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Sweet! I took a 7 min break from work and... beat the giant bee boss. She might have gone down the fastest for me. I only faced her 3 times just now and I want to say like only 5-7 more in prior sessions. 1st and 2nd phases the frisbee worked best because its return arch could land if you just kept firing while you were forced to jump around on the platforms. Allowing yourself to drop down low infront of the cop, firing away, then climbing and dashing over him caused me to take him out quickly. Then I switched to the lobber shot for the final phase since she's nearly 100% below you. I'm stunned that I beat her after just 3 tries today.

Was planing on taking a 15-20 min break, but since I took her down so swiftly I decided to just stop there and live on the high of some success,

nonamesleft wrote:

Unclear. On one hand, getting back to the third island probably wouldn't take as long because I've figured out the bosses/levels by now, and know to look for the Bob Loblaw bullet in the shop.

On the other hand, I tend to get really discouraged when I lose progress and need to take a break.

Played a little just now, got the final RnG stage, wasn't too bad, the frisbee is pretty good here. I nearly missed 2 coins on my first attempt where I got pretty far, so failing that run didn't bother me. Final section, the frisbee was a must. With all coins now collected, I couldn't afford 2 upgrades, which is a crummy design IMO.
After that I gave the robot 4 or so more attempts and couldn't even manage to get past his first phase, grrr. So I tried the sea queen and on my first run I reached her final stage and was feeling decent, but the turn you to stone attack sucked and did me in. On the next handful of attempts I could barely get back to her 2nd phase, that damn seahorse stinks, but I think shrinking helped.
With just 3 bosses left in the 3rd island, plus whatever's upcoming in the final area, I'm now at 80% on my save.
The only difference btwn the two playable characters is their color, correct? I've been using the blue mugman up until this last season when I just randomly decided to switch things up.

Heh, jumped back on my system to check something with achievements and decided, well I'm here, let's take 1 shot... And I beat the sea queen and got an A-. That's my 4th A ranking.
I can confirm that if you shrink when the stupid seahorse is spewing water that makes it a lot easier to escape the stream. I didn't do anything else except for check my percentage and I'm now at 83%.
2 bosses left on island 3. I'm feeling like the robot is going to suck more since his attacks can take up so much of the screen. But I've only faced the train guy once so who knows how I'll feel about him after a handful of attempts. I've tried to avoid looking ahead, so while based on achievements I'm aware of some things to expect in the final area, I'm curious to learn the details. Once I get there I'll likely stick my casual updates like this into spoiler tags. I don't think I've really spoiled anything so far since merely mentioning bosses doesn't give away any of the near non-existent story, but I figure the final section ought to be discussed differently.

How's everybody else's progress going?

Slickriven wrote:
I believe there's no difference other than the red for Cuphead and the blue for Mugman. I used Cuphead mainly last time. Using Mugman now.

And regarding the robot, yeah, not an easy battle. Good luck!

@Renaissance2K You asked about those super attacks. I just used it against the giant mosquito in the RnG tree stage. Once I hit the bug with it, it was so easy to defeat. I think it's worth holding onto the super attacks fully charged, as opposed to using the smaller ones.

I hope the following wasn't a mistake, but I just spent 4 coins on the Charge weapon. I had a couple of other options, and was tempted to go for lobber because I know it's good, or the extra heart, but I figured I'd try something new. I just beat the last stage of the first island.

Speaking of supers, what does the 3rd one even do? I had it equipped when I tried the last RnG level and fired it off a few times, seeing the large ghost-like guy appear and move forward, but I wasn't fighting a boss, so it hardly hit anything.

Slickriven wrote:
Maybe I just used that one wrong the first time around, but I honestly found the first super you get to be the most effective and simplest to use. I hardly used any other.

I am starting to fear that the robot might be the end of the road for me... I played again recently and beat the train. Train wasn't horrible but F those dang flying pumpkins and their dropped bricks. First phase wasn't too bad as long as I could time the parrying of those bricks. 2nd phase the bricks were more detrimental, but I eventually learned a few things about timing and placement to avoid taking any hits. 3rd phase was about the easiest, but cart placement was key and I used the frisbee weapon while facing the opposite direction and hit him on the return trip.
That final phase though was rough to avoid damage with a good bit going on. On my victorious attempt I stunningly hit the final phase with a full super meter and zero damage taken, and I still took 2 hits but beat him. Doing so granted me access to the final area but I need all contacts to do anything there, so it was time to go back to the robot.
I tried the robot a good dozen plus times and I'm not sure how to do his final phase. Getting to that phase without damage was about impossible for me. I think in the few times I reached that final phase I only had either 1 or 2 hits and just couldn't navigate all of the stinking stuff going on there...

I'm going to have to watch some people play that section to see if I can hone in on any sort of pattern or path to follow, but dang it just seems so erratic, plus the stuff that passes in the foreground blocking your vision royally sucks.
If I get this far and get stuck I'll be really ticked.

You mean the Iron Giant robot, or is there another horrible one coming?

Yes, @Renaissance2K, the Iron Giant looking mech is nearly impossible for me so far.

He's brutal. He's who I'm working on right now. I can get him almost all the way to the line, but can't quite seal the deal.

I keep telling myself I just need to focus on dodging during his last phase, hold the trigger down, and just hope for the best. It's the first phase that drives me nuts, though. The secondary hazards that unlock as you start to destroy his pieces are all maddening, especially those bombs with the splash damage.

Holy Moly, I just got that SoaB!!! And I got my 6th A ranking (also got against the train and sea queen).
I watched a few YT vids and got some pointers. I fully agree Ren2k, that first phase was frustrating for sure. It just felt like TOO much was going on and taking up your space. I also forgot to use my supers against him, but one vid suggested that you use the ultimate-super against his head after the body's done and that with like 1 more bomb hit will blitz that phase. I also changed my focus in the first phase. Initially I was focused on the 2 lower hit areas as those planes sucked, but I switched to getting the laser first, then the chest and lastly belly. I learned to dodge or destroy the planes and delaying the seeker/splash damage bombs was key, plus the ultra against his 2nd phase meant I only faced like 4-5 of those in my victorious run.
My biggest pain point in the final phase was how to dodge all that chaos, but sticking back and 100% focusing on dodging while just hoping/presuming that my shots were landing was my best approach. Then firing off a super when he switched his 2 diamonds. I didn't try to parry any of the pink since I'm not great with parrying anyhow, plus spotting the pink from the red wasn't easy and I'd rather not get hit vs. trying to gain a super.
Now it's time to visit the final area.

@Slickriven Good luck on that final area.

Renaissance2K wrote:
Even though he's not easy, and when I first fought him I was stuck for a long time, I think it might have actually taken me more tries to defeat the Dragon.

It turns out that the Charge weapon is pretty solid. It really packs a punch. You have to be on target with the aim, but it's pretty great. It's how I beat that flower boss on the first island.

So I've got into the final area, at first I was like fudge this gonna suck. But after heading to YT to get some pointers my recent 2nd attempt went decently well. I didn't complete anything yet but I was able to consistently reach the final phase of the level I'm doing. I just need to get the parry timing down in that phase and I think I can get it.

I haven't played in a few days (since wiping out my SD card) but I loaded the game up today and beat that damn robot on the first try. Whoever suggested to save my super for the flying head mode gets 3 Internet points.

Knocked out the last Mausoleum and one of the run and gun stages after that, enough to finally get the Lobber.

Renaissance2K wrote:
Nice! That robot battle is a frenzy. Chaos. Feels good to leave it behind.

Woohoo I'll take those internet points, need to find a place to cash them in...
I finally got the first level of the final section, it was tough but I switched to the auto-parry charm and started to figure certain things out, was crazy elated to beat it. Onto the next one!

I love hearing you guys fight through this one, but I just don't think I have the fight in me right now. Too many other games to play, and things to do.

Boom! Beat this game... this might be the most challenging game I've ever beat.

I died 353 times according to the fountain in the 2nd island. I also went back and re-beat the very first boss with my better weapons and took a C- grade to an A. Strangely I didn't earn the 1 achievement for beating the next to last boss so I'll need to decide if I want to replay him, he wasn't the most difficult to beat, but he was in the top 5, so I'm not sure if I care...
Proof:

Please pick something less stressful/demanding/time consuming next month @Frank

Slickriven wrote:
Awesome job beating this challenging game!

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