Mortimer became a giant flying snowflake and the arena scrolled upward into the sky, with the ground falling out from under Ms. It took me dozens of tries to get to phase three, and once I finally did, I found it to be the most challenging form yet. As a result, attempting to jump over him proved unwise, since it was difficult to predict when he’d launch into the air instead of rolling across the ground. He rolls from one side of the screen to the other, sometimes stopping after one roll, sometimes stringing three together, often launching into the air for the final roll. In phase two, Mortimer takes the form of an Abominable Snowman-style creature with a bucket on its head. Meanwhile, using her dash parry to earn Super Art energy from the slow-moving pink Tarot cards felt satisfying. Chalice’s dodge roll to avoid taking damage from them. Trying to jump out of their way got me killed multiple times until I learned to use Ms. The small ice creatures he sent down were particularly difficult to avoid, since their trajectory was unpredictable. In its first form, Mortimer flew above her head as a wizard, throwing Tarot cards, dropping icy minions, and slamming the ground with a large fish from above. The Mortimer Freeze fight seemed designed to show off Ms. That’s not so simple to perform in the heat of combat, but the invincibility frames it provides will make it worth working into your repertoire. Chalice isn’t an automatic win button her abilities will take time to master - particularly the dodge roll, which requires pressing the dash button while holding down on the control stick. These abilities give her an edge over the game’s original characters, making it easier to take down tough foes.
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She brings several new abilities to the table compared to Cuphead and Mugman: She has an extra point of HP, an inherent double jump that’s independent of parrying, and a dodge roll, plus her dash can act as a parry when you connect with a pink object. At the Summer Game Fest Play Days event in Los Angeles, I resolved to battle the boss until I’d bested it, which took dozens of attempts across about 45 minutes.įor the fight, I controlled Ms. We saw the boss’ second and third phases during the Summer Games Fest 2022 livestream.
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Mortimer Freeze is a three-phase boss that we’ve briefly glimpsed in its first form in the Cuphead DLC’s release date announcement trailer at the end of 2022.
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One of the expansion’s new bosses, Mortimer Freeze, brings new challenges and new gameplay systems to Cuphead’s style of run-and-gun fun, and Report Door recently spent the better part of an hour trying to take him down at a hands-on event. The add-on will be released in June on all platforms.
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Cuphead fans have waited five long years for the game’s expansion, The Delicious Last Course, and it’s finally almost here.