A detailed guide to the bosses of the second game world Cuphead: how to kill Gene in the background of the pyramid
Phase 1 – Gene Jimmy
In the first stage, Jimmy the Great is on the right side of the screen, opening the chests with his treasures to release one of three attacks. These include:
Jin in the first stage
- Swords – A group of four swords will fly out of the treasure chest in random directions. They stop near the edge of the screen and after a short period of time each of them will fly in your direction. One of them will be pink, which means you can parry it.
- Cases with cats. Jimmy will release several cases in the form of cats, which after a while will open and release from four to five small kittens, similar in size to scarabs. They will move right in your direction. Usually one of the small cats is pink, which allows you to parry and use a charged attack against the boss.
- Treasure – Jimmy will open a chest, from which jewelry, gold and diamonds will fly right in your direction. In this case, you need to keep to the left edge of the screen in order to dodge enemies.
The first phase of the fight is pretty straightforward. Before Jimmy makes another move, he will often fire a huge projectile in the form of a white cloud and a skull. He only shoots once, so after that happens, focus on the other attacks of the enemy, which he will immediately start using.
You must constantly shoot the boss while avoiding his attacks. This is more difficult than meets the eye, as he usually uses almost simultaneously two or even three of the projectile attacks listed above, which are the contents of his treasure chest. You need to shoot and dodge them at the same time. This can be tricky as the large number of projectiles can cause you to panic.
Depending on the type of shells, you need to change your position. Cat sarcophagi will release slowly flying homing kittens flying in your direction. This means that you need to be in constant motion to avoid being hit. You must make it so that you slip between the flying projectiles. In the case of swords, you will need to get out of their flight path the first time, and when they begin to re-move to dodge them.
As soon as you manage to dodge most of Jimmy’s attacks and deal enough damage, the second stage of the battle will begin.
Phase 2 – Jimmy Pillars
In the second stage of the battle, you will find yourself in a tunnel, moving from left to right. There will be several pillars in this tunnel blocking your path, and touching them (or a roof with a floor) will take damage.
Pillars
As you approach each of these pillars, you will need to find the part that has the boss’s face on it. Shoot at it and soon part of the pillar will be destroyed, allowing you to fly further. Between each of these pillars, you will have to dodge the rotating circular saws that move back and forth through the narrow space. Observe the saws and maneuver around them when it is safe to do so. After the destruction of five or six pillars, the next stage of the battle will begin.
Phase 3 – Sarcophagus
In the third stage of the fight, the boss will appear in the form of a giant sarcophagus located on the right side of the screen. At this point, he will use several different attacks, including:
Sarcophagus
- Balls with eyes. He will shoot two eyeballs that will fly from right to left, bouncing up and down, moving symmetrically to each other. The first cross will be short, the second long, and so on. You can stand right near the left edge of the screen and be almost completely safe.
- The sarcophagus will also release one or more ghosts that will fly from right to left.
This stage, like the first stage, is associated with dodging projectiles. The boss will release a large number of ghosts that move horizontally across the screen and then disappear. Eyeballs will fly very often. Therefore, you must dodge the latter and destroy only those ghosts that fly directly at you.
Although this is already the third part of the fight, I would call it one of the easiest. However, you can switch to using a powerful charged attack, which turns the plane into a huge torpedo. Having done this, fly to Jimmy and touch him. I repeat that everything is very simple with balls with eyes – it is enough to move to the left edge of the screen and only occasionally make movements back and forth. As soon as you inflict enough damage on Jimmy, he will transform – the fourth stage of the battle will begin.
Phase 4 – Jimmy Doll
This short combat phase will turn Jimmy into a puppet that takes up most of the center area and the right edge of the screen, while Jimmy’s hat will hover around you on your left, periodically firing bullets. The puppet itself will extend its hand, forming a pistol from its fingers, and launch a series of four projectiles in your direction. The last projectile is usually pink and you can parry.
Doll
During this combat phase, you need to stay halfway between the hat and the doll at the top or bottom of the screen. Keep an eye on the hat so you know when it starts firing projectiles, which will allow you to avoid all of them, stay in constant motion to avoid being hit by the doll itself. Whenever possible, parry the last projectile and turn into a bomb.
As soon as you deal enough damage, the boss will turn into a giant genie.
Phase 5 – Giant Jimmy
At the final stage of the battle, three pyramids will fly around you, rotating counterclockwise. At the same time, Jimmy will wave his arms, just trying to distract you. However, the real danger lies in the pyramids themselves. At certain times, one of the pyramids will become active (fortunately, only one at a time), which you can notice thanks to the open eyes in its center. At this stage, the activated pyramid emits a violet laser in vertical and horizontal directions on all sides.
Huge gin
This is a dangerous attack that should be avoided, and since it comes on rather quickly, it can be difficult to spot it in advance (especially if Jimmy has managed to hide the activated pyramid with his own hands). To hide from this attack, you must approach the activated pyramid, and position yourself in one of the four safe squares, into which the screen is divided by the rays of this pyramid. Stay in this square as you follow the pyramid.
Continue to attack Jimmy himself, and since this stage is the final one, the boss will not have much health. You should definitely use all your super powers to bring the end of the fight closer. When you do enough damage, Jimmy will be defeated.
