What Are The BEST Charms To Use in Cuphead?

HOT TAKE: switching weapons when you stop shooting is actually a really good thing. If you’re doing literally anything in Cuphead that isn’t P-ranking or fighting the chess pieces, you have no reason to stop shooting, so you can just roll a good weapon and keep it. The relic means you can switch between weapons super easily for different phases in fights where you might want 1 weapon for each phase, meaning it’s all upsides.

Since you ranked Chalice in A tier because of personal difficulty using her, I, as a player who didn't spend 5 years getting used to Cuphead controls and then attempt to use Chalice, will provide my opinion on her. Double Jump: Honestly the main reason I use Chalice. While the extra jump is nice, the main usage I get from this is the extra airtime. Since you can use your second jump at ANY TIME AT ALL while in the air so long as you haven't already used the double jump, you can use the double jump to clutch up in tough scenarios such as falling off a platform or to cover more distance in the air. This gets amplified with the crackshot ex as with that you can effectively triple jump. Dash Parry: Since I used Chalice relatively early on in the playthrough, the dash parry doesn't really trip me up like it does other players. The dash parry is, most of the time, FAR EASIER than Cuphead's parry, as it doesn't require any timing, can be done without jumping, and the only scenario in the game where its actually worse than Cuphead's parry mechanics are the parries in Grim, in which case parrying still isn't the hardest thing in the world. The changes in how her supers work make basically every single super art 5x better (besides the first one) The invincibility roll actually is a bit more than just a smoke dash on the ground since you're actually invincible for a little bit AFTER you roll, allowing you to cheese stuff you normally couldn't (such as the duck machine in the carnival run'n'gun). And since you have the double jump for air, the lack of invincibility while dashing is generally less of an issue than it seems. Also, there's a f****ing extra hit point with zero downsides whatsoever. With all that said, Chalice is well deserving of an S tier spot, she just has a bit of a learning curve. TL;DR: Chalice is good it's just that most people are too used to Cuphead to bother trying her.

I was honestly expecting the Divine Relic to be in S but A is a fair ranking for it

making ms chalice into A is very underrating, ask some casuals and i gurentee you that most of em will say they cant beat game unless they play as her, its literally cheatcode unless you're decent at game

P. Sugar was super useful for the phantom express fight

Without the DLC, Smokebomb was the only choice.

100% agree, the only thing I’d change is moving chalice into s tier because of her super 2 which is arguably the best super in the game the extra hp and dodge roll.

As a pretty advanced player who has 300% the entire game a few times, I think Ms. Chalice is the best charm in the game when you master her.

Whetstone is S tier if you’re a speedrunner lol. Parry sugar is a game changer for me and it’s only cause of King Dice. I dread playing King Dice without Chalice because my timing for parrying the dice is always off. And P sugar just changes everything. But yea, B tier is appropriate.

It’s about time someone did this

2:26 EXACTLY its so difficult to play as her since i started playing Cuphead literally less than a year before DLC came out, from the beginning to finishing S-Rank

A few things I think: Cursed Relic should be last place. While broken does nothing, I find cursed to hinder you overall What you said about Chalice is very valid, but I still think that she is 1st because you just can’t beat her broken abilities. Other than that I agree with the list

Nice! This is a great video in celebration of your ranking bosses video! The video that started this whole journey

1:35 yeah I remember first using twin hearts for expert

I would say chalice is an s tier due to the fact that she comes with a slightly harder smoke bomb, extra hp, double jump, and dash parries. In most scenarios, the dash parry is much better than a jump parry. The invincibility roll is extremely good in a ton of scenarios and shines the best on ground bosses. Her double jump allows for insane plays that wouldn’t be possible with Cuphead/ Mugman and comes in clutch a LOT. I would also say that her supers are much better than the base supers and are much more effective

0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Broken Relic 0:14 - Cursed Relic 0:30 - Whetstone 0:39 - Heart 0:56 - Parry Sugar 1:12 - Twin Hearts 1:45 - Coffee 2:11 - Astral Cookie 2:52 - Divine Relic 3:56 - Smoke Bomb 4:13 - Heart Ring 4:54 - Outro

The thing is. I played as ms.Chalice from when I first got that astral cookie. I am sorry to say that I cannot play as cuphead sience I got very used to ms.Chalice's gameplay style and I beat more than 2 thirds of the game using her

In my opinion the best charm is cookie or smoke bomb. Mostly i agree with your list.

As someone who got all the achievements, I'd still rank Chalice as S if only because she actually feels far easier for me to play than Cuphead/Mugman. I like the control her extra movements come with and the added precision of her dash parry. I typically only really used the Smoke Bomb, so not the worst trade in for the overall touch of precision she brings. Plus the shield EX and extra HP genuinely make most S rank HP requirements a breeze. About the only place I would make her lose points is the plane levels, where her default shot has a lower fire rate which I don't feel quite makes up for the spread.

I don't think id be able to 300% the game without heart ring XD