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27 Mar 2025
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NEW BALANCE CHANGES!

BUFFS

EDGAR

  • Decreased Gadget cooldowns:

    • Let's Fly: 23sec -> 21sec

    • Hardcore: 19sec -> 17sec

CHARLIE

  • Increased Super charge rate: 7 hits -> 6 hits

BO

  • Increased Hypercharge charge rate: 35% -> 45%

EMZ

  • Increased Hypercharge charge rate: 30% -> 40%

MOE

  • Increased reload speed: 2sec -> 1.5sec

MAX

  • Decreased Gadget cooldown:

    • Sneaky Sneakers: 12sec -> 10sec

SHADE

  • Decreased Gadget cooldown:

    • Jump Scare: 11sec -> 9sec

FINX

  • Increased movement speed

  • Increased reload speed: 1.6sec -> 1.3sec

TARA

  • Increased Super charge rate: 11 attacks -> 10 attacks

LOLA

  • Increased Hypercharge charge rate: 25% -> 35%

NERFS

HANK

  • Hypercharged projectiles home 50% less

STU

  • Decreased Gadget length:

    • Speed zone: 30sec -> 10sec

MR. P

  • Super Porters:

    • Now last only for 10 seconds

    • Decreased movement speed: 1.4 -> 1.3

SAM

  • Decreased Hypercharge charge rate: 40% -> 20%

BEA

  • Increased Gadget cooldown:

    • Rattling Hive: 17s -> 20s

POCO

  • Increased Gadget cooldowns:

    • Tuning Fork: 16sec -> 20sec

    • Protective Tunes: 11sec -> 18sec

BERRY

  • Decreased healing from Main Attacks: 50% -> 40% of attack damage

OLLIE

  • Decreased Super charge rate: 5 -> 6 Main Attacks

  • Increased Gadget cooldown:

    • Regulate: 17sec -> 20sec

MELODIE

  • Decreased Hypercharge charge rate: 35% -> 25%

JUJU

  • Decreased Gadget shield:

    • Elementalist: 50% -> 30%

JANET

  • Decreased Hypercharge charge rate: 50% -> 40%

GRAY

  • Increased Gadget cooldown:

    • Walking Cane: 18sec -> 20sec

LOU

  • Decreased Super charge rate: 8 hits -> 9 hits

CARL

  • Increased Gadget cooldown:

    • Heat Ejector: 15sec -> 17sec

LEON

  • Decreased Gadget length:

    • Lollipop Drop: 15sec -> 10sec

SQUEAK

  • Increased Gadget cooldown:

    • Windup: 11sec -> 14sec

MEEPLE

  • Increased Gadget cooldowns:

    • Mansions of Meeple: 20sec -> 22sec

    • Ragequit: 16sec -> 18sec

MORTIS

  • Decreased Hypercharge charge rate: 40% -> 30%

ROSA

  • Increased Gadget cooldown:

    • Grow Light: 10sec -> 13sec

GENE

  • Increased Gadget cooldown:

    • Vengeful Spirits: 16sec -> 20sec

BELLE

  • Increased Gadget cooldown:

    • Nest Egg: 17sec -> 20sec

FRANK

  • Decreased Hypercharge charge rate: 40% -> 30%

CHESTER

  • Decreased Hypercharge charge rate: 40% -> 30%

MEG

  • Decreased Hypercharge charge rate: 40% -> 35%

FIXES

  • Ash, Lola, and Buster can no longer charge their Hypercharge while still active.

  • Patched an issue where players couldn't change the loadout of specific Brawlers (Sam, Meg, Mandy, Carl, Grom, Chester, Mr. P, Bea, Hank, Bo, Lola) with unlocked Hyperchages before playing a Ranked match in Mythic or above.

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19 Mar 2025
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Brawl Cup coming to Dallas - limited merch add-on!

Brawl Stars Championship is coming to North America for the first time ever: Brawl Cup will take place at DreamHack Dallas! Get ready for intense competition and unforgettable moments - catch all the action May 23-25 in person or on event.brawlstars.com for the first international event of 2025!

In addition to a share of the $50,000 prize pool, the top teams will be able to unlock a World Finals or LCQ spot for their home region, literally shaping the rest of the competitive circuit! 

Brawl Cup will feature the top teams from 6 different regions:

  • 1 Team from East Asia

  • 1 Team from South Asia OR Southeast Asia

  • 2 Teams from EMEA

  • 1 Team from South America

  • 2 Teams from North America

  • 1 Team from Chinese Mainland

Watch the announcement video!

Tickets and exclusive merch add-on

For those of you looking to visit Brawl Cup in person, don’t miss out! All visitors to Dreamhack can enjoy the action, but those looking for a little something extra can opt for the limited Brawl Stars add-on offering exclusive Brawl merch! Both options can be found here.

Watch to earn Pro Pass XP!

Can’t join in person? No worries! All the action will be streamed on event.brawlstars.com, where you can watch and interact with the show to earn Pro Pass XP for awesome rewards and upgrades to Astral Colt VI!

The show goes live on May 23-25 starting 11am CST / 19:00 CEST! See you there! 

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27 Feb 2025
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RELEASE NOTES: RANKED REWORK, LUMI & FINX!

MAINTENANCE - MARCH 12

FIXES:

  • Players no longer get their teammates' loadouts after swapping Brawlers in Ranked matches

  • Ranked Battle Card Stars are now shown correctly (for real now!)

  • When Sam defeats an opponent that has a knockback ability, it no longer triggers a crash

  • The crash when Finx uses his No Escape Gadget on Penny's Salty Barrel, Ruff's Take Cover or Spike's Life Plant. For this, we had to temporarily disable Finx's stasis effect on these objects, but a full fix and normal behavior will return after the next game update

  • Master and Pro Rank player profiles now appear properly


MAINTENANCE AND OPTIONAL UPDATE - MARCH 4

FIXED IN MAINTENANCE:

  • A visual bug in Ranked showing a reward when getting promoted to a previously held Rank

  • All Brawlers showing up as MAX and Favorited when trading Brawlers in Ranked matches

  • Incorrect number of Stars in 2024's Battle Cards (most of you got your 10 Bronze Stars back yay)

  • Calavera Piper's basic attack projectile disappears mid-flight when the "Ambush" Star Power was active

  • Nita's Bear Hypercharge visuals looking inverted

  • Cerberus Tick and Scorpion Willow basic attacks sometimes looking enlarged

FIXED WITH OPTIONAL UPDATE! Make sure you download it:

  • Opponents carrying the ball in Brawl Ball do not drop the Ball when hit with Knockbacks, Pulls, or Roots

  • Juju's Super not spawning on water

  • Lily teleporting to enemies hit by her Super while in the Shadow Realm

  • Pre-picked Brawler that gets banned by the enemy team in Diamond Rank matches still being selected for that match

  • A few other small visual and localisation issues


NEW PRO PASS, TWO NEW BRAWLERS, UNO COLLAB, GADGET CHANGES, AND MORE!

NEW BRAWLER: FINX!

MYTHIC CONTROLLER

The owner of Starr Park's escape room, Finx is meant to help visitors complete their tasks. Instead, he uses his time controlling abilities to cause mischief and havoc!

Also, he LOVES cats.

MAIN ATTACK: CHRONOCAST

Finx fires 3 long range projectiles, with the outer ones dealing 50% damage of the center projectile.

SUPER: TIME WARP

Finx warps time in an area, decreasing the projectile speed of enemy Brawlers caught in the Super, while increasing the projectile speed of any teammates and himself. Finx's projectiles will also get a damage buff.

STAR POWER: PRIMER

Damage dealt from Finx's projectiles that are sped up by Time Warp, will increase the duration of his Super.

STAR POWER: HIEROGLYPH HALT

Finx reduces the reload speed of any enemy Brawlers hit by his main attack for a short duration.

GADGET: BACK TO THE FINXTURE

Finx steps back in time, returning to the position and ammo he had a few seconds ago.

GADGET: NO ESCAPE

Finx's next center projectile from his main attack temporarily freezes the enemy in time, making them unable to take actions, but also making them immune to any damage.

NEW BRAWLER: LUMI

MYTHIC DAMAGE DEALER

A passionate metalhead and a talented drummer, Lumi traded her drumsticks for morning stars when she got her job at Starr Park. She controls elements of ice and fire, which reflects her shy nature and her burning passion for music!

MAIN ATTACK: GOOD MORNING... STAR

Lumi throws one of her morning stars. She can throw both of her weapons, with her third attack recalling them, dealing damage to any enemies caught in their path!

SUPER: BLAST BEAT

Lumi pounds the ground three times, causing explosions that deal area damage. The third explosion briefly snares enemies, making them unable to move but still able to attack.

STAR POWER: 42% BURNT

The explosions from Lumi's Blast Beat also set the area alight for a few seconds. This fire damage also scales with explosion damage.

STAR POWER: HALF-TIME

Lumi temporarily slows enemies hit by her recalled morning stars.

GADGET: HIT THE LIGHTS

Lumi iginites her morning stars on the ground, producing flames which damage nearby enemies.

GADGET: GRIM AND FROSTBITTEN

Lumi creates freezing winds around her morning stars on the ground, creating a slippery surface.

RANKED REWORK: PRO PASS, PRO SKINS, MORE REWARDS!

PRO PASS: NEW RANKED PROGRESSION

Ranked is getting a Brawl Pass-like progression system called Pro Pass.

Pro Pass also has a free progress track and a paid progress track, but unlike the Brawl Pass, the Pro Pass is 4 months long!

Why is it 4 months long? Each Pro Pass Season is going to be tied to major esports events throughout the year. In 2024, these are the Brawl Cup in May, the Last Chance Qualifier in September, and the World Finals in November. The Current plan is to have 3 Pro Pass Seasons per year.

BETTER REWARDS

The free track includes better, more achievable rewards than the old Ranked system and even has a Legendary Starr Drop as the tail Reward!

Let's break it down:

PROGRESS AND GET REWARDS...

With Pro Pass XP!

To progress in the Pro Pass, you must collect Pro Pass XP by:

  • Winning Ranked matches (similar to daily Brawl Pass XP for Brawl Pass, but the Pro Pass XP refreshes Weekly, and you have to win the match)

  • Ranking up

  • Watching and interacting with esports broadcasts on event.brawlstars.com throughout the year

  • Purchasing the Pro Pass, which grants instant progression and double Pro Pass XP (which also doubles the weekly Pro Pass XP limit)

PAID PRO PASS REWARDS

The paid track costs $24.99* for the 4-month duration ($6.25 per month) and includes all of the rewards listed above!

* Price may vary depending on your country/region.

NEW SKIN RARITY: PRO

Pro Pass comes with a new unique & upgradeable Skin Rarity: Pro!

Pro Skins are upgradeable Skins, which can be upgraded as you progress through the Pro Pass!

GOOD TO KNOW

  • Pro Skins can be upgraded up to 11 times by collecting “Skin upgrades” from the Pro Pass (or in Ranked Drops 8 months after the Skin release)

  • Each upgrade will give you either a visual improvement for the Skin, including the brand new spawn VFX, or other cosmetics, like the new animated Brawler Battle Cards!

  • Every Season, you can get a Legendary-level Skin in the Free Track of the Pro Pass!

The first Pro Skin is ASTRAL COLT!

A MORE COMPETITIVE RANKED EXPERIENCE

1. We added a new Tier for the highest level of play - PRO

2. We are tackling Elo inflation from multiple angles

3. Improved Matchmaking

4. Removed modifiers

New Game Modes in Ranked

To keep things fresh, we’ll be experimenting with a new game mode every month in Ranked. These will be tested for competitiveness in regular Trophy game modes before making their way to the big leagues!

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?

There are SO many more changes coming with the Ranked rework.

So many in fact, that it has it's own release notes article! Here you will find all of the detailed changes coming to the Ranked rework (there's a lot).

HYPERCHARGES

12 Brawlers are getting Hypercharges this update!

They will be released in 2 stages, with each release containing 6 Hypercharges.

RELEASE 1

CARL: FLAMESPIN

Carl’s Super now leaves a blazing trail of rocks that scorch the earth wherever he goes, burning enemies that touch them!

MANDY: SUGAR FOR ALL!

Mandy fires her Super in three different directions.

HANK: HOMING FISH-ILES

The Fish Torpedoes that Hank fires with his Super have been upgraded to home in on targets!

BO: CATCH A BEAR

Bo’s Super deploys 5 mines instead of 3. These do not override any mines already placed by his Super, so it is possible to have more than 3 mines on the map!

BEA: PROTECT THE QUEEN

Bea’s Super projectiles split into 2 when at max distance (and on hit), increasing her Super’s distance and spread even more.

MR. P: PORTERS, ASSEMBLE!

Mr. P’s home base now spawns much stronger porters and he can have two active ‘Super Porters’ at the same time.

RELEASE 2

MEG: TUNGSTEN TOUGHNESS

Meg's Mecha has an increased swipe range when activating it's Super. While out of the Mecha, Meg pops a defensive shield for protection.

CHESTER: CRUNCHY, CHEWY, GOOEY

Chester combines several of his Super abilities into one. He throws a sweet that explodes and deals damage, spreads a poison cloud, and then leaves a slowing area for a few seconds afterwards.

LOLA: INFLATED EGO

Spawns a mega inflated Ego with increased health and damage!

GROM: GROM BOMB GOES BOOM!

Grom’s Super gains a secondary explosion after the first, in an X-pattern. This explosion also deals damage, breaks walls and knocks enemies back.

BUSTER: PLOT ARMOR

Buster's shield is now 360 degrees around him and reflected projectiles deal more damage!

SAM: HYPER FIST

Sam’s Knuckle Busters travel faster and will fully charge his Super if they hit an enemy Brawler during the Hypercharge.

SEASON 34: DARK SANDS

The Sands of Time have been corrupted by Finx's chronomancy and replaced by Dark Sands that have awakened ancient evils!

SKINS

Mummified Frank | Brawl Pass

Charcoal Frank | Chroma #1 | Brawl Pass Plus

Papyrus Frank | Chroma #2 | Brawl Pass Plus


Ruffesses II | Super Rare

Queen Juju | Super Rare

Pharaollie | Epic

Mystic Meeple | Epic

Scarab Squeak | Epic

SEASON 35: SUPER BRAWL

The evil Insector and his sidekick Electroid have made Starr Park the next target of their crime spree.

Can Spectaculor and his heroes handle the threat? Or will they need help from a mysterious vigilante...

SKINS

  • Justice Smasher Bibi | Brawl Pass

  • Injustice Smasher Bibi | Chroma #1 | Brawl Pass Plus

  • Virtue Smasher Bibi | Chroma #2 | Brawl Pass Plus


The below Skins were designed by artists in our community that won the Supercell MAKE competition: Brawlers, Assemble!

  • Spectaculor Sam | Epic

    • by FinnyShow

  • Firewing Janet | Epic

    • by WarpWave

  • Protector Grom | Epic

    • by J-Y Jacky

  • Insector Carl | Epic

    • by Artho_Max

  • Electroid Chuck | Epic

    • by Gedi-Kor

  • Equilibrium Buster | Epic

    • by Vinuui

BRAWL STARS x UNO

Ever wanted to UNO reverse someone in Brawl? Well now you can!

NEW GAME MODE

We're releasing a brand new UNO game mode, but with a classic Brawl twist!

In this game mode, each team starts with a hand of UNO cards, which must all be thrown into the discard pile to win the game!

The winning team is the first to empty their hands and have no UNO cards left.

THROWING CARDS = SPECIAL POWERS

By throwing specific UNO cards, Brawlers will activate certain special powers!

  • +2

    • Gives you and your teammates 2 Power Cubes

  • Skip

    • Silences the entire enemy team

  • Reverse

    • Destroys any cards the enemy team are currently holding and respawns them at their base

GOOD TO (U)KNOW

  • Brawlers can body block flying enemy cards

  • UNO cards can be carried while using a jump pad

UNO COSMETICS

Alongside the new game mode, Chester is getting a unique UNO Skin, which is perfect to UNO reverse enemy Brawlers with.

There are also a bunch of other UNO cosmetics coming, so keep your eyes open!


GADGET CHANGES

Gadgets no longer have charges but are now based on cooldowns!

This means that you can use Gadgets whenever they are charged, and can be used an unlimited amount of times in a match!

GOOD TO KNOW:

  • Gadgets will have different cooldown times depending on how powerful they are. For example, Lily's 'Vanish' Gadget has a 22 sec cooldown, compared to Rosa's 'Grow Light' Gadget, which has a 10 sec cooldown.

  • The Gear that added +1 Gadget charge now reduces the cooldown of a Gadget by 15%.


DAILY STREAK - DAILY REWARDS!

(NOTE: The Daily Streak feature will be launching a few days after the update goes live - not on update day!)


Log in daily and get rewards! Keep the streak going and watch the number go higher and on fire!

Also, open a mystical fortune cookie. Oooh! Mystical.

OTHER SKINS

Rare Skins

  • Dark Knight Lumi

  • Jurassic Finx

  • Fiendish Amber

  • Beach Belle

  • First Mate Fang

  • Cored Eve


True Gold & True Silver

  • Juju

  • Meeple

  • Shade

  • Ollie


Misc.

  • Carnaval Mandy | Mythic

  • P.E.K.K.A.S.H | Supercell ID Rewards

BALANCE CHANGES

BUFFS

OLLIE

  • Increased Main Attack Damage: 850 → 1000

  • Super: Ollie will not silence himself anymore, now uses 50% of his max ammo

MEEPLE

  • Increased Main Attack reload speed: 2 sec → 1.9 sec

RUFFS

  • Increased Hypercharge Damage & Shield: 10 → 15%

NERFS

GUS

  • Decreased Main Attack Damage: 1120 → 1080

  • Decreased Gadget ‘Kooky Popper’ Damage: 2240 → 2160

STU

  • Decreased Star Power Gaso-Heal max health: 10% → 8%

PENNY

  • Decreased Hypercharge charge rate: 35 → 30

JUJU

  • Decreased Super charge rate: 90 → 72 

  • (5 → 6 Earth attack hits, 6 → 7 Grass/Water attack hits)

MAX

  • Decreased Hypercharge charge rate: 40 → 35

RICO

  • Decreased Hypercharge charge rate: 40 → 35

LOU

  • Decreased Hypercharge charge rate: 40 → 30

OTHER CHANGES

KENJI

  • Now accurately shows return location when using his Super

TRIO SHOWDOWN IS HERE TO STAY!

  • This game mode ended up being a fan favorite, so we decided to add it to the game permanently, because... why not!?

  • To keep things as fair as possible, we decided to make major changes to the current Trio Showdown map pool, to provide a more balanced gameplay experience. We made adjustments for Trio Showdown to some of the most iconic Showdown maps and and ALSO added completely new maps created by the community that follow the same rationale.

MAPS, GAME MODES & ROTATION CHANGES

Ranked Game Modes & Maps

  • Season 1 (3 Maps each)

    • Brawl Ball

    • Knockout

    • Gem Grab

    • Hot Zone

    • Brawl Hockey

  • Season 2 (3 Maps each)

    • Brawl Ball

    • Knockout 

    • Gem Grab

    • Heist

    • Cleaning Duty

Environments

  • Removed

    • Snowtel

    • Starrforce

    • Giftshop

    • Toons

    • Fighting Game

  • Added:

    • Dragon Forge

    • Retropolis

    • Tara’s Bazaar

    • Egypt

Maps

  • Showdown

    • Skull Creek (Modified)

    • Rockwall Brawl (Modified)

    • Feast or Famine (Modified)

    • Cavern Churn (Modified)

    • Acid Lakes (Modified)

    • Flying Fantasies (Modified)

    • Island Invasion (Modified)

    • Double Trouble (Modified)

  • UNO

    • Wild Greens (New)

    • Reverse Crossing (New)

    • Skipyard (New)

  • Wipeout 5v5/Knockout 5v5

    • Big Battle Basin (New)

    • Unhappy Arena (New)

    • Survival Of The Meanest (New)

    • Mirages Of Madness (New)

    • Courtyard Clashers (New)

  • Brawl Ball 5v5

    • Polar Park (New)

    • Stockpile Stadium (New)

    • Siberian Stand Off (New)

  • Gem Grab 5v5

    • Shimmering Forest (New)

    • Arctic Ambush (New)

    • Treasure Island (New)

  • Brawl Hockey 3v3

    • Below Zero

    • Cool Box

    • Starr Garden

  • Cleaning Duty

    • Rubbish Rampage

    • Trash Bash

    • Dumpster Drive

    • Waste Haven

    • In The Bins

    • Garbage Yard

    • Litterbug Lane

  • Treasure Hunt

    • Middle Management

    • Excellent Excavations

    • Brawl Starrgate

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS

GENERAL

  • Battle Cards & Fame Frames are now part of your collection and you can choose which ones you want to equip and show off!

  • You can now Favorite Brawlers in the Brawler screen by clicking the heart icon.

    • Favorited Brawlers will be placed at the start of the Brawler select screen in Ranked/Mega Pig picks.

    • Favorite Brawlers can be toggled to show at the top of the Brawler list (the same way as Brawlers with Quests etc).

  • Re-ordered Quick Chat messages to put the most frequently used ones first

  • True Gold & True Silver Skins have been given a polish by Gale, and now have a new updated shiny look!

  • Added missing VFX to Demon Emz Skin

  • Kenji’s Super return location VFX has been improved to be more accurate and visible

PERFORMANCE

  • Reduced game’s memory consumption overall, so lower end devices should crash less.

  • Starr Road has reduced memory usage, improved responsiveness and sees the return of fully animated Brawlers

  • Performance improved for Mad Evil Manor maps

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed an edge case where Sam’s gauntlet & Gus' attacks sometimes went in a strange angle when shooting over water or certain objects

  • Fixed Kit exploit

  • Fixed Brawler textures appearing in low resolution on high-end devices

  • Fixed Pop Melodie Skin accidentally playing Poco's attack sound (she writes her own music, we promise!)

  • Fixed Angelo's "Master Fletcher" Gadget cancelling his Super's Damage over Time

  • Fixed Byron's Main Attack not triggering Haptic Feedback

  • Fixed Rosa's base Skin using the Main Attack VFX of another Skin during her Hypercharge

  • Fixed Willow's Star Power "Love is Blind" not reducing the reload speed of enemies

  • Fixed the Brawl Hockey puck passing through certain obstacles on the Air Sports Arena map

  • Fixed a crash that could occur when claiming rewards from past Events

  • Fixed Brawlers being unable to pick up the Air Hockey puck as soon as it bounces from a pinball bumper

  • Fixed Sam briefly losing upper body animation if his Super was activated when moving (he's old and his back gets stiff sometimes)

  • Fixed 3 Pins not being able to be sent in Club Chat

GLOBAL PRICING CHANGES

  • As part of our efforts to find affordable pricing for different regions of the world, we're starting to roll out global pricing with this update

  • We still need to do some tests before doing a full rollout to all the target regions, so these local price changes will first be live in a few select countries only, and more regions will be gradually added in the coming months

  • Since we're still testing things, different players might also see different prices even within the same region

  • Brawl Pass donations will also be temporarily deactivated in the regions where testing is taking place and will be reactivated once these are completed

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RANKED IS DEAD, AND RANKED IS BACK!! 

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • The current Good Randoms Ranked Season is going to be shorter. The new Ranked Season starts with the next update on the 25th of February

  • The changes below should be final, but things might still change when the new Ranked is released 

ANYWAY, Big changes are coming, so let's break them down!

Our main goals with the Ranked rework are: 

  • Making Ranked more competitive for skilled players

  • Encouraging more players to engage with Ranked and spark their interest in becoming better at Brawl

  • Rewarding players more for their time and effort

  • Keeping every season fresh and exciting

  • Monetizing the game better and having a consistent source to sustain Brawl esports activities 

Pro Pass - the new Ranked progression system

Ranked is getting a Brawl Pass-like progression system called Pro Pass. It also has a free track and a paid track, but unlike the Brawl Pass, the Pro Pass is 4 months long!

The reason why it is 4 months long is because it’s going to be tied to major esports events in the year. The first is the Brawl Cup in May, the Last Chance Qualifier in September, and the World Finals in November.  The Current plan is to have 3 Pro Passes per year.

To progress in the Pro Pass, you must collect Pro Pass XP, and it can be collected from:

  • Winning Ranked matches (similar to daily Brawl Pass XP for Brawl Pass, but the Pro Pass XP refreshes Weekly, and you have to win the match)

  • Ranking up

  • Watching and interacting with esports broadcasts on event.brawlstars.com throughout the year

    • You are not REQUIRED to watch Esports to complete the Pass, but it can speed up your progression (especially if you don’t reach higher ranks) and grant you more of the tail reward

  • Purchasing the Pro Pass, which grants instant progression and 2x Pro Pass XP (and double the weekly limit)

The free track includes better rewards than the old Ranked system and a Legendary Starr Drop as the tail Reward!

See the graphic below: 

It’s important to mention that Master Players are not receiving much of a buff in the free track (still a buff, though). But considering around 1% of the players who engage with Ranked get to Masters, and around 5% get to Legendary, this is going to be a more significant buff for 95%(ish) of the current Ranked players and hopefully more attractive for all the rest of the community as well. 

The paid track costs $24.99* for the 4-month duration ($6.25 per month) and includes the following:

* Price may vary depending on your country/region.

New Skin Rarity - Pro

As you saw above, we're introducing a new Skin Rarity: Pro!

  • Pro Skins can be upgraded up to 11 times by collecting “Skin upgrade” items from the Pro Pass (or in Ranked Drops 8 months after the Skin release)

  • Each upgrade will give you either a visual improvement for the Skin, including a new Spawn VFX, or other cosmetics, including a new animated Brawler Battle Card

  • For every Season, you can get a Legendary-level Skin in the Free Track of the Pass!

The list of upgrades is as follows:

1st Upgrade - Free Track: [Base Skin]
2nd Upgrade - Free Track: Pin x1, Profile Picture x1, and Spray x1
3rd Upgrade - Free Track: Special Attack effects
4th Upgrade - Free Track: [Upgraded Skin Model]
5th Upgrade - Free Track: Pins x8
6th Upgrade - Free Track: Special Takedown effects
7th Upgrade - Paid Track: Animated Brawler Card - NEW COSMETIC!
8th Upgrade - Paid Track: Special Spawn & Respawn effects - NEW COSMETIC!
9th Upgrade - Paid Track: [Hypercharge form]
10th Upgrade - Paid Track: [Chroma 1]
11th Upgrade - Paid Track: [Chroma 2]

The first Pro Skin will be for Colt (because he obviously doesn’t have enough skins).
Check out the sneak peek for the Base Skin and some concepts!

Ranked is now more competitive!

Our initial goal with the Ranked mode was to make it more receptive to casual players - which we reached! Ranked has around 10 times more players than its previous version (Power League)

However, it became TOO casual for players who were looking for a challenge.
So, in this new rework:

1. We added a new Tier for the highest level of play

  • New Rank above Masters: Pro

  • Pro Tier will also unlock the esports button (a special button unlocked for players who want to compete in Brawl Stars esports events)

  • Masters now has 3 Tiers, Masters I, II, III, which takes 1000 Elo each to advance

  • Legendary now takes 750 Elo to advance each Tier

2. We are tackling Elo inflation from multiple angles

  • Removed Floor Protection for Mythic and up (you can now be demoted back to Diamond if you lose more than you win in Mythic)

  • Elo gain is increased, but Elo loss is more punishing for Legendary and above

  • Reduced Rank Boost values dramatically (Boost is still only until Mythic)

  • Trio and Duo team-up is more restrictive as you increase Ranks (you can’t team up with a friend if their Rank is too low compared to yours)

3. Improved Matchmaking

  • At lower Ranks, matchmaking time should become faster

  • At higher Ranks, matchmaking will become much more restrictive to your current Rank

  • Searching will no longer increase Elo search range outside of your Rank restriction

  • Rank reset no longer puts everyone in Bronze I every month. If you’re Diamond 1 and above, it's always -6 minor ranks from your ending rank. (If you’re Gold 3 and below, you get reset to Silver I and so on)

  • Mythic and above will now require 12 Power Level 11 Brawlers to play

4. Removed modifiers 

  • We felt modifiers were complex for casual players to understand and it restricted the viable Brawlers meta too much, so we’re scrapping it and will make Ranked Seasons feel fresh in other ways!

5. Big change to Gadgets

  • Gadgets can now be used unlimited times but with a cooldown

  • Each Gadget has its own cooldown based on how strong they are (starting from 7 seconds up to 30 seconds)

  • +1 Gadget Gear has now been changed to a reduced cooldown Gear

  • (This change is not exclusive to Ranked, but the competitive Players would be the ones more interested in it)

New Game Modes in Ranked

To keep things fresh, we’ll be experimenting with a new game mode every month in Ranked

  • First, the mode will be tested in Trophies

  • If competitive, it will be added to Ranked

  • If not competitive, it may be adjusted or reworked before being added

  • The first game mode added will be CLEANING DUTY (same as Jelly Catch but reskinned)

  • Brawl Hockey is the next candidate, but it still needs discussion and maybe some changes

Try Maxed out Brawlers every Season!

If you don’t own all the Brawlers and are struggling with maxing them all out for Ranked, we have something for you

  • Each season, 3 fully maxed-out Brawlers will be available for everyone to use ONLY in Ranked

  • These trial Brawlers will rotate each season

  • This will allow players to try out new Brawlers, experience max power levels, and fill in team gaps when needed

  • These 3 maxed Brawlers will count towards the Brawler requirements for each Rank 

Changes to the Ranked Drop

Since Pro Skins are now guaranteed in the Pro Pass, we are changing Ranked Drops. We:

  • Kept all previous Ranked Skins that were available in Ranked Drops

  • Added more cosmetics such as Profile Pictures, Pins, and Sprays that can only be obtained from Ranked Drops

  • Added Skin Upgrade item (but it’s only available in Ranked Drops 8 months after the release of the Pro Skin)

  • Added Pro Pass XP as one of the possible rewards to progress faster and get to the Legendary Starr Drop tail reward 

New Paint Job for Ranked 2025

We’re visually refreshing Ranked all together!

  • Battle Cards no longer decay and are permanently collected

  • New Ranked Tier visuals for all Ranks

  • New Battle Card visuals to collect

  • You can now customize which Battle Card to display in your profile


Other Ranked Improvements

  • Ranked 2.0 Seasons timing will be changed to start on the 3rd Thursday of each month, with the first Ranked 2.0 starting immediately after the update on February 25th, running until April 16th. The 2nd Ranked 2.0 Season will start April 17th, the 3rd Thursday of April

  • The ranked emblem is now always shown in Ranked (instead of Brawler Mastery)

  • You can now “Heart” Brawlers to favorite them!

    • Favorite Brawlers will be filtered to the front during the Ranked Pick phase

  • Red and Blue side spawn viewing distance fixed to match

So, Ranked is expected to be more competitive, have better rewards, and provide a smoother progression with the Pro Pass! Things can still change, but we expect to release everything above with the upcoming update. 

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12 Feb 2025
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All about the Brawlentine's Community Event!

In the newest, most cursed community event in Brawl Stars history, Bo is on the hunt for his sweet Brawlentine, and YOU get to pick who he takes out on a date!


HOW TO PARTICIPATE

You just have to go to the News Tab and VOTE between 2 Brawler contestants competing for Bo’s affection.

Together with each poll, you will also accumulate rewards into a pool that will be unlocked when the event ends on February 20th!

But that’s not all! If the whole community achieves a certain number of votes in a poll, the rewards associated with that poll will be DOUBLED! Each poll will have a specific target visible in the poll itself!

A new poll will take place every 2 days, and between those days, a different bonus event will begin, such as Double XP, Mastery Madness, and Double Daily Starr Drops!

On the last day of the event, the last poll with all the finalists will take place, and everyone in the community must come together to finally pick WHO GETS TO PASSIONATELY KISS BO!


FULL SCHEDULE AND POSSIBLE REWARDS

Day 1

  • Jacky VS Charlie

    • 3 Presents OR 6 Presents (doubled)

Day 2

  • Double XP

Day 3

  • Mandy VS Lola

    • 500 Coins OR 1000 Coins

Day 4

  • 50% Mastery Madness

Day 5

  • Angelo VS Amber

    • 2500 Bling OR Romantic Dynamike (and 2500 Bling)

Day 6

  • Double Starr Drops

Day 7

  • Rico VS Piper

    • 10 Starr Drops - 20 Starr Drops

Day 8

  • 100% Mastery Madness

Day 9

  • Mortis VS Melodie

    • 1 Hypercharge Starr Drop OR 2 Hypercharge Starr Drops!!!!!

Day 10

  • Final poll between the finalists

Additionally, we’ll be bringing back the most played 2v2 modes throughout the whole event!

The final set of rewards will then be delivered after the final poll on February 20th!


THE CONTESTANTS

  • Angelo

  • Amber

  • Charlie

  • Jacky

  • Lola

  • Mandy

  • Melodie

  • Mortis

  • Piper

  • Rico


GIVEAWAYS

This time, you’ll get a chance to win 1 million Gems and split them with your best buddy!

To enter the giveaway, just post a Brawlentine’s message to your other Brawl-half! It can be on any social media. Just make sure to use the #Brawlentines and #BrawlStars hashtags!

We’ll pick 5 winners on the last day of the event, and they will share their prize with their special someone!

That’s all! The event starts now and will end on February 20th, so start voting!

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12 Feb 2025
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NEW PARTNER TEAMS | ARE SPRAYS GOING AWAY FOREVER!?

We have some incredibly exciting news on the 2025 Brawl Esports Partner Program. We are welcoming brand new teams to the program, and retiring the current set of team sprays FOREVER. That’s right - make sure you get them while you still can - more info below!

Firstly, we’re thrilled to announce that ZETA, NAVI, SK Gaming, Tribe Gaming, Reply Totem, Spacestation Gaming and FUT Esports will all be returning to Brawl Stars Championship this year, alongside three new additions: LOUD Esports from Brazil, Gen.G Esports from South Korea and Team Heretics from Spain - let’s give them a warm welcome! The new team cosmetics will be added to the game with the next update!

The Partner Program is a collaboration between Supercell and select partner teams, bringing their competitive prestige to Brawl Stars Championship. By purchasing their pins, profile icons, sprays or skins, you're not only supporting your favorite teams but also contributing to the growth of Brawl Esports!

WELCOME TO THE NEW TEAMS!

Bem-vindo – LOUD Esports

LOUD Esports has rapidly become a Brazilian powerhouse, celebrated for its vibrant fan culture and stellar performances in titles like Free Fire and Valorant—where they were crowned 2022 World Champions!

#goLOUD

안녕하세요 – Gen.G Esports

Gen.G Esports has earned global renown for its competitive excellence in League of Legends, while fostering a unique bridge between Eastern and Western gaming through diversity and education initiatives!

#GENGWIN

Bienvenidos – Team Heretics

Team Heretics is known for its competitive spirit and commitment to excellence across multiple titles — notably League of Legends, Valorant, and Rainbow Six Siege. Their vibrant brand shines through their creators and collaborations, reflecting a bold vision for esports and gaming!

#VamosHERETICS


Partner sprays going away forever!?

We will soon be dropping a brand new set of sprays for all the partner teams, meaning the current spray design will become an exclusive collector’s item! This will be the LAST chance to get your hands on them, as they will disappear from the shop FOREVER with the next game update coming soon. Make sure you grab yours now!

Keep an eye on our partner teams, and the official Brawl Stars Esports social media channels where we will be revealing more about the new sprays soon!

WHERE CAN I FIND THE COSMETICS?

When the partner Sprays, Pins and Profile Icons aren’t featured on the shop front page, you can always find them in the Shop -> Catalog -> Themes and clicking the icon shown here:

HOW TO BECOME PARTNER?

If you’re running a successful esports organization that can create exciting content around your Brawl Stars Team on par with the existing partner teams and is interested in joining the Program, look no further! We keep a close eye on applications coming through this form, and if your application catches our eye, we’ll contact you!

That said, the Brawl Stars Championship is open to everyone, and all teams have the same opportunity to compete and win their part of the $2,000,000 prize pool!


WHERE CAN I WATCH BSC!?

Our first Monthly Finals broadcast of the year lands on February 15th, and you can predict matches, watch, interact, and earn FREE rewards on event.brawlstars.com!

And just so you don’t miss any of the action - here are each of the broadcast dates for February:

  • East Asia - February 15, 3PM JST

  • EMEA - February 16, 2PM CET

  • South America - February 22, 3PM BRT

  • North America - February 23, 3PM EST

You can find the BSC roadmap video here, and the rest of this season’s dates and lots more details in the 2025 Rulebook.

LET’S BRAWL!

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