So how do you defeat Jimmi the Great in Cuphead? Bosses in Cuphead have always been as strong and invincible as they are unique and interesting. The new DLC, The Delicious Last Course, has pushed the boundaries of the Difficult Boss concept and allowed players to re-experience the pleasure of suffering constant death at the hands of bosses. One of the first DLC bosses is Jimmi the Great. He is a large red Jin who can perform unimaginable magic and perceives combat as a fun game. Jimmi the Great is by no means the most powerful boss in the expansion, but to defeat him, you will have to survive four phases of the battle before you can strike the final blow. Knowing all the stages and abilities of the boss will allow you to dodge all attacks, and our guide will help you with this.

How to Defeat Jimmy the Great in Cuphead

Before you go into battle with Jimmi the Great, you should prepare. First, visit the NPC Canteen Hughes, standing to the left of the pyramid. This little mechanic will equip your plane with bombs, which will be a good support in the boss fight.

In addition, you should activate the Smoke Bomb ability. Thanks to this, you can become invulnerable for a short time at the moment when your plane shrinks. This ability will be excellent insurance against numerous projectiles flying at you.

After than enter the pyramid to defeat Jimmi the Great in Cuphead.

Phase One

During the first phase, Jimmi only uses two basic attacks: Skull Shot and Challenger’s Chest. Both abilities will alternate with each other, so be careful. Skull Shot looks like a big white skull is flying out of the boss to hit you from a distance. You don’t have to worry too much about this attack, as the skull will slowly fly in a straight line.

At the same time, Challenger’s Chest will periodically attack Cuphead with one of the following attacks:

  • Floating Swords: Blades periodically fly out of the chest, which will bounce off the walls to hit you. You can parry pink blades to fill up the EX bar. But the blue blades are better not to touch.
  • Jewels: Many jewels fly out of the chest, and you must dodge them. Sometimes there are too many of them, and you should decrease in size in this case. As with daggers, you can parry pink jewels.
  • Cat Sarcophagi: A cat sarcophagus will spawn from the chest and throw off three homing kitties. Turn away from these cats and shoot the boss to get to the next stage faster. By analogy, you can parry pink cats.

Phase Two

At the beginning of the second phase, the screen will change. Your task is to play in the likeness of Flappy Birds, where there will be an image of Jimmy the Great instead of pillars. To fly through the post, shoot Jimmi in the face. You also need to dodge a lot of saws, so be extremely careful. Sometimes you will have to shrink to fly through the hole and avoid getting hit by a saw.

Phase Three

At the beginning of the third phase, a huge sarcophagus will appear on the screen, which will soon open. Little ghost mummies will start to fly out of the sarcophagus. These mummies tend to fly around the bottom or middle of the screen, so you should fly to the top. You shouldn’t kill mummies. Switch your weapons to bombs and attack the sarcophagus.

In addition to ghost mummies, sometimes Jimmi the Great will shoot eye planets at you. You will know he is preparing to shoot if you see how he closes his eyes. Projectiles fired will rise and fall in figure-of-eights. Try to dodge as you can’t destroy them. After a while, the Sarcophagus will close, which means the 4th phase is about to begin.

Phase Four

Jimmi the Great will appear on screen in standard form for a while. After that, he will turn into a large hand and begin to control the Puphead puppet.

Puphead will dance, so stay away from him and attack from a distance. In addition, the puppet will shoot large projectiles from the finger in different directions along a straight trajectory. The projectiles don’t fly very fast, so try to dodge them.

Djimmi’s headgear will also fly around the screen and emit many small projectiles in different directions. It is best to hide from them near the puppet. This phase is one of the fastest, so you will soon be able to strike the final blow.

Final Fight

In the final phase, Jimmi’s face will take up a third of the screen. Three pyramids with eyes will also appear. These pyramids will circle you and take turns firing energy beams up, down, right, and left. If you survive the previous phases, dodging these attacks is not difficult.

At the same time, Jimmi himself will shoot translucent smoke rings, which are also easy to dodge. Soon the boss will start to choke. You must shoot him a little more, after which you will defeat Jimmi the Great in Cuphead.

Cuphead is available on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.