Balance updates
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- major9/16/2026· 20 changes
Release Notes August 2026 — Maintenance - September 16th
This maintenance applies nerfs to Shade, Gus, El Primo, Amber, Nori, Wendy, Meg, Colette, and Brock, while also increasing Wendy's health and changing her Wind-Powered Gadget. It buffs Poco, Chuck, Ollie, Trunk, Willow, Juju, Pam, Belle, and R-T. The maintenance also includes fixes, including jump-pad fixes on Crescendo and Brawlerverse.
- major9/1/2026· 48 changes
Release Notes August 2026 — Balance Changes
This section introduces Buffies and substantial ability reworks for Poco, El Primo, Amber, Gus, Chuck, and Shade. It changes multiple Gadgets, Star Powers, and Hypercharges, while Chuck also receives a broader Super-system rework. No effective date is stated in the section. This section contains broad buffs and nerfs across the roster, a full Super rework for Chuck, and separate Brawl Arena-only scaling changes. Buffs affect 20 Brawlers, while the general nerfs affect 11 Brawlers. The section does not state an effective date.
- major8/4/2026· 30 changes
Release Notes June 2026 — Maintenance - August 4
This maintenance introduced nine NanoPower nerfs and fourteen NanoPower buffs. It also nerfed the general kits of Crow, Griff, Starr Nova, Damian, Max, Bolt, 8-Bit, and Surge.
- major8/3/2026· 62 changes
Release Notes June 2026 — Balance Changes
The undated release balance section contains broad buffs, nerfs, mixed adjustments, and Brawl Arena-only scaling changes. The release also describes major reworks to Rico, Brock, 8-Bit, Meg, Max, and Surge as part of the new Buffies.
- major7/8/2026· 11 changes
Release Notes June 2026 — Maintenance - July 8
This maintenance buffed Jacky, Bonnie, and Jessie. It nerfed 8-Bit, Surge, Brock, Meg, Crow, Colette, Starr Nova, and Max, including several Gadget, Buffie, Hypercharge, and charge-rate adjustments.