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Well, here we are again. Discussed already? Yes. Satisfactory? Not in my opinion. So let's get on with this.
Cuphead has no feats on his own above 9-A. While this is fine, since scaling is a thing, the one character who actually has a feat at High 7-A is Grim Matchstick. He is the only one who has a feat at tier 7, or even tier 8. Nothing else is even remotely close. Let's go down the line, explain why this feat shouldn't be used, and possible counterarguments.
1. The Storm isn't directly caused by Grim: While this one has been talked about, the idea that Grim did the storm in the first place is... sketchy. He has no animation of him reaching to the sky, flapping his wings, or... anything really. His second phase starts and the storm starts.
Some may point to the storm starting upon his transformation as proof that he caused it, but it is, in all honesty, just an homage to old-school cartoons, as much of the game is, in addition to a mood-setting device. Unless we want to rate Katara Tier 7 for the rain starting when she targets Yon Rha, the man who killed her father. This actually makes more sense than Grim's storm, since Katara is actually a Water Bender. The background or setting changing to fit the mood of a scene, unless shown to be directly caused by the character (as indicated via a motion to the clouds, energy going to the clouds, or the like), should not be treated as a feat for the character in question.
2. The Storm is an Outlier: This one is pretty simple. Even if the storm feat is legitimate, which I question for the reasons above, it is a grievous outlier to anything else in the series. No feat even comes close. In fact, this bad boy is the runner up. A 9-A feat is the next best thing to a High 7-A feat. I hope I don't have to say why this is an outlier.
Aside from Grim's feat, which is questionable at best, no one comes close in power. The only thing that could be argued is that the final boss, The Devil, has a feat in this ballpark by causing volcanoes to erupt. Once again, this is just background, and they are already erupting when the fight even takes its first frame. This is not a valid feat, and has even less ground to stand on than Grim's feat, which is already pulling a Gasto.
So, what's the verdict here? Back down to 9-B and 9-A for the previously accepted feats.
TLDR: Grim's feat isn't valid, and even if it was it doesn't compare to any other feat in the serious, and thus would be an outlier. Cuphead from High 7-A to 9-B and 9-A, for his ground and plane forms, respectively.
Cuphead has no feats on his own above 9-A. While this is fine, since scaling is a thing, the one character who actually has a feat at High 7-A is Grim Matchstick. He is the only one who has a feat at tier 7, or even tier 8. Nothing else is even remotely close. Let's go down the line, explain why this feat shouldn't be used, and possible counterarguments.
1. The Storm isn't directly caused by Grim: While this one has been talked about, the idea that Grim did the storm in the first place is... sketchy. He has no animation of him reaching to the sky, flapping his wings, or... anything really. His second phase starts and the storm starts.
Some may point to the storm starting upon his transformation as proof that he caused it, but it is, in all honesty, just an homage to old-school cartoons, as much of the game is, in addition to a mood-setting device. Unless we want to rate Katara Tier 7 for the rain starting when she targets Yon Rha, the man who killed her father. This actually makes more sense than Grim's storm, since Katara is actually a Water Bender. The background or setting changing to fit the mood of a scene, unless shown to be directly caused by the character (as indicated via a motion to the clouds, energy going to the clouds, or the like), should not be treated as a feat for the character in question.
2. The Storm is an Outlier: This one is pretty simple. Even if the storm feat is legitimate, which I question for the reasons above, it is a grievous outlier to anything else in the series. No feat even comes close. In fact, this bad boy is the runner up. A 9-A feat is the next best thing to a High 7-A feat. I hope I don't have to say why this is an outlier.
Aside from Grim's feat, which is questionable at best, no one comes close in power. The only thing that could be argued is that the final boss, The Devil, has a feat in this ballpark by causing volcanoes to erupt. Once again, this is just background, and they are already erupting when the fight even takes its first frame. This is not a valid feat, and has even less ground to stand on than Grim's feat, which is already pulling a Gasto.
So, what's the verdict here? Back down to 9-B and 9-A for the previously accepted feats.
TLDR: Grim's feat isn't valid, and even if it was it doesn't compare to any other feat in the serious, and thus would be an outlier. Cuphead from High 7-A to 9-B and 9-A, for his ground and plane forms, respectively.
