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Building a long win streak: Is it a sign of strength or of being foolish?

christinewupp

We have recently heard the suggestion re-emerge that having a high win streak is a sign of a "good player". I have always countered this argument by suggesting the exact opposite: The best players are those who know when to give up their win streaks.

I'd like to start a discussion on this. This definitely is a topic for which the verdict remains open.

I don't like it if newcomers are being told that in order to succeed in Candy Crush they need to keep hold of their win streaks.

Only the very best tech savvy players can keep hold of their win streaks for thousands of level without their gold bars running out.

My argument is that for the vast majority of players it is foolish to cling on to a win streak. It is a very costly way to play Candy Crush!

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christinewupp

I have now run a test to try find out how far the game will allow players to progress if they are what I call "win streak huggers". I played a test game to level 800 winning every level from the start of the win streak feature at level 201.

I was very surprised how easy (and enjoyable) this was:

While comparing this account to another playing at the same level with a more conservative gold making strategy I noted that the app seems to recognise players who are win streak huggers and treats them differently. This seems to be part of the bespoke nature of the game. This account was in a different test group, with harder boards (more blocker layers and fewer moves) but more lucky first attempt boards, compared to the other account. There were only two levels in total where one set of extra moves (i.e. 10 gold bars) was insufficient to pass a level, and where I had to pay the additional inflated cost of 16 gold. This was despite the fact that the top win streak only gives one colour bomb and one extra move on every opening board. I think the app is cleverer than I had imagined: It really does work hard to create the illusion for all new players that they are good at this game and that their strategy is the best. In reality there is little actual strategy or choice involved: the app controls the outcome of each episode almost perfectly in a feedback loop with how we play.

I abandoned the experiment as I was not prepared to play boring levels 800-1500 again and my conclusion from levels 200-800 was that I could easily have added to my gold balance for thousands more levels. Levels 600-800 are still some of the more challenging, interesting and difficult levels of the entire game. The AI has added blockers and removed moves, but otherwise some of these levels still need some planning and strategy, so I enjoy playing them. The same cannot be said for boring levels 800-1500. Moreover win streak hugging is not enjoyable to me, I find it unrewarding and boring, so I will never know how far I would have got. However, I now believe that it is a valid strategy, which is nowhere near as disadvantaged as I had thought!

I still have found no evidence that the app responds to either our gold balance or our booster inventory in any way in any of my tests. The app does however seem to respond to how much we play, i.e. how many levels we pass per day and per week, and if we pass or fail levels. It is a well maintained feedback loop between player and app, which at the moment seems to work quite well for a lot of players all the way to levels 19,000 and above.

So my hunch is that a perfect win streak of the entire 23,000 levels is probably possible without spending any money or watching ads. In fact I would not recommend watching ads for extra moves if you are a win streak hugger: With the "Oops" levels now gone, the greatest danger to anyone's win streak is that of ads hanging up and causing the game to freeze. ( If this happens: Do not force close the app. Open the same account on a different device, play and pass the same level and move on to the next level as well. After that it is safe to close the frozen game. )

michimune

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3631441#Comment_3631441

A player can fail deliberately on a previous level to earn 3 EXTRA moves from friends on first attempt of a new level. This method would not affect the win streak.😁

__mulliganaceous__

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3631291#Comment_3631291

Never knew you can continue farm from previous levels, and then deploy it at a legendary level or in a hopelessly losing situation!

christinewupp

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3631291#Comment_3631291

You are right about the fishing boat offer of course, but I doubt those who play to maintain their win streaks would think of deliberately failing older levels in order to gain the timed boosters. The frog level is a really good example of a level for which players should play without boosters. And yes, I forgot to mention that win streak bag 3 is better than win streak bag 6. This is one reason why I often decline the offer by the game to retrieve my win streak. The game has deliberately made bag six a bit useless, so breaking your win streak in order to get the best offer is a great idea.

michimune

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3630976#Comment_3630976

“You basically have to maintain a win streak, good inventory balance, and are playing under a double colour bomb. Then, if possible, form the C+C combo.”

I happened to find the above suggestion in a seeking help post suggested by a YouTuber. I don’t think maintaining a win streak is one of the solutions 😆. I have the same thought as you.

First, a player will get a Win Streak Bag if he keeps a win streak. The BEST offer is not in the highest one, it’s in the intermediate one, so a player should break his win streak periodically 😂🤣not keeping it continuously.

Second, if a player has a win streak, he must have some boosters spreading at the beginning of a board due to the Win Streak Bag. It might be harmful on some levels. Some levels are very easy to pass if it has not any STARTING boosters, the boosters may break the settings of those board, such as the following ⤵️

A player CAN make a double colour bomb combo at default. Any extra boosters can destroy this setting 😆

Therefore a senior player would not think keeping a long win streak is useful for a player is stuck on a level 😆

Fish Boat and the win streak don’t have any conflict with each other. We can have a long win streak while enjoying the fish boat offers😆. If you have empty lives and press the new level icon, the fish boat will appear, but we can used up all our lives in old levels before starting a new level😂🤣

The easier boards that some levels offer on a second or further attempt

Those easier boards are no conflict with the long win streak too. Because they could appear on the first attempt on a new level as well if we fail an old level many times before starting a new level. A new level and an old level have a funny connection, your times of failure on old levels can influence the difficulty of upcoming new level 😂🤣. A new level can influence the old level too, for example, if you have increased your extra moves to 255 on a new level, you will get this 255-move offer when you fail an old level at this moment before passing that new level 😁

christinewupp

Here some examples of what you will never see if you cling on to your win streak:

You are also not likely to see lucky boards, like this one:

A blocked up 15 move board passed in just 10 moves using only starting boosters.

For me the true skill in playing is to tease such luck out of the app. I find this more fun than seeing my win streak go up and up. This way I see my gold balance go up and up instead. But each player will have their own way of enjoying the game and have their own personal goals.

I might give the win streak version a try one day though, as an additional challenge.

christinewupp

Just to mention here: There are ways to build up a big win streak for tech savvy people. Like everything in Candy Crush those with the knowhow and some computer skills can beat the game and create long win streaks. That is not what this thread is about.

I would like to mention a few features that players who play in order to maintain their win streaks will never see in their games.

The train feature. At its best it will award players 20 minutes free party popper!
The fishing boat feature. It will award half an hour timed wrap + stripe plus other boosters
The easier boards that some levels offer on a second or further attempt, especially if played without starting boosters
The more generous offers from the Wheel, such as +60 moves +UFO for 10 gold bars
Candy Royale will always reappear soon after failing (though at the lower tier)

In addition:

Delicious Dash becomes available for players who loose their episode race win streaks. It awards 21 gold bars over three episodes if played quickly enough and will continue to do so for several episodes. This will more than make up for the gold lost by losing the one episode.

T0rr1e

I see Deryck has a good win streak.

__mulliganaceous__

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3630395#Comment_3630395

51 is the earliest point which we can earn gold bars outside of seasonal events and the initial 50.

The first 50 are all extremely easy levels that can be easily completed without boosters and you will miss out on nothing if you lose.

However, you must win thst very first episode race to get the bars, so you may receive the gold after clearing 65, the last tutorial level. You will see the first chocolate box at level 100 (technically shortly before) and your first royale at level 500.

The chocolate box is currently the only farmable source of gold as roughly half of the time you can complete in zero episodes and without being encouraged to advance by having a task that requires boosters.

janjo

I am quite concerned about 21 being the level at which one can win extra gold bars.

For those of us who try not to spend too much money a win streak was a useful way of re supplying a player with enough gold bars to carry on playing.

Some balance between what it costs to win and the reward given is essential.

A situation where it costs more to win than any rewards given is not encouraging to either new or longstanding players

シリンダーノット

I only care about win streak if I think I can complete a Candy Royale without spending an exorbitant amount of boosters and/or gold bars. Hoarding gold bars and boosters matters way more to me. It's just a matter of different play styles.

(As of now, I think my best win streak was in the 70s. I am on level 7101 with almost 28,400 gold bars and way more than enough boosters.)

__mulliganaceous__

It can be seen as a #selfimposedchallenge.

My livestream of the first 800 is also a #selfimposedchallenge, not only because it requires all 800 levels crowned (even if not displayed), but it has to be done in three days. Each session took six hours, not amounting for breaks for timing the events.

I explicitly stated the strategy for this livestream is suboptimal because it is also a showcase of completing as mucch levels in as short amount of time as possible.

For my main, I deliberately slowed down progress along with keeping a massive win streak so I would only play when the combination of events is advantageous.

cookiemae

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/592937/building-a-long-win-streak-is-it-a-sign-of-strength-or-of-being-foolish

@christinewupp I don't really care that much about win streaks. I lose a level then replay. I never use money or rarely gold or even boosters because I don't mind replaying a level. I normally

pass on the replay. I have gotten high streaks but not lately.

It is amazing to me how some people can have never lost a level in the thousands. I'm thinking that yes it makes them a great player probably one of the best if they can achieve this number of win streaks.

MannyFae

I think it's neither, just a playing style. Building a long streak is like voluntarily playing on a higher difficulty setting, and I don't think it can be recommended for everyone for that reason. I can see how it can be used to make a statement of being a good player, but it's not about the winning streak itself, but the cost of achieving it, and in most cases, that cost is unknown. And, there's no universal definition of a good player, of course.

Carol-38

I used to have a decent win streak, wasn't great was in the 700's @christinewupp. I never used to look at it until, I think it was @T0rr1e who posted saying my win streak kept changing from 700 and something, to 0. Kept doing that over many days until it stopped at 0, you may remember the posts.

I replied saying, haven't got a clue why it was happening, but that I wasn't bothered either way, what exactly does a win streak give us, in my mind, nothing. And now with so many adverts crashing and closing games, there will be many going to 0.

I personally think the strongest players are those who ignore all the phycological tricks, and just play their game using their own strategies, much more interesting, and certainly a lot less stressful 😊

christinewupp

Here some screenshots of some past winners of All Stars, who all, according to their player cards, had given up their win streaks during the final week of playing. (These are mostly from 2025, I don't have any from this year's competition)

These people could arguably be described as the "best players":

I also note that all of my community friends at the end of the map have win streaks no bigger than 70.

If winning All Stars or reaching the end of the map without spending any money is used to judge a "good player" then I think building up a mighty win streak seems irrelevant.