100% Orange Juice - Halena & Cook Character Pack Review Summary

Cook is cute and fun with a Hyper that doubles dice, Halena is a strong star-gatherer, and the audio and voice acting shine, but Cook's Hyper is broken and Halena's is too expensive.

Cook's Hyper doubles dice: Cook's Hyper gives constant double dice outside battles, affecting movement, bonus panels, and revival rolls. This provides a huge mobility and utility boost.

Cook is cute and fun: The character is considered cute and players enjoy her ability to fly around like a chicken and peck enemies into submission. The chick character design adds to the charm.

Cook is a fun character: Players find Cook enjoyable to play and one of the most fun passive characters in OJ. The character's theme and voice acting also add to the appeal.

Cook's Hyper enables star gain: Cook's Hyper provides powerful star generation and makes the game play itself. It is considered very strong for gaining stars.

Cook's evasion is top-tier: With +3 EVD, Cook has evasion comparable to Suguri 2 and can shut down low-attack units. She is described as an evasion god.

Cook hyper is broken: Multiple reviewers report that Cook's hyper has broken mechanics, including infinite duration, failure to end on KO, and enabling star panel exploits for 150-200 stars. This makes Cook nearly unstoppable and suggests a lack of proper playtesting.

Halena hyper too expensive: Halena's hyper is considered too costly for its effect, and it does not protect against encounters or bosses. Its usefulness is highly situational and depends on opponent composition.

Cook fragile but evasive: Cook is very fragile and loses evasion each time she dodges, making it critical to keep distance. If caught, offensive characters can quickly defeat her.

Matchups situational and polarizing: Both characters, especially Cook, have highly matchup-dependent performance based on opponent offense, mobility, and map size. Larger maps favor Cook while smaller maps hinder her.

Cook is overpowered: Cook can quickly accumulate 200 stars in a few turns and is extremely difficult to fight due to permanent double dice and +3 Evade. This overpowered state dominates matches and frustrates opponents.

Cook's High Evasion and Fragility: Cook is a fragile speedster with the highest natural evasion in the game, having +3 evade and 4HP, -2 DEF. She is highly mobile but can be taken down quickly if caught.

Cook's Hyper Double Dice: Cook's hyper allows her to roll double dice for all actions except combat, including movement, bonus panels, and revival rolls. It lasts until she reaches her home panel, providing a significant mobility and utility boost.

Halena's Passive Star Gain: Halena is a sturdy passive unit with a balanced defensive statline (5HP, -1 ATK, +1 DEF, +1 EVD, 5 REC). Her passive grants 2 stars per level when landing on her home panel.

Halena's Hyper Safe Journey: Halena's hyper makes her immune to Drop Panels, Trap Cards, and out-of-battle damage until she reaches home or falls below 5 stars. It also ignores traps such as Toy Shop, Pure, and Bambel, shutting down trap-dependent characters.

Halena's Tank Playstyle: Halena plays like a tank but has lower DEF and positive EVD, making her effective against weaker characters she can dodge. Her kit revolves around protecting her lead.

Best character DLC praised: Reviewers consider this character DLC one of the best available, with only one other contender mentioned. It is highly recommended for its quality.

DLC card packs highly recommended: Players describe the DLC card packs as essential additions that every player should own. The packs are seen as must-have content.

Character pack fun for everyone: This character pack is described as entertaining and enjoyable for all players. It offers a broadly appealing experience.

Cook Hyper Exploit and Suggestions: Players exploit Cook's hyper by collecting Star Panels to reach 150-200 stars, which is overpowered. Suggested fixes include adding a time limit, redesigning the hyper to end on KO, or giving double dice with a lower cost.

Cook Card and Character Recommendations: Recommended cards for Cook include Nice Present, Princess' Privilege, Passionate Research, and Home Improvement. Lost Child and Price of Power are also suggested, and Cook is compared to NoName and Merchant in effectiveness.

Cook Enhanced Movement and Hyper Benefits: Cook's enhanced movement provides greater choice in movement, and her hyper allows her to catch foes or avoid being caught more effectively. This makes her unstoppable when the hyper works, even more so than Nath.

DLC Adds Characters and Secret Voice: The pack adds two new characters to the game and includes a secret voice clip from one of the characters. It is compared to another character DLC, containment breach Aleph-class maynie.

Halena Nerf and Hyper Utility: Halena's star-gain on landing home was previously greater but was nerfed. Now her hyper is seen as better used as fodder for Mimic.