Should you build Snow Sugar Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom (December 2022)?
In a recent Cookie Run: Kingdom update, which included the release of Sherbet and Carol Cookie, one of the least prominent additions was a buff for the largely forgotten Epic Magic unit, Snow Sugar Cookie.
The once-popular Summoner was one of the 37 Cookies available at launch and one of the most popular DPSs in the game for a long time.
Read on to find out how well the developer's attempt to bring the Snow King back into the Cookie Run: Kingdom meta has fared.
The "buff" to Snow Sugar Cookie didn't alter any of the substats or increase his "Blizzard" skill's existing numbers. However, it added a whole new "Frost" debuff to the Cookie's skill. The new debuff will affect any enemy the Snow King targets and increase the Frost DMG they incur by 50% (capped at 350%) for 15 seconds.
There is also a 13.4% chance that the Frost debuff will reduce the target's ATK SPD by 10%.
Taking this into account, here are the numbers for a maxed Snow Sugar Cookie (full Searing Raspberry build):
What the maxed-out "Blizzard" skill looks like in Cookie Run: Kingdom is also described below:
A big reason behind Snow Sugar's irrelevance is that its skill is very one-dimensional. This is highlighted when the current Cookie Run: Kingdom meta tends to gravitate more towards Cookies who have dynamic abilities and can perform distinct functions.
The addition of the Frost debuff seems to be an effort at changing the narrative around Snow Sugar, but it's simply not enough for the Magic Cookie to compete with Cookie Run: Kingdom heavyweights like Sherbet or Frost Queen.
The 13.4% chance on the ATK SPD debuff is just far too low for it to have any substantial impact in PvE or PvP, and while the DMG boost is appreciable, it does nothing to alleviate the core
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