placement. His design is amazing, one of the best. And I'll admit his fight could've been better. But the fact that he can massacre your army quick, and the fact that in his second fight you HAVE to use blues. I just think he could've been higher.

[@TheLeafyYard]

Overall, really good list and video. Good job

[@Lats-li3mt]

how in the actual hell does this have almost 100k views but no subs? im subscribing dude

[@CrispySalsa]

Tier lists are like ambrosia for the algorithm, and I usually just do Let's Play's and other random gameplay so you probably shouldn't expect much more of this type of content.

[@TVtheTV]

No idea how I found this. Great video!

[@MegaLEEDLE]

Good list, my only complaint with it is the Segmented Crawbster not being at least low S tier. I adore the Segmented Crawbster, it has such a unique design. Otherwise, I have no qualms with the list, great stuff!

[@thedmedina]

8:26 In pikmin 4 they did make it so the giant breadbug can attack when damaged

[@buildermonkey2229]

Oh so THAT'S how you are suppose to do stuff to the ranging bloysters. As a kid, I think I just avoided them, or kept trying to go around them. I think I killed like 3 of them running around them.

[@mandatorial]

I guess "if you know what you're doing" sums up a lot of these bosses and the Pikmin experience in general.

[@nocomment4618]

Bro how do you not have more subs? I really enjoy your videos man, keep it up

[@idont1311]

17:19 pro tip: bomb rocks are hidden outside of the arena. Use them. Or don't. Because he's that easy. Edit: For scornet maestro, just use winged pikmin. That's all.

[@Pogal]

I first played pikmin 1 when I was 5 or 6 and I figured out how to attack the cannon beetle. It just took me a bit.

[@netweed09]

As an outsider admirer of the Series; main thing I always take from these videos and Pikmin fans in general is that Pikmin 3 is easier than making a mess in the kitchen.

[@DeadMasterMusic]

Purple Pikmin literally kills everything in Pikmin 2. If damage modifiers were balance besides reds being the central 1.5x more dmg unit I would gave more credit to the bosses in Pikmin 2

[@DeadMasterMusic]

edit: let’s not forget the sprays are broken especially bitter spray

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

The reason repeat enemies are weaker is that they’re more well-known in-universe.

[@selder_7]

For me, every pikmin 2 dungeon boss can drop a tier because you’re not under a timer so there’s no risk be reward for winning quickly with more deaths, you’re just playing defensively

[@retrospect]

This was sick

[@Fain255]

I'd have put Man-at-legs higher but aside from that, I agree with everything else

[@YourVintageStick]

I lost… way too many pikmin on the segmented crawbster, and not even to the boss it’s self, to the freaking rocks

[@carsonyoung-lz6cn]

I killed the Behemoth Phosbat on all THREE difficulties without the big lightbulb, thank you very much

[@Bigmonto]

Playing for first time as an adult and the beatle obliterated me ngl. 😂

[@AutisticJesusGaming]

Yo congrats on hitting two hundred in 2 weeks

[@beanieweenie1349]

How can you talk about the Puffstool without even mentioning Puffmin?

[@quizboy99]

And now Empress is coming back for Pikmin 4

[@ParasitoBitumine-ov6bt]

There are actually a few enemies on this list that aren’t bosses. They are armored cannon beetle, puffstool, and smoky progg. I really appreciate them as foes, but nothing distinguishes them as bosses except the community’s opinion. I do mostly agree with this list, however, you definitely should do this again when Pikmin 4 comes out.

[@Jonny_.]

The fact that they only appear once or twice is strong enough of a reason to call them bosses

[@Furry-elimination-squad]

Giant bread bug has to go in s+ tier but either then that good tier list

[@Bedwars69420]

For the sandbelching Meerslug I thought the only way to make it go on its side is to get a bomb and throw it when it tries to suck you in. it worked but it was probably slower

[@msipp3790]

quaggled mireclops is actually the biggest enemy in the series, full stop.

[@noahthecrazy1632]

I think if you did a Wii U ranking for pikmin 3 bosses they would rank a lot higher. Especially the armored crawmad

[@nameplease8811]

I like the peril snagret but that might just be because I love “upgrade” bosses where you can see where they were and where they are at now come together with new attacks or features that make them more of a threat (though every single pikmin 2 boss can be cheesed with 30 purples 1 sour spray and 1 spicy spray except titan dwevil so I guess he’s the strongest.

[@brotherpanda]

I hated fighting Titan Dweevil, but it was such an appropriate final boss, because it's basically Metroid Prime swapping between the weapons.

[@noahschwartz6649]

Can confirm as a child I had no idea how to fight the armored canon beetle

[@slimeboi1070]

Suprised you did’nt mention Puffstool turning your pikmin into puffmin

[@RookieGoBoom]

100 sub special from 3 weeks ago *has almost 700*

[@phi2653]

Respect for the quaggled mireclops love

[@armetasmith9509]

I also agree that the Bread Bug shouldn’t be on here but i do feel like it is a good puzzle. Also I DO agree that Giant Scary Fruit Monster (i forgot his name 😅) should be in S Teir because it shows how a boss should be some-what like.

[@anthony432]

Do you plan on making a new one with Pikmin 4 bosses?

[@I_like_ut_and_pizza_tower]

The first S tier you can cheese

[@light6666]

the devs where prob like: "why dont we give a boss a *litteral gun*" wich is prob how man at legs became

[@EATZYOWAFFLEZ]

Empress Bulblax would be so much better if you couldn't just stand by her face or butt the whole time. As a dumb kid I always fought her from the side, and it makes the fight more interactive as you try to shove all your pikmin into the opening in the wall.

[@AlexandreMK52]

i actually didn't know you could destroy the armored Mawdad's cristal antenas with one pikmin rock on the switch version - Everyone forgot that in the Original pikmin 3 on the wii U, it take more than just one pikmin Rock to destroy his antenas and making sure he can't almost eat pikmin anymore... - And also something very important i should mention about the armored Mawdad : - on the Wii U version, even if you manage to break them, they were not completely destroy... they were like half destroy or something and he could still trap a very little amount of pikmin. - Even though he's still easy to beat him, he wasn't that ridiculously easy to beat, he was still a bit more resistant than that... i feel really sad and alone about beeing the only one who really cares about the Wii U ;(

[@tm003curse]

This made me realise Theres not alot of bosses

[@SFraxure]

This is a pretty cool video

[@chesphendshil8270]

I agree with everything except the man at legs and the maestro horney ill say those are A tier

[@armandoguzmannieves5472]

Feels weird that you flat-out didn’t mention what the Puffstool does to Pikmin

[@CrispySalsa]

Puffstool's attack could drop an airstrike on my real life home and it still wouldn't matter because I've never gotten hit by him in my life.

[@armandoguzmannieves5472]

@@CrispySalsa I understand… It’s just that velvety other boss with something unique to them had it mentioned.

[@hoshinocoffeee]

red hebigarasu is S tier absolutely

[@CSK2008DS]

Am I seriously the only person that owns pick one for the 3DS and remembers Hey Pikmin for the 3DS? That is just a sad thing but anyways, please do another rank video but with Hey Pikmin and Pikmin 4. 😢

[@chesphendshil8270]

You know how the electricity is so dangerous and scary in pikmin 2? What they need to do is to incorporate that into all the elements. There should be three strengths of every element, Crushing, flame, electricity, water and poison. The first strength when used on pikmin is what you would see an element doing to your pikmin in pikmin 3, the second strength would cut that time you have to save your pikmin in half and dowgrade the pikmin to a leaf, finally, the third strength would end the pikmin's life instantly.

[@chesphendshil8270]

Strength 1 crushing can bury all pikmin except rock, (rock trips instead), strength 2 crushing kills all but rock, rock gets buried, strength 3 crushing kills all pikmin instantly. With this system only crushing attacks can kill instantly at level 2 and is arguably the scariest.

[@Gabe_a_guy]

I killed the segmented crobster earlier today and I had olimar with no pikmin and the president with my purples and just beat him pretty easy

[@Noisy_The_Rooster]

forgot raging longlegs existed

[@31darkstar37]

Is this going to be updated to include Pikmin 4?

[@Gaminggalaxy1111]

i would put scornet maestro into c because you can 2 cycle him, and its easy to do just wait for him to do his attack then charge winged pikmin easy as that

[@casual_gamer58]

If you think about giant breadbug is the tankiest boss ever acccept for treasures hurting it you'll have to use purples and they do close to no damage and considering that you loose any pattience from the games whole concept being to aways do something productive this boss can be challenging.

[@pineapple3798]

Nah Quadled mire clops makes me question a lot of things. That has to be the worst boss in the series. There are so many bosses that try to make you use multiple pikmin like the plasm wraith and titan dweevil. But none of them make the same an attack that’s TWO elements in one. I will never get over that that thing is both crushing and water damage.

[@Casual2721YT]

Quaggled mireclops is my favourite boss in 1-3. It can easily kill pikmin if your not careful

[@OreganoParsley]

10x the subs in a month.

[@stephenweigel]

Pretty solid list

[@GigasGMX]

Great video, but you said "omniscient" when you meant "omnipresent" twice.

[@cameronfowler3381]

Great vid for my workout

[@SuperPlacido1]

*video not vid. I do not understand the concept of wanting to shorten a word that is already short enough as it is. I find it ridiculous. But I do understand wanting to shorten long words. 🤦‍♂

[@cameronfowler3381]

@@SuperPlacido1 Imagine being that butthurt by grammar used on YT

[@Bucketnetta]

I kinda wish rock pikmin were like purples and whites, where you have to turn other pikmin into them

[@annarekey]

I was about the crested rump pump

[@ericlizama8552]

So I have a few disagreements... So first off, putting the Sandbelching Meerslug, a boss that literally cannot hurt your pikmin if you're just playing the game normally, is ranked above most of the arachnorb family, just doesn't make sense. Quagled Mireclops is good, but it's also a boss as hard as the Titan Dweevil that shows up midway through the easiest game in the series, giving the player tonal whiplash. And Smoky Progg... just isn't well designed. It is nigh impossible for even skilled players to beat it without losing any pikmin. Granted, it's not required for 100%, and Pikmin 1 is so buggy that every enemy and even the bridges can insta-kill your pikmin, but still.

[@Plurmple_]

In pikmin 2 the emperor bulblaxes are juveniles hence why they are smaller and easier to fight

[@The_Best_Gar_Fan]

The small ones are Emperor Bulblaxes and the big ones are called Sovereign Bulblaxes.

[@numeralland9166]

My first time playing Pikmin 1 goolix surprised me and I lost like 40 Pikmin

[@DrMatchstick]

The content we need

[@agentl9349]

i like vehemoth phosbat! that's all I can say really