Cuphead

oregue has a great solution in which they suggest completing High-Noon Hoopla. Check that out if you would prefer a flying mission!

I personally found that the level "Gnome Way Out" is the easiest of the DLCs newest batch of bosses, so that is what I would personally recommend you go for as well. High-Noon Hoopla is also fairly easy, however I just do not like the flying as much.

Alright, so to acquire an S-Rank on this level (any level for that matter), you need to:
-Complete the level on Expert difficulty
-Complete the level within 2 minutes
-Lose no HP at all (Even while playing as Ms. Chalice, if you lose HP you will get an A rank)
-Do not drop below 3 HP
-Perform 3 optional parries
-Use 6 successful super attacks
-Not use the Genie!

Alright, and like I said, my recommendation is to do this on "Gnome Way Out", so the following information for this achievement will be for that level.

Loadout
-Roundabout shot
-Crackshot (DLC weapon)
-Super Art 2
-Ms. Chalice's Cookie

BadRubberPiggy in the comments suggests a different loadout / play-style, so if you find my suggestions to not be suited to your playstyle, check out their comment!

(Click the spoiler tags to see the information for the phases)

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Here is a video guide for those that may find it useful:

If you drop any negative feedback, please PM me to inform me why. Constructive criticism will only make the information here better!

Edit: So, apparently, you can use the ring parry, but if you take a damage and go to a hp 2 or 1, in your results will appear 2 or 1, even if you finished it with 3hp. to make it works, you cant be with low life, you can take damage if you're with 4 or 5hp, but never take a damage if you're with 3hp or 2

Edit: There's a problem with the ring parry. Me and Trav#1312 were talking about it and both finished the run with 3hp, but in the results was showing just 1hp, just a warn to you.

I think the easiest level in this dlc is "high-noon hoopla". if you got it in another map, you are very welcome to use the comments.

Edit: You need to be in the Expert to get an S-Rank. Thanks EMBICK, to remember me!

so what I did in my 100 attempts: I played in "high-noon hoopla" with Ms Chalice, but didnt worked well. Or the time was not sufficient or I was in low life.
So I changed to cuphead, with the twin heart charm and I got it very very fast. It's so hard to do it, I finished it with 1:56m and 3 lifes.
here's a video showing what I did:


Edit: "one tip: use the heart ring instead of the twin heart charm. The ring gives you an hp point after the first and third parry, and since you need 3 for the S ranking, it’s the same as having 5 go, plus you don’t get the Twin’s charm negative effect (that reduces damage you inflict)."Credits to RiddleMeThis JE

So I found myself struggling with High Noon Hoopla and Gnome Way Out, so instead I did this on Howling Aces

Credit to Arozay for the video, this is him getting an S rank on the boss

I didn't follow the video exactly the way he did it, but it gave me some help. Feel free to either follow the video loadout, or my recommendation.

I used Spread as primary and Crackshot as secondary. Use spread as much as possible for the first phase, except when the boss of out of range. Make good use of the B ability (single card not all of them).

For Charm I used the cookie, so you can parry with ease and afford to take one hit.

For Super I used number 2 (invincibility) to tank another hit.

On the second phase with the four flying dogs, just use the crackshot. Focus on dodging the letters, as the weapon automatically hits the enemies.

Now for the final phase, use the crack shot when the boss is open. Remember that the yellow chips go up and the red chips go down.

If my explanation is confusing to follow, just watch the video.

After going through all the options, I still advise the level with the Bulldog. He has very easy first and second phases. The only difficulty is in the third, when the level is spinning, but even there, after an hour of trying, I found how to make it easier.
We take from weapons
Crackshot and Spread
Ability - Invincibility
Skill- Heart Ring
With this setup I went through on the first try and on record another 15 minutes.

We beat the first two phases as you like. It can be a Crackshot, it can be a Spread. I mixed. The main thing is to shoot red rockets with the Crackshot. It is important to spend two cards at this stage on a supershot, otherwise you can not get 6/6 and make at least 2 parries.
The second stage of the dog and the letter is generally elementary. Shoot the Crackshot and parry all the letters.
Thus, by stage 3 you will have a charged ability and 6 lives (I actually failed in the record and came with 5, but the result has not changed)
The third stage is the most difficult. Dodge the first electrovolleys by firing the Crackshot. Then switch to the Spread and hit the boss. When the bowls be close, activate invisibility. This way you will have already dealt half the damage in stage 3 and you will still have 6 lives left. Well, then repeat until victorious. The main thing is not to lose HP on electricity at the beginning of stage 3, because. you need it for bowls.

My video for clarity -

What i used to S Rank every Boss


(Sorry if it had any bad english, i am Brazilian)

First of all:

To S Rank you need

Expert
2:09 or less
3 HP
3 Parrys
Use 6 Cards

Glumstone The Giant
Probably the easiest.

Weapon A: Roundabout
Weapon B: Crackshot
Super Art: 2 (Extra Heart that absorves damage)
Charm: Astral Cookie

Phase 1:
Go to the left and spam Roundabout, it will all hit him as soon as it goes back,if any gnome appears at the bottom, change to Crackshot and shoot them, if he opens his mouth and throw the fumes, try to avoid and parry the pink ones.
If he start to spawn the geeses, when the first geese comes near you, go down and just run forward until it disappear, if you reach the last spike and it didn't disappear, be fast and jump ONCE, while in the air the last Geese shall appear, then you double jump and go to the platform and keep shooting, the last minion he can spawn is that bear, in that case, run to the last platform and stay there shooting, if it already fell, go to the right and keep jumping to avoid the spikes.

Phase 2:

In the transition between Phase 1 and 2, spam Roundabout to deal more damage to his hands when they appear.
(At this point, if you got 2 or 3 Parrys in the first phase, you will have the 5 cards, use it and activate the Extra Heart to avoid losing HP)

When the hand with the ball spawn, go to the other one and shoot it with Roundabout, be aware of the gnomes spawning from the ground, if you they can spawn at your location, to avoid them and the ball at the same time, use Ms. Chalice dodge, don't stop shooting until the 3rd Phase.

Phase 3:

Change to Crackshot and focus on dodging, change between the platforms and Parry the skull with the bells when it appears, if you were not damaged during Phase 2, use Crackshot EX and Parry it to throw at the enemy, parry the pink darts and don't stop with the Crackshot, you don't need to aim.
If you do it correctly, you will fastly Knockout him.


Mortimer Freeze

WARNING: This Boss is very cheap on Parries, sometimes you can do all right but get only 1 or 2 Parries, you probably have to go more than once.


Weapon A: Crackshot

Weapon B: Roundabout

Superart: 2

Charm: Astral Cookie

Phase 1: Keep using the Crackshot, if he spawn the Little ice guys, try to stay in the middle to not being hit and when they land on the floor jump and dash to their side, the Crackshot will kill them when they start running, when Mortimer is above you again, he will hit you with the whale, when he threatens to do it, roll to the side not on the range of the attack.
You will probably go through this phase without Parrys, if you are lucky he will launch the cards at you, Parry the pink one, but if you Parry it close to Mortimer, the Parry will launch you a little up, so wait it get close to the floor or it gets distant from the Boss.
When he goes to the side really fast and start ringing the bell, change to Roundabout and shoot him until the giant start screaming, when he scream, go to the center.

Phase 2:

After the giant lands on the floor, look to the opposite direction and spam Roundabout, he have FOUR probable attacks and after going through one of them you will probably have 5 Cards, if you do activate the Super Art...

If he becomes the fridge, go to the opposite side and wait him to shoot the ice cube, if he throws the giant one, when it hit the floor it will generate two medium, when the two medium land on the floor, it generates four little cubes, if it throw a medium one it will generate two small ones. But another high probability is him throwing a big one and spawning the Popsicles and goes to another attack that isn't the fridge.

(Popsicles only are generated after fridge battle, but appear on the other ones after them spawn on the fridge, caution before killing them, because one of them is pink and you can Parry, and as i states before, this Boss is cheap in Parries.)

Always be on the complete opposite side of the boss because he may generate the second probable attack, the knives, he will always generate six knives. When he do the first 2 or 3 knives appear, double jump and dash because they will return to the floor.

Attacks 3 and 4 are very similar and they are the giant becoming a ball and rolling or jumping over you, in any case dodge it as Ms. Chalice to avoid it, if you try to jump over he may become the ball and jump, so dodge with the roll.

Phase 3:
Use Roundabout and keep shooting.
If you have cards, use Crackshot EX and change to Roundabout again.

This phase has 3 probable attacks and you can Parry only one of them, be aware to not losing the Parry.


One of these attacks is the bags, he will launch three, one of these will always be a Parry, dodge the other ones and Parry the pink, when the others hit the wall they will launch little moons at you, so be aware.

The second one is the Eyeball, if the Snowflake launches the Eyeball, it will do a circle in the map and return to its mouth, the Eyeball will launch vertical rays that come very fast, so if it comes near you, roll and dodge it, it's not likely that you will be able to jump and dash over it.

The third are the pointy hats, they will always go in direction of the center and before spawning they do some white sparkles, so when you see the sparkles go to the right or left of the attack to not be on the center, be aware on this one because one of the hats is a little retarded and will go after the other ones, so pay attention on one that is not moving.

Esther Winchester

Weapon A: Does not change in plane levels.

Weapon B: Does not change in plane levels.

Super Art: Does not change in plane levels.

Charm: Divine Relic

The Divine Relic is not unlocked by the store, i will link a video from ChickenNinja42 guide to the Divine Relic so you can acquire it, if you already have it, go to my guide already, if you don't, see oregue guide with the Heart Ring.


Phase 1: Go to the wall and keep shooting her with the plane bullets,if she shoot the Oil, when it return goes in the middle of both shots, an vulture which you can't kill and he will keep coming and shooting dynamites, they detonate when they reach the ground, when they hit the ground,stop shooting and focus on dodging it. Another minion is the horse, i don't kill him, i just don't go near him and let him shoot and Parry if it is a pink shoot, if not i just dodge.
If she throw the rope while in the upper window, go down and focus on dodging the other minions projectiles, if she does it at the bottom, change to plane bomb and keep bombing her.

Phase 2:

When she goes to phase 2 with the vacuum cleaner, you will probably have 5 cards because of Damage + Coffee + Parry, so use the bomb on her after she goes to phase 2, keep Cuphead at the center and keep him in the center don't letting her pull you close, the money is pretty easy to avoid, if you think it's better use the mini plane.
When she starts to throw the vaults at you keep the plane low and dodge them, when they hit the ground they will throw coins and banknotes that some can be parried, keep doing that and you will reach phase 3.

Phase 3: Get to the wall and shoot her with plane bullets, when she throws the meat at you dodge it, they always do a circle, use that to dodge (Don't forget Parrying the pink ones). Also, the little buckets with meat throw big ropes with sausage, so be on the opposite side of the open can, if you can Parry atleast one meat + Damage on Phase 2 you can Bomb her with your Super Art.

Phase 4: If you did not got damaged and did it all right you will be with 5 or 6 HP.

Use plane bullets and shoot her, when the sausages close on each other always look for the breach on them and use the mini plane to move to them faster. Get distant from her and Parry if you can the pink peppers, you will probably get 5 Cards, when you do, use the Super Art on her.


The Howling Aces
HARD AF

Weapon A: Charge

Weapon B: Crackshot

Super Art 2

Charm: Astral Cookie

Phase 1: Shoot the Charged shots on the bulldog and you shall kill him quickly, he have 2 possible attacks and other 2 that will always come.

The first one is throw the bone tattoo at you, he will throw 3 tattos, one will always be a parry, duck and keep Chalice down until they come close, then roll through it and shoot the dog, when they come back parry it.
Explanation of how they move:
The tattoo at the center will be the first to go back, if it is the pink one, Parry it and dodge or jump between the two others, if the other two are Parries, Parry them and go trough the breach. (There's also a chance of the upper and bottom tattoo be pink, in that case, i recommend Parry one that is staying still and other while it comes back.)

The other attack is the cat, if he comes with the cat you just need to duck and stay down until the three balls pass by.

The others attacks are the puppies throwing the three tennis balls and the fire hydrants, dodge the tennis balls (That's all you can do)
and Crackshot the Hydrants.

When you end him, you maybe wiçç hsve the five cards, use the Extra Heart.

Phase 2:

In the transition between phase 1 and 2, Charge your shot and keep it charged to the first puppy, as soon as it appears, go and shoot the Charged shot at any puppy, i recommend the one that spawns at left or right, when you release the shoot button, change to Crackshot and keep shooting, before they even start shooting the letters, one of them shall be already gone.
After that, keep using Crackshot and Parry the pink letters, they will be defeated fastly.

Phase 3:

This is hard, keep using the Crackshot and its EX,when the rays come, just don't be on they aim, and don't try to parry the horizontal one, it's a lot easier as Cuphead. When she start throwing the bowls, the yellow ones can only hit you when you jump, the red ones only in the floor, so be careful, my tips are rolling through the reds.
(Don't forget your screen will probably be flipped.)


Moonshine Mob

Weapon A: Charge

Weapon B: Roundabout

Super Art: 2

Charm: Astral Cookie

This Boss will maybe give you Problems with time because of Phase 3, i will explain later.

Phase 1: Keep shooting Charged shots at the Spider, don't kill the officers for the same reason of the Horse at High-Noon Hoopla, Parry their pink shots, the Fly Goons have a low HP, so you can use Roundabout or Non-Charged shot on them, for the Catterpillar, it will bounce like a DVD Screen, When it aligns with you, use Charged Shot.

Phase 2
Use the Super Art for the Heart.


Be on the center platform at the complete left or right shooting with the Roundabout, duck, and when the music rays pass by you, roll. I recommend rolling when they are yellow because they maybe turn red while passing by you (They only deal damage while red), and when the rays are green, parry the pink barrels.

During the transition to phase 3, the female bug can attack you by running through you, so go to the platform below.

Also in that transition, charge your shot and fire it at the snail when the Bugeater take his hat off.

Phase 3:

Very hard to deal damage and probably will take time to defeat it, i will give some tips to help it.

Important: Don't forget about the fake Knockout.

Here, go to the center platform and keep firing Charged Shots (while ducking), if you duck when he throws his tongue, it won't damage you, except if it is going back with the bug ball, in that case, go at the platforms's edge and duck, shoot the charged shot and roll to fall.
Another tip is using Roundabout EX if you can.
After you K.O. him, the Snail will appear, and if you got only 1 or 2 Parries, Parry his shots and kill him fastly with charged shots.

Chef Saltbaker

Just like Devil, you can beat him with more time and still get the S Rank. I think it is 3:30 or less.

Weapon A: Crackshot

Weapon B: Chaser

Super Art: 2

Charm: Astral Cookie

Phase 1:

The hardest definetly, there are a lot of things going on at the same time, keep shooting the Crackshot and focus on dodging.

To the Lemons: Jump over or roll by them.

To the Sugar: Jump over and Parry the pink ones.

To the Strawberries: Not hard to dodge, but you will have to do it at the same time than the others.

To the Animal Cookies: Can be killed with the Crackshot.

To the Flames: It's like the Blue Demons in the Main Game Devil Boss Fight, when they come to the floor, jump over or roll through it.

When Saltbaker slams the table, it's because he is going to phase 2, don't stop shooting and dodging until he catch you.

Phase 2:

Here it will have 3-5 falling leaves and 2 flames in the floor, keep shooting with Crackshot and use Super Art 2. You will have to damage the Pepper Shakers to them to fly to Saltbaker, you have make about 13 Shakers fly to him, it will activate his phase 3.

Parry the pink shots that come from the Pepper Shakers and dodge all the other things, if you need to move, roll through one of the flames.

Phase 3:

He will spawn wherever you are,when he spawn, roll and be aware with the cutters, he will bounce and fall faster than Regular difficulty, keep using the Crackshot until he's gone.

Phase 4: Change to the Chaser and keep going up, if the heart come close to you, Parry it, you will dodge it and be rewarded with a card, get the 5 and use the Super Art, you can Parry him a lot and use various EX and Super Arts, he has a low HP so if you don't stop with the Chaser, You will defeat him fast.




These are my tips and how i did to defeat them, if someone have a better tip to improve on time, i would be happy to know.