How to S Rank the Phantom Express | Cuphead

Preferred loadout:
Roundabout/Peashooter
Spread
P.Sugar (REQUIRED)

As long as you have the auto parry sugar, this boss becomes a cakewalk. You'll be able to move the platform at will and trivialize all those pesky enemies trying to jerk you around. The final phase is still tough, but you just have to keep practicing to get through it. Hopefully this Cuphead guide can help you get that precious S Rank!

I'm running out bosses! Let me know which Cuphead boss I should S Rank next!

[nerdaxic]

Best edit so far! Quite clear, and the usual failure mode-shots in between are informal.
Cuphead is just soo pleasing to watch. Lucky I don't have to suffer though that :D

[pirate_cove_man]

Parry: [exists]

The Phantom Express: *I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK*

[nettojms]

Definitely the easiest one for me, but the autoparry completely screw me over, I keep hitting the wheels by accident and getting myself in wrong places, I prefer to control my parries on this one, it's so much easier for me.

I used roundabout and chaser, all of the phases are extremely easy for me with this set (charm can be coffee or smoke), the chaser is definitely the best option for the last phase.

[Jerebee-DS]

The Phantom Train is one of my favorite levels, mainly for Spector!

[wandertrico]

During the third phase, if you have roundabout, you can aim your shots at them.
For example, want to hit the enemy in the top left? Aim bottom right. Roundabout turns around n hits them

[ICTOAU]

Beating this boss is so easy, getting a good score is another story

[UltraEgo-Vegeta]

For the two lollipop things on the last second phase you can just stand on the far far left of the track and left of the rail you can just shoot them both easily.

[Artih]

Great video as always. :)
The biggest tip I can personally give to add to what you said is, in third phase, if the whatever-that-thing-is on your side starts its lightning attack, you don't need to go to the other side of the screen.

You can just go behind it and it will never hit you. You can also lock your charater in place and shoot him while all that happens.

[The_Wise_Wang]

Here are some extra tips:
1) If you use the weapon from the dlc that shoots thre lightings you can use it to make phase so easy because all of the eyeblass that are being thrown at you get destroyed by just holding your shoot and your aim button.
2) Crack shot is useful for the final phase.
3) If you want to use your super in phase 2 safely as miss chalice, instead of launching yourself up by jumping, you should launch yourself up by parrying the things on the platform you are standing. The reason jumping doesn't get the job done is because you can get hit that way.

[meepman]

I'm finally done with every thing except inkwell hell.

[JurassicHeadlines]

for those lighting rod things
If you have the super art one you can hit both of them at the same time which makes this section a lot easier
I usually use the super art on the first ghost so it allows me to save up for the second

[compeas]

Even after several week after the dlc, this is still my favorite boss/level in the enterity of the game
-Music
-Design
-Mechanics
-Diffikulty
This tricky train just have everything to me

[phantom]

I use Chaser for the train part and it helped me so much

[HRRSN]

Funny and informative at the same time. Love it.

[unknownastroid_]

Using converge was a joke on this didn’t even have to move for the first stage unless I had to parry the stupid candy..

[frank]

Great guide. I'd recommend saving your Super for the twin heads. You can hit one with it and, after a few more hits, it will easily die, meaning you now only need to hit the other head. I'm not sure if you can hit both heads with the Super.

[deebrennan]

That glitch that happened was definitely hell on Earth!

[littlelinda]

Tip when you are fighting the last phase try to stay towards the middle bc u get the least amount of fire

[jdedmllard]

I did roundabout, chaser and parry sugar. I used roundabout the entire fight and then at the end I used my super on the locomotive and then just used chaser and he died the second time I parried the tail.

So far this is the only time ive seen chaser as the most effective weapon for a boss. And its for literally one phase and nothing else.

[Jacobiano_]

2:15 it makes sense, since trains rely on their weight to get their speed since steel against steel produces almost zero friction, contrary to rubber against asfalt which is literally almost unmovable because of the amount of friction, so it's understandable he'd be way faster running