Cookie Run: Kingdom – Top Team Compositions & Benefits

Although Cookie Run: Kingdom is classified as a gacha game, the gameplay extends well beyond merely gathering cookies. Players must strategize to assemble the most effective teams suited for various game modes like world exploration, guild battles, and arena challenges. You can enhance cookies’ abilities through promotion, ascension, awakening, or by selecting toppings, applying biscuits, and using magic candies.

The first step to forming a strong team is to curate the right mixture of cookies. Each cookie occupies a specific role on the team—either frontline, middle, or back. Generally, you should choose resilient frontline cookies to guard formidable ambush, ranged, or magic-type damage dealers, along with a support or healing cookie positioned in the back. However, various other considerations may come into play depending on the specific game mode you’re tackling.

Using Specific Combinations of Cookies Provides Unique Team Buffs

Since the Grand Cookie Games update which introduced Choco Drizzle, Pudding à la Mode, and Green Tea Mousse Cookie, Devsisters has added intriguing options for team compositions. Using specific cookie combinations in battles grants unique buffs to the entire team.

Some effects can trigger without all the relevant cookies present. For instance, the Silver Knighthood ability requires only Silverbell Cookie and Mercurial Knight Cookie but can also benefit from having White Lily Cookie and Elder Faerie Cookie on the battlefield. In contrast, The Deceitful Trio requires Candy Apple, Black Sapphire, and Shadow Milk Cookie to work effectively.

These combinations can be particularly effective during world exploration stages, guild battles, or any other battles focusing on a specific damage type. Implementing The Protector of the Golden City or The Deceitful Trio can be highly advantageous when dealing significant earth or poison damage.

Best Team Combinations for Guild Battles

Recommended Teams are a Solid Choice

For guild battles, sticking with the recommended teams is usually a wise approach. However, certain cookies can be swapped out for others without significantly affecting your chances of success, as detailed below. For instance, the default setup for the Red Velvet Dragon recommends starting with Matcha Cookie. Yet, replacing her with a support cookie such as Cream Ferret Cookie or Snapdragon Cookie can maintain a high winning probability. A strong option for stacking poison damage is Rebel Cookie.

While Candy Apple Cookie and Shadow Milk Cookie don’t inflict poison damage directly, they are formidable attackers in their own rights and are crucial for activating the “Deceitful Trio” buff, significantly enhancing the poison damage dealt by Prune Juice and Black Sapphire Cookie. A team centered around Avatar of Destiny performs best when paired with two additional support cookies. The usual choices are Cream Ferret Cookie and Star Coral Cookie, although I’ve noted that Cream Puff Cookie also excels in this role.

Blueberry Pie’s skill, “Cursed Tome“, relies on stacking up “greed“. Upon reaching seven stacks, she unleashes a potent multi-target attack. She can accumulate more greed stacks when her target is immobilized, making her an ideal match for cookies like Frost Queen Cookie, who can freeze, stun, or place foes in slumber. As Frost Queen efficiently incapacitates licorice oozes, Blueberry Pie Cookie can quickly eliminate them.

Top Team Combinations for the Arena

A Balanced Mix of Top-Tier Cookies

The arena meta is ever-evolving, complicating the task of identifying the most powerful cookie. Nevertheless, there are several strong contenders. As mentioned earlier, every solid team should consist of at least one tank cookie, one support cookie, and a high-damage dealer—though some players may choose to forgo a support cookie if they can quickly overwhelm their opponents. You can rarely go wrong with Awakened Ancients and Beast cookies; however, keep in mind that most Ancients lose effectiveness if they aren’t awakened.

Choosing any mix of these cookies will yield favorable results in the arena, as long as you maintain a balanced team composition. For instance, I would recommend a lineup featuring Elder Faerie, Burning Spice, Shadow Milk, Wind Archer, and Awakened Pure Vanilla. In arena battles, legendary, ancient, beast, and dragon cookies are limited to four slots, necessitating at least one super epic, epic, or special cookie for optimal results. Building a variety of teams in Cookie Run: Kingdom is vital for maximizing your rewards.