Cuphead Bosses Ranked by Difficulty

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Cuphead bosses are notoriously difficult but they’re also some of the most imaginative, mechanically impressive, and visually striking bosses in all of gaming.

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This list will feature all the main bosses from the base game, all the mini bosses, and all the Delicious Last Course Bosses, complete with the secret boss fight. In total, we’re looking at no less than 40 bosses, which will make this list even more extensive than our Elden Ring bosses ranked list.

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MANGOSTEEN (MINI BOSS) Mangosteen is one of the nine mini bosses you’ll have to defeat before facing off against King Dice. All of them are pretty easy to deal with compared to the main Cuphead bosses, but Mangosteen is arguably the weakest of the bunch.

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PIROULETTA (MINI BOSS) Pirouletta is another one of King Dice’s henchmen. Just like the aforementioned 8-ball, this mini boss only has a single attack, however, she also dances around the room from side to side and will trample you to death if you’re not careful.

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CHIPS BETTIGAN (MINI BOSS) Next up we have Chips Bettigan and you’re probably starting to see a pattern by now. Most of the mini bosses are pushovers, so there’s no way we could have ranked them anywhere else but at the bottom.

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HOCUS POCUS (MINI BOSS) We’ve all seen magicians pulling rabbits out of hats, but what would happen if said rabbits were magicians themselves? Well, you would probably get something like Hocus Pocus.

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THE PAWNS (DLC MINI BOSS) Finally, we can start talking about some Cuphead DLC bosses. You’ll run into a bunch of chess-themed mini bosses during The Delicious Last Course, including these guys.

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MR. WHEEZY (MINI BOSS) Smoking can kill you in real life, but in Cuphead you can kill smoking. Or at least the personification of it known as Mr. Wheezy. This cigar mini boss isn’t very tough but he moves around quite a bit and his looping fireballs can be pretty annoying.

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Cuphead Bosses Ranked by Difficulty

Cuphead bosses are notoriously difficult but they’re also some of the most imaginative, mechanically impressive, and visually striking bosses in all of gaming.

MANGOSTEEN (MINI BOSS) Mangosteen is one of the nine mini bosses you’ll have to defeat before facing off against King Dice. All of them are pretty easy to deal with compared to the main Cuphead bosses, but Mangosteen is arguably the weakest of the bunch.

PIROULETTA (MINI BOSS) Pirouletta is another one of King Dice’s henchmen. Just like the aforementioned 8-ball, this mini boss only has a single attack, however, she also dances around the room from side to side and will trample you to death if you’re not careful.

CHIPS BETTIGAN (MINI BOSS) Next up we have Chips Bettigan and you’re probably starting to see a pattern by now. Most of the mini bosses are pushovers, so there’s no way we could have ranked them anywhere else but at the bottom.

HOCUS POCUS (MINI BOSS) We’ve all seen magicians pulling rabbits out of hats, but what would happen if said rabbits were magicians themselves? Well, you would probably get something like Hocus Pocus.

THE PAWNS (DLC MINI BOSS) Finally, we can start talking about some Cuphead DLC bosses. You’ll run into a bunch of chess-themed mini bosses during The Delicious Last Course, including these guys.

MR. WHEEZY (MINI BOSS) Smoking can kill you in real life, but in Cuphead you can kill smoking. Or at least the personification of it known as Mr. Wheezy. This cigar mini boss isn’t very tough but he moves around quite a bit and his looping fireballs can be pretty annoying.

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