Cookie Run: Kingdom is a sweet and fun take on the gacha genre. If you’re a fan of the video game Cookie Run: Kingdom, you know that having strong defense characters is crucial to winning battles. In this post, we’ll highlight some of the best defense characters in the game.
10 Best Defense Cookies to Use in Cookie Run Kingdom
Hollyberry Cookie
Hollyberry Cookie is a powerful defensive cookie that can shield her allies and reflect incoming attacks. Using her skill Oath on the Shield, Hollyberry Cookie charges forward and becomes a shield to her Cookie allies, absorbing a portion of the damage they take, excluding periodic and indirect damage. While her DMG Focus is active, she will reduce CRIT received by her allies and herself, and gain a stack of Seed of Life for every CRIT hit she receives.
Moon Rabbit Cookie
Moon Rabbit Cookie is a speedy defensive cookie that can dodge attacks and heal her allies. Transforming into a Giant Rice Cake Bunny, Moon Rabbit Cookie jumps up and down, dealing DMG to all enemies. Enemies hit with this skill will be marked with a Healing Rice Cake, and when the marked enemies are defeated, the Healing Cake will restore the HP of all allies. The healing amount will depend on the target. While Moon Rabbit Cookie is using her skill, she will be more resistant to interrupting effects.
Milk Cookie
Milk Cookie may seem like a weak defense character at first, but he can be incredibly powerful on the right team. Milk Cookie stands at the front line with his skill Noble Sacrifice, causing area damage, and taunts the enemies, forcing them to attack himself. While the skill is active, Milk Cookie’s Divine Milk Shield decreases incoming damage. While Milk Cookie is using his skill, he will briefly become resistant to interrupting effects.
Pure Vanilla Cookie
Pure Vanilla Cookie is a defensive cookie that can reduce incoming damage and heal his allies. His skill, Love & Peace, grants Amplify Buffs to regular healing targets. The light reaches all corners of the battlefield, replenishing the party’s HP and reducing the effects of Injury. Pure Vanilla Cookie heals the amount of HP proportional to the reduction of Injury’s effects. He then casts an HP Shield absorbing an amount of damage proportional to their Max HP. If the Shield is removed or the target cannot receive it, Pure Vanilla Cookie instead grants a buff that restores HP over time. While Pure Vanilla Cookie is using his skill, he will briefly become resistant to interrupting effects.
Parfait Cookie
Parfait Cookie is a versatile defensive cookie that can both heal her allies and reduce incoming damage. Her skill Paru-Paru-Parfait!★ recover some HP and receive a buff that increases DEF and resistance to debuffs.
Knight Cookie
Knight Cookie is a classic defensive cookie that can take a lot of damage and protect his allies. His skill Cavalry Charge has him charging forward, causing area damage and forcing the enemies to attack himself.
Strawberry Cookie
Strawberry Cookie is a defensive cookie with a focus on crowd control. In her skill, Don’t Come Near!, Strawberry Cookie spins with her lollipop, dealing damage to all enemies within range.
Avocado Cookie
Avocado Cookie is a unique defensive cookie that can both heal her allies and deal damage to enemies. Her skill, Battle Smithing, creates area damage. The clear sound of ringing metal raises the party’s Morale, increasing the Attack Power of the Cookie with the highest Attack Power.
Madeleine Cookie
Madeleine Cookie is a defensive cookie that can heal his allies and increase their attack power. His skill, Commander’s Honor, calls upon the Celestial Light that allows performing ranged area attacks instead of regular attacks, while under the Celestial Light, Madeleine Cookie receives a buff making him immune to debuffs.
Sorbet Shark Cookie
Sorbet Shark Cookie is a defensive cookie with a focus on crowd control. Their skill, Shark Splash, ambushes the frontmost enemies in shark form, dealing area damage. Deals additional damage to the two enemies (targets Cookies first) with the highest Max HP within the skill’s area of effect. For enemies that are Cookies, the additional attack will be dealt as true damage relative to the enemies’ Max HP and cannot exceed 300,000. For other enemies, the additional damage will be regular damage.
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