To me it's so cool how everyone seems to have different experiences with the boss fights.

In my solo playthrough (which im just about to finish as long as the devil isn't impossible), I actually had no problem with Kahl or Honeybottom.

Meanwhile though, Calla Maria and Phantom express each took me over an hour. There were just so many spots in both of these fights that felt like I was being forced into losing a heart.

I guess everyone just has a different experience, but I agree with pretty much everything you said here (I just Beat him today for the first time).

it also has the best song out of all the fights in this game. “Railroad Wrath” is probably one of my favorite songs in gaming. those drums are so phenomenal, and the song is a lot of fun to play along with (although exhausting!)

For this fight, play Ms chalice and run crackshot and converge

Phase 1: use converge and shoot straight forward(don’t weapon lock). Wait for the pumpkins to drop ingots and parry them before they hit the cart

Phase 2: stand at the far right end of the cart and the conductors arms can’t hit you. Just use crackshot and he’ll die fine

Phase 3: as soon as the conductor dies parry dash the right wheel and go to the center. Depending on which demon attacks, go to the opposite side of the screen, and at the end of the attack, go back to the center. Repeat this while using crackshot for this phase.

Phase 4: keep the cart in the center and use chalice’s mobility to dodge the projectiles while parrying the tail as fast as possible. Use crackshot for this phase

I hope this helps!

for phantom express i used

spread for the last 3 phases

and roundabout for the first phase (ot was rlly good bc it killed the eyes fast)

i think i also used auto perry

I would try using the chaser and lobber, double hearts charm, the first super art. Good luck

I used chaser and roundabout

Phantom Express was one of my favorites. Here's what I did:

Loadout: Spread, Lobber or Roundabout, Smoke Dash.

Phase 1 (Ghost): Leave the platform at the left side where it starts and stand as far right as you can without falling off. Use spread and just jump to kill the eyes. None of them can reach you before they get destroyed. This phase is really easy. Just make sure you parry the candy falling so it doesn't move your platform.

Phase 2 (Skeleton): Immediately after killing the ghost in Phase 1, move the platform to the middle. Continue using spread throughout this phase. Keep the platform in the middle while waiting for the skeleton to attack. Once you see where he is going to pop out, quickly move the platform to avoid the arms, and pump damage into him. Return the cart to the middle and repeat. The main thing is to stay focused and make sure that the candy doesn't move you into harm's way.

Phase 3 (Demon Lolipops): Start out in the middle again and wait for one of them to attack. As soon as you know, go to to the opposite side to pump damage into the one who's not actively attacking. This is a good point to use the super attack with all five cards because it will hit both of them and remove most of their health.

Phase 4 (Train): You can stick with spread here, or use Roundabout/Lobber. Keep the platform in the middle and watch out for candy as with all the other phases. Parry the tail as soon as possible to expose the heart and jump while using spread to do good damage. The train doesn't have a ton of health, so you should be able to knock it out in three parries of the tail. The fire isn't too hard to avoid, just watch out for the bone circle. It will drop down then fly at you horizontally when you're in line with it. You can bait it into missing by jumping up (which you'll probably be doing anyway to damage the train).

That was my strategy and after I figured that all out it only took me a couple tries to get the execution down.

First phase use spread and you should hit the eyes without moving. Second phase, you got a safe spot between the hands falling. A little to the right with the wagon all left. Third, you also have a safe spot, just stay all the way left, use chaser and super to hit both heads. Last phase is a bit tricky, use chaser and learn how to dodge the little fire getting out of the belly and the bone circle.

With this I could do S rank.

Good luck !

I’d suggest using roundabout and chaser with the super art of your choosing with p.sugar. I still got an A+ whilst using these so you should be good

Hide in a corner and use chaser

Roundabout and chaser are very good

I got the S rank with roundabout, chaser, super 1, and parry sugar.

Face backwards and jump up and down while firing the roundabout on stage one. The shots will take down all the eyes quickly, allowing you to hit the ghost.

Use your ex shoots on the skeleton conductor and lollipop ghouls. You can use as many shoots as you want, because you’ll get a lot of chances to parry bricks and skulls to build your meter.

For the skeleton conductor, always move your cart back to the middle as soon as you can. That way, you won’t have to worry about moving all the way across the screen.

Use your super on one of the lollipop ghouls, then finish that one off quickly. Then focus on the other one. Keep parring to build your meter.

On the final phase, use your super as soon as you can get the furnace door open. This is where I switch to my chaser, so I can just fire away and focus on dodging the fire and bones.

Same, Grim is a joke with Lobber. Just stay on the top clouds.

For Phantom Express, use Converge and Chaser/Crackshot, with Parry Sugar for Charm. Converge will destroy all eyeballs the moment the eye ghost shoots them. Parry Sugar makes maneuvering the cart and parrying the bricks much easier. Chaser lets you cheese the third phase, just stay at one end of the screen, the lightning will never hit you. Chaser also makes the last phase easier since you can just concentrate on dodging stuff without needing to aim.

..I don’t know. I don’t know how you play. Do you use the same load out for every boss? Maybe change it to one that will work better against certain bosses and get good at parrying I guess. I mean deaths are common in Cuphead and after every death you will probably learn more about the boss like understanding how their patterns and attacks work so you can dodge them. Not everyone is a pro at Cuphead like me (I suck at this game also) but I mean your in the third isle and that’s saying something

Best load out for Phantom Express is Roundabout and Spread. I used P.Sugar for awhile then switched to Twin Hearts when I got used to the parry’s and the routine.

First section: stand to the right of the cart and shoot Roundabout non stop, jumping to parry the bricks. Should be short work for the first section.

Second section:

Move cart to the middle and use the spread on the head. You have plenty of time to get the cart where you need it to line up with the Skull Head, so take your time and watch the parry’s . You can also avoid the Hands by standing to the side of the cart.

Third section: Stay to the far right and shoot upwards with the spread, attacking the left Head. When he attacks, jump and dash to avoid his first shot and when he’s lined up with the right Head, jump and use your Energy Beam super. This should take out the left Head. Keep the cart on the far left to avoid the right head’s electricity. Keep farming parry’s from the ghosts, making sure to kill them off the cart, or close to you. Once you have another super, pop it and take out the right Head.

Fourth section:

Cart should be in the middle now. Parry the tail and shoot upwards with the spread when the furnace door is open. Listen for the honk noise, and watch for the smoke ring. If you stay on the cart and don’t jump around, you shouldn’t have any issues with the smoke rings. I was able to watch them out of my peripheral and jump to dodge them and focus mainly on avoiding the flames. Rinse and repeat.

Wow, so impressive! You did what almost everyone in this public did and posted it! Congrats

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Why not do multiple runs of the same level to get all of the toppins?

I watched a video seeing if you can beat the game with only D-ranks

one must become one with the sucking to get the "you suck" judgement

Thats why hes smiling and giving you a thumbs up

Maybe that's why Peppino's giving you the thumbs up

For getting a rank that's actually harder to get than HOLY SH*T

The point of these old types of games is that they need some cheapness. Even then, they don't use that much. It just needs more practice.

I don’t think the battles are cheap it’s just learning about positioning at the right time. I experienced being cornered by several projectiles but found it to be user error more than the game.

Now granted some bosses do have random elements like Djimmi’s first phase, but overall the game is fair as long as you’re patient and take time to learn the bosses and their phases.

How is there no skill involved? If this is all a coin flip how come people can get through stages damage-less continuously? Yes you CAN beat the boss with luck but chances are you will beat all but the final phase with skill (on your first victory). The "luck" you are referring to has no way around it in any videogame because of outside circumstances. Let's say for the Phantom Express fight you are on the final phase and if you parried his tail now a fireball would hit you where you stand but your dog barks and distracts you making you parry it 0.5 seconds later so you didn't get hit. That's the only non-reactable "luck" in this game in a final phase. Things like Cagney's briar and Rumor Honeybottom's fists/razor give time to react. As for other phases, you're gonna replay through those phases over and over more than the last so it's better to give a slightly modified experience so it doesn't get boring. They still follow similar patterns, but it may eliminate a few options. A little rng is a good thing.

Good job!

I feel you man, this is a rewarding one! And such a blast to play, too.. stunning to look at, smooth to play, the music's on point, I mean what else can you ask for?

Expert was a brutal run for me, some of those bosses beat my ASS. I remember when I finally beat Wally just springing off the couch like "YUUSSSSSS!!!!"😅

One of my best games i've ever played, congrats

Congratulations on the platinum! 🎉

Good shit. Congrats

I’m working on that right now! I need to beat King Dice without damage and beat the Devil on expert and I’m clear. One of my favorite games of all time.