The BEST Castle Crashers Insane Mode Build

In todays video, i will be showing you the BEST character, weapons and animal orbs to use in insane mode. This guide will hopefully help anyone who is stuck on insane mode!
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Character
01:35 Weapons
03:37 Animal Orbs
04:59 Outro
Music by: CreatorMix.com
Artist: Owl Nest
Song: Bleu
Song: Wonder
Song: Under The Tree
Song: Happiness

[@Meme_Cuisine_]

another sword that shouldve been mentioned is the NG Gold Sword, its basically the same as Club except magic replaces the defense, so with +5 strength & magic you can have better elemental infusions + drills aside from that excellent video my man, great to see this kind of content for these parts of the game!!

[@K.Micester]

This is by far one of the best insane mode build guides I've seen in quite awhile. I can verify everything mentioned in here is 100% true.

[@theshypuppet]

I can't believe he didn't recommend the strongest character, The Open Faced grey knight

[@SkorchXP]

YES

[@ComiCross]

I know right

[@SJunior-]

Cap

[@randomizegaming1608]

Ik bro

[@_Tzer]

actually better than normal grey knight.

[@FRAMEWORKS_72]

#1 on trending great job recker!

[@Reckerless]

in the whole world

[@arcaderdude]

So real and not fake

[@jackcopeland9193]

really real

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

Wait fr

[@BSLyles]

Another awesome video, it’s honestly crazy how I used to play this game as a kid and even now as an adult people like you can still make this game feel very fresh

[@Frostyfella]

Thieves' forest is still a pain in the ass, good luck surviving that on insane mode.

[@Mrbrown-ih4zu]

Bro hasnt seen necromancer yet But yeah i agree if you dont have red or blue knight

[@DrewposterVR]

Nah I’d win

[@sl33py33]

@@Frostyfella it’s the worst😭

[@javorr111]

@@Frostyfella that level made me shed genuine tears, worst experience in my life

[@victormanuelvelascosaldiva9925]

Furry trolls 😑

[@Gonin049]

For those curious, Crit chance really gets way better with higher crit chances- it helps to visualize them as the smallest fraction. for example, Gold Skull Mace (my personal preferred weapon) has a 4% crit, or 1/25. Compared to the 3% crit, at 1/33. The jump from 1% to two is the biggest, from 1/100 to 1/50. The jump from 4 to 5 is the smallest, 1/25 to 1/20. While chainsaw technically has a higher crit, I prefer Gold for its +3 to strength and a slightly lower chance. Good luck, Crashers!

[@VonnixTheLaserShooter]

I always will use Green Knight, but still seemed very helpful, and sounds like something that would work. Also every time I see "Insane Mode", or hear it from you, it makes your "Level 1 Insane Mode Run!" Echo, echo around in my head!

[@TemariTheKid]

Currently stuck on the desert with the Iceskimo, and of course of ALL the levels to get stuck in, it has to be the desert.

[@imaginaiden5459]

I'm also stuck on it, it is so horrible...

[@Reckerless]

i understand your pain

[@BudLightBP]

What's the biggest issue about the desert for you? The scarabs? Or the royal guards?

[@dominikkertesz9176]

In every insane mode playthough I never first try desert . But full moon is the one I always get stuck on for insane , even with glitches

[@enlightenedblade171]

Currently stuck on the marsh level, the giant skeletons are kicking my butt

[@Phoxphor]

these are SUPER good tips, great work dude, i like seeing how far you have come since i first saw your channel!

[@Reckerless]

Thank you so much!!

[@kepabra3782]

I'm on a quest to complete insane mode with EVERY character, I have beat it with gray knight, blue knight, alien and barbarian in that order (with barbarian being the fastest of the 4). Right now I'm about to try with the pink knight, and next in line are the king and green knight.

[@colbykw5810]

Thanks, i needed this video!!

[@jukscat7323]

why is this motivating me to continue my psycho first time insane mode challenge with green knight. I had already forgotten the dumb idea but why did I now remember it xd

[@BananaSigma810]

I started playing insane mode, thank you for the help

[@BananaSigma810]

I have a question is the golden prong sword a good alternative

[@NathanTorres727-cx4wo]

Bro thank you I needed this, me and my bro wanna get the necromancer so badly, thanks reckerless

[@user-ty7dd7do2f]

Nice vid recker, a few weeks ago managed to complete insane mode with blue knight (idk why i used scratchpaw lol)

[@alexbjorge1999]

I would think this is the best guide for insane mode of all time

[@jaspercase6060]

I finally beat insane mode a week ago

[@Reckerless]

lets gooooooooooooooo

[@jaspercase6060]

@@Reckerless it has literally been years since I started

[@KokoroHatsaru]

This is useful, i might try it rn to beat insane mod, currently using blue for that xD

[@bigrat_]

i would say if your doing multiplayer then piggy and hawkster is an overpower combo, especially if one person struggles with surviving. im also so glad you mentioned how useless crit is because i never understood it. edit: forgot to mention red knight is insanely overpowered for crowd control and bosses, especially when paired with blue knight.

[@MAKO-rn1ni]

This video is the holy grail

[@MojangNailedIt]

I bought the game again! And after 10 years of inactivity. I beat Troll Mother on Insane Mode. FIRST TRY, on a low-level character. My goal is to be at Worst’s skill level. But, that’d take a while. 💀 I gotta get the hang of the game again before I do that.

[@Reckerless]

Thank you for the donation!! With enough practice, I’m confident you will make it to worst’s level! First trying troll mother is already an amazing feat

[@zackaryryan175]

Personally as someone who refuses to not Barbarian, the pet and weapon suggestions were still good.

[@therealmrcheesus2758]

Epic!

[@purpletylenol7787]

Honestly, the only character i managed to solo beat Insane mode with was the Res knight. That lightning chain is such a cherry and icing.

[@Masked_knight3]

The only crit weapon I use is the chainsaw and I'm pretty sure the golden skull mace has the highest crit chance in the game.

[@cromancer3219]

Practically Golden Skull Mace is the best melee weapon. It has insane crit dmg so it deals more damage than other weapons

[@savagedragonbreaker6200]

Great guide, the only thing is the fact that the man catcher is unlocked in an insane shop, the last one I’m pretty sure

[@Reckerless]

on pc, the mancatcher is unlocked with the blacksmith dlc, i did not consider consoles when making this guide, an oversight by me :/

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

Nah I’ll still play alien

[@kota8649]

My personal build is red knight with beholder and unicorn horn... because stunlock funni for pvp and every non boss

[@_Tzer]

bear is useful if you want 1 extra defence and 1 less strength than snoot.

[@user-bo1pn6th9b]

I just realized in the console version the club has crit chance... Epic W

[@Poja_0811]

I have the club but, how do i get the other weapon?

[@blepomorph419]

The way crit calcs work out you’d want the Man-Catcher over something like the Golden Mace every time. Crit is best used to accentuate high base damage! Not a replacement stat.

[@Hugelag]

I've been stuck on insane mode for a while and I somehow forgot about the character that can literally freeze everyone else.

[@bendyschannel5116]

Is it possible to juggle with green knight?

[@No_Sleepee]

Ight time to change my gear and continue Insane Solo run as Hatty.

[@Eu.Caneta]

cool

[@BudLightBP]

Hey Recker, binged most of your CC videos and love them but noticed you never mention the bow/agility? The bow can be extremely viable. The groom boss fight can be stunlocked with the bow if you hit him on the left side. As well as most mobs/beefys in the game you can juggle/stunlock with the bow and with the max agility you can easily reposition if they get too close.

[@BudLightBP]

Whenever I start a new character run I always level agility first. Since I'm going to juggle anyway I might as well get the most experience too since this game gives you EXP per hit, not per kill. So it makes sense to use weaker hits in the juggle. Faster agility/speed makes juggling much easier.

[@Reckerless]

i would always priortise strength/defence over agility for insane mode due to the high number of enemies and juggling being the most effective way of defeating them. with blue knights magic, you dont really need to use the bow. but with that being said, bow is still good to use :)

[@BudLightBP]

Ahh, that definitely makes sense to upgrade strength/defense for insane mode. My reason for agility first, is to beat the first run with no strength to unlock insane mode. Then do the Troll Mother boss fight in insane mode a few times, completely ignoring her and focusing on the enemies she spawns to level up very quickly. It would be a grind, for sure, but a character can reach max level very early on insane mode doing the fight with no strength. I level agility to the max first, then magic for offense when the bow lacks DPS at times, then defense, and finally hold off on strength until I have enough skill points to fully max it out in one go. There might be faster exp methods that I don't know about. But that's what I discovered when the game first came out years ago.

[@doordasher1234]

can you use the igloo guy

[@Toppy_From_Scratch]

I saw the necromancer fight coming. Friday's stream was.... interesting... PINEAPPLE ON PIZZA SUCKS! AND SO DOES SEAFOOD PIZZA!!!

[@axolotl482]

speaking of builds, you should do tornado only with a friend as there are two tornado characters

[@Reckerless]

i have done solo tornado only on the channel!

[@axolotl482]

@@Reckerless yeah I've watched a bunch of your videos, that's why I want to see you do it with a friend, even if it was just for a stream

[@Main_..ratelius]

I had a question, i had a weapon, and i can't pick it up, is like a spiked mallet pls help :c

[@Reckerless]

im not sure, you might not be high enough level for it so it would just go straight to the blascksmith

[@policeperson7589]

i was stuck on the trollmother for the longest time, until i finally beated it. then i got stumped around lava world

[@emilsaarinen8916]

Can u help me get nekromanser

[@Dinglesnuts]

Yes

[@stepan7830]

Btw where do i find the other weapon the man catcher o smt?

[@CR1MSONACE]

Stores in Insane mode sell special weapons.

[@IDGCaptainRussia]

@@CR1MSONACE Correction: This one is sold in the Snowlands Insane Story, meaning you pretty much can only get it after you've beaten most of the game on Insane mode.

[@Thezawbbrambler]

Me who is playing on xbox 360 which has different stats for the mancatcher and snoot only gives +2 strength

[@BigShnog]

I remember when...

[@Arts_the_gamer]

I made it to full moon ( no stat run), finally.

[@kurbin.]

when is the guitar cover for "Floyd The Barber" - Nirvana

[@velocilevon]

Finally somebody else truly recognizes Blue Knight's power. Man has a literal infinite and he isn't the best? Get outta here, I would've never beat the Groom solo with any other character lol

[@BudLightBP]

You can stunlock the groom with well timed, max agility bow shots if you are able to shoot him to the left wall. It works. The hardest part is just making sure he's in the correct position and getting the rhythm of the shots to be as fast as possible.

[@jaxethefrostknight1346]

In the pc virsion the bear club has a critical hit

[@brandenbedoya]

Why did you say to use gray knight but then only used blue knight in the tutorial?

[@biil4]

can u do a speedrun please. or make a new speedrun category

[@alandarkcaster2902]

If you do the math, the chainsaw on average will do more damage than the club (because of crit), and also doesn't remove agility while providing the same defense. Chainsaw is better

[@Reckerless]

for solo enemies yes! but for groups of enemies (most of the game) crits are not as good

[@brickletman]

What about red knight

[@CR1MSONACE]

Better idea: run Blue Knight and Industrialist using 2 controllers.

[@leyulis8882]

What if i chose Alien ?

[@Certified_Communications]

Reck is red knight good for insane mode?

[@Reckerless]

yes i would say so

[@Certified_Communications]

@@Reckerless Thanks.

[@TheRustyR4gler]

Beat the game boomerang only (or you cant do that?)

[@BenjaminJohnson-Bond]

I got the game like two weeks ago and I’m stuck on the desert

[@cromancer3219]

Watch some videos to learn tactics

[@Reckerless]

desert is rough, if you have max agility, the bow is a great choice for the scarabs and antlions

[@BenjaminJohnson-Bond]

@@ReckerlessI just beat insane mode!

[@st0rm244]

I personally found it easiest to beat the game on Insane mode with Character: Red Knight Weapon: Unicorn Horn Pet: Beholder (Bipolar Bear on Bosses)

[@IDGCaptainRussia]

-Suggests Mancatcher to help beat insane mode. -Doesn't mention you get Mancatcher by effectively completely most of Insane mode (You buy it in the Snowlands store, exclusively in Insane Mode) EDIT: you get this right out of the gate on PC if you own the Blacksmith DLC; I forgot about that, sorry!

[@Reckerless]

I play on pc and mancather is in the blacksmith dlc pack :)

[@IDGCaptainRussia]

@@Reckerless Oh, I guess I missed that part. Will correct my comment!

[@Reckerless]

@@IDGCaptainRussia i didnt mention it in the video and is honestly an oversight by me, i forget that consoles get the mancatcher in the snow store insane, my bad

[@beebee5191]

Naah pink knight op bro

[@SherereO_gaming]

In my opinion it is skill. I have negative skill :(. I also have a strat for all light weight enemies, spam bow

[@FoxyVR95]

So there’s no one gonna talk about how bipolar can attack you yeah he instant killed me when I was trying to fight the final boss

[@CR1MSONACE]

Skill Issue

[@Mupetslayer1987]

Does iceskimo work instead of blue

[@Reckerless]

yes but i prefer blue!

[@Mupetslayer1987]

Ok I just am working on beating it as blue

[@boxmantherandom]

if only this video came out when I actually still played this game not going back

[@CR1MSONACE]

Go back

[@coolminccino4206]

Gaming

[@SuperStandoutStuff]

me who already was playing insane mode with blue knight and bear club: 👁👄👁

[@Hattingt0n]

I made it to desert on insane mode with GREEN KNIGHT. I have many regrets.

[@ethangarciafike8076]

I won't forget about your pizza takes Hawaiian pizza and sea food pizza

[@kilianohare1571]

I fiund bi pilar crushs painter because on the kast phase h kills the paintings instantly

[@oliverjones7734]

Do insane mode without taking damage and no stats

[@spectrefriends3097]

I won insane mode with a friend by spamming the bow at enemies

[@colliecell]

never played insane but i dont wanna

[@Thezawbbrambler]

Hey Reckerless can you Play Castle Crashers Friday night funkin?

[@garfield322]

w

[@ComiCross]

Garfield, have you seen the Garfield Movie yet?

[@garfield322]

@@ComiCross Sadly, I have not been bringed the opportunity to, but I may

[@Dizzy0819]

Hi recker

[@Reckerless]

hello :)

[@Dizzy0819]

@@Reckerless we meet again

[@James-oc2yx]

👇 one like is one light attack i will record it btw

[@Reckerless]

is a heart a heavy attack?

[@CR1MSONACE]

Is pointing out interaction bait a full 1-hour juggle?

[@James-oc2yx]

@@Reckerlessyep

[@James-oc2yx]

@@CR1MSONACE ill make it a barbarian war run

[@Toppy_From_Scratch]

Alr fine. the one comment like this i'll like. because you'll record it.

[@user-ie1xl5yd7u]

Where is sea horse

[@Thezawbbrambler]

3:15 you spelled defense wrong. (Unless its a british thing idk)

[@Meatman-1527]

Great guide. But it doesn’t help with my massive skill issue.

[@Bluxies_GO]

chainsaw

[@TheEvolvedGodzilla0321]

But the industrialist is the best character

[@AnonFG]

Objectively wrong. Best build for Insane Mode is King, Seahorse, and the Mace. King for your character because he has OBJECTIVELY the best magic in the game, Seahorse because his effect is blatantly OP and should probably get nerfed (+2 agility makes the game too easy), and the Mace because it has a hidden ability to PP Ground strat on command.

[@DylanHeilner]

🤨

[@Stop_Inc.-cg6hk]

I would use th bipolar bear if I trusted it. I will never the time it killed me

[@Meme_Cuisine_]

Bipolar Bear mauls you if you're at exactly 11 or less health so you must've been pretty unlucky

[@jackcopeland9193]

pls give me my membership back 😭😭😭

[@brsincoddy7251]

This video is not good because he didn't recommend red kight.

[@horrorinfectedtales9054]

in my opinion insane mode is really easy

[@beepbopboop2021]

1 view in 18 seconds fell off

[@KingStarGLK]

Spammed comment, not funny anymore

[@abigails2789]

no dad in your life, really fell off

[@amanbirbthe4th967]

Nah Fencer + beholder go brrrrrrr

[@FoxyVR95]

[@WholesomeVolibear]

Howdy recker how ya doin today

[@Reckerless]

great! how are you!

[@WholesomeVolibear]

@@Reckerless im great thanks for asking!

[@MatiushiTheIdiot]

Hello

[@Reckerless]

hello :)