Talk:Level 1998/@comment-16894369-20160914151823

Possible strategy: Don't make direct licorice clearing moves - if you do that then no licorice swirls will be spawned for that one move.

After watching the skillgaming video I found out something: In order to make licorice swirls spawn every move you might need to satisfy the following:


 * 1) Don't make matches near the licorice swirls. While at the same time......
 * 2) Remove licorice swirls by stacking a cascade.
 * 3) Find ways to remove bombs at the top while doing this (or else you might need lollipops)

If the above condition cannot be satisfied easily then you may have to use free switches and tons of lollipops to make sure no moves are wasted (or else you need to pay gold bars for more moves). This is NOT recommended unless you are a full-on booster player.

But to even get the that section you still need to:


 * 1) Get to the bottom early (by making large scale combos within 3 moves, or else it becomes impossible)
 * 2) By ensuring there are always moves available at the bottom that does not touch licorice swirls while still removing them (see above - the less moves it takes to get down, the more strikes you have).
 * 3) Possibly use boosters for faster progress down which may not be reliable - or spend hundreds of lives waiting for a fantastic starting board to satisfy the above two points.

The wiki rates the difficulty rating assuming the player is not using any booster of any kind, or add extra moves in any way, in a completely free-and-no-pay format, to ensure that the difficulty is accessible to most players.

With all of these points listed above, there shouldn't be a doubt that this level should soon be set to "Nearly impossible" if King does not patch the licorice swirl spawn rates.