Ranking EVERY Cuphead Weapon

foreign [Music] it's hard nice I know I'm far from the first person to make that observation however even today in 2022 this game still holds up as a tough yet fun short yet sweet controller shuddering yet blissfully satisfying experience and with the DLC having finally released I decided to finally share my love of this game to the world and how am I gonna do that why by ranking every weapon in the game of course all nine shots all six supers and everything in between perfectly categorized into this tier list so without further ado it's on [Music] ah the peashooter all reliable as it were a fast-firing decent damage standard shot nothing's getting more plain than that and that makes sense seeing as it's the weapon you're given at the beginning of the game however while a Simplicity is good for the start of the game ultimately it's low damage output and general ineffectiveness against moving targets brings the score down by a pretty fair margin so for that I'm gonna be giving the peashooter a very reasonable C2 a nice Baseline weapon good for the start but in the end if you want to beat the game you're gonna have to take a trip over to Pork rise to snag our next weapons the spreadshot I have a love-hate relationship with this thing you see it's good like it does really good damage and its range is short but not terrible now while I wouldn't recommend it for a fight like Mr Wheezy or baroness Von Bonbon or her Final Phase at least I can still say with confidence that this is a good shot so you might be thinking oh PK only has one problem with the shot and even then he said it wasn't really a huge deal it's gonna be us to you right well sorry no the spreadshot fans out there but the spreadshot is only a spread because of its multiple projectiles and to do all that damage I talked about you need every shot to hit and while yes it's not necessarily difficult to get up close to your enemies and it has a really fast firing speed taking into account things like contact damage your already minimum HP and whatever attacks the bosses have in the first place it can be deceivingly difficult to land all those shots so taking everything into account I'm gonna be giving the spreadshot a very solid 18. it's got good damage but a reasonable handicap oh boy the Chaser now let me start off this segment by saying that I know all too well that this is by far the most controversial shot in the game The Casual players love it for its mindless play style however the pros will pass out cold on the ground frothing at the mouth from the mere mention of its name so what do I think of the shot well it's really good not for its damage keep that in mind but for the fact that it allows you to focus on the enemy's attacks and while it may draw out the fights a bit that subtle extra amount of time is something that way too many people make a huge deal out of now do I think it's better than spread personally I'd put them at the same tier however I won't let my own bias cloud my judgment on what is objectively a decent shot I'm gonna be giving it a beat here purely because it requires less work to use than the pea shooter and it's actually really effective if you know how to use it now as a man who loves purple I was very excited to see the lobber in action so I bought it went into a level and discovered it's basically only good against platform bosses Cagney rumor and of course Grim but while it's only good on those types of stages when it works it works really well like phase two of grim is a joke with this weapon and while it has a slower firing speed that's made up for by it being the second strongest shot in the game so with all that in mind I would give an a tier however it's ultimately dragged down by the fact that it only does viable damage on the platform stages so I'll give it another beat it was almost an A but in the end the range was the only thing holding it back [Music] ah the charge shot the worst and best weapon in the game I say that because this shot is actually two in one there's the intended use which is actually charging it for a second and firing it off and there's the secondary fire you get from just tapping the fire button and in case you're wondering yes I beat Foreigner twice with both the charged and uncharged version and one was certainly easier to use than the other let's go over the charged version First possibly the most famous shot in the game because a it's the strongest and B because of his charging mechanic it's the most unique in the base game now while this weapon doesn't allow for Reliable rapid fire it compensates for that by having the highest damage output of any shot in the game the charge shot is also definitely much more strategy based than the other shots maybe an upcoming one comes close but we'll get to that for now all I can say is that the charged shot is a great choice in fact it's how I beat the devil the first time around so the charged charge shot gets an easy eight here only reason it's not an S well that's good because the charge doesn't hold when you dash like seriously that gets annoying and now it's time for its little Annoying painful horrendous brother the uncharged shot using this thing is like slapping your opponent with a wet spaghetti noodle of depression horrible damage irritating to use and it's just an all-around awful decision to attempt using it like this e-tier I'd put it lower but one this is as low as the list goes and two it can quickly become the strongest shot in the game just by waiting a second but seriously don't use it like this [Music] and now for the most popular shot in cuphead roundabout and let me say this now it lives up to the hype while it does have good range just shooting it straightforward turn around and it's suddenly a screen clear and you can use that to your advantage by turning around on some of your shots while shooting the boss up close you can very easily flood them with damage making certain shorter fights in absolute joke easily the most versatile shot in the game now do I give it an S tier well yes yes I do giving this thing anything below even eight here is straight up criminal if the word Peak was a weapon this would be it easiest cure I've ever given anything finally moving on to the DLC weapons we start off with the best of the three yep crack shot is the best DLC shot but is that really surprising really good damage with the strike shots but even if you miss it still well cracks and homes in on the target essentially just being the Giga Chad version of the Homing shot pretty funny to think how the four best shots in the game at least to me share a common theme but again we'll get to that so yeah he had another s tier for action it may be brand new but man is it incredibly reliable this and roundabout are my go-to kid now [Music] second to last shot here and coming right after crack shot it's got a lot to live up to so what do I think of converge it's good not great converge has three primary mechanics shooting in three directions being able to pierce enemies and of course converging when the lock button is held it's got pretty good damage and it's especially useful for targets to take up the screen also it's yellow so I give it points for that but while it may sound like I'm gonna give this thing a high rating I'm gonna give it a b tier for two main reasons one is that the converging mechanic is actually pretty tricky to use when you constantly have to run around the arena and two is that in comparison to the others it's just generally not as effective so while this is a pretty good pick it really depends on who you're going to be fighting this beats your ranking isn't in Malice I swear it's just an objectivity and finally the shot at least like a third of you I think have been waiting for Twist up now before we begin let me start off this segment by saying that twist up slander will not be tolerated on this channel and that's because this shot is overheaded for what I can tell no reason oh it doesn't shoot straight forward aim diagonally oh it's just worst roundabout how it has the same damage output when all three Twisters hit it's really situational not really like I get it if you just can't aim like at all then it's not for you but it's actually really versatile and it can be used for just about any fight if you're good enough that is so yeah twist up is really good and you're all just bad at aiming and just in case you're still on the fence about if this shot is effective against multiple bosses then don't worry because the root Cagney Carnation Ruby and croak experience the clown rumor honey bottoms captainbeard Verna Vermin Phantom Express chips that again pip and Dot hop his Focus pirouette and mangosteen King dies the devil Glenstone the giant munch on Mob hollowing Aces Mortimer fridge jet spell Faker and the angel and demon can all be dealt with pretty efficiently using twist up I got that first try let's go more than half the bosses in this game and do you still think it's unviable so yeah strategy based yes tricky to Amos at first sure but is it s tier in my opinion absolutely [Music] and now with the shots done you've probably noticed two things one is that there's still a good amount of this video left and two is that when talking about online shots I neglected to mention one of the most important aspects about them the ex shots the ex shots for those who somehow don't know are souped up versions of your standard shots that can be used when these cards at the bottom of your screen are built up and now that you're caught up I welcome you to what I like to call the ex Shop Lightning round I'm gonna be ranking these as quickly as I can while still addressing their core attributes one more thing I apologize in advance for the amount of Gooby Legrand abuse you're about to see three two one you're up peashooter acts like a hadouken from Street Fighter his three times does good damage b-tier spread fires off large pyramids in eight directions tricky to get all of them to hit but very good if you can get inside the boss with iframes another reads here Chaser acts as a contact damage shield for your enemies you can still get hit though so be cautious with your distance can also be fired off in one go sea tier lobber just a bigger version of the standard fire does really good damage though a tier charge basically a melee attack a good size explosion that does high damage it's a little hard to hit though Beach here roundabout summons a typhoon that bounces around the battlefield hits up to five times and does really good damage but disappears when you touch it which can make it kind of tricky to use still I do though crack shot easily the most unique of the ex shots creating a small little Saturn turret that shoots three projectiles before despawning can also be paired into the enemy a cheer converge a huge laser that spreads the whole screen piercing targets just like the standard shot only problem is that it doesn't really do much damage like at all D tier sorry twist up someone's a tornado that spins around the screen breaks after five hits just like roundabout and much like spread it's really effective if you can get inside the enemy a tier whoa I'll be taking notes we're not done yet with those out of the way we can get to the real Heavy Hitters by saving up five of those EX cards you can use super Arts so you know what let's just get into it after clearing the first Mausoleum and setting the legendary chalice free you unlock cuphead's first super the energy beam a horizontal screen wipe that has you dump out an ungodly amount of liquid from your head this one is definitely cuphead's most versatile super as it can be used for attacking multiple targets extra air time and of course flooding a boss with damage and personally I think it's safe to say that this is cuphead's best super the other two are good but this one is guaranteed high damage on top of some quick invincibility easy edge here for the energy beam [Music] foreign s for a second next up is your defense good old invincibility I mean what can I say about it that isn't already in the name it grants cuphead invisibility for about five seconds it's a good ability I guess maybe it could last a little longer but that's about it I give it a very basic BP [Music] and last up for cuphead specials we have what's probably the most unique one the giant ghost the super has you summoned in a roided out version of your soul after Flex against muscles it spins around hitting everything its fists come in contact with while moving in whatever Direction you're facing it's basically the best of both supers to come before it the high DPS of energy Beam with the added movement of invincibility it does take a bit of strategy to use seeing as you have to keep it on your target while still avoiding attacks but if you can pull that off then it's definitely worth using wait here moving on from cuphead specials next up we have Miss chows's three new specials added along with her in the DLC and yes while these are all different from cupheads they all retain attributes from their parallels first up is our screen wife the spiral pillar this one is basically the same as the energy beam stopping you in place giving a brief invincibility and summoning a large well spiral pillar to do high damage only this time it's vertical and goes both up and down as opposed to cupheads which only goes straight ahead of him now while it's basically the same as energy beam I'm only going to give it an 8th here reason being that unless it's a boss like Phantom Express where the enemy is directly above you and you can't really get to their sides you can just use cuphead super instead because let's be honest it's not exactly hard to just jump up to a boss and hit them from the side but this is still a good super [Music] next up we have chalice's defense The Shield pal in what's probably the most out there super animation chalice's head turns into a giant heart spits out her original head and proceeds to turn into a little shield with wings that follows her around I love this game The Shield acts as a second hit point now while this is a good ability on its own you already spawn in with an extra hit point as chalice and even then with charms like twin heart and heart ring cuphead's just a better option health-wise at least so while it's not bad per se it's just kind of unnecessary seat here sorry [Music] and last up our spirit-based attacked and what is easily chalice's best special the ghostly barrage having Childs revert to her ancient form to call upon her fellow Warriors for screen flooding enemy incinerating barrage it also summons in a small periable spear where the attack was initiated not only does this special do a lot of damage not only does it last for like an eternity but it also follows you as you move up and down this thing is an absolute spectacle to behold both visually and gameplay wise free espier for this glorious ability and now with all the Heavy Hitters out of the way let's wrap up this ranking with some extra weapons first off the plane weapons the darts are your primary fire when in plane mode small projectiles that actually do really good damage like the health of the plane boss is actually some of the highest in the game at least compared to the ground bosses but yeah it's basically the peashooter except you can't aim it which would make it a d tier however because its intended use is for plan levels and you don't really have any other options it's going to be getting a very solid hu speaking of other options you also have cuphead's bombs which are much more similar to the lobber than the pea shooter but despite that fact these are very useful and that goes double for fights like Esther Winchester and Wally warbles they do have a slower fire rate than the darts but they also have a higher DPS so if you can use them use them this one is also going to be getting an a tier it's very fairly balanced higher damage than the darts but slower fire than them as well [Music] moving on to Charles they did actually give her different plane weapons which really goes to show the level of detail the devs put into the DLC first up is the triple darts basically the exact same as cuphead's darts just to slower fire speed and wider spread another thing I can say here that I didn't already say about Kappa starts another eight tier however this next one is different the grenades are going to be going into s tier you might be wondering how they're any better than cupheads well not only do chalices bombs have a higher DPS than cupheads but there's also another thing maneuverability you can let off two or three of these things as fast as cuphead can launch one allowing you to get in and out unscathed with some clean damage like I said FGM foreign okay to feel more and we'll be out of here the plain zxs are effective who would have guessed cupheads consist of the Chompers and the magnets Chompers first though basically a mix between the pea shooter and converge super a straight projectile that does incremental damage while being able to pierce targets between the two you're probably going to be using this one more often you can also get in some really good damage if the boss is more so horizontal than vertical eight here magnets up next and they're basically a quick barrage of homing missiles just in the shape of magnets and while they're damaged it's decent at least it's guaranteed damage so a tier foreign so if you look closely you'll notice that H here is actually full now here's the thing though I definitely planned this out and I'm not just completely stupid so here's what we're gonna do we're just gonna yeah [Music] yeah okay there there we there we go perfect then on chalice's end of things you have the Homing magnets and the downward missile when in use the magnets will fire out doing a little bit of damage station themselves behind Shadows for a second before finally bursting off into the Target no surprise but the second launch does way more damage than the first however you can hit multiple times with the magnets on the first launch seeing as they bite the target but yeah much like the others it's just a good ability I'll give it a beat here though simply because the next one is just better and that next one is the downward missile it is exactly what it sounds like it's the exact same as cuphead's missile but it goes down instead but even if there's nothing new to say about it that doesn't bring it down in quality so it's gonna be getting an answer all right that's it we're done right well not yet if you take a closer look at the thumbnail of this video you'll see that there's still one weapon unaccounted for and what is that weapon well it's the only charm on this list Whetstone Whetstone is a weird weapon not that it's confusing I mean gameplay wise it's very simple it turns your first Parry into an attack however it's weird in the sense that in comparison to the others on this list and even the other charms it's certainly a standout choice now while it does decent damage I ask you this does anyone actually use Whetstone I mean cuphead is ranged attacks for a reason and by the time you decide hmm I've used exclusively smoke dash for this entire playthrough maybe I should try out Whetstone your brain is probably already used to the rule of Perry pink avoid other colors and sure if all you want is the ability to pair anything then this will satisfy your needs but even then if you really want a melee attack then just use the Chaser or charge ex shot the only time this is a good option is with the Divine Relic and even then that thing is the combined power of three charms anyway so start all the four Whetstone fans out there but I'm gonna have to give it a d tier good for a challenge run but not much else Hey so uh editing PK here again and uh if you look carefully you'll notice that the title is ranking every weapon uh and I forgot the plain uh nukes uh so let's just put both of those in F here it's August 27th uh 9 37 p.m I literally have like four days to get this video out and I cannot re-record it so [Music] um and there it is for real this time my final tier list of all the weapons in cuphead kind of sucks we had to end on such a loan note but at least there's more good than bad on this list hope you all enjoyed this ranking if you want to see more videos like this then be sure to leave a like and drop a comment to let me know I'd also love to see you guys opinion on this list should something have been higher lower let me know but anyways that's gonna do it for me potato peace out and I'll see you guys next time School delicious

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Published: Mon Aug 29 2022