Ranking The Bosses of Another Crab's Treasure! (A New Souls-like)

✦ Another Crab's Treasure: aggrocrab.com/ACT
✦ Become a Channel Supporter for just €4.99 a month:
/ @billysyt
✦ Soulsborne Ranking Playlist: • Soulsborne Rankings
✦ Billy's Social Media ✦
LinkTree: linktr.ee/billy_s
Twitter: / the_billy_s
Discord: / discord
TikTok: / the_billy_s
✦ Channel Members ✦
mynameispunch
Bedhead TV
Arkangel14
ItsZerozz
Sleipnir
Woedenaz
Aaviier Valentine
Roman Merki
Ross Orlando
Intro: 0:00
20: 1:10
19: 3:15
18: 5:02
17: 6:27
16: 7:56
15: 9:23
14: 10:40
13: 12:01
12: 13:47
11: 15:57
10: 18:27
9: 20:10
8: 22:10
7: 25:03
6: 27:36
5: 29:51
4: 32:01
3: 34:03
2: 36:20
1: 39:36
Outro: 42:26
Business Email: [e-mail]

[@BillySYT]

Hey all, thanks for the support on this video! Wasn't expecting more than 2,000 views at most, so you've blown me away - Consider an Area Ranking for Another Crab's Treasure in the works! Enjoy what you watched? Consider subscribing - I do Soulsborne, Nintendo & Souls-like Ranking videos, and I have a blast making them!

[@biggoards2772]

Just a heads up as many don't know this, you could have just deflected the ceviche sisters bullets back at them for an easy win. I didn't even get hit once.

[@CelestielleVA]

Hellooo I voiced the Duchess, and for you to call my performance flawless has made my entire week!! Thank you so much, I hope you loved the game as much as I'm sure the team did making it! Thanks for killing me, I guess...? ❤

[@BillySYT]

Thanks for tuning in! You, along with all the other voice actors/actresses did a phenomenal job! Had a blast with the game, and I think the whole team should be proud.

[@leosinhoreto]

OMG You literally nailed the character, congrats, I loved the fight and the voice acting made it all the more memorable

[@zackey3876]

Thanks for killing it❤

[@victord.monkey9081]

Your VA is awesome!

[@yeet1519]

i hated fighting your boss

[@JoaoVictor-wb7zz]

Fun fact, Pagarus is allergic to bananas... An NPC tells you this in the area before you have to face him. And if you use the banana peel and let it get caught in his grab, you lose your banana peel but Pagarus loses half his life bar hahaha

[@BillySYT]

I did bring it up briefly in his entry - I just never tested the theory out myself ^^

[@cheztaco3465]

You can also lead him toward a bobbit worm, which will eat him

[@cheztaco3465]

Never mind it got patched

[@Blacklight_VR.]

oh yeah. i just shot him in the head.

[@V0RTA]

Inkerton is a heavy bloodborne reference and I like it! The shell cracker is the trick weappn that hunters use, especially with the gun .

[@BillySYT]

No wonder I enjoyed his fight so much - He definitely fits the aggressive, high damage, yet surprisingly squishy nature of Bloodborne's hunters.

[@joas466]

think its a gehrman reference

[@castlecat-gb9bb]

I loved inkerton for this reason

[@Sassjor]

I think inkerton is more funny of bloodborne reference if you consider the good ending of bloodborne which the hunter becomes an old one… a magic squid..

[@tracemacmillan9718]

Fun fact: topoda is actually a peacock mantis shrimp, a crustacean infamous for having one of the strongest punches in the animal kingdom. The mantis shrimp preys on clams and other prey along the seabed, and will use its extremely strong frontal claws to punch through tough clam shells, disorient fish before feeding, and deter predators. Their colorful shells serve as a warning to predators, in a similar way that some butterflies and frogs have bright colors to warn predators. The males are known to be more vibrant than the more red females in order to attract mates, and it’s not uncommon for two males to compete for a mate by boxing, often leading to the death of one or both of the males

[@BillySYT]

Ah, so he's a little bit fruity by genetics, love that for him!

[@tracemacmillan9718]

@@BillySYT yeah, one way to describe it

[@Ze-man]

WOAH I didn’t order a yapachino!!!

[@N1K0L4_dot_wav]

@@Ze-manthen it’s not your order. Why are you grabbing an order that isn’t yours?

[@Ze-man]

@@N1K0L4_dot_wav my bad gang

[@_Fizzy_1]

This game was such a pleasant surprise. Super expressive, great sense of humor, really creative and fun skills for both exploration and combat. There is definitely a fair bit of clunk and jank throughout the game, but it remains such a delight to play

[@BillySYT]

It's a little janky, but that's just what happens with Indies so I'm way more lenient about it - I appreciate the "Kill yourself Immediately" button in the settings. Saved me from a few glitches. Honestly, I'm impressed at how well it ran for the most part.

[@jurtheorc8117]

Another Crab's Treasure, can shake hands, or at least weird hand and crab claw, with another semi-Soulslike from 2023 on those fronts of creativity, expressiveness and combat, one by name of Clash: Artifacts of Chaos. It's not as strong or daring on the exploration/traversal front, but does have amazing music and atmosphere. Plus a very unique setting and art style. Inhabitants look like they could be designed by Stan Winston Studios for a Dark Crystal-type movie-- wonderfully ugly in a world that barely has organized culture, yet has a lot of color, beauty, some funny parts and melancholy amidst all the punching-the-snot-out-of-each-other with different findable Martial Arts styles of the world. Greatly recommend looking up the game, or at least check out the soundtrack. Two of the earliest tracks, The Boy Calls and Pseudo's Theme, are already super strong to set the tone of the rest of the game.

[@DragonScythe64]

actually the Ceviche sisters are not prawns, they are pistol shrimps, actual sea life known for shooting high frequency bubbles with their giant claws (hence the name)

[@BillySYT]

Aha, I fell for the oldest trick in the book. Thinking Shrimps & Prawns were the same species - A marine biologist, I am not lmao

[@andreamassari7954]

Fun fact. Praya Dubia is the scientific latin name of the real life Giant Syphonophore wich is the jellyfish thing we see in the boss fight. It's a superorganism related to jellyfishes that can reach 150 ft long. Look it up it's really interesting

[@BillySYT]

I looked it up while researching for the video - I generally find deep-sea life to be fascinating & terrifying at the same time. It's crazy to think there's so much living down there in the deepest darks of the ocean.

[@Betweentwelv32567]

​@@BillySYT What I believe would have really fit as a secret boss for the depths ngl is that japanese siphonophore (search it up on google and see the images) It just screams Darksouls imo. Huge eldritch horror vibes. I also expected to see a cone snail or maybe a stingray enemy which would act as like an airship, would be cool ngl. maybe even gunked sea dragon enemies for the bleached city to fit the theme, not to mention the missed opportunity of glaucus atlanticus or nudibranchs too, what do you think?

[@Churros_are_Overrated]

@@Betweentwelv32567I really hope they do a dlc for this game. The potential for enemies is astounding. I was personally hoping for a spearing mantis shrimp to go along with the puncher and they could be connected in teaching the player umami stuff, similar to the brothers in hollow knight if you ever played that

[@MayaMondragon108]

I actually beat Pagurus before even going into flotsam vale, got some unique dialogue from it!

[@spenceraucoin4706]

" it appears you must defeat the crab in the sands between " "oh yeah thats what I just did"

[@SpriteDoge]

same lol. I was having trouble getting past him, so I just decided to beat him with the crappy gear I had at the time

[@spenceraucoin4706]

@SpriteDoge I was just a idiot who looked at every pipe except the one to flotsam

[@josecampos19]

​@@SpriteDoge same here lol

[@brandonlewis2861]

A fun thing I learned today about the Shellsplitter is when he does his slam the bike rake in front of him move if you stand in the right spot you can actually just stand in the gap of his weapon and be fine.

[@BillySYT]

We all definitely saw that tweet lmao

[@grubbierlizard6091]

As someone who fought pagurus the ravenous before even entering the expired grove. I loved it! I died so many times but it was worth it. I also got extra dialogue for getting the 3rd treasure map early. It was amazing.

[@theivoryguy2476]

I feel so validated by Topada's placement. I love him and his fight so so much.

[@BillySYT]

One of the best characters in the game, I wish him only the best.

[@Kudian]

I absolutely loved that fight so much. I haven't completed the game yet, but I don't see his fight leaving number 1 for me. It has been the only boss fight so far where I didn't use the Umami abilities at all and just parried and timed everything right. The banter, the environment, the mechanics, it all just felt so good and rewarding. I truly had no idea he was technically optional and thought I was supposed to fight him from the start

[@Xcross15]

@@Kudian man it was sick when I realized he would counter parries with a followup and you had to parry again. That fight burned parrying into me and I will never discount how awesome it is for that. Nothing but me, my yogurt bottle, and a whole lot of parries.

[@ninjamaster9805]

​@Xcross15 I never used parry. I just face tanked for the whole game

[@Xcross15]

@@ninjamaster9805 Big HP gaming

[@junkiiramen]

I honestly hope there’s a future update to add New Game+ because a lot of the late game bosses were a bit easy considering that I and most players have fully upgraded their builds. I also hope there’s DLC, I wanted to explore more of The Unfathom and Bleached City, or maybe explore the aftermath of the game.

[@BillySYT]

From what I know, the devs have planned a Roadmap, but they want to focus on fixing up major bugs before they settle on adding new content ^^

[@laxor5902]

i might have accidentally killed pagarus when i first entered the sands between... also those spike balls firth uses is actually an adaptation too.

[@BillySYT]

Yeah, I didn't unlock that adaption until after I beat the game. I stoppes bothering the sea urchin like two times before he would have given it to me

[@Mylament_]

I didn’t do it at first but on my way to Flotsam when they were like uh oh you just gotta run for it now, I was like fuck it come at me 😂 and then I was like oop I got a map piece 👀 I think I wasn’t supposed to do that 🤣

[@castlecat-gb9bb]

Same...

[@maleniabeardofmiquella]

I accidentally killed firth on my first try (dark souls helmet hammer + consortium adaptation) so that spiked ball was practically all I ever saw

[@ShaggyGlacier]

another cool thing about Pagurus is that his name comes from his species scientific classification, cancer pagurus. he also has a bobbit worm beneath the eyepatch that comes out after he reaches below half health which i feel like is either parasitic as the bobbit demands sustenance, or symbiotic as the bobbit benefits from his endless hunger

[@DirranProductions]

Volti was so annoying I pulled out the gun. Surprised Roland got so low. He was entertaining for me, because I've used Coconut all game. Have screamed "auto bots roll out" for the last 10 hours

[@angrysodacan276]

I found the Roland fight to be very janky and I could never figure out how to deal with his spazz out limb attack.

[@doubleh3978]

I swear youtube's search system is just broken, i'm searching this video typing the title almost word to word and it doesn't show up. I had to search your channel and watch the video from there, they are doing you dirty. By the way i love boss rankings, great channel.

[@BillySYT]

KZbin is like that. Be sure to subscribe so you can always check your subscriptions ^^

[@doubleh3978]

@@BillySYT yeah, i thought i was already subscribed because your videos always show up in my home page, now i am actually subscribed. By the way the funny thing is that by typing things like "another crab's treasure boss ranking" it is not like it gives me other boss ranking videos, to my knowledge there are still none on this game except yours (but since this video doesn't show up either i guess i don't know, maybe there are other videos and it just doesn't let me see them). So it just gives me tons of reviews and videos unrelated to my research, honestly it is pretty annoying also because this thing already happened to me a number of times.

[@devilofether6185]

Unfortunately, it was until after I beat the final boss that I found Topoda (I didnt see the hooks at the end of the village going higher up). Now I am too overpowered to enjoy the optional bosses behind the purple bricks, and I got to clean up all the collectibles I missed. Also, an endurance build with a valve shell means you can block mostly everything aside from red aggro attacks (you can even block blue aggro attacks sometimes), combine this with the Isopod stowaway (or two if you can find them), and you can zoom around the battlefield blocking everything

[@Cett-15582-]

For Voltai you could unplug the appliances with the spear fishing ability

[@sickobirb8068]

U learn sum new abt this game everyday. Like two days ago I just found out u could spearfish some X spots and I ale finished the gsmr

[@outzymes3636]

The music really elevated this game for me. First, let me start off with Praya Dubias second theme. You're fighting a boss, which has endured all of the oceans pain, fury, and suffering, and this boss is tearing itself apart in an attempt to inflict some suffering on you. the music is amazing, it sounds as if you can truly feel dubia wailing. it still gives me chills every time i hear it. Also, voltai may be a pushover of a boss, and yet her theme fits her so perfectly. its like you can hear the electricity coursing through the track itself. this game is a masterpiece.

[@cruzifried2296]

Hell yeah! So stoked for this!

[@Brizzle12341]

Playing through the game at level 0 made me realize how incredible of a boss Camstcha is. Most of the late game bosses suffer from the fact that you're just SO powerful by that point in the game, but without that strength Camstcha not only poses a fun challenge, but is also an insanely fun boss both gameplay and design wise.

[@dilbertbilbertcrabbert1868]

Papyrus the Ravenous doesn't actually have to be fought to be killed, you can have Pap grabbed by a bobbit worm.

[@shelbybabcock8779]

Also, if you wear a banana peel as a shield and get grabbed so Pagurus tries to eat you, he’ll eat the banana and lose about 3/4 of his health in one go. There’s an NPC that will tell you Pagurus is allergic to bananas (but only if you find the NPC before beating Pagurus).

[@blockoboi5941]

Fun fat about Inkerton's first fight: i was able to completly avoid him by hiding in my shell and hugging the right side of the arena

[@BillySYT]

Oh damn, I wasn't even aware you could do that, nice catch!

[@wyatthoyt5864]

if u explore flotsam vale u will find a guy named shromp stuck in a beaker and you break him out with the mantis punch, after that he will tell you that pagarus is allergic to bananas. if you try blocking while pagarus does his grab attack he will eat just your shell, if u are wearing a banana it will take 3/4 of his health, if you have another banana on your fork you can swap it to your shell and make him eat that too, then pagarus will be dead and you will barely have to do anything

[@Ashturnal]

This was a super thorough and entertaining ranking! It really made me appreciate the different approaches available with the variety of builds, I'll definitely need to go back for a second playthrough. I think I accidentally robbed myself of a lot of the fun during the later half of the game, I was pairing the drunken claw ability with royal wave, the hammer, and the retaliation adaptation so I was 2 shotting bosses like the bleached king.

[@BillySYT]

It's a game that has the potential to be broken very easily - But I honestly like that. I don't really need every game I play to be balanced for every build, because it allows people to tailor the challenge to their liking a bit more.

[@YEY0806]

​@BillySYT i mean that fits the spirit of souls games honestly, if you're motivated and knowledgeable, you can fist these games inside out with little preparation as possible

[@theneonwarriors3794]

Firth was extremely disappointing for me when I fought him, I had a maxed damage stat, fork, and bobbit trap so I just used 2 bobbit traps per phase and never got below half health, fought him twice in a row without even coming close to dying

[@KAGIICHII]

Had a crazy glitch happen when fighting topoda when he went for a slam move he somehow clipped through the floor and died I was relived but sad since I wanted to beat him with my skills but this game was something I didn’t know I needed and it was definitely a fun time all the way through. What an amazing game🙌🏾 Also being able to hook/fish enemies is so good honestly my favorite mechanic in the game such an OP move especially when paired with the Manits shrimp punch.

[@MediocreManaAGAGAGAGAG]

Funny story: when i was playing this game for the first time i accidentally killed pagurus early by luring him off of a cliff lol (i hadn't even found where floatsome vale was)

[@Cett-15582-]

I beat the C.C.C. By getting him to like half health and just let my chum stowaway finish the fight

[@Chicken-xn4yz]

Watching this and seeing your strategies and guides makes me realize I brute forced my way through the game and did know a lot of basic information 😅

[@PancakrK]

My ranking: Spoilers 1. Firth 2. Camstcha 3. Roland 4. Topoda 5. Inkerton 6. Pagurus 7. Magista 8. Heikea 9. Praya Dubia 10. The Consortium 11. Petroch 12. Royal Shellsplitter 13. Scuttling Slidge Steamroller 14. Nephro 15. Polluted Platoon Pathfinder 16. Voltai 17. Diseased Lichenthrope 18. Curdled Carbonera Connoisseur 19. The Ceviche Sisters

[@BillySYT]

IS THAT A BONUS VIDEO???? Two videos in one day, and this one's on a brand new fabulous Souls-like on the market. Definitely one to play if you haven't already, so go beat the game, then come back & watch this video after c;

[@hotcofi2969]

Fighting Pagarus right out of the gate is a terrible idea. I fought and beat him right out of the gate. It took probably 20-25 tries, and was so satisfying and worth it. Favorite boss in the game, no question.

[@chastethompson1086]

A neat bit about the Praya Dubia fight: Friendly fire is turned on. You can make Praya attack their minions, and even themselves in the second phase. A neat bit about restoring shell health: you can overheal, just a bit. Once you've unlocked it, if you have healable shell health, but your attack does enough damage that the health you would gain is bigger than whatever healable shell health you have, you heal for the damage the attack does, not just what's supposed to be healable. So if you have a shell that's really damaged that you want to keep, you can grind and heal it back to full. You take a weak attack that just barely damages your shell, then hit them with a big attack to heal more than the healable bar. Then you just repeat until either the enemy is dead or your shell's back at 100. I mostly noticed it happening with hammer attacks.

[@doubledubs4332]

I was a lil nervous to fight pagarus for his grab alone but wen the prawn in flotsam hilariously told he was allergic to naners my confidence sky rocketed

[@paulperez3324]

i love nephro, im at the flotsam battle right now but him randomly popping up when i had nothing and saying some pretty cool lines was a nice suprise.

[@DrMDHyde]

Inkerton is my favorite boss and character in this game, I love his design, I love his species, I love his fighting style, I love his backstory, I love that he’s this Rockefeller union buster, and to top it all off he’s voiced by my favorite VA, SeigaVA!

[@Skimmer951]

Love ranking vids for smaller games this was excellently made thank you!

[@BillySYT]

I like to cover smaller games when I can ^^

[@skibidisigma-qh1xw]

Pagarus is probably hungry because he has a worm inside of him that is seen behind his spoon eyepatch

[@01banjokazooie]

When I fought heikea I had bought the imposter shell from carcinea and the smokescreen ability just broke the boss. He never targeted me once.

[@ShinxBOOM247]

Probably my favorite aspect of Pagurus's boss fight is that other enemies can get mixed up in the fight depending on where you are. In particular, Pagurus is able to grab other enemies and eat them, which gives a very large window to go in and deal a solid chunk of damage while he's preoccupied. The fight as a whole I feel is super fun and intense to go through, and his ability to grab enemies was an added layer that enabled me to beat him on my second try straight out of Flotsam Vale with no Adaptation upgrades. Really cool fight, easily in my top 3

[@swedeeds8885]

I beat Pagurus after getting the map piece in the Expired Grove and found him easier than Heikea, who took me around 20 attempts. Pagurus, however, took me only around 5 attempts. There's even a special interaction if you bring the map piece Pagurus drops to the museum curator.

[@jonmann4980]

This game was fantastic, I just have to get the rest of the shells and use the gun and I will have the 100%. I love the twist of making a brighter game, looking forward to what this company does in the future

[@BillySYT]

It definitely put Aggro Crab on my radar as a company I want to watch. Good luck getting the rest of those shells!

[@DirranProductions]

Definitely play Going Under then. I've been waiting for this game since that came out.

[@ReyaitheShadowWolf]

Inkerton's actual battle was DEFINITELY my favorite fight. I think I can honestly say that his fight was where I found my stride with successful parrying. Granted, it still took me a good amount of time to defeat him, the quick and snappy pace of the fight really helped me, and will help me loads with future playthroughs of the game.

[@zaynemeowzner7694]

Sadly I agree with Voltai’s fight being ranked last. I didn’t even know she had a last phase with poison because I killed her during the toast phase. A disappointing boss do nerf rubber band Nephro: I don’t play many souls likes and would say I’m not crazy good but my god I fucking loved nephros grab attack, I decided to forgo any other stats for pure strength so it was a one shot move on my minimal health bar and I loved the challenge. Running as a glass cannon it felt like most fights had to be done perfectly with no room for flubbing cause every grab attack and most others were one shot moves. I recommend this for those who want a challenge and are patient. Ceviche: first try but a fun little boss fight to end off the unique dungeon. Camstcha: OH MY GOD! This has to be my favorite fight. I used like no adaptations or abilities so it was just a brawl. Took me almost an hour to beat him, first attempt I almost killed him and died to his grab. Then spent 40 minutes struggling. Best 40 minutes of the game thus far. And the last 20 minutes was just improvement on my playstyle and I felt so good when I finally took him down. Roland: Trash boss in my opinion, boring fight for me, had zero interesting movement in my play through and was looking forward to a unique pinball related fight. Killed him in like three charged attacks. No death, probably 2nd worst fight for me. Shellspliter: I insisted upon beating this boss when I started the game. Loved the fight amazing grab attack and a nice half-hour of attempts leaving me with a good knowledge of the controls. Magista: totally didn’t expect to fight her, and was shocked at the fall of slacktide and the gunk. It gave me the impression of what the story was about and a great impression of the game to come. Took me a nice 4-5 attempts and was a pretty fun fight. Sadly didn’t see a lot of her attacks from quick deaths on first fights and then after getting used to it I pretty quickly smashed her. Oceans agony: mmmm kinda mid, awesome story based boss. I loved the theme, design and all that. But the actual fight was kinda boring. 2 attempts, I instantly end phase one and two with my current 105 stat strength. And I shielded the last part and it killed itself cause ya know my res stat was pumped too. I enjoyed the story and lore but the fight itself was mid. Pagurus: I was very stubborn at the time and wanted him dead. Such a fun fight, absolutely a horrifying boss fight. Took me almost 2 hours to kill him. I assumed the same that he wasn’t meant to be fought. But I’m so glad I did. Heikiea: YES! An amazing fight, a slow methodical fight which challenged and pushed me. It took maybe 20-30 minutes and I felt like I learned the fight really well by the end of it. Loved this fight, and when I got to halfway through his healthbar I did not expect him to start dual wielding. Awesome fight one of the best. Petroch: by this point in the game I was just too strong for such a weak boss, surprising and cool ideas, but eh it was alright. Inkerton: sick idea for a fight. Took 2 attempts though. Also I clipped out of the barrier and just kinda left. Only came back later cause I learned he dropped a stainless relic. Firth: really cool first boss and I love the story part of it. Spoke to the message of the story of people trying to do good and screwing people over. Boss was good, not exceptional and super laggy for my weak laptop. But much like many other bosses he stood no chance. First try with the dark souls helmet shell and I say again 105 strength!! But a good boss nonetheless. Groverkeeper Topeda: I loved the build up to this fight. A really cool boss at the end of a full exploration of a level. But… I don’t know he felt a little too easy. Given I ignored the shell abilities for my first playthrough he felt kinda boring. I wanted him to be a little more relentless, hit harder. And maybe have a one shot move. After my first attempt losing I expected him to be really hard but he only took one more attempt after that. I just felt like I wanted more from him. All these criticisms is not to say I didn’t love the game, I just didn’t challenge myself enough. These bosses largely are unique and super fun.

[@knalltuete4040]

Voltaic actually has a fourth weapon that creates shockwaves. And you can unplug the weapons, wich adds a bit of variety to the fight.

[@dvd7349]

In the Praya Dubia second fight, you can also exploit the friendly fire of their attacks to deal extra damage to the boss the same way those same attacks can deal damage to the crab enemies in the first phase. You need to stay close to the boss constantly tho so it's very "high risk, high reward".

[@BillySYT]

Ah, fascinating. So speedrunners who want to end the fight quicker will likely want to stick close to the boss to get that extra damage in. Nice bit of tech, that.

[@hectorwhoz]

Leave it to this video to realize a bunch of these bosses expected me to use shell powers to gain an advantage on the boss, instead of my maneuver of throwing myself at the boss until I learned all of its attack patterns and timing and become able to survive long enough to kill them (I mean, a maxxed out skill tree half way through definitely helped) Also good list, I can't really say which boss stood out to me on top as I really enjoyed andstruggled with a lot of them, but Firth and Topeda are definitely high up

[@BillySYT]

To be fair, the way that you played is how most Souls veterans would play the game. I'm just someone that likes to engage with most of a game's mechanics on a first playthrough, then go for the more challenging run on a second go around ^^

[@bigdumbfatcat2869]

Yes, the Souls inspired combat baits a lot of people in to dodging everything, but it's actually a fairly suboptimal strategy in this game, especially if you don't change the controls so that holding dodge isn't also sprinting (the default setting adds extra input delay to the dodge, as the game has to confirm if you are holding down the button or not). If you embrace the mentality of "Right shell for the right enemy", a LOT of things in the game become very easy. The one that made me realize i was playing the entire game wrong was Voltai. First few times the boss seemed near impossible. Then i looked up the rubber band. I was then incredibly frustrated with the boss, still, as i was thinking "Why the HELL do i HAVE to get this hard to reach item, to even be able to fight this boss??!?!?". Until i realized the fairly obvious: I just had to use the Rubber Duck shell. That was it, now every time i blocked, she did nothing to me.

[@gengrlll9001]

i really hope they bring a 2nd out or awesome dlcs for this because this was fun and very entertaining while being a little difficult! i loved it so damn much

[@jonmann4980]

The chop stick boss definitely felt like the genichiro of this game for me until my friend played it and beat him on his first try 😅 the lobster was pretty sick too

[@BillySYT]

Chop Stick Boss really felt like a wall to overcome, yeah. A massive step up in difficulty for that point as brute force just wasn't an option.

[@egbertmilton4003]

I wonder, once the patches come out, if any new bosses will come out. EX fights would be lovely, especially for Voltai, but what new creatures could be used. One of the things I loved was the general avoidance of a shark as a fight, so what next. An Angler fish that uses status effects like fear or even an opposite to attract you close, an octopus that uses several tools unlike Inkerton only using two, a Pom pom crab that cheers on its minions while wielding gunk filled anemones, the possibilities are endless

[@Ostsol]

Petroch is the game's mimic. :D Topoda is my favourite. :) He's the one that got me really playing with defensive options. Parrying isn't my forte, so against his big swings I'd use the backstep-counterattack combo. Turned out to work really well. When he threw his flurries at me, I just shelled up in my thimble with Fortify. On a related note, Fortify was bugged when I faced Heikea. The invulnerability did not end after three hits, allowing me to block indefinitely. I thought something was weird during the fight, but only realised what was happening when I beat him. Also, assuming a Japanese pronunciation, Heikea is probably pronounced Hey-keh-ah. With Firth, I strangely didn't have a big problem fighting him. Did it on the first try. Tactical Tentacle was my friend. :)

[@zacmarken65]

so this game is really open, you can skip entire sections, Lil Aggy got lost about early-midway through the grove and entered Flotsam Vale and directly fought the Consortium, he then did most of Flotsam Vale that is accessible pre final map piece and then entered the grove through the back, so he did Topoda after Consortium, i can't remember if he did Topoda after Heikea or before, might've been after, no yeah definitely after, he only did Heikea because he died on the way to Topoda and while going back he noticed the gate to the village and went through it.

[@frozenzenberry4101]

The ceviche sisters were so easy. I stayed at a distance and they kept using their regular bullet attacks. Which you are able to parry back at them. Very easy to cheese.

[@keytohearts1194]

After hearing that fact about Pagurus I just had to see if it was true, and shockingly it is very true When he goes for a grab attack, instead of impaling you onto the fork he instead takes the banana peel right off your back and does the whole animation for the attack on it, it then does over half his health (60% - 65% give or take) So theoretically if you get shell insurance for the banana peel, Die so you get a second shell (peel) (if it doesn't break), and fight around it, he could kill himself without you doing a single thing to him

[@BillySYT]

Wouldn't dying reset Pagurus's health though? Love that there's a surefire way to getting him down to 35% health for my next playthrough though ^^

[@keytohearts1194]

​@@BillySYTYes, dying does reset his health but I'm just saying if you die without doing anything and without your peel breaking, you could respawn with another peel thanks to Shell Insurance so you can bait out two grabs to kill him

[@cloudy978]

Topoda is the best simply because he gives us mantis punch that when upgraded shreds through bosses like butter.

[@insert_apathetic6159]

This looks sick, I saw it on gamepass and now I want to play it

[@BillySYT]

If you've got Game Pass, you've got nothing to lose. Definitely give it a go if you can.

[@1300thiago]

I would 100% leave the Mantis crab at first if it was me doing the list, the fight was amazing and exciting

[@itsyaboiplantyboi]

14:40 there is actually another way that this boss could've been dealt with much easier with the Ring-A-Ding ability of the Champagne Flute you could just continuously stun and hit him to get the umami charge back. (It has since been patched since but that is something you could've done before the patch)

[@GhostyChives]

And then you realize that bobbit makes every boss a joke once you make it level 3. 11/10 game, love it.

[@Blacklight_VR.]

dude i was NOT ready to get jumped by inkerton

[@Detrifus]

I think I went through the entire game without ever successfully parrying an attack. Not for lack of trying, though.

[@dasutanehineri]

i actually had such a weirdly hard time with the diseased lichenthrope that i deliberately sort of bugged my way out of fighting him. i'm not sure if he is truly optional but i went around him in such a radius that when i accidentally activated him, i was outside the boss force field thing that keeps you in the area lol. i got to swim to the other side while watching him try to come after me and getting stuck on the force field wall, it was pretty funny. then i came back later and obliterated him

[@mayasuxs]

I HAVEN'T EVEN WATCHED THE OTHER ONE YET, BUT THANK YOU??

[@BillySYT]

I just really wanted to end April with a bang!

[@magnonymous01]

Voltai has a 4th weapon, in which all she does is her chin attacks that generate a shockwave of electricity. You might have killed her before she had the chance to use it or she may have used an appliance twice. I went to her fight under leveled so it took longer than necessary allowing me to see her full kit

[@allandm]

I'm SO HAPPY they respawn you in the boss arena when you die, boss runs are the worst thing any souls likes

[@chefboyardee4732]

While my partner was fighting Pagurus, he accidentally tripped a sand worm and it ate Pagurus. Boss fight was over too soon

[@BillySYT]

Dang, didn't know Pagurus could be eaten by the sand worms. You'd think he was the master of the worms himself given how feared he was.

[@James-hq5dr]

With the scuttling sludge steamroller when I played I ran by him then after a minute running near the docks, he must of died trying to get to me cas I got rewarded as if he was dead and low behold when I got back to the fight area with him, he was gone so I never got to fight that one

[@Azzerdlpt]

you can actually plug the appliances out when fighting Voltal, making this fight even more redundant. Spimply hook it out

[@BillySYT]

It's such a shame - Ironically the boss that gives the player that electrical juice needed a lot more juice herself. I think the Rubberband Stowaway also kinda neuters her completely :

[@jurtheorc8117]

The way you wrote the word "Simply" in your comment made my morning. Sounds like a name from Tiny Terry's Turbo Tripl. I'll have to keep that around.

[@Azzerdlpt]

@@jurtheorc8117 lmao I had soo many typos, I hope it was still understandable 😭

[@jurtheorc8117]

@@Azzerdlpt No worries, you actually didn't have that many typos. Unless you edited it after you saw my message... Either way, "Spimply" is a word that i now want to try to incorporate in my vocabulary.

[@Azzerdlpt]

@@jurtheorc8117 I corrected 2 words: "plug", which used to be "bug" and "hook", which used to be "cook" But spimply I left in just for u :D I also really enjoy it now haha

[@Giantazza25]

My list is nearly the same except for Camstcha, that was one of my favs for sure, I love the change in tone between the two phases. At first he can barely move and gives the feeling that you're just putting this old legendary figure out of his misery, but then he does *that* thing and starts crawling, jumping, slamming, and even hissing(?) all over the place in crazy and unsettling ways. Phase 1 makes me say: , phase 2 makes me say: . Topoda at the top is based though, he deserves it

[@AlannaArtroid]

Inkerton has to be my favorite character from this game. His design, his personality, his voice acting! AAAAH! So cool! Glad to see him so high up on the list! Apparently, he's a BIG Bloodborne reference, which flew over my head!

[@brunobaerlepups6269]

I tried to fight Pagurus right away, after abou1 hour of trying I did some exploration running away from him and found that nice sand worm ability, that i immediatly used to slay him - great time! sadly after that I felt pretty overpowered against the next bosses like Heikea

[@tylergarecht5847]

I loved Pagarus fight, I actually killed him before i got the first map piece and Konche actually acknowledges that and says Thats not where i told you to go child

[@themintyllama35]

The water mines are actually the sea urchin adaptation

[@greenthebean8252]

The one thing Firth doesn’t have, is a gun.

[@brandonberg1993]

Now we need a worm souls where you fight off bird bosses

[@Smackadoshious]

Also with the Eel fight there is an item in the same area that let's you ignore Electric damage entirely. Makes the fight feel trivial

[@BillySYT]

I mentioned it during the entry - the rubberband ^^

[@Frostyboi_gaming]

2 things, 1. I loved this game as this was me second ever souls like and it’s a great game for beginners and I loved the music and the fighting 2. Lies of P is one of my favorite games and when you played feel it made me sad as it’s one of my favorite songs of any ost

[@castlecat-gb9bb]

I Beat the whole game without knowing you could upgrade heart kelp storage capacity. Would've been ao much easier

[@OnlyRogueW]

i fought Pagurus before Flotsam because i saw the map in his claw and got unique dialogue from the museum owner for doing things out of order

[@C4_D7]

27:00 not only that but each peel deals over half his health.

[@ciaranpatrick6859]

Firth was actually one of the easiest bosses for me, I had a ton of MSG and a posture damage setup so I was able to overwhelm him with mantis punch and royal wave. I also was using the skull shell, which gives you another life with its ability, which helped negate his high damage a ton.

[@icantthinkofaname9408]

So i used the grapple a lot because it builds a ton of stun and I learned using it on Inkerton doesn't work because he just cuts the wire and immediately attacks you

[@BillySYT]

Okay now THAT is extremely cool - I need to test that on my next playthrough.

[@SpookyLumi]

I killed Pagurus as soon as I saw them. They were my 1st map piece. Because of this they are my #1 boss

[@RelevanceNeeded]

I feel bad, because I slew Pagurus before the Grove and Flotsam. I got scolded by Konche for killing him early xD

[@assassinjamie1680]

The banana thing for pagarus is real, theres an npc in flotsam you can save from a bottle that tells you about it I used this info to beat pagarus before doing pretty much anything in flotsam because it deals like 70% of his hp

[@BillySYT]

Honestly, I forgot the dude in the bottle existed, because I went to Flotsam before I got the Mantis Punch.

[@Swisschee2]

I cheesed (pun intended) my way into the consortium fight before getting the mantis claw adaptation

[@JoseSanchez-hr3hu]

My game bugged and I automaically beat the boxer shrimp 😢

[@BillySYT]

W a h I'm gutted for you :c

[@fishything7564]

Ngl, I think really the only problem with a lot of the late game bosses is damage doesn't really scale as you progress. A lot of endgame bosses deal the same damage as bosses from the first areas of the game which means as you upgrade your hp it's less of a necessity and more of a cushion letting you be more reckless

[@BillySYT]

It reminds me more of the progression of a Metroidvania in that sense. Take Hollow Knight as a prime example - Aside from very special attacks & bosses, all enemies do 1 HP of damage. So looking at the game from that perspective, I get the progression. It does make the end game far easier than expected (outside of Firth), as a result.

[@fishything7564]

@BillySYT I do think it's admittedly harder to do it in a game with health bars, but honestly seeing as they're still tweaking the game maybe buffing the bosses and enemies in The Unfathom and beyond would make the late game more dangerous

[@gehtsiegarnixan]

odd, I just steamrolled the all the posses past the Samurai. I an Unga Bunga build, with Hammer, Heavy Armor, Leach Heal, Attack Buffs. I used the Bobid-Worm to keep the boss in place to get in a few cheap hits and just absolutely wrecked them. I didn't even bother to evade or block attacks on the last bosses. Kind of a pity that I didn't get to see all their amazing attacks.

[@BillySYT]

I'm honestly glad I didn't use the Worm adaptation, it sounds like it really changes the experience for a majority of the bosses, and basically breaks the game.

[@LegoX.mp4]

Every time you mentioned a strategy to beat a boss using the shell spells and adaptations, I thought about how i fought every boss really only using the parry, and only later the gun adaptation. I dont think I used the shell spells at all.

[@BillySYT]

It shows that, despite the game having a relatively slim amount of techniques to play around with, they do enhance each person's playthrough in vastly different ways ^^

[@iLlamapie]

topoda and helkea were my top 1 and 2, some seriously fun boss fights

[@tylergarecht5847]

I unfortunately found Topoda after I beat Firth and was very upset to learn that he could upgrade my adaptations. Wouldve been so useful to find him earlier lol

[@mirkoscurk3305]

Hii , you can actually unplug voltais appliances with the fishing line which makes her even easier

[@BillySYT]

Heartbreaking scenes for poor Voltai

[@user-ro5ju9vv7v]

Heikea has got to be a yugiro hanma reference

[@BillySYT]

From what I know, it's just a reference to the Heikegani Samurai crab ^^

[@user-ww1fv1de9o]

I was hoping to see if anyone else noticed Heikea using the gosh darn diddily demon back technique 😈🧌

[@mothmanisthebest7404]

The prawn with guns are known as pistol shrimp.

[@clamfingers3292]

The Bobbitt trap adaptation is so OP

[@coltonshortell8075]

27:16 You can also feed pagurus to the worms in the area, Killing him instantly, The eater has become the eaten.

[@asadmosley2748]

I liked it. My favorite skill was the bobbit worm. In my mind it’s like the queens claw but so much better for bosses.

[@BillySYT]

I never ended up using the bobbit worm since I found it so late in my playthrough. Sounds fun, but I worry it's a bit too OP for the bosses lol

[@asadmosley2748]

@BillySYT it absolutely is but it's funny how it works on bosses too🤣