Creating Special Candies in Candy Crush Saga
The Candy Crush Saga has become one of the most popular puzzle games that have kept millions of people all over the world steadfastly fixed to their devices. One of the main keys to success in this game is creating special candies that can clear more than one piece at a time. In this article, we shall discuss the different types of special candies and how one creates them.
Special Candies
Special candies provide a number of options that allow the player to finish the levels much faster. Special candies are created by matching three or more candies in special patterns. There are several forms of special candies that, each have different special abilities, such as:
- Striped Candy: When four candies match up in a row.
- Wrapped Candy: An L- or T-shaped match-up of five candies.
- Color Bomb Candy: formed by matching five candies across a line.
- Jelly Fish Candy: formed by matching five candies into the cross pattern.
- Cookie Candy: formed by matching five candies into the square pattern.
Creating Striped Candies
The most common types of special candies are striped candies. To create a striped candy, you just have to match four candies in a row. The color of the striped candy will be the same color of candies that you matched. These striped candies can be combined with other special candies for even more powerful effects.
Creating Wrapped Candies
Another 'candy of many uses' is the wrapped candy. You can create a wrapped candy by matching five candies in the shape of a T or L. Wrapped candies will explode in a cross pattern, deleting all candies in its blast radius.
Creating Color Bomb Candies
The most powerful is the color bomb candies, which will clear all candies on the board that have the same color. To make a color bomb candy, you have to match five candies in a row. The color of the color bomb candy will be the same as that of the candies you matched.
Creating Jelly Fish Candies
Jelly Fish candies are like Wrapped Candies but in different shape and effect; to form a Jelly Fish candy, five candies matching in a cross shape are needed. The Jelly Fish candy clears all the candies in a straight line by making a line blast.
Creating Cookie Candies
Cookie candies are a more modern breed of special candy. To make a Cookie candy, you must match five candies in a square shape. Cookie candies create a 3x3 blast that will clear all candies in their blast radius.
Combining Special Candies
One of the most powerful ways of cleaning up the board as fast as possible is to combine special candies. Whenever you match a special candy with another, you will create some intense chain reactions that can wipe out a big part of the board.
Here are some examples of special candy combinations:
- Striped Candy + Striped Candy: Creates a horizontal and vertical line blast.
- Striped Candy + Wrapped Candy: Turn a wrapped candy with stripes in its color.
- Striped Candy + Color Bomb Candy: This creates a Color Bomb candy which will remove all candies in the colour of that striped candy.
- Wrapped Candy + Wrapped Candy: Making a huge explosion in this way can clear most of your board.
- Wrapped Candy + Color Bomb Candy: Special wrapped candy is created that explodes and removes all candies of the same color from the board.
Special Candy Combination Tips
Following are a few tips on how to create special candies with more efficiency:
- Think ahead and plan your move: Actually, before you make your move, try and assess how it will affect the game board. Look out for special candies that can be created.
- Use boosters judiciously: Boosters can be very useful in making special candies and cleaning up the board using minimum time. Apply them judiciously to gain maximum benefit from them.
- Practice makes perfect: The more one plays Candy Crush Saga, the better one gets at making special candies.
- Try different ways: Trying something new is not something one needs to be afraid of. There are many ways of making special candies for cleaning up the board.
These tips, and perhaps some regular practice, will have you well on your way to being a Candy Crush Saga champion.