Dr. Too Damn Hard Robot?

[DSTAR]

Was buzzing my wayu through the game. RNG is always a problem but after learning patterns, it can be dealt with. BUT OH GOD I got shat on so hard by Dr. Kahl (the giant robot) it was stupid. None of the game made me rage until this boss. I can barely scrape past his first phase and when I do, those stupid MUTHAFUKING BOMBS MAN!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥ MEEE!!!!

It actually got to the point where it feels unfair to me. Beat everything up til now on normal without too much issue. But this damn robot man. Too many times have there been just too many things happening on that first phase. I used to target the stupid laser first, but those damn R-Type blue-red ships ♥♥♥♥ my ♥♥♥♥. The pink barrel things arent an issue at all except for the longest I thought the extengiuished remains were still a threat (like the smoke cloud at the beginning of the genie, its safe)
BUT THEN ALL HELL STARTS BREAKING LOOSE when you destroy the middle or bottom part. the laser being destroyed leads to a spread spray which is fine alone, but the middle one triggers the giant robot hands to be right up your tight cup anus. on top of that you got THOSE SONOFBITCHASS BOMBS. Im just gonna say, if the bombs werent there, I would say its fair. They slowly track torwards me and progressively get faster. They explode in this huge blue fuster cluck blast that lingers way to long. Also, when there are multiple, they can colide and this also triggers them to blow up.

For as much love and care that went into this game (even with the artificial dificulty provied by RNG) I feel this boss came out of nowhere with how the difficulty suddenly spiked here. It feels out of place. like its broken or something imo.

Anybody else stuck here?

[Sharkofspace]

I actually JUST beat that boss. It really is a tricky one, but I found really abusing shrink helps, especially during the last phase

[Rohaq]

So, tips:

I did the first phase by alternating between shooting the laser at the top, then moving to the bottom panel when the laser is firing. Wait for the laser to target you at the bottom, and move to the top to focus on the laser again. Parry the pink units as they come to charge your super before focusing on the middle panel. Save your super for when the robot's heart appears.

Focusing on the top/bottom first leaves you with a lot more room to maneuver when the laser fires, making it easier to dodge bombs, and get more distance from them when they're in a good position to shoot down without getting hit by their explosion.

Also, don't forget your bombs if you're above and to the left of a target; they do way more damage than bullets to the boss, and can kill bombs in a single hit.

[Brandi32204]

THIS BOSS IS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it accully made me start crying at how hard it is

[Brandi32204]

and everything before this boss wasnt that bad dare i say this boss is harder than the devil and king dice?

[Brandi32204]

and i still havnt beaten it

[Gun-Ho Guy]

I found the first two phases to be quite easy, actually. You can use the bombs to get rid of the two parts on the robot's lower body, and then switch to bullets for the head laser. The heart is easy enough to destroy as long as you stay level with it using bullets and move lower to shoot the missles as they spawn. The flying head is even easier, because if you have full super meter you can almost instakill this phase. I can't exactly help you with the final phase, shrinking is your best bet.

[Codester]

The boss is pretty easy..... always take out laser first, then garage. Quickly take out middle piece. Now you should have 4-5 ex bar. Decimate the heart asap. Next phase is child's play. For the bullet hell part.. to cheese the fight stay in mini Mode to dodge the shots and fire bombs at him when tired. If you are good enough to fight him normally use bullets while moving and try to be above him to the left to drop bombs whenever possible. Every boss in the game is completely fair there is zero rng here. Take a deep breath you will get him. Second the match starts hit the laser dish with 3 bombs then back off and hit garage while you wait out laser. Then move up and kill it with 2 more bombs. The black bombs are very very easy to deal with. Out maneuver them with tiny mode and hit them with bombs preferably. At a distance or the bullets if you have to. Good luck.

[Codester]

Originally posted by NightWing:

and everything before this boss wasnt that bad dare i say this boss is harder than the devil and king dice?

Naw. No boss is really hard. Just different mechanics to get used to. If you hate the robot cala maria will bug you even more I'm betting. She too is fair and easy to overcome. But that's isle 3.

[Error404]

So, tried Rumor Honeybottoms yet, OP?

[Linus Hyper]

I did it once. Now when I try a on a second playthrough I just keep dying.
High Seas Hi-Jinx is alot easier than Junkyard Jive, and Cala Maria is insanely difficult.

The easiest boss in the game, besides the Root Pack is Captain Brineybeard.

[arejang]

I've spent more time on the robot than I think any boss in isle 2 or 3. It's annoying as hell for sure

[SpeedstickGF]

This boss was made to mess up people just like you, If somebody was sweeping through cuphead they are obviously good at the game, So to make it challenging for people that were sweeping through the other bosses they made a huge change to how bosses work.

[Error404]

Originally posted by [e-mail]:

This boss was made to mess up people just like you, If somebody was sweeping through cuphead they are obviously good at the game, So to make it challenging for people that were sweeping through the other bosses they made a huge change to how bosses work.

Lol necro.

[100% lob juice]

Ironically enough Dr. Kahl is one of the most consistent bosses in the game in terms of RNG.

[Bleid]

i got upset over something and when i was fighting the robot, i at least calmed down.

THE ROBOT CAN REALLY CHEER ME UP!