User blog:Akrie/Cookie Run Popularity Contest: Wrath of the Red Dragon Edition!

There's hundreds of players playing Cookie Run everyday, and you may be wondering: which combis are the most popular?

This edition of Cookie Run's Popularity Contest will cover the Wrath of the Red Dragon season - it will cover mainly Cookies that has been released during that season, as they are usually stronger then the previous seasons. However, since all Cookies has been rebalanced to make them more fair in terms of scoring points, you may even see your favorite Cookie listed here!

There are two popular categories: Coins and Points. People strive to either try to collect the most coins each run (which is not recorded) or points (which is recorded), so they tend to use combis that they know that will generate them the most coins and points per run.

There is also one other category: XP. It is not frequently used because 1), you're going to get XP no matter what combi you use, and 2) it becomes useless after you've hit the maximum level. The main objective of the XP combis is to maximize the XP you get in each run to help you level up faster to unlock more Cookies.

Remember, people will usually make the combis slightly differently, and not every one of them is the same.

Coins Combis
We'll start with Coins. People tend to just use a couple of Cookies and a few treasures to try to attain the most coins earned per run to buy and upgrade many things in the game. For the Coins combi, you will want to make sure you have the Double Coins random boost. Always.

Adventurer Cookie + Pistachio Firefly
This may look like an odd combi, but Adventurer Cookie was termporarily the best coins generator since his ability, Hidden Ruins, would give a ton of coins instead of jellies. The ability was reverted after a month, but in the new season it's now permament! Because of this Adventurer Cookie is yet again the best coins generator in the game.

Since the majority of the coins you get are in the Hidden Ruins, it's a good idea to try to get to as many Hidden Ruins as you can. The Pistachio Firefly is a great pet, as it gives Blast and Energy jellies which will help Adventurer Cookie to get to as many ruins as he can before he finally expires. Slippery Golden Banana Peel are great treasures to use due to the Coin Bonus and Faster Base Speed.

XP Combis
The main objective of the XP combis are to generate as much XP as you can in a single run. The basic way how the game works is that the longer you run, the more XP you get at the end. So it's ideal to use Cookies, pets and treasures that gives XP bonus, Revives and Slower Energy Drain. You'll want to use the 25% Slower Energy Drain random boost AND the Double XP boost for best results. Even in the new season, Bright Cookie is still the strongest XP generator so I have included her here.

Bright Cookie + Wishing Star
Bright Cookie with Wishing Star wins this, hands down. Together they give a massive 42% XP bonus due to Bright Cookie's 12% and her combi with the Wishing Star which adds 30%. The Chocolate Hardcover Workbook grants a good amount of XP bonus and Slower Energy Drain, and the new treasure you get from collecting 150 Stars in the Tower of Frozen Waves, Icy Starlight Bellflower, is a very nice treasure to use as it gives 10% XP and 198 additional Energy through revives. Extraordinary Limited Edition Cookie Comics is a good alternative, as it also gives the same bonuses but with slightly more emphasis on XP bonus over Slower Energy Drain. Pirate Cookie is a good relay because he essentially has 240 Energy which allows you to run longer.

Peach Cookie + Panda Dumpling
Peach Cookie has a 20% XP combi bonus with her pet, Panda Dumpling, and due to being a S rank Cookie she can last much longer than Bright Cookie which can result in more XP gained. Due to how the Panda Dumpling works, it is also a decent Coins generator, so having Ginger Claus as a relay is ideal as Ginger Claus does gives 20% more Coins and 10% more XP at the end. If you do not have Ginger Claus, going with either Bright Cookie or Buttercream Choco Cookie a fine plan.

If you want to tap into the Coins/XP thing a bit more, you can replace the Chocolate Hardcover Workbook with Stoic Piece of the Moon or Melt-in-your-mouth Cinnamon Rope, but you won't be able to run as far since none of the treasures carries Slower Energy Drain.

Points Combis
The following combis are intended for scoring purposes. The higher your score is compared to your friends, the more Crystals, Coins and Gift Points you will get at the end of each Rankings week. People tend to use the 15% Slower Energy Drain random boost to ensure that they run for as long as possible because it overall gets you more points than if you did not.

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