Starr Nova Stats & Guide

Starr Nova is currently B tier at rank #52 with a meta score of 42.9 and a 48.3% win rate over 1258 weighted Ranked battles (high confidence). See the full tier list for the surrounding context.

Over the last 21 days, Starr Nova loses slightly more often than it wins in Ranked: a 48% win rate across 1,258 matches of top players (reliable).

Starr Nova is slipping: 46% over the last 7 days (326 matches) against 49% in the 14 days before (932 matches).

Counted from Ranked matches of top players over the last 21 days, last updated 2026-09-27. Matches played before the latest balance change count for less.

Players take Starr Nova into Brawl Ball most often: 35% of its matches are played there, where it wins 48% (440 matches, reliable). Starr Nova wins slightly more often than it loses in Hot Zone: 52% over 244 matches (reliable), 3 points above its overall win rate. Starr Nova loses far more often than it wins in Heist: 36% over 55 matches (early signal), 12 points below its overall win rate.

Starr Nova's strongest measured map is Undermine (Gem Grab): 56% over 80 matches (fairly reliable). Parallel Plays looks even better at 65%, but 57 matches is only an early signal. Its weakest is Double Swoosh (Gem Grab): 46% over 95 matches (fairly reliable). In the Liminal looks even worse at 33%, but 40 matches is only an early signal. 17 maps have at least 30 Starr Nova matches; maps with fewer are left out.

On these maps Starr Nova loses more often than it wins. The match count tells you how much weight to give each one.

A win rate only means something when enough matches sit behind it. Next to every number we say how sure we are:

• reliable — 200 matches or more: a solid basis for a verdict.
• fairly reliable — 80 to 199 matches: enough to spot a real pattern.
• early signal — 30 to 79 matches: a hint, not a verdict.
• too few matches — fewer than 30 matches, so we do not show a win rate yet.

A 60% win rate over 40 matches can easily be luck; a 54% win rate over 800 matches is a real edge. Maps and modes with fewer than 30 matches are listed without a win rate on purpose.

Blind-pick safety is coaching metadata, not a meta ranking: it says how risky Starr Nova is to lock in before you can see the enemy draft. Starr Nova scores 5/10.

Gadget: The gadget that gives you burst or mobility — Fighters win mid-range trades; the timing of your gadget decides those.

Star Power: The star power that increases your damage or sustain — You spend the whole fight in range, so sustained value outweighs burst.

Gears: Damage + Health — You stay in the fight for a long time: both more damage and more HP scale well.

Play the mid-range, punish every overcommit from the opponent.

This is the standard build pattern for the fighter class; we only name exact items once a Brawler-specific build has been verified.

More builds: Best Brawl Stars builds

As a fighter, Starr Nova is favoured into assassin, artillery, thrower.

• With your high damage in the mid-range trade you focus Barley: Barley can't shoot directly, so standing on him is free damage.
• With your high damage in the mid-range trade you focus Dynamike: Dynamike can't shoot in a straight line and misses everything moving.
• With your high damage in the mid-range trade you focus Penny: Penny is slow and has no escape.
• With your high damage in the mid-range trade you focus Tick: Tick has the lowest HP in the game.

Starr Nova struggles against marksman, sharpshooter and on maps that do not support the fighter role.

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Read the general counters guide for how to actually win those matchups.

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This is the coaches' view of which modes suit the fighter role of Starr Nova; the measured win rates per mode are higher up on this page.

• Gem Grab — fit 5/10
• Brawl Ball — fit 5/10
• Heist — fit 5/10

Starr Nova is a reasonable middle pick — check which counters are still open before locking it.

Learn the pick-order logic in the drafting guide.

Skip Starr Nova when the map layout works against the fighter role, when an unfavourable matchup is still open on the enemy side, or when your team already has the same role covered.