Brawl Stars Updates
See what changed in Brawl Stars and what it means for the pages you actually use: the tier list, Brawler guides, maps and Ranked meta.
Latest balance changes
- Release Notes August 2026 — Maintenance - September 16th
Major update · effective 2026-09-16
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.
- Release Notes August 2026 — Balance Changes
Major update · effective 2026-09-01
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.
- Release Notes June 2026 — Maintenance - August 4
Major update · effective 2026-08-04
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.
- Release Notes June 2026 — Balance Changes
Major update · effective 2026-08-03
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.
- Release Notes June 2026 — Maintenance - July 8
Major update · effective 2026-07-08
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.
Full log: Brawl Stars balance changes