hi friends this is Susy your gaming guru
here to help you solve the puzzle of
level 227 in candy crush saga as a
special dedication to Colette who has
let me know that this board has changed
both in the requirements what we need to
do and then also in its labeling it's
now a super hard level we can tell by
the skull and the blue background where
we have 18 moves to collect 30 licorice
now I think I can see a good strategy
here that doesn't mean I'm going to be
able to get it done on the first try
it's a super hard level but I think I
have a strategy I'm going to try it out
and if it doesn't work then I'll modify
it and keep trying until I get it
hopefully win or lose I'll learn each
time but what I see is the licorice are
here and when I first looked I thought
well maybe I need to make stripes and
wraps but they can only hit these three
in these three in even the best
circumstances and it's hard to get
stripes wraps especially when I've only
got three across here so I looked and
realized that we've got portals
presumably these will deposit to here
but like they could come over here and
then the same this is likely to come on
this side or maybe over here so I think
what I want to do is try to vacate this
area as much as possible and allow the
licorice to slide into here where it's
easier to get rid of where I can just
make matches next to it instead of using
specials although I will be looking for
opportunities to make specials because I
think the more I explode things the
better off I'll be now I also want to
talk about licorice sorry there's a lot
of talk before we get to the actual play
but these are really important factors
if you don't understand how licorice
works it's good to experiment it's
similar to chocolate when I take out
chocolate no new chocolate forms and
when I don't take out chocolate that's
when more chocolate can propagate but
the chocolate has to be you know in an
area that then can spread some chocolate
right next to it this is different
because we have dispensers when I take
out licorice no new licorice forms when
I don't take out licorice new licorice
could form it could be dropped from
these dispensers but we have to make a
space for it we have to again clear this
area
out so that things can flow so more
liquorice can drop also the liquorice
can be very nuanced sometimes it takes a
one or a two turn delay before more
liquorice will show up sometimes one
will come out and sometimes the whole
stream will come out if we love it so we
have to learn about that and if we don't
win the first time that information will
help us
so I'm also you know I'm looking at how
I can probably make a raft candy with
this orange if I do this and I'm also
bringing things down ooh I could do this
wrapped or I could do this wrapped
either one is good I'm going to go over
here and try to keep drawing these out
and now I have the opportunity to draw
some of these guys out the deal is
because no new stuff forms when I start
taking these out I want to take out as
many as I possibly can all at once
all while looking for these specials
that I can use so here I'm going to take
out a licorice but I'm making more
specials as I go should I take out
liquorice or shall I try to drop some in
this is a tricky one what if I just blow
everything up yikes I think I'll take
more liquorice out right now
and then I'll try to draw more down here
well that didn't work go this way here
we go we're taking some out drawing more
through of course I'm trying to figure
out how to get this set up with the
special at the same time I only have
seven moves left though I think I'm
going to blow things up it's going to
hit over here it's going to hit over
here it's going to hit over here and it
took out a color bomb color bombs but
get color bombs and other specials I
think my mistake on this as I was trying
to hold on to that color bomb for too
long that was not a good choice for me
now I'm going to try to bring liquorice
down notice that I didn't get licorice
right away this one should produce
licorice there we go but not quickly
enough for me to be able to accomplish
what I need to get done because I need
15 licorice on the board I've got 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 not enough to do much of
anything let's take out all green and
see what happens I know I could do this
but I'm trying to draw more licorice
down before I make that big jump I
wasn't able to do it
I need 12 I've got 6 I've got half of
what I need so didn't work very well for
me this time but I learned a couple of
things first I learned that my
assumptions about the board were fairly
well accurate I can bring things through
here and I can try to slide them down
secondly that I'm focusing too much on
the specials in the center when I need
to focus on the things that can do along
the edges I need to clear things out as
quickly as possible so I can start that
cycle over again so I can build more
licorice and get more into play so I'm
going to pause the recording I'll meet
you back here on a new board and
hopefully we'll have a bit better
experience with the extra knowledge we
now have okay so right away I'm going to
bring this licorice down bring it down
over here and then I'll try taking out
as much as I can the more I can take out
at one
the less licorice there is to get
accidentally hit so I can start that
cycle again
yikes I'm gonna go ahead and take this
out and now I'm going to allow things to
grow so now I'm getting more licorice
showing up coming through I'll go ahead
and do this it doesn't hit a lot but it
does clear this out it feels like I'm
doing better sticking to one side
instead of trying to do both sides at
least for this round also I have to
realize that each board is a bit
different look at this I'll make this
over here and now instead of making this
one over here I'm just gonna draw this
through now I should get licorice
repopulating I want to make this stripe
but I don't know why it's not gonna help
much I would rather do this and draw
that licorice down here so this is going
better I've learned some things I don't
think it's going well enough but it is
going better and what that tells me is
I'm on the right track so either I have
a little bit more to learn or I just
have to get a little bit luckier you
actually guess what I might be able to
get this if I move this over I'll take
out these two I'll also probably bring
this one down I'll have to get a nice
cascade to take that out but even if I
can't take that out now yeah see Oh got
it I was gonna say even if I couldn't
take it out I can see that the the
strategy that I've been employing now
I'm getting better at it so that was my
second playthrough hopefully Colette
this is helpful to you and to others I'm
sorry about the frustration we all
experienced when we see that the board
has changed sometimes I already have an
update if I don't I do try to get that
for you as quickly as I can
and I thank you all so much for watching
bye bye
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