User blog:Godstick/Categorization of Candy Crush Blockers

Out of the existing blockers in Candy Crush, they can be grouped into three main types: Static, Dynamic and Destructive.

The first is the static type, which remains more or less the same unless you take effort to affect them. It includes Locked Candies, Licorice Swirls and Meringues. The main characteristic is that they block the space so that other candies cannot occupy. For locked candies and meringues, they will retain the same layer of blockage unless a relevant candy match or a special candy effect is done. These are also applicable for licorice swirls, but they can spawn from the the top. This still count as static since you either have little or full control on the existence on them. (On some levels, swirls spawn unless you break at least one of them conventionally.) Managing them is relatively easy, since you can choose whether to break them at any move.

The second is the dynamic type, which will annoy you unless you actively take effort to remove them. Chocolate, Chocolate fountains and Toffee Tornado are of this type. Chocolate engulfs one adjacent candy unless you remove one or more piece of it at the previous move. And chocolate spawners are the ones that create chocolate, only it is indestructible. Toffee tornado will block one space for two moves. But any candy removed by twisters counts as orders, making Level 459 easy. Since the advancement of chocolate and the movement of twisters are unpredictable, they count as dynamic.

The third type is destructive, including candy bombs and cake bombs. Candy bombs will destroy the board and make you fail the level if not defused in the move limit, while cake bombs will clear the board once all the pieces are removed. Their common feature is that they will bring a mass destruction when their triggers go off.

Note that all blockers can have beneficial effects, including licorice swirls. At Level 219, one can switch a top corner candy with a swirl to clear the top middle jelly if the candy matches the other two required candies, which is impossible if there is no swirl. The swirl effectively acts as a filler in that case. The advantages of other blockers are more obvious, and can be experienced in their respective levels.

Which group represents your most hated elements? Static (Locked candies, licorice swirl, meringue) Dynamic (Chocolate, chocolate fountains, toffee tornado) Destructive (Candy bomb, cake bomb)