Brawl Stars Counters

jan 2025

Shelly

Outrange, slow, or overwhelm with spawnables Stu, Nita, Spike, Crow, Emz, Tara

Nita

Wall break opens up map to outrange Nita and quickly kill or pierce through Bruce (throwers) Willow, Barley, Spike, Ruffs, Carl, Griff, Amber

Colt

Outrange or out maneuver Piper, Max, Belle, Leon, Mortis, Darryl

Bull

Don't let him get close or out damage him in close range (why are you even looking up this counter) Maisie, Lou, Surge, Cordelius, Emz, Gale

Brock

Use agro or hit hard from a long range Piper, Nani, Max, Sam, Mandy

El Primo

Outrange or cancel/run away from him up close Surge, Colette, Shelly, Cordelius, Otis, Stu, Gale

Barley

He's squishy so use assassins or break walls for throwers Mortis, Mico, Leon, Edgar, Carl, Brock

Poco

Tank his shots and melt him down or slow Emz, Mortis, Edgar, Bea, Griff, Crow

Rosa

Scout Rosa out before she jumps on you or easily deal with her as she's approaching you. Countered by stuns/slows Charlie, Lou, El Primo, Crow, Emz, Griff, Gale, Shelly

Jessie

Find a way to beat Jessie 1v1 typically by outranging or agro, and quickly get rid of turret (throwers, long range) Barley, Grom, Dynamike, Bo, Max, Piper, Leon

Dynamike

Dodge his main attack and get to him up close Mico, Edgar, Mortis, Bibi, Gray, Stu

Tick

Pressure Tick up close or mid range Mico, Darryl, Max, Sprout, Ash, Gene, Fang, Sam

8 bit

Punish the player for being close to turret and being slow/tanky. Feed supers off him Bo, Squeak, Penny, Colette, Belle, Dynamike

Rico

Since he's reliant on walls but can't break them, use throwers or assassins Stu, Fang, Buzz, Mico, Edgar, Bonnie, Sprout, Grom

Darryl

Be prepared for when he rolls in and destroy him before he does or when he does Surge, El Primo, Gale, Charlie

Penny

Break walls or shoot around walls to deal with her turret Mr. P, Barley, Willow, Squeak, Carl, Grom, Amber

Carl

Interrupt his super when he gets up close Surge, Fang, Gene, Buzz, Colette

Jacky

Jacky: Outrange and mow her down or beat her 1v1 Rosa, Frank, Lou, Bea, Emz, Stu, Gale

Gus

Melt down his shield easily with high damage and usually getting up close. Low reload speed and can be outranged. Piper, Nani, Mr. P, Sam, Mortis, Buzz, Fang, Edgar

Bo

Wiggle through his main attacks or stay out of range, then be aware of his mines or have some mobility to escape them or quickly trigger them Stu, Mr. P, Max, Carl

Emz

Waste all her friend zoner gadgets and move in as an assassin/tank or outrange her by breaking down walls Spike (vision gear on grassy maps), Mortis, Crow, Ruffs, Stu

Stu

Use spawnables to waste his ammo or have a wide attack that is hard to dodge Ruffs, Spike, Pam, Crow, Poco

Piper

Use aggro, spawners, or outrange her with a longer range sniper or thrower Charlie, Nani, Pearl, Mandy, Sprout, Max, Tick

Pam

Punish her HP and healing abilities 8-bit, Colette, Bo, Crow, Emz, Lou, Squeak

Frank

Punish his high HP and slow attacks. Any knockback destroys Colette, El Primo, Lou, Shelly, Bull (PRIORITY: Colette and Lou), Maisie

Bibi

Outrange her and destroy her cover Maisie, El Primo, Darryl, Stu, Surge, Griff

Bea

She has low HP and can't break walls, be careful of her range, slow, and damage, she also struggles against spawnables that don't charge her loaded shot Edgar, Mortis, Mico, Piper, Nani, Byron, Angelo, Mandy

Nani

Find brawlers that can chip her to avoid giving Return to Sender value as well as easily dodge her main attack and super Max, Leon, Gene

Edgar

Outrange him or deal with him up close with crowd control. Cordelius, Surge, El Primo, Fang, Otis, Buzz, Stu, Shelly

Griff

Get out of his range which he spends a lot of time attacking in or beat him at midrange. Stu, Bo, Bea, Spike

Grom

Get close and apply pressure Fang, Mortis, Darryl, Mico, Edgar

Bonnie

Punish her Clyde form for slow attack and movement speed, find a way to best mitigate her Bonnie form Colette, Fang, Meg

Gale

Don't let him charge super by outranging him or peaking behind walls well and destroy walls so he can't utilize the stun with his super as much Crow, Spike, Janet, Bea, Belle

Colette

Don't be a tank and you already have a decent advantage into the matchup, swarm her with spawners since her damage is low against them or consistently heal/have a shield Belle, Piper, Throwers, Griff (business resilience), Poco, Leon (invisiheal), Mr. P

Belle

Outrange her with other snipers, or play agro/throwers Nani, Piper, Mandy, Fang, Leon, Edgar

Ash

Splash through his rats, and find a way to stun him or prevent him from getting a lot of rage and hitting hard. Brawlers that can get on top of him and win 1v1 are good vs Ash. Darryl, Rosa, El Primo, Lou, Gale, Buster

Lola

Punish Lola for using her ego by hitting both of them or outsnipe her Belle, Penny, Janet, Amber, Jessie

Sam

Don't let him get back his knucklebusters and be aware of them when he's coming for you so you can dodge or not get pulled Gale, Maisie, Lou, El Primo

Mandy

Know where she is and always be aware of attacks you can't see, she is weak to agro or anything forcing her to move Fang, Mr. P, Nani, Mico, Mortis, Angelo

Hank

Use a brawler that can tank one shot from Hank and then melt him before he can deal another one, or outrange him before he can approach you and waste his big bubble Shelly, Colette, Buzz, Fang, El Primo, Gale

Pearl

Aggressive playstyle to force her to shoot constantly will keep her dmg low. colette, Charlie, Bo

Larry

Thrower counters and some way to deal with lawrie will help a lot. Edgar, Mortis, Mico, Gray, Stu

Angelo

High upfront burst dmg, low overall dps and reload. Dodge his charged shot and he's not a major threat. Be careful hiding behind a wall if you're low due to his gadget. Max, Draco, Throwers, Nani (gadget), Mr. P, Eve, Gray (50% less dmg SP)

Berry

Tanks and mobility overwhelm him. Same weaknesses as classic throwers Melodie, Max, Mico, Mortis, Edgar, Lily, Bibi, Frank, etc.

Shade

Weak to tanks and wallbreaks (that aren't too squishy). Jacky, Stu, Frank, Hank, R-T, Doug, Surge

Mortis

Don't let him get close to your or destroy him for trying to go through you Shelly, Otis, Maisie, Surge

Tara

Splash through her shadows or destroy her grass for ambushes Emz, Sandy, Nita, Amber, Janet, Poco

Gene

Expect a pull and have an instantly spawnable gadget/super that can tank it or try to dodge it. Slow reload means overwhelmed by spawners or aggro. Mr. P, Eve, Ruffs, Ash

Max

Slow her down or be able to waste her ammo and tank/heal it off Crow, Gale, Pam, Stu, Poco

Mr. p

He is quite weak without his porters and can't deal with aggro well Mortis, Jacky, Buzz, Sam, Janet, Amber, Edgar

Sprout

Assassins destroy Sprout, if not an assassin try breaking walls or dodging to get close Mortis, Darryl, Mico, Edgar, Buzz

Byron

Cripple his healing or destroy him due to low health. Weak to aggro. Piper, Buzz, Edgar, Mortis, Mico, Crow, Angelo, Mandy, Leon, Lily

Squeak

Easily gets overwhelmed by aggro due to his slow damage output Buzz, Leon, Mortis, Carl, Max, Edgar, Fang

Lou

Escape from his super or outrange him to avoid getting frozen. Or contest area denial. Bo, Bea, Squeak, Buster, Max, Belle

Ruffs

Hit through his sandbags or be tanky enough to absorb his hits (throwers), (assassins), Darryl, Carl

Buzz

Have a way to move away or to stun Buzz before he stuns you Stu, Surge, Gale, Jacky, Maisie, Shelly, Otis

Fang

Spawnables and some form of counter play when he jumps onto you is necessary, with the stun you have to be faster than him as well Surge, Otis, R-T, Maisie, Jacky, Charlie, Cordelius

Eve

Splash her hatchlings and avoid the big egg shot to have her retreat for control Penny, Janet, Poco, Max

Janet

Outrange her or be able to deal with her chip damage before she can fly away. Lacks DPS to beat aggro Sam, Fang, Jacky, Bonnie, Piper, Nani

Otis

Outrange him and don't rely on up close burst damage or use a spawnable to tank the shot Spike, Stu, Pearl, Piper, Lola

Buster

Don't let him get the surprise on you with his gadget or super, flank him to get past his super or be patient for it to run out. Tanks outdps him close range. Jacky, Rosa, Surge, Darryl, Buzz, Mr. P

Gray

He plays like an assassin so just make it hard for him to teleport on you. Low reload spd/dps Mr. P, Mico, Tanks

Rt

Dodge his shots well since his attack is thin and be able to escape from him when he changes forms Charlie, Bo, Nani, Mr. P

Chuck

Weak 1v1. Assassinate him after he super to prevent him from superchaining. Charlie (super), Lou, Crow (heal delay), 8-bit, Otis (super), Cordelius (super), Angelo, Eve

Mico

Countered by any high hp brawler or fast brawler. Fang, Edgar, Surge, Stu, tanks

Melodie

Outrange or use hard cc to stop her. Move into her super trajectory to minimize note dmg Pearl, R-T (Super when she dashes onto you), Cordelius (shadow realm removes notes), Charlie, Tanks, Surge (soft)

Moe

Weak in small form if you are close. Be careful of diagonals for stacked shots. R-T

Juju

Too new but classic thrower counters are good and watch out for water maps preventing assassins from hitting her

Willow

Usual thrower counters will do well vs willow. Willow also does poorly into tanks, esp if they can heal due to DoT. Fang, Sam, Mico, Edgar, Mortis, Gray, Stu

Doug

Don't let him get near you to charge his super. If you prevent him from super cycling and pumping dmg, not a major threat. Any tank counter especially good. colette, Otis, Surge

Charlie

Outburst her or outsustain her. Take advantage of slow projectile speed at max range on squishy brawlers. She has low dmg in 1v1 so if you have a way to handle spiders (pierce), you will win. Janet, Tara, Emz, Buster, Sandy, Larry

Lily

He can pop out of anywhere with vanish gadget. Tanks/shotgunners outdps him. Do not play 6k hp brawlers (colt, rico, etc.) or you will get one shot. Frank, Meg, Chester, R-T, 8-bit, Tanks(Rosa,Jacky,etc)

Clancy

Weak vs long range brawlers or throwers on some maps who can stay out of range. Try not to feed him his upgrades. Belle, Piper, Byron, etc.

Spike

Squishy brawler, deal a lot of damage to him quickly or find a way to attack through his life plant. Can't handle throwers. Grom, Sprout, Piper, Nani, Angelo, Squeak

Crow

Have something to tank his main attack and jumps or outrange and quickly kill him Spike, Piper, Nani, Angelo, Belle, Gene, Mr. P

Leon

Use brawlers that can scout easily or are able to deal with his surprise attacks to prevent super chaining. Spike, Stu, Tara, Pam, Jacky

Amber

Waste her ammo by dodging her attacks or burst her up close. Be wary of gadget if she's hugging a wall nearby. Crow, Piper, Leon

Meg

Slow and medium range while in mech. Once you knock her out of mech, barely a threat Colette, Lou, Lola, Gale

Surge

Don't let him get that first upgrade, if he can't he isn't a threat, if he does don't let him keep upgrading by having gadgets or spawnables to tank his shots due to slow reload throwers, Spike, Tara, Eve, Mr. P

Cordelius

Be aware of either him jumping on you with gadget or after shadow realm is over and using mute. You can waste shadow realm by being fidgety while he’s aiming it or running away when you get hit. Spike, Tara, Stu

Kit

Kit wants to jump on squishy brawlers. Any tank deletes Kit Cordelius, Charlie, R-T, Fang, Edgar, Mico, Pearl

Sandy

Outrange and cripple Sandy or be able to tank his low DPS Rosa, Jacky, Nita, Ash, El Primo, Piper, Gene (vision on grassy maps)

Chester

Can't deal much damage at a range so either move around and dodge shots or out damage/range him in a lane/wall peak situation Stu, Tara, Sandy

Draco

Keep in mind his sweetspot and ban out healing comps that synergize with him (Kit, Byron) Frank, Buzz, Cordelius (Soft Counter), Colette, Brawlers who interrupt his super work if you're fast (Gale, Surge)

Kenji

Similar counters to mortis. When he supers, look for small white smoke to see where he will be afters super. Moe, Gale, Clancy, Surge, Rico (gadget), Stu, R-T

Meeple

Meeple is low dps and slow reload. Also midrange so loses to snipers on long range maps. Nita, majority of tanks, Mr. P, Tara (shadow gadget), Charlie (spiders)