WayOfLoci

A guide/commentary on how to beat Sally Stageplay from the Dramatic Fanatic stage without taking damage in Cuphead.

This is on the Regular difficulty in Cuphead, using the Peashooter weapon and the Smoke Dash charm.

Sally Stageplay tips

Phase 1

– Teleport Slam 0:21, goes into her umbrella then drops from the ceiling either on top or close to your position. With this wait until you see her appear on screen before dashing or moving out of the way, this is so to be sure not to react-dash on the slam which if she isn’t dropping directly on you, can lead to you dashing into her.

– Fan spawns 0:25, she’ll jump into the air ‘sonic-roll’ and throw a fan which then hits and stays on the ground for a period of time. Once you recognise the spin, be ready to dash out of the way and be aware to avoid whilst it’s on the ground.

– Dropkick 0:26, she’ll jump and immediately attack down. Easy to dash away or through just be aware of other obstacles e.g. fans or rat mobs in second phase

– Parryable heart 0:35, spawns a heart projectile that will continue across the screen.

Phase 2

– Baby bottles 1:19, from the windows in the background milk bottles will be thrown down regularly. Try to stay in the gaps between windows to avoid it dropping directly on you, as well as keeping in mind to dash if needed.

– Rat mobs 1:21, rat mobs that go along the floor, wall then drop from the ceiling when they are directly above your position. Would recommend trying to stay away from the sides of the arena with these as easy to be trapped by these falling and Sally’s other attacks. Use smoke dash to i-frame through as well as try to get them to drop as soon as possible.

– Phase 1 attacks continue in addition to these.

Phase 3

– All attacks are shown on the board in the top left corner before they appear making it a lot easier to avoid or be ready for them.

– Meteor 2:14, meteor will drop from the sky which when hit enough will produce a parryable star that stays in the upper half of the screen.

– Wave 2:16, wave that will move horizontally along the screen. Easiest method to avoid is to smoke dash through however you can use the star from the meteor to parry for height to go over the wave (using a EX attack here helps pause in the air allowing for the wave to pass under)

– Lightning 2:23, a number of lightning projectiles will drop from the ceiling and move left or right. Smoke dash or jump above these.

Phase 4

– Roses 3:10, roses will be thrown from the crowd first shown as a shadow which then drop in the same vertical as thrown. Smoke dash through or parry the parryable ones (although be careful on the parry due to the risk of landing on umbrella below)

– Umbrella 3:06, umbrella will spin and follow you along the floor. Move from one side of the arena to the other dashing over to avoid. Be careful of using EX attacks in the air as the pause can leave you directly above the umbrella so have the dash ready to use.