Grondious | Cuphead DLC - Chef Saltbaker Speedrun in 1:09 | Lobber, Spread, Chalice Loadout @Grondious | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Really happy with this fight.
After a long grind I managed to figure out and improve some of my setups to increase my consistency and speed. A big part of getting an awesome time with this weapon combo is to get as much over-damage in phase 1 as you can so that it takes as few of the Saltshakers as possible to kill phase 2.
This is RNG dependent but your skill at the fight influences this a lot. You need to play hyper aggressive with spread while not just out-right dying and then after he's moved back to the left side and starts an attack there, you want to start getting as much damage in as you can since at this point, ideally, you would be dealing over damage towards his phase 2.
Phase 2 is actually a really consistent phase once you kind of have the setups down with how to manage lobbers and your EX's. It is kind of important to manage your cards too and try to have a card ready for Phase 3 and for Phase 4.
When phase 2 is dying and it's about to transition to Phase 3, I like to get on the left most side of the screen. This baits the saw into the exact same position every time, and then whether it goes left, or goes right, I have a timing and a spot I will pick where I can safely set up a strong lobber trap so that the boss falls onto it. Then if I have the HP to spare I opt for a spread EX or if I don't have the HP I will step to the sides and shoot a lobber EX carefully.
I say carefully because there is instances of overlapping ground, and if your lobber EX hits this overlapping ground, the game thinks it hit 2 things at once so it blows up twice and will deal double damage to the boss when timed correctly.
For final phase, it's all about reacting to the random platforms, following the heart the best you can, and getting as many parries as you can and trying to actually aim and get off all the lobber EX's when the spacing and positioning allow for it. You really need to understand and get good at all of Ms. Chalice movement options to really optimize this phase.
All in all, it's a very difficult and insane fight worthy of the final boss. I hope all you lobber/spreaders out there find this wall of text useful or at least interesting regardless of who you are haha.
Watch live at - twitch.tv/grondious
Really happy with this fight.
After a long grind I managed to figure out and improve some of my setups to increase my consistency and speed. A big part of getting an awesome time with this weapon combo is to get as much over-damage in phase 1 as you can so that it takes as few of the Saltshakers as possible to kill phase 2.
This is RNG dependent but your skill at the fight influences this a lot. You need to play hyper aggressive with spread while not just out-right dying and then after he's moved back to the left side and starts an attack there, you want to start getting as much damage in as you can since at this point, ideally, you would be dealing over damage towards his phase 2.
Phase 2 is actually a really consistent phase once you kind of have the setups down with how to manage lobbers and your EX's. It is kind of important to manage your cards too and try to have a card ready for Phase 3 and for Phase 4.
When phase 2 is dying and it's about to transition to Phase 3, I like to get on the left most side of the screen. This baits the saw into the exact same position every time, and then whether it goes left, or goes right, I have a timing and a spot I will pick where I can safely set up a strong lobber trap so that the boss falls onto it. Then if I have the HP to spare I opt for a spread EX or if I don't have the HP I will step to the sides and shoot a lobber EX carefully.
I say carefully because there is instances of overlapping ground, and if your lobber EX hits this overlapping ground, the game thinks it hit 2 things at once so it blows up twice and will deal double damage to the boss when timed correctly.
For final phase, it's all about reacting to the random platforms, following the heart the best you can, and getting as many parries as you can and trying to actually aim and get off all the lobber EX's when the spacing and positioning allow for it. You really need to understand and get good at all of Ms. Chalice movement options to really optimize this phase.
All in all, it's a very difficult and insane fight worthy of the final boss. I hope all you lobber/spreaders out there find this wall of text useful or at least interesting regardless of who you are haha.
Watch live at - twitch.tv/grondious
![Cuphead DLC - Chef Saltbaker Speedrun in 78s | Lobber, Spread, Chalice Loadout [Mature Commentary]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W4oQSqeCZrs/hqdefault.jpg "Cuphead DLC - Chef Saltbaker Speedrun in 78s | Lobber, Spread, Chalice Loadout [Mature Commentary]
EDIT: I got a better time here (1:09) - https://youtu.be/Tr8cvWKv9y8
The mature commentary was from my good ol buddy Belial_13 lol
This boss is epic, and optimizing it with this weapon combo is a proper challenge but this vid shows good times are possible for lobber/spread/chalice if you play it right. The time should be able to come down a few more seconds with a truly nuts fight but I am happy with this for now.
Watch live at - https://www.twitch.tv/grondious")
