Pikmin Boss Tier List (100 Subscriber Special) 

Bad tier list you smell

Imagine ranking the Giant Breadbug as anything less than S tier

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

I demand some respect on emperor bulblax's name. I must have been ten years old when he genocided my entire squad. The brutality was literally amplified through 100 Pikmin souls crying at once. The game even slowed down and skipped frames while i ran away in horror. Edit: Great video! Love your nonchalant approach.

The Submerged Castle, Titan Dweevil, and the Mireclops are the absolute best moments in Pikmin

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.

I would like to mention that in the Wii U version of the Armored Mawdad fight, to break his mandibles, you need to throw more than twice and it goes by stages too

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

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

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.

Weird gripe I have about Pikmin 3 bosses is that a lot of them have faces that I don't like. That and the fact that their boss arenas are too segregated from the main areas for my liking, it feels like they're their own thing and not an extension of the area they're a part of.

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.

I haven't played a Pikmin game since the original on launch, but RU-vid recommended this for some reason, and I'm glad I clicked. Was chill to listen to, neat to reminisce about the original, and fun to see where the series went. The smoky Progg in particular I have a lot of "good" memories of, and the long legs scared the crap out of me the first time I fought it. RU-vid's been recommending a lot of things I actually enjoyed watching lately; I guess it must be broken. Grats on the sub goal!

I actually really like the mamuta, simply because of how weird it is. It feels out of place, both in design and in what it takes to fight it. Thats why i love it

Pikmin is such an amazing series. All the enemies, especially the bosses are so creative

I'll be completely honest and say that I agree with basically every ranking in this tier list except for the fact that the Man-at-legs is only in C tier. Maybe its just me, but I almost always lost at least 10 pikmin to it because of how much it moved around the arena. Maybe I'm just not that good. Either way, excellent tier list! ❤❤❤

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

“I promise these will not be coded to their names starting now” *puts Crawmad in C tier*

This was sick

great video! i especially liked the way you speak as well as the way you presented your takes on the bosses

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!

Very enjoyable video. I'm only more recently getting into the games and only really have gone through the 3rd game, but I am definitely looking into playing more and this was very good insight.

No idea how I found this. Great video!

watching the footage for the water wraith brought back long suppressed anxiety and flashbacks of pikmin's "Waaa..."''s thank you.

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

I like this, keep it up king

Don't know about the game, but your video was interesting enough to make me watch ahah, good video!

This is a pretty cool video

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.

Pretty solid list

Emperor Bulblax's challenge isn't defeating him, it's defeating him in time. I thinks he's a solid A if you first encounter him on like day 28, and then he slowly falls down the rankings as a boss the more time you have to face him.

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

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 😂

The Bug-Eyed Crawmad ended many of my deathless days for a bit.... I'd agree that it's a pushover once you have knowledge of the cycle but if you're still struggling with the aiming mechnic and fail to bust its eyes fast enough, it will easily snack on your Pikmin.

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

happy 700 subs, niche king

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

The content we need

I LOVE PIKMIN!!! PIKMIN TOO OP!!! Also cool video my fav boss is def the quagled mirclops and I def spelled that wrong

i really love that theres at least one pikmin 1 boss per tier

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

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

Nice one m8

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

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

Great vid for my workout

I just realized I've fought all the bosses except the puff shroom

100% agree with this tier list

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

Excited to see what bosses we get in Pikmin 4!

Good video

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you are VERY underrated

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

heyyyy congrats on 100 subs! this was really well put together, and a joy to watch

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.

Cool, I ended up being the 800th subscriber

Yo congrats on hitting two hundred in 2 weeks

playing through the games now as an adult its insane how many bosses you can kill in less than 3 seconds if you spam purples/spicy spray. I feel like the controls in pikmin 3 (and 4) make the boss fights so much easier, too. Auto lock on and being able to instantly charge your entire squad with X make it so easy to jump on windows of opportunity

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

Pretty neat list! But... damn, the Plasm Wraith that close to the top? I don't think I've ever seen anyone fight him with anything other than Rock Pikmin, unless they have no issues with losing dozens of them, that is. I mean, I end up not liking him for the same reason you're not fond of the Shaggy Long Legs: Rock Pikmin can't die with him. Though, I guess it takes much longer with them. With the Titan Dweevil, I think the multiple weaknesses thing was done amazingly, yet I can't help but wonder if electricity being an insta-kill is kinda... too much. I mean, yeah, that makes Yellows more useful and reliable, but with how dungeons work, you still need to work with all Pikmin you have, so you have the ones you can just waltz with, and then everyone else that you'll probably kill by accident. And while the Water Pump covers most of the arena, with the captains being separated, the switching back and forth mechanic makes using only yellows to actually hurt him a bit more foolproof. Still, I'd take the Titan any day over the Plasm Wraith.

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!

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.

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

Man at legs rank is insane probably one of the best designs in the game and he gets C tier is just crazy

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

The Quagmire battle is underrated tbh.

I really liked this tier list and agree with most of them but if you are considering exploits then in the case of the Quaggled Mireclops (in Pikmin 3 idk if this is fixed in the deluxe version) you can just stand right in the entrance and it cannot stomp you whatsoever. I personally don't consider it a big issue since you still have to get near its head to damage it but it does make the fight a lot easier since you can attack its feet with minimal losses. Overall I actually really like the boss and I don't think it should be removed from the S tier, I just thought you should know.

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

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

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

Funny how the Pikmin 3 bosses are great with one glaring issue

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!?!?!?”*

Man, kid me never getting too far in Pikmin 1 a few of these bosses I never knew existed until I played Pikmin 2.

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.

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

Is this going to be updated to include Pikmin 4?

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

Fun Fact: the quaggled mireclops is the largest pikmin enemy, he has a carapace size of 66cm and has a legspan of an impressive 94cm!

Respect for the quaggled mireclops love

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

GIANT BREADBUG DESERVES S TIER YOU CANNOT LEAVE MY LOAFY BOA HANGING LIKE THAT

I have a special hatred for the Smokey Progg, but not due to his difficulty (which is something I respect). My problem with him stems from Pikmin Randomizer Playthroughs. Small info about the randomizer I used. Rather than create a randomized seed that has specific paths and items and enemies to consider, it only randomized enemies. It would also generate a different set of enemies at the start of each day. If it’s a lower enemy, it could give you any lower tier enemy type, flora like glowing mushrooms, or fire hazards. All of this was on the same list. Medium size enemies like Bulborbs could become…almost anything. Puffy Blowhogs, Fiery Blowhogs, Bulbears…etc. Keep this in mind. Bosses were in their own list. Beedy Long Legs, Goolix, Mamuta…and of course, the Emperor Bulblax were in their own shuffle. The area with 3 Snagrets becomes a nightmare zone thanks to this rule as each one would get shuffled separately. Also worth noting is once a boss was locked in, it would REMAIN the area’s boss until dealt with, not shuffling with the day. Having a Bulblax in the Snagret zone was…awful, to say the least. Especially since he held the part. -.-;; But see, the Progg wasn’t treated as a Boss Enemy by the randomizer’s list. I would sometimes see regular enemies get replaced by Proggs fresh out of their eggs. This could happen many days in a row. And there would go the day because nothing could be done until the Prog was dealt with. If I was lucky, sometimes I would get JUST the egg. Turns out the Egg counts as a separate entity, and ALSO gets shuffled. It wouldn’t spawn a Prog, ironically. But day after day, I’d get Progg’d, commit to infanticide against the super boss (baby Mamuta), then go about salvaging the rest of the day. All that was when there was *ONE* Progg. Imagine opening a day in the Forest of Hope, and when you look out over the barriers between your base and the rest of creation…instead of Bulborbs you see a *handful* of Smokey Proggs in their places, farting about menacingly with their glowing devil eyes. That’s when I would brown my pants and restart the whole DAY, hoping the randomizer cycles in different enemies to fight. You also don’t realize just how surprisingly fair the OG Progg fight is until you’re dealing with his nonsense in uneven terrain. On flat ground, his head is always technically reachable. Once elevation comes into play, throw that shit out a window because the Progg commeth and his head don’t bow. Over ledges like in the Forest Navel, his nonsense makes him extra spicy. Because while HE can go up ledges by walking over them, YOU can’t. So you could get him stuck on a ledge, or his head buried inside a wall, and your own face stuck in a tissue after drying off your numerous tears of rage. Absolute nonsense. And yet, I call it a testament to Pikmin’s game design that even with my hair shriveling off my skull due to stress and rage fighting Proggs…I still had fun with it. By necessity I’d gotten good at fighting Proggs, and the numerous wonderful enemies I got to fight never stopped being fun. Despite getting Progg’d.

I think that overall the Titan Dweevil is better but I will never forget how fun it was to get Platinum on the Quaggled Mireclops in 3

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.

On the last one I never knew that bulbmins existed

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

You can’t lie, plasm wraith was such a stressful boss, it’s probably harder to even get their

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

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

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

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Giant Breadbug in D Tier? You must be chuffing that Arboreal Frippery

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