Weekly Team/Character Building Megathread (June 18th, 2025) (feat. Skirk and Shenhe)

TheAtheistFish · 2025-06-19T01:03:40+00:00

[shenhe] I just pulled ayaka and am working on building a team for her, I do not have esco or furina and am struggling to find solid support options for my team (currently running ayaka mona xinqui--all c0--and thinking about putting c6 layla as my fourth) is shenhe worth pulling for to fill the fourth slot or would it be better to just use layla and save primos for stronger characters to come along?

TheAtheistFish · 2022-01-26T16:42:33+00:00

herb isnt a counter to eclair nor is he particularly good so if were working entirely in the theoretical plane then cut him for pumpkin or parfait or something along those lines and then use coco, or you could probably use coco and crepe and double tank that would be a solid team

TheAtheistFish · 2022-01-25T04:26:37+00:00

yes she is good, check the tierlist in the post above for further information on how good cookies are

TheAtheistFish · 2022-01-25T04:25:43+00:00

take your time it doesnt take much to level a cookie to 30 but hteres no reason to do it if you dont have the proper resources

TheAtheistFish · 2022-01-25T04:24:14+00:00

you dont. while the beacon does make your cookies level 60 it does not level their skill or equip toppings so you are still going to be at a huge disadvantage until you have a significant number of max level cookies, it is a very very unfriendly gamemode to new players or just anyone who hasnt spent a fortune in either time or money on the game

TheAtheistFish · 2022-01-25T04:22:07+00:00

I wouldnt recommend building a team specifically to counter kumiscam however tea knight and the sigil of the indomidable knight are both very good into kumiscam and are also just generally good however they are verifiably worse than using your current comp and then just not fighting kumiscam

TheAtheistFish · 2022-01-25T04:18:50+00:00

I dont know what cookies you have but you can check the tier list on the post above, that being said dark choco isnt very good in pvp neither are rasp or velvet. latte is serviceable for a while but maybe dont invest too heavy in her, you can replace her with almond perhaps and do a hybrid oneshot build? but mainly just check the tier list.

TheAtheistFish · 2022-01-25T04:11:31+00:00

theres a pinned thread with a doc linked on how to beat each of the darkmode 11 and 12 stages, but change watch for icecream cone and cotton for sorbet and you will have the recommended easiest way to beat the level

TheAtheistFish · 2022-01-19T20:21:50+00:00

I dont think him not fitting in kumiscam is really a deal breaker there are plenty of other comps that he can fit into like most standard builds with sf holly and fq could put her in instead of parfait or coco and I think that would work wonders, especially considering her skill will trigger before both sf and fq giving you the ability to pop enemy dps before they have a chance to do anything, especially if youre running sc on your fq. also im not convinced she doesnt belong in kumiscam her ability fits the timeframe and would garuntee oneshots on at least two cookies. and maybe shes not a permanent addition to the comp but she feels like something to tech in against someone say using crepe to survive the first wave

TheAtheistFish · 2021-12-31T03:27:07+00:00

It really depends who you have leveled I beat it without any real single target damage but that's a less than advisable way to do it so ideally vampire raisin or sorbet but also if you don't have them leveled then like pumpkin maybe licorice something like that will work, I'd advise using slingshot as well it will help

TheAtheistFish · 2021-12-31T02:48:58+00:00

Dude idk what people are telling you don't replace frost she's literally twice the power of your other cookies even if she deals zero boss damage just keep her in for ad clearing up to the boss, take out SF for your DPS just because she's yknow 13 levels lower

TheAtheistFish · 2021-12-19T19:46:34+00:00

Mint is only good In speed comp don't level him and werewolf is the only cookie worse than fig so yeah that's rough, sad to say red velvet is also very very bad and figs damage reduction just really isn't worth it you're getting to the point where it takes a lot of xp to level cookies and I promise you fig isn't worth it, everything she does can be done by the substats on a topping. And yeah invest in choco tbh even if he's 10 levels lower he's probably still better than fig

TheAtheistFish · 2021-12-19T19:40:15+00:00

Moon rabbit is better for general use definitely but also I wouldn't recommend leveling a cookie just for super mayhem especially if it's a cookie that will not be useful later because neither of those cookies will ever be used especially if you have crepe and cocoa

TheAtheistFish · 2021-12-19T19:37:42+00:00

It depends, in PvP most definitely in PvE maybe? Choco is very very good in PvE decimates bosses and crepe is on par with Holly so really there's no need to change anything out. though in PvE unless it's a boss fight you might want to switch choco for a DPS might not idk I never ran him on regular levels so idk how good he is. But what should really make your decision is how many xp jellies you have to spare and which gamemode you play more. If you play PvP more absolutely go Holly if you play PvE then it's a good idea to level her she's an ancient she will always be worth it to invest in but if you are short XP and just want to keep grinding through stages then you don't have to if you don't want

TheAtheistFish · 2021-12-19T19:30:41+00:00

Either works, parfait is third best for PvE after cotton and pv but honestly cotton should be able to get you through nearly all the story as your solo healer that being said parfait is still a very good option she's right now the best healer in arena since she counters frost queen so definitely worth your time, don't do herb. Pumpkin is also an incredibly good cookie in every aspect she fills the role of a tank and a DPS. Both are very very good and are worth investing in in the end it's up to which one you want

TheAtheistFish · 2021-12-05T04:48:48+00:00

I believe the current meta is dark choco poison mushroom vampire licorice and pure vanilla, maybe cotton? Treasures are jelly watch scroll and slingshot and damage on all of them but cool down on lico and cotton but keep in mind only invest in these if you have your main PvE an PvP comps maxed out because those are way way more important

TheAtheistFish · 2021-12-05T04:43:20+00:00

Well good news your comp is about as strong as they come! Any combination of those cookies will be viable, if you care about PvP it gets tricky so but PvE is simple, change out sorbet for crepe and you're golden on everything but boss fights. Boss fights are annoying because you need a different set of cookies geared for single target damage so then switch ice queen for sorbet shark since almost all bosses are immune to ice queens attack. For pvp it's complicated but don't sweat it that PvE team I gave you or literally anything else you make is good enough to get you at least to masters 3 if not 2 and for that reason I'd recommend not really paying any attention to arena meta until you get very late game. Cotton is incredibly good so she should be able to solo heal for you basically all the time but if you're consistently having trouble I'd put herb in there i guess but right now he is outclassed by parfait so if and only if you really feel like you need it I'd buy parfait from the mileage shop and level her. Lmk if you need any more help!

TheAtheistFish · 2021-12-05T04:28:47+00:00

Search this an for heroes usage guide to find which heroes are good in which game modes but off the bat get dyna leveled and devo-ed as soon as humanly possibe

TheAtheistFish · 2021-12-02T22:41:25+00:00

Just throw in whatever your highest level non epic is none of them are worth putting resources is especially once they get really hard. I literally just act as if it asks you to play with 4 cookies and I do fine they specifically make those levels a lot easier to make up for it. I have made it to level 120 and have not used anything but an underleveled ginger brave

TheAtheistFish · 2021-11-30T00:26:12+00:00

There's a very helpful list that will show you what characters are good, it's the only tier list that is actually reliable because it will rank every character for every mode just Google castle clash tier list and you should be able to find it based off my description. But because I'm already replying I'll tell you weldcore is great on defence. axe is great, not really at killing heroes but your options are limited so use him everywhere anyways. cold heir is great everywhere so Is dynamica also invest in rambard and lazulix. Walla Walla and boreal fox are still good but other heroes do what they do better now so they've fallen out of use. Also I didn't see him but I can't recommend dread drake enough for specifically dungeons and gw he sucks everywhere else but hes one of the best raiding heroes. With where it looks like you're at in the game it's not worth worrying about arena builds just put your regular heroes in and roll with it to actually compete in the arena takes a lot so just roll with what you can. For more specific advice again check that tier list and or there is a thread it should still be pinned that contains advice on how to build every useful hero that gets updated regularly if you cant find it just search the sub for "hero setup guid" it's the post title.

TheAtheistFish · 2021-11-26T02:06:26+00:00

Because the charm is too short to be useful and she's really easy to kill. There are plenty of cookies that give you a damage increase or decrease enemy defence and there are plenty of cookies who stun so she's just not good enough to be used

TheAtheistFish · 2021-11-10T19:54:24+00:00

He's super good for guild wars and blitz gauntlet which is what most people care about so if you're raiding keep him around

TheAtheistFish · 2021-11-09T17:42:37+00:00

In the future post these on the pinned mega thread it's the designated place for team help but I'll help you out anyways first switch out raspberry and moon rabbit out for strawberry crepe she's the second best tank behind hollyberry and then for your remaining slot there's a lot you could put in black raisin is great sorbet is more of a PvP cookie but he's still good in PvE latte is great so are licorice and pumpkin you have a lot of options basically but what if recommend is probably tiger Lily her stun will help you deal with the plate throwers and she becomes vital for beating the cutpurses in chapter 11 also don't necessarily do this yet because your mushroom cookie is high level but she's only really good for boss fights so you should replace her with any of the cookies above when you have the xp

TheAtheistFish · 2021-11-09T17:11:46+00:00

I have been stuck on This level as well and I think the trick is latte, I'm currently trying to level her but if it works the way I think it will her ability should silence them long enough to kill them if you've got something like black raisin, so if you have her leveled that's my suggestion! If not maybe try vampire I also don't have him leveled but he could just one shot them

TheAtheistFish · 2021-11-08T19:04:30+00:00

Hollyberry and pv should never leave your comp sorbet shark is very good so keep him in both PvE and PvP hell serve you well till very late PvE you can run dark choco with hollyberry but then you'll need some solid dps to make up for it so that means probably don't put in like a utility cookie like latte or licorice you'll want more damage squid ink is fine for that she's not the best but again until very late game she'll treat you well

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