Does Candy Diver Cookie live up to the hype in Cookie Run: Kingdom?
Candy Diver Cookie is one of the most unique additions to Cookie Run: Kingdom, given the character's unique skill set. With the popularity of damage dealer support like Cotton and Eclair at its peak, Devsisters choosing to release a new Support Cookie with no DMG or significant healing capabilities is a bold move.
Despite this, the Cookie has made a big splash in the game's meta since its September 27 release. Read on to find out why Cookie Run: Kingdom fans are rushing to invest in Candy Diver Cookies and if you should be doing the same.
On pure numbers, Candy Divers, even after their Cookie Level and Skill is maxed out, is not a particularly impressive Cookie Run: Kingdom character.
After applying a full Amplify Buff topping build, the overall power rating is just a little shy of 150,000. While this is a perfectly adequate power rating for intermediate players, a Cookie with this power rating is unlikely to make its way above Diamond-ranked teams in the game.
Their "Deep Sea Diver" skill does offer a great collection of buffs and healing abilities, akin to Mint Choco Cookie. The base numbers for this ability are given below:
The skill is largely unchanged from skill powder upgrades, with exceptions to the healing numbers which effectively double by Lv.70.
So far, Candy Diver appears to be a relatively niche Cookie that is only useful to very specific teams. What makes the newest addition to the Cookie Run: Kingdom world so exciting is his unique "Safeguarded" ability. This is explained in Cookie's skill description:
This means that Candy Diver is effectively unkillable in any game mode, while also implying that the Cookie cannot deal any damage.
One of the main reasons why Candy Diver is being adopted by Masters rank Cookie
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