Every Cuphead Boss ranked by difficulty 

What is most stressful - leaving a loved job - loosing a loved one - s ranking Dr Karl robot

The only part where i do disagree is the kahl's robot,both first and third phase were a huge pain for me,pretty good list overall

Not putting Mangosteen in bowl boy tier is the biggest massacre ever seen in mankind

2:05 You were so close on the name, their name is the Lollipop Ghouls. btw the name of “the train itself” is the Head of the Train

Personally, when I was trying to 100% Cuphead, beating Dr. Kahl's Robot was so hard for me. That boss is a pain in the ass lmao

Fun Fact: Through all my King Dice fights, I never actually encountered the Monkey. (Not never beat, never even encountered) Also, Dr. Khal was the bane of my existence

I love how saltbaker is in the brutal tier list and the devil is in quite difficult

Grim matchstick was honestly pretty easy for me once I figured out to use lobbed: I see why everybody may think his 3rd phase is hard but personally it’s quite easy. When he uses flamethrower just go to the top to hit with a lot of lob we and lover ex. And his fireballs are quite slow and easy to dodge. He also only uses one attack at a time which to me is easier. This is just my opinion though and I do respect the opinions of those who think he is one of the top three hardest bosses.

I always found the king dice fight as a whole to the be the hardest boss.especially when you fight king dice himself at the end.very very tough and i had a decent bit of trouble

plot twist: werner was in the absolutely brutal tier

“Even Bowl Boy could beat it” didn’t age too well

The ghost is called Blind Specter :) You almost got it they are called the Lollipop ghouls or the blaze brothers. The rabbit is called Hopus Pocus The carrot is called Chauncey The Monkey is called Mr. Chimes The dogs are called The Howling Aces And the potato is called Sal Spudder Hope this helps :)

Funny thing about the pawns they SUCK to fight with two players since everything gets a HP boost so each one takes 2 hits to knock of its head. A friend of mine and I spent a good 15 mins retrying that same fight over and over… it was not fun

I can relate to you about the peons/pawns. They just keep jumping on top of you while you're trying to jump over or parry another one, and it's extremely annoying.

"I don't think Beppi is harder than... like Cala Maria" 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 Cala Maria didn't even take me 5 attemps. This clown took my SOUL dude...

4:00 fr this freaking mage, I took me literal 11 straight hours to S rank him, easily the hardest one for me

I agree with everything else, except Dr. Kahl and his bot. It should be on the "Absolutely Brutal" tier, and The Genie should be on "Quite Difficult" tier.

Dr. Kahl's robot took FOREVER for me to A+. In my opinion he's the hardest boss.

Beating Dr. Kahl's Robot was possibly the biggest relief I've ever experienced in gaming. I found Cala Maria hard than Grim Matchstick though. I found the airplane levels harder in general. And the secret Angel and Demon pretty easy, once I realized I could roll around the bottom with Miss Chalice using Crackshot.

5:50 I can’t agree more it took me 2 weeks to beat saltbaker on expert

I completely agree with you for Mortimer Freeze’s second phase being harder than the third. That phase was a total pain in the ass for me to beat

I think a tier list on S ranking bosses would be very interesting

Fun fact for the pawns, with chalice, you can dash/parry on them without jumping

Finally someone who thinks dr kahl is easy, I honestly have no idea how people find him so hard

Never mess with werner werman! You never know what he is capable of!

The first tier list I mostly agree with, I thought the Tipsy Troop were really easy once I figured out that they have animations before they attack. Also, Fearlap would be in absolutely brutal, the foreground covered everything. Edit: Ribby and croaks would be WAY higher for me, the tigers are the bane of my existence.

4:16 thank you for agreeing with me

4:43 Didn't know you roll like dat my dude

Beppi deserves a tier of his own. HE WAS STUPIDLY BRUTAL!

I love how quick and straight to the point this video is, very nice.

6:18 No shit Jherlock Bones, you’ve been on this planet longer than most of us. I’m surprised your brain hasn’t began decaying.

I confused Wally warbles wasn’t in absolutely brutal expert mode was a pain for me

I definitely agree with this list overall, every placement is quite fair when taking into account all of the difficulty settings and whatnot. I feel like there are a few on there though that can definitely differ depending on how you play them. For example, the easier bosses such as Beppi the clown and Sally Stageplay actually ended up being a real pain to finish off since I was trying to S rank them with the peashooter only. It ended up being really hard due to taking too long on them and it took a while to really optimize for that, ESPECIALLY Beppi. Great list man 👍 (Also the Mr Chimes placement is absolutely true I would be hard pressed to find anyone intentionally going for them during the King Dice fight)

You are absolutely right about Djimmi the Great, when I first tried fighting him he is super hard but when I played him yesterday I beat him first try. I also did it damage-less as well. P a t h e t I c.

Couldn’t agree more on a cuphead boss Tier list wtf it’s perfect

Random fact: I'm good at chef saltbaker but I'm actually not good at the devil

Imo the robot is one of the hardest bosses because there's too much going on at once, and mortimer freeze was just like the second easiest boss in the game for me, i literally beat him first or second try with ms. Chalice

Names that justo forgot lol 2:10 Those are the Lightning rod brothers 2:53 hocus-pocus 3:13 Mr.Chimes 4:36 I looked online for 20mins idk lol 8:10 potato:Sal Spudder onion: Ollie bulb Carrot: Chauncey Chantenay That’s all the ones I know tell me in the comments what I missed!

Although I initially struggled a fair bit with Hilda Berg, I managed to defeat her around my 10th try, however, I still haven't beaten Ribby and Croaks and I find the 3rd phase rather difficult.

Best one I've seen so far

I started playing through Cuphead for the first time recently, and the only bosses that gave me any difficulty were Hilda Berg and Wally Warbles. Until I got to Grim Matchstick, who I’m currently stuck on. Absolutely brutal fight.

I love how you put the boss where you just use smoke dash and shoot and can easily win and is arguebly one of the easiest bosses above dr kahl one of the most bullet hell intensive fights

You really helped me s rank the two people I could never s rank. Hilda berg and ribby and croaks.

I saw a video on the top 10 most hardest Cuphead bosses in Dr. calls robot is the number one making you the ultimate player of Cuphead

The game sure caters to different skill sets. I’d guess if you were to take a poll of tier lists you’d get some drastically different results. Not putting Esther Winchester on the brutal list tells me you’re much better at dodging every-which-way projectiles all over while manipulating the plane mechanics than I am. You also place some others as harder than I find them. How you’re equipped also changes things considerably, especially if you’ve got the Devine Relic. Speaking of which, the amount of guides various gaming sites have posted on the Devine Relic, go into deep detail on how to get it, then describe it as only randomizing the weapons with normal HP is pretty high. These people are in the business of giving gaming tips and they don’t even notice the other effects or think to mention them? Also, I just had the most clutch way to beat a final boss you can have - Playing through Saltbaker after several failed attempts, I got a knockout AND death animation at the same time! It counted as a win, thankfully, but for a moment you’re not sure what to believe as “Knockout!” appears on screen, the boss goes into its sputtering animation, and your sad ghost is floating up alongside it. Maybe there should be a special achievement for that...

Lol this was fun to watch I would love to see something like this again

In my opinion, Grimmatstick is ''Tricky but not bad", but Doctor Kahl, was so brutal for me. Also, I agree with you on how hard Hopus Poucs is. First I tried Ms. Chalice, but the I used the charm ''P sugar'' and then it was kinda a piece of cake. (This is my opinion.)

1:25 this guy needs therapy.

2:52- The annoying rabbit's name is Hocus Pocus. (Or Hopus Pocus, whichever you call him)

I just completed my first ever playthrough of Cuphead (haven't done DLC yet). Took a few days and the bosses I struggled the most on were Dr Kahl (third phase) and King Dice. Devil was also tough. The Dragon was actually very easy for me, I guess it depends on the player. Your videos did help a lot though!

*puts bishop in pathetic* "Bishop will remember this"

What adds to the brutality of Saltbaker is that he's also doing damage to your mental health. By cutting and torturing ingredient you gathered... Who are alive... Who scream and panic... And he's doing it with a face of a freaking maniac. This damn salt shaker actually gave me fear devil himself could not. And that's saying something.

You should also rank them based on how fun they are or design next time. really like this vid and you are a seasoned cuphead player, so your opinions are interesting!

In my experience, I’m not good at cuphead but I beat Grim Matchstick with a lot less deaths and before Bleppy the clown who could not kill and I’d died way more than I probably should have before killing Bleppy so I’d put Matchstick at Tricky but not bad and Bleppy at Quite Difficult on my list

4:36 The first phase of The Howling Aces was the Pilot Bulldog

Imagine putting a DVD logo in the hardest difficulty. Bro cannot predict the predictable

With Mortimer freeze it’s actually pretty easy to get parries as long as you don’t kill him too fast. Basically what I do is I just stop shooting for 20-30 seconds for him to do his bucket attack again, then I finish him off once I’ve got 3 parries, still finishing with 15-20 seconds under 2:00

I really dunno why, but grim matchstick is really easy for me. By the way, it’s my favorite boss, and I really enjoy fighting with him😁

I never realized the Kings leap bosses were chess themed that’s a nice touch

This was first Justo video I ever watched!

Doctor Kahl’s robot was one of the hardest boss fight for me.

I really agree with this tier list, I found dr kahl also really easy and now I’ve gotten the a+ on him (The names of the railroad wrath fights are) Blind Spector The Conductor The Train Pistons ( or blaze brothers ) And the head of the train These are from what I remember

I think snail should at least get pathetic because first play he gets basically everyone

On the phantom express, according to the wiki, the bosses are the Blind Spectre, the Conductor (I always thought his name was T-Bone, and the devs joke that it's Mr. Bone Jangles), the Lollipop Ghouls, and the Head of the Train.

Dr kahl is actually absolutely brutal,only beated it once in 2 or 3 years

Dr. Khal was hard on my first playthrough, but S ranking didn't take too long

“Even Bowl Boy could beat it” And that, friends, is the most disrespect

"Even BowlBoy could beat it." What does Cuphead Show Season 2 have to say about this?

8:06 His name is Sal Sputter.

Wow, you must’ve been REALLY good at Cuphead to beat the 5th best as well as hardest boss in the game! How many tries did it take you to beat it?

It’s funny to me that you put Hilda Berg so high, I thought she was pretty easy even as a first time player, especially compared to Ribby and croaks. Those guys took me forever to get their 3rd phase.

"Guppy,even bowl boy can beat you"

I just recently started getting all the s-ranks, and I had very little problems with Grim Matchstick. For Wally Warbles, should I play as Cuphead/Mugman for the better shooting, or Ms. Chalice for the extra hit point?

Dr. Kahl, Grim Matchstick, And Wally Warbles are the hardest bosses for me even in normal mode. And they are a whole new thing when going for S rank (Edit: If your going to go to the reply section and type "I S-Ranked them easily, It's Not Even That Hard" or something , then like, Cool, but I didn't ask, so could you just save us both time and don't? Thanks)

I love how at the end of the video when you fu**ing zoomed out Werner Werman

A top of your favorite bosses would be cool too. Basically the Baker it's just another level

2:46 he is called houcus poucus

Esther Winchester in my opinion is a great boss fight. It’s difficult the first time but with enough practice she’s easy. The fight itself perfectly encapsulates the Wild West and it’s fun to fight her. Probably my favourite boss in the game

I love your videos

I love how he put doctor khals robot in pathetic but he put the pawns in quite difficult 💀

NONONONONONO! Potato man/ Sal Sputter/ Moetato is the hardest boss in the entire game! Bowl boy ain’t got nothin on potato man! He makes The Root Pack so hard to S rank! The amount of projectiles he spits that just covers the bottom of the screen is just brutal! You can only get occasional parries with that damn potato 🥔!

5:01 did you called me😀🙃

Brineybeard is pretty fun especially with the shark. The Shark alert sounds like an old car horn, lol

I like what you named the last tier

Finally someone who agrees that the robot is not hard at all.

I think grim matchstick was a good challenge when i first fought him, but I do think he was a lot better then you have potrayed him.

For the monkey, you should just take a picture of the cards and look at it so you remember it but you have to mostly focus on the thing you’re playing on mostly

Tbh I never found phantom express hard and I only found it very relaxing. It was very easy with chaser because I can just standing still while shooting and I never had to move around as much. The second and final phase was easy to dodge because I found a pattern with them that made it really easy . Oh and also I only beat grim matchstick in 9 tries smh but cala maria and captain briney beard gave me a rough time. Idk how

For the dogs, were you trying to say she is a… hotdog?😂

"Stupid rabbit" annoying rabbit" "hot insect lady" hot female dog" Is way to funny for me 😂😂😂

"who cares what his name is um- a- annoying rabbit" wise words from a true cuphead fan

I love how you apologized everytime you put somthing into the bowl boy category

yeah ngl dr karl is hell until you learn the order to take down the robot parts and actually remember mini plane exists

NO WAY you put Mr. Chimes on absolutely brutal!!!

That's very accurate and the lollipops are actually called the blaze brothers

I agree with you With Grim matchstick I’m still on him this day

I understand this is opinion and personal. But damn would my list look so so so much different. Goopy and the Vegetables are the easiest though for real. I also found Dr. Kahl to be way more challenging than Hilda. Nice video!

"this rabbit annoying must be quite difficult" Pelo be like:

Hildaberg in the same tier as honey bottoms is a crime

What I would think Wally Warbles is about “Absolutely Brutal”