In this video I rank every charm In Cuphead including the DLC! Remember, these are all just my opinions, and If you'd like to share yours I'd love to hear them In the comments!
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - #11
02:27 - #10
02:59 - #9
04:57 - #8
05:41 - #7
06:43 - #6
07:37 - #5
09:38 - #4
11:11 - #3
12:26 - #2
13:37 - #1
15:07 - Outro
Music used in video:
-Various OSTs from Cuphead and Cuphead The Delicious Last Course
Interesting thing about Chalice: I started using Chalice when I first started playing, so I learned how to use her dash parry as if it was the default parry mechanic. Thus, I've actually grown to PREFER her parry over Cuphead's and Mugman's by a very large margin. The only main weakness with Chalice is that she came out 5 years after cuphead did, so people were too used to Cuphead's mechanics too really get good at using her. Besides that, Chalice is superior to mugman and cuphead in every way (besides plane levels, you cannot convince me chalice is good for plane levels)
I totally agree, and it's super interesting how you learned the game with Challice!
Miss chalice is useful in certain plane bosses for me. Take Dr kaul and Esther Winchester for example
@@user-bt4uv6ty2v For Dr. Kahl Cuphead is better since you can angle him towards the top of the screen to take out the laser before it fires a single shot. Ester is debatable, but personally I find heart ring to more useful then chalice in that fight for the free HP. Just an opinion though, if Chalice works for you that's amazing.
@@aarav6947 Thank you but I use Miss chalice for Kahl because when I have to hit the heart, I can use 1/2 to hit it and the other half to hit the bombs. And for Eastern she just moves around a lot in the 3rd and the first phase but her attacks handled them well
I think in sum run n gun too, Mugman/cuphead is little bit nettet
Honestly the fact that the only charm that can out class the smoke bomb is a charm one that gives you 1 more HP, gives you a dash that replaces your parry, gives you better plane weapons, AND gives you another version of it shows how awesome it is
For real!
You're even given shield pal which is imo the best super and why I use Ms. Chalice for ground bosses and Divine Relic for plane bosses
And the charm that gives you access to all weapons, heart ring, whetstone, better coffee, and also smoke bomb?
@@STNDD It randomizes shots so it is not near perfect
@@alexgreer6336 It is probably the best charm in the game Just edges out chalice cause of plane levels
I would love if divine relic only randomly swapped when you hit the swap weapon button, so you get the versatility without the annoyance
That would be great in my opinion as well!
Then it would be better than cookie
True
I think they purposefully nerfed the divine relic to be the way it is. I mean you do get 4 other charms in 1, so it makes sense the weapon swapping is a hinderance
@@bloemkoolendestreetgang450 True, however it is a DIVINE relic so technically it should be the charm in existence so the access to all weapons at will instead of "you stop shooting/dash now change weapon"
Chalice's dash parry is extremely generous against King Dice, you can just spam the dash above the cards and they'll trigger parry when you're nowhere close lmao. If anything, the only boss I find harder with Chalice rather than Cuphead/Mugman is Hocus Pocus, because the suite parry, unlike King Dice's cards, is very tricky to dash into without taking damage.
I guess I never noticed that all that much, but I definitely agree hopus pocus is pretty tricky with her
İ dont know why no one realises this but if you play as Charles the Pink cards have extra heart particles to parry this is why it is possible to parry without getting hit
Yeah, if you’e playing as Ms. Chalice hearts come out the top of the cards. I recently replayed the game with the DLC from the beginning and that was SO helpful.
For me the astral cookie was amazing. When I beat the first mausoleum I immediately got the Astral cookie and the crack shot making Ms chalice’s move set easy as pie. Because of this a consequence is that I have to adjust to cup-heads move set
Thanks for sharing!
This was a very entertaining video! I love it! And I totally agree with you with almost everything!
Thanks I appreciate it, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
I'd say the devine relic is the best. Randomizing your weapons isn't really a big deal once you learn to use it and it gives you heart ring, coffee AND smoke bomb.
Thanks for sharing!
The divine relic deserves to be put behind heart ring and the heart and twin hearts suck. 😢
@@vhskid127alright little bro
I think that extra heart is a little low on the list becuase the extra hit point helps a lot on s-ranks but heart ring or astral cookie are much better options
Love your videos and keep up the good work
Thanks I appreciate it!
and its not just her super is a shield her 1st super is a vertical of cupheads, which is awkward but can be used on certain bosses the 2nd super was the one i talk about the 3rd which makes her invulnerable for a time and calls in the ghost army which dmgs the whole screen plus it leaves a pink spear to were it was activated makes the 3rd one the most
Yo best video so far keep it up
Thanks I appreciate it!
Chalice is my go to charm and sometimes whenni use a different charm I forget I have to hit jump again to parry
I have a way to make the divine relic better. Make it a customizable charm where you can pick your weapons up to three. That way u don’t have to constantly swap weapons to get back to a certain one. Also u don’t lose it after it’s maxed out.
That's a pretty cool idea actually 👍
Nice vid perfect for backround video when playing cuphead just beat phantom express during the vid keep up the content
Thanks I appreciate it!
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I remember when I first played Cuphead and my main charm was always Twin Heart (I S ranked most of the bosses with this btw, and I didn't care much about the damage nerf). However, after testing other charms and learning the attack patterns of the bosses, I ended up changing my builds for different bosses and I also became a Whetstone enjoyer (I love this thing, extra damage by parrying go brrr) When the DLC came out, I didn't used Twin Heart, since Heart Ring kinda replaced it and my damage wouldn't be nerfed. However, I must agree that Astral Cookie is the best charm, since Ms. Chalice is basically a bunch of charms combined (her exclusive double jump, extra heart, invincibility roll, extra parry window for plane levels...)
Thanks for sharing!
as a completionist i choose divine relic at 1st place cuz plane levels are hard and im tring to do S ranking on all of them, but with divine relic u have all the charms and u dont need to worry for the randomized ammo cuz there is only 2 on plane levels
Thanks for sharing!
Dash Parry is actually insane. I love it, though there are a few places where i would rather have the default parry
Thank you 🙏 so much for posting😅 sorry for saying
No need to apologize! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
I agree
Divine relic at least goes into number 2. Sure the weapons are random but it’s 4 charms In one.
The divine relic is my favorite. After playing as Chalice, I try to dash for parry double jump as cuphead or his pal mugman
Yey new video
Twin heart isnt really that good
thats just because the heart ring and divine relic out perform it significantly for no damage decrease
Are you sure 🫤
@helixshoto yes, a few years back its how I s ranked nearly all of the game excluding bosses like Hilda berg and dr kahl
Oh
For whet stone my main problem with it is that you don’t get an ex meter card
Twin hearts also has a big use in Run N' Gun levels if you want to go for P ranks. Although half of the time smoke bomb is still better.
Actually I used Divine relic to get P rank on most hard Run ‘n’ Guns: just select Super II, sit still at the start of the level parrying pink enemies for a total of 6 HP, plus a full invincibility super to get through a tough spot. The only thing you need to worry about is the whetstone effect, that may lead to killing an enemy accidentally, although you can just not parry when enemies are around
Awesome video
Thanks I appreciate it!
I watched your master quest cuphead video and I am excited and surprised you replied to my comment
@KidNova-ph5io Thanks for watching it, and I always try to respond to as many comments as I can!
I am endlessly confused by how he thinks divine relic is worse tham two subsections of it. Also weapon randomness is bad
Roundabout and twist up are underated
Isn t roundabout widely considered the best? Also twist up isn t underrated.It s just bad.Has about the same dps as peashooter but missing even 1 of its 3 bullets makes its average damage abysmal
Twist up*
@@haxel8929uhm accually twist up is good for most bosses you're just bad at aiming🤓
The thing with getting parries on the heart ring tho is not that hard, you can just you crack shot and use it’s EX move which gives to a free Larry that counts as extra life’s with the charm
Divine relic is a life-saver for plane levels and pacifist Run-n'-Guns.
For sure! I definitely should of brought up P ranks
I would also like to add on to all of the HP buffing charms, its very helpful for the run and guns (though i didnt use them) but particularly for getting P rank
that's true
@@SirPilkyI agree. I’m kinda sad the DLC didn’t add any run and guns
I bet heart ring is at least in third place 9:10
Dang good prediction!
I would put parry ring 2nd because I don't utilize smoke dash that much.
Thanks for sharing!
I would honestly put the Astro cookie lower. I don’t know it’s just for my style. Chalice is not too well with me.
Thanks for sharing!
Whetstone slander will not be tolerated
Yes it will
Yes I liked my one comment
I knew that the Astro cookie was the number one because at the thumbnail I knew it was Miss chalice
I subscribed.
I appreciate it!
Yes
astral cookie is best by far in my opinion
Phase Survival: Put every phase in the game on a wheel. everyone spins it. You go to the phase you land on (with full HP so eliminate stuff like saltbaker phase 3 or Cala Maria phase 3) And see who lasts the longest in their selected phase. You could get lucky with P1 (you) getting goopy phase 3 while P2 gets esther phase 3 and P3 gets pirouletta. You cannot shoot during this as its up to how long you can survive. Whoever lives the longest wins. (also no using safe spots like in djimmi and brineybeard) Please do this cuphead challenge with some friends like beaver I think you would have fun
Thanks for the suggestion I don't know if I've heard a challenge idea like this before!
Hey im new in cuphead do you have any good tips for plane bosses i gave a hard time with them
Divine relic is great for plane bosses if you don't have that yet, but other than that, I would say make really good use of the shrinking feature. Plane levels mostly just take a lot of practice, but you could also save up a super and use it when you're about to get hit so you're saved by the invincibility frames. Hope these tips were able to help!
My only question: did they eventually patch how S+ ranks are earned? Because I seem to remember you weren't judged based on having 3 or more health, you were judged based on how many times you got hit at all, making the original heart charms less than worthless for S+ ranks.
For the 2 years that I've been playing, it's always been based on how much hp you have at the end of the fight, but I don't know about before that
@@SirPilky I do know there was one very large non-DLC patch a while after launch, which was when I did most of my playtime, so maybe they shifted it then.
@@edfreak9001 Hmmm maybe
Okay, be real here, this plane level "debuff" is more of a *_skill issue_* then a charm issue, because nothing about it makes you more vulnerable, and if it's to do with tiny plane mode, idunno what to tell you, but I almost never use tiny plane
Which charm are you talking about?
@@SirPilky The double parry one. Also I noticed this comment is very rude, whoops
@_Ecliptic No worries 👍 I more so just don't like the plane mechanics of P. Sugar personally. I don't think it would cuase me to take a lot of extra damage if I used it more often but more so something that could result in damage if you not very experienced at the game. It all just my own opinion though and thanks for sharing yours!
If you level up the cursed relic to full level will be starting with the normel 3 hp
The only charm I used was the smoke dash because as a Brawlhalla player who plays a lot of legends with low defense im use to just dodging so it makes up for more vulnerability so I never used the hearts the only other charm I used other than smoke is the whetstone for a run and gun
Thanks for sharing! Even though I have challice above smoke bomb, smoke bomb is still the charm I use the most
Honestly you can get up the robots face or medusa's and skip a phase
did u know that djimmi cheat works with using cursed relic to have 2 hp instead of 1
That does honestly make it a lot easier to unlock the divine relic, but I try to avoid the Djimmi trick as much as I can cause I find it a bit op lol
@@SirPilky yeah me too it's just REALLY hard without i did try to do most of it without but towards the end of the upgrade i did start using it
@@weneedsomemilk4624 No shame there 👍
@@SirPilky this is random but my dog steve's 1st(which is technically his 7th) birthday is on november 19th
Personally I think smoke bomb is the best charm in the game and the double life I think is quite useful
Thanks for sharing!
The bomb is bad and you can get 9 heart with the twin hearts
That parry at the start of the video was neat
Thanks!
Chalice is extremely good for King Dice. The double jump is well, good. The invincible roll can be used on a lot of mini bosses like the Tipsy Troop, Chips Bettigan, Pip and Dot, Hocus Pocus (I think his name is slightly different but the rabbit), Periletta (Spelt wrong, just the Russian Roulette girl idk), and Mangosteen. The dash parry can make parrying the dice easier because time won't be taken up by the first jump. It is especially good when you fight the sleazy manager himself, King Dice, usually it would be impossible, but they added hearts that float above the cards that can parry which makes it easier. The double jump can also be used here to stay in the air for quite a while using the parry dash and double jump. The extra hit point is also just a blessing, and all those reasons were just the King Dice fight alone. The Astral Cookie is really an Astral Blessing.
Thanks for all the info and I totally agree!
The names are Hopus Pocus and Pirouletta.
Hey, I’m trying to get into streaming and just being a KZheadr as a side hobby. Any tips to help? I’m a freshman so I have no experience in recording at all
First off, i'd recommended that you create content you think you'll enjoy making the most rather than trying to chase down a trend. I use DaVinci Resolve for editing and Photopea for thumbnails, which are both free. There are a ton of tutorials for how to use them on KZhead, but after learning the basics, just start making content, and eventually, you'll develop a style that works best for you. Hope these tips were able to help and remember to focus on enjoying content creation rather than how many views you get especially in the beginning!
I would say the cookie and with mugman the divine relic because im good with all the weapons in almost all the bosses, hell i may even try and beat the game with only divine relic
Coffee above wet stone is crazy
I don't think P sugar was done justice here. While it says that only the first parry is automatic, if you spam the jump button, your parry windows become basically infinite. For noobs like me, this is what makes the King Dice fight even possible (I can also do it with Chalice though, the dash parry is actually easier for me). I also prefer to use it on the phantom express, because I can just remember to not jump at the edges of the cart, while moving the cart itself is much simpler, since I don't jump into the skeleton while doing it. The only time it's a disadvantage for me is at the octopus section of Perilous Piers.
This may be irrelevant, but I have a question regarding mangosteen ( the 8ball ) is he hard or easy to beat?? I only need to beat kahl so I’m wondering..
I've always found mangosteen to be one of the easiest of King Dice's minions and I think a lot of other people generally agree
for me weakness of astral cookie is that is a charm so you can't use any other charm
That's true
did yall know if you yall play as ms chalice against dice king the pink cards have heart particles you can parry so you dont die
I actually didn't know that the first few times I beat king dice with challice
I think that the divine relic is the best charm for run n' guns pacifist runs
I totally agree 👍
I feel bad for the angel in the Red Devil bossfight, like IDK his lore but why does he have to go back in the relic with the Red Devil
Shield pal is genuinely the most broken ability in the game
Man for real
Just bringing two charms can successfully beat the entire game. P-ranks and plane fights: Divine Relic. Ground fights: Miss Chalice.
I Beat Chef saltwater with divine relic it was actually very fun
the only trouble i had with chalice is Kingdice - Hocus Pocus, Specifically the row of card symbols going down or up the screen, here the parry dash is not in your favor and parrying the parryable ones normally push me into one unparryable one anyway Cookie still best charm tho
One thing about Whetstone in plane levels: if you parry and don't hit anything, you simply can't parry for a good second or so. Really annoying if you miss the parry window, and try spamming parry; and it just hits.
This is a really good point that I probably should have brought up 👍
Smoke dash is too high, it should have been #5
Naaaaaah
technically the broken relic is the worst since it does *literally nothing*
I guess but I think a hinderance (cursed relic) is worse than nothing
@@ThatOneKidYT272 fair.
I would put chalice in 2nd or 3rd place, mainly because I already had like 50 hours in cuphead with using mostly smoke dash before the dlc came out. Meaning, getting a character that cannot smoke dash in the air, has a different type of super, and has 2 smaller jumps instead of 1 bigger, made me really dislike her, so I rarely play with her. For this reason, I am much better off using cuphead + smoke dash until I put some effort into learning mrs challice's mechanics
Not putting Divine relic in 1st is criminal
I use the divine relic for dr kahl s robot it make that boss fight ez and funny
The place I find whetstone the best is dr khal’s robot,since with enough whetstone hits and shots,you can take out the top laser thing before it fires
Good thinking I've actually never tried this 👍
Also did you know that chalices parry is 360? Yea it’s broken. You can literally parry something behind you and it could connect…
I would be okay with divine relics at 2ent or 1st
the hk teaser at the end
You know it!
I believe Coffee should’ve been Number 5 over Whetstone, but other than that, I agree with this list for the most part.
Here’s my ranking: 11: Broken Relic - You might as well not even take a charm. Very strange that you decided to put this over the Cursed Relic imo. 10: Cursed Relic - While having 1 Hp at the start sucks and the weapon switching is annoying, I’d rather come in a plane level with this and having 2 Hp just off of my first parry rather than coming in with the broken relic. Putting the Broken over the Cursed was a strange choice imo. 9. Parry Sugar - I agree with this placement because it’s decent for noobs but as for someone who isn’t a noob, I don’t find this useful since I already know how to parry efficiently and effectively. 8. Heart - Valid placement. Like #9, great for noobs but for players who aren’t noobs why use this and reduce your attack when Heart Ring exists? 7. Twin Heart - also valid but same reason as #8. 6. Whetstone - I can see why Speedrunners like this one I didn’t know you can do certain things like what you were showing with Whetstone (I learned something new) but this is very situational for me imo. Personally, in regular boss fights, I’d always take Smoke Bomb (I can avoid damage and make certain fights easier), Heart Ring (helps me with health and party requirements for S-Ranking), or Ms. Chalice (who is OP and I wanna work on getting the Chalice Filter for beating the game and DLC with her). In plane fights, I’d take Coffee back when the DLC didn’t exist (I’d rather build free super on top of the super I’m earning then parry a boss in the face), The Divine Relic (literally every good charm combined into one including Whetstone), or Ms. Chalice (I already explained). Overall imo: Coffee > Whetstone. The second placement where I disagree with you. 5. Coffee - I’m getting my super faster than usual thanks to me get free Super on top of the Super I’m already earning. If you had Coffee above Whetstone I would be fine with the placement. 4. Divine Relic - Similar to reasoning the Cursed Relic but without the negative side effects of the Cursed Relic. The weapon Switch is annoying on ground boss fights but my god is this broken in plane levels! Get health for parries, my shrink makes me invincible temporally, Whetstone gets me out of some tricky situations and I can use it to exploit certain bosses (thank you for teaching me about that btw), and I get the benefits of coffee!?? SIGN ME UP! 3. Heart Ring - Valid! Very helpful for racking up health, healing yourself, and meeting the requirements for getting an S Rank. 2. Smoke Bomb - VALID! Not counting DLC, this is the go to and the BEST charm to use in the game. First charm I bought and didn’t regret it one bit. Very helpful for getting you out of a pinch on ground boss fights, but man it’s definitely not as great in plane levels which would be my only gripe with it. 1. Astral Cookie/Play as Ms. Chalice - VALID!!!! Ms. Chalice not only makes it easier to parry, she also has a very useful double jump, and a dodge roll that gives you Invincibility-Frames. Also starting with 4 Hp as opposed to 3 Hp definitely is helpful for reaching your HP requirement because you basically get 2 chances to meet said requirement instead of 1. Her Supers are even better than Cuphead and Mugman, All of them are pretty good to use whereas the “Ding Dongs” (Yes I’m referencing the show), their supers is in the order from best to worst: 1 (is better than Chalice’s since her’s is situational), 2 (I only use this Super on Run and Gun Levels, Rumor HoneyBottom, and Chef Saltbaker. It’s not useless, I just would rather have my super deal damage than be invincible for 5 seconds), 3 (EXTREMELY situational, unless you can find a spot to lock on and move the ghost left and right or up and down, this super BLOWS). My only gripe with Chalice is since she counts as a charm rather than her own character, she can’t use other charms (which makes sense otherwise she’d be broken, although it would be cool if I could equip her with Heart Ring, Coffee, even the Divine Relic).
Thanks for sharing such a detailed list!
@@SirPilky Np, I’m just glad we can share opinions without getting upset over it.
@@Flamemaster78 So true!
Pretty good ranking overall, but whetstone over coffee I dunno
Thanks for sharing!
Twin heart is Awesome!! way better than whetstone. you get 5 health and you only lose 10% damage. if you do the exact same input with and without twin heart, assuming hitless 1:00 would turn into 1:06 while allowing twice the mistakes
Thanks for sharing!
i didn't actually expect a response@@SirPilky
I always try to respond to as many comments as I can!
I never used invincible roll😅😅
Hey Pilky sorry for not saying bye in live stream when left I was really tired because woke up at 2am and love the video but I don't really agree with Chalice being number 1 charm I would probably put Smoke bomb or Whetstone in number 1 but it's opinion and I respect it ya know
Thanks for sharing and no need to apologize!
Your welcome hope to catch the next live stream,
I think whetstone is good :( edit:thx for hearting,start the whetstone army
No problem thanks for sharing!
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cursed relic is obvi the best! 1 whole hp and constantly changing weapons, what more can a player want?!
Man for real what was I thinking
This guy have beef with Cursed Relic
I think divine relic's place is based on skill issue
Personally, I don't ever need to have more than 2 weapons for a single boss. So, for me, there's not much of a point in being able to use all 9 of them. And I'm bound to dash or use EXs in any given boss, so there's no getting around my weapons being swapped to something that I wouldn't normally use for that boss anyway. Like I said in the video, the number of charms you're given access to is great, but unless it's a plane level, I can simply beat bosses faster without it.
I would've put P sugar on the very bottom of the list since I never even touch that charm, also no way you put the situational Wheatstone over Coffee, it's overtime card build along with hitting the enemy make's it go by much faster, also Whetstone can screw you if the boss in in the background and there is a pink object litrally infront of said boss (sure it was when I had the divine relic on me but the whetstone made me hit the boss and beefed a parry on saltbaker's 1st phase or Beppi's 2nd phase)...also rather unfair to put the cookie in the list since that is a no brainer for No.1
also I'm gonna say it Divine relic is a REALLY FUN charm for me on boss levels...all of them
Thanks for sharing! I do agree that Astral Cookie has a lot of upsides to it, but it's still a charm, so I had to rank it accordingly. I do have that same problem with Whetstone, but it really does make many bosses faster if you can get a lot of hits with it
cool video, but there are some things i disagree with here: twin heart should be #5 at least, if not higher, while dlc charms like heart ring outclass it, if you play without dlc, it is one of the best charms for every s rank, having it turns s ranks from hitless required to basically a charmless fight with some damage decrease, and even if in some fights it’s better to run smoke dash or whetstone or whatever else, there is no fight where it is not useful for s ranks. p. sugar is pretty bad, i do agree, but it does trivialize dice timing on king dice i’d say divine relic is better than heart ring, if heart ring was in pre dlc, i would say it’s better, akin to what i think about twin heart, but post dlc heart ring is simply worse than astral cookie in ground stages, leaving it only really relevant in plane fights, and divine relic is far better there ms. chalice’s dash parry actually isn’t too bad on king dice himself, his floating heart particles are a lot easier to parry for one reason: when you use cuphead or mugman on king dice, you tend to dash onto the card train if there are 3 cards or even 2 cards at the beginning to the train, but if you do dash, it become very precise to get over any 4 or 5 card gaps, and with a 5 card gap, it’s extremely tough, i think it’s possible though, but chalice removes this issue, since parrying with your dash gives you an extra jump, letting you easily get over any gaps, the only fight where it’s bad is hopus pocus
Thanks for sharing, and these are some good points! Thinking back, I probably should've brought up which charms are/aren't in the DLC for those who don't have it
Whats the point of smoke bomb if challice has invisible roll
I personally like smoke bomb more than her invincible roll because you can't use the roll in the air but can with smoke bomb
@@SirPilky true but the double jump and other stuff make up for it but am not going to fight ur opinion
Yeah… Mrs Chalice is essentially an easy mode of the game
I thought this fantastic game was dead.
Not as long as I'm around!
@@SirPilky let's gooooooo!
what was bro doing to cala maria in the beginning
😳
NEVER let bro cook again 🔥🔥
Haha thanks!
10:56 what about phear lap
Bro desurves 100k 10k is not enough subs
İ didnt even watch the video but i bet 1. İs smoke bomb
You're almost right about that 👀
Ok astral cokie makes sense
heart/twin heart gives you literally 33%/67% more dmg wtf
Whetstone should be in 1st place
so true bc in plane bosses
Thanks for sharing!
I KNEW IT 14:13
Bro put coffe below whetstone
You are wrong the divine relic could be the best charm in cuphead
Thanks for sharing!
Although I like the way you go for the rest of the video
@@supersonicchan Thanks!