In CookieRun Tower of Adventures it’s not all about selecting your strongest cookies, they also have to work together as a team and also serve the purpose of your mode. What does that mean? Well, you can theoretically put the 3 strongest damage dealers together and push but at one point you realize that you miss healing. Or you can use a strong cookie for area damage but in a mode like Honeycomb Dungeon just not be able to deal enough damage against single target. I can go on with these examples but the important takeaway here is that you need a team that supports each other and also works for the game mode.
So in this guide I have several setups for you that should help you assemble a team in CookieRun Tower of Adventures that really work. Actually multiple teams as there is not one single-fits-them-all teams right now.
Team Building Theory in CookieRun: Tower of Adventures
So, most people think that you simply take the strongest cookies in the game and throw them together and then it’s showtime (as shown in my individual cookie ranking list here). Well, this often ends tragically and before we look at distinctive teams that work well in the game, here is some very basic theory that you always have to follow when building your lineup – you always want one fighter, one tagger and one support cookie in your team. Ideall from the same element. The reason is with two fighter cookies you won’t get much since fighter cookies needs to be on the field and active to do something. With the aboe lineup, you will have a cookie active, a tagger to increase the fighter cookie damage and a support to keep everyone happy and alive.
So much for the theory. In reality the cooies are designed to work okay with each other or synergize really well and make strong teams.
Best Teams
These teams are a little in line with the release order of new cookies so folow the order to build your different teams or modify them to stay on top of the meta.E.g. if you start out fresh you start with the first team around Cream Soda Cookie. Optionally you build the Dark Choco team or not and once Lemon Zest Cookie becomes available you buidl that team. This ensures you only build the cookies you need and that are met-relevant for you. If you see your server has a lot more cookies available, then you start with the teams below for that and skip the first ones.
Cream Soda Power
Starting out, this team wrecks everything until Lemon Zest Cookie enters the stage but even after a couple months in the game you will still do a lot with this versatile team around Cream Soda, Gumball and Rockstar Cookie. Probably the most long-term invest you can make in the game
Darko Choco
The first real team for dark that makes sense although Cream Soda is in the banner as well and most players will focus on her (absolutely fine). But, if you’re a fan and want a dark element team instead going mainstream starting out, this is a reasonable alternative
Lemon Zest Power
Lemon Zest Cookie is the first cookie now that actually enables the meta to move over Cream Soda Cookie. Not make it worthless but here comes the point where she is not the GOAT anymore:
Fire Meta
The first real fire team taht makes sense building when Mala Sauce Cookie becomes available
Kohlrabi Takeover
Once Kohlrabi enters the stage, dark has their fighter and although Dark Choco is good, he always has the problem to be along Cream Soda in the banner so almost nobody really will take him and also the support he needs comes later. With Kohlrabi along Alchemist Cookie as tagger and Blackberry Cookie as debuffer there is something going on
Spice Spice Baby
No doubt Jalapeno Cookie is fire and with Mala Sauce as tagger and Rockstar as buffer the new meta once available for fire archetype teams
Lemon Sour Power
Using Lemon Zest as your main dps along Lemon Cookie as buffer and shielder and CAndy Drop Cookie for debuffing
Lemon Sour Power Alternative
Basically the same but using Wizard Cookie instead of Candy Drop Cookie for debuffs work really well, too
Basil Pesto Smash
Basil Pesto Cookie is an incredible aoe damage dealer and putting him together with Plantain Cookie for debuffs and Rockstar Cookie for buffs elevates that a lot and is an incredible wind archetype team in CookieRun Tower of Adventure
Sweet n Sour
Powercreep for some new raid comps but if you have a solid light team already with Lemon Zest you actually don’t really have to look into it since this team only shines if you do build the cookies and make the heavy invest here
Conlcusion
The meta changes, for sure, so don’t start pulling certain cookies now and spending money. There is a lot to happen in the future and what we know from the beta is that cookies like Lemon Zest can easily bring a cookie like WIzard Cookie into the meta. Epic cookies are all good and better than the rare ones (sad but true), so this should be a good starting point for you to assemble your main teams and lineups in CookieRun Tower of Adventures.
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