Rachel

**Rachel** is one of the limited playable characters in *Candy Crush Friends Saga*.

The player can unlock this character by collecting 500 stickers of Rachel character from gift boxes or by completing the Rachel Challenge when available.

* The event has been held twice. The first at Oct. 1-14 2019, the second at early May 2020.

## Description

Rachel is an artist in the fullest sense: emotional, impulsive, expressive. She was originally an instructor in a paint-by-numbers kit, and the sweet candy kingdom constantly inspires her to paint outside the lines!

## Ability

By collecting 12 green candies, she will target another candy (green whenever possible) and transform it into a Rainbow Candy. She will put this Rainbow Candy beside another special candy if possible.

By mixing this Rainbow Candy with another candy, it will make a 4-tile swipe and try to copy the other candy in mix to those tiles.

* The direction of swipe is determined by the player action. For example, if a player swipes from left to right, the Rainbow Candy will also make a swipe from left to right. This does not matter whether the Rainbow Candy is mixed with another candy on the left or right, though this may change the resulting color.
* This swipe deals 1 damage to blockers in the path.
	+ This includes hearts. Unlike the ability of Bubblegum Troll, a direct swipe only adds 1 move.
* If the other candy in mix is a normal candy, the copied candies will be matched after cascades. If that candy is a special candy however, the copied special candies will trigger immediately before cascades.
	+ When mixed with a Striped Candy, the copied candies will be in an alternating pattern, while skipping any non-candy object. The first candy in the pattern has the same direction as the striped candy in mix.
	+ Mixing with special candies will rip off all layers of Marmalade within swipe range.
	+ Mixing two Rainbow Candies will cause them to swipe in oppositing directions, but both swipes will create the same random color.
* If either candy in the mix has jam, the swipe will spread jam to all affected tiles, even if there are blockers between tiles.

If a Rainbow Candy is triggered by other effects, it will swipe to a random direction and create a random color as result.

## Analysis

She can be used in any level with green candies.

Most of the time, mixing her rainbow candy with another special candy is not suggested, as it only deals as little damage as 1-4 special candies at wrong place. Even mixing with color bomb can only remove up to 4 colors and deal mere 1 damage to adjecant blockers. Mixing with coloring candy, however, is a good choice since each board contains up to 5 colors, and doing so equals to mixing two coloring candies that is very likely to leave more coloring candies for more destruction.

In more of the situations, one shall watch the board carefully and try to make color bombs and coloring candies out of rainbow candy. Since the swipe creates four in a row, if more candies happen to be at right place, the resulting color bomb or coloring candy can be used on more destructive combos.

## Costumes

* 1: Rachel basic Costume

Special move animation: Rachel will spin out a tube of rainbow paint and remove the cap when getting close to collecting all the required green candy. When they are collected she drops the tube and jumps on it squirting rainbow paint onto one random green candy on the board.

Victory dance: To celebrate completing a level she dances the Can Can.

## Gallery

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Rachel the Racoon Event

Rachel