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BRAWL STARS · THE GAME BRIEFING

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Catch up on Brawl Stars balance changes, game updates and esports, with dates and links to official announcements.

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Game updates

Balance changes and new features.

Esports, in view

Schedules, qualifiers and confirmed results.

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YOUR QUICK CATCH-UP

What you need to know

Open any briefing for the details — right here.

General Brawl Stars artwork with Shelly, Colt and Poco.
Official game update

Release Notes November 2026

Supercell’s November release notes detail the Ranked refresh, three new Brawlers, six new Buffies, Brawl Vice and Brawlidays seasons, new modes and maps, balance changes, quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes.

Ranked now requires Power 11 at every rank and unlocks at 5,000 Trophies. The updated draft adds filters, ban suggestions, pick-order swaps and quick chat, with post-match statistics and battle-log improvements.

What changed since the previous briefing

The new Brawlers are Thunder Frogs, Rey and Ruby. The Last Coffin community event from the previous briefing ended on 3 November at 08:00 UTC; this page no longer presents the event or its conditional reward as currently available.

Source: Official November 2026 release notes

Official Buffie ability artwork from the September game update.
Balance changes

Buffs, nerfs & the numbers

Scan the direction of each change, then open the numeric breakdown. Values describe the patch, not an Odin performance prediction.

↓ 8 nerfed

↑ 9 buffed

1 mixed · Wendy

View 18 Brawlers' key changes
Selected numeric changes · September 16
BrawlerBefore → after
Shade↓Super charge near enemies −15%.↓Jump Scare radius 1,000→600.
Gus↓Health Bonanza bonus heal 100%→75%.
El Primo↓Asteroid Belt cooldown 16→20s.
Amber↓Fire Starters health 1,750→1,300.
Nori↓Maximum attack charge time +25%.↓Hypercharge rate 50→28.
Wendy↑Health 2,000→2,500.↓Spawn shield 100%→40% of maximum health.↓Attack shield 580→300.
Meg↓Repurpose knockback remains only on the explosion.
Colette↓Second Hypercharge Buffie projectile damage 50%→35%.
Brock↓Rocket Laces cooldown 20→22s.
Poco↑Tuning Fork healing 500→700.↑Da Capo healing 320→400.
Chuck↑Pit Stop slow 20%→30%.
Ollie↑Attack damage 900→1,000.
Trunk↑Movement speed on ants 25%→30%.
Willow↑Reload 2,000→1,800.↑Health 3,300→3,600.
Juju↑Health 3,100→3,500.
Pam↑Turret health 3,040→3,300.↑Healing 500→600.
Belle↑Attack damage 1,040→1,140.
R-T↑Recording damage resistance 20%→25%.

Key changes, not every minor adjustment. One patch can change several abilities in different directions.

Source: Dated release notes

Cosmo's official character artwork.
Cosmo
Vince's official character artwork.
Vince
New BrawlersOfficial ability briefing

Cosmo & Vince, at a glance

Learn the essentials before meeting either Brawler in a match.

  • Cosmo · Controller: projectiles grow as they travel; his magnetic Super marks an enemy for homing attacks.
  • Vince · Mythic Damage Dealer: coffee attacks and caterpillars that transform into collected moths.
Abilities & new upgrade options

Cosmo

Star Powers speed up the orbit or reload two attacks when his Super hits.

Vince

Walking over or hitting caterpillars turns them into moths. Gadgets add an explosive coffee attack or convert nearby caterpillars. Star Powers attract caterpillars or heal Vince when they transform.

More Brawlers get upgrades

Buffies arrive for Poco, El Primo, Amber, Gus, Chuck and Shade. Nori and Wendy receive Hypercharges.

Ability descriptions explain the kits. Map strength and pick recommendations still come from Odin's collected matches.

Source: Official update guide

Official Royal Academy update artwork.
Skins & events

Royal Academy & Brawl-O-Ween

Announced · availability varies

Keep the themes and rewards straight without mistaking an announcement for a live shop listing.

Skins & event highlights

Brawl Pass skins

Royal Academy: Head Coach Hank, Principal Nani.
Brawl-O-Ween: Fortune Teller P, Cursed Shade.
Each includes two Chromas.

Brawl-O-Ween

Gus's month-long story adds puzzles, community choices, returning bosses and coffin rewards. Loony brings extra rewards after six daily wins.

Artwork shows Royal Academy. Individual skin availability and event start times are not confirmed by this briefing.

Source: Official announcement

Duo and Brawl Stars creators in the official Duolingo collaboration artwork.
Community event

Brawl Stars × Duolingo: the recap

Gameplay ended · 30 Sep

The collaboration mixed community classroom goals with detention tasks and a cooperative Duo Boss Fight. Its announced gameplay period is over.

  • Themed reward: Trash Goblin Darryl.
  • Other rewards: 20 Gems, 2,000 Coins, 1,000 Credits and reward drops.
How the Boss Fight worked

Teams of three, five or twenty answered questions by standing in an answer zone, then attacked Duo. Correct answers built a streak; wrong answers inflicted damage. The twenty-player version eliminated players without respawns.

This is an ended-event recap, not a claim that the mode or its rewards are still available. The separate giveaway referenced 1 October; no exact closing time was published.

Sources: Event announcement · Boss Fight guide

Official 2026 Brawl Stars World Finals championship artwork.
Championship 2026LCQ results & qualification verified 20 Oct
NEXT TOURNAMENT

World Finals

Starts 20 November 2026 · 03:00 UTC

Scheduled start: 20 Nov · 03:00 UTC / 05:00 Jerusalem. Times may change.

Official tournament & broadcast schedule ↗

The road to the world title

The LCQ is complete: NAVI and Team Heretics take the final two World Finals places. Next stop: Tokyo, 20–22 November.

Completed · both Worlds places decided

Last Chance Qualifier

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Guangzhou, China · 8 teams

Qualified: NAVI and Team Heretics.

All 15 matches in the official bracket are complete. NAVI won the upper final 3–0 against Team Heretics; Team Heretics then beat KDS 3–0 in the lower final to secure the other place.

Official event feed (current tournament) · Official qualification format

Upcoming · $1,000,000 prize pool

World Finals

–

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Japan · 12 teams

Daily show: 12:00 JST / 03:00 UTC / 05:00 Jerusalem.

The field is complete: ten regional qualifiers plus NAVI and Team Heretics from LCQ.

Confirmed opening matches
  • HMBLE — Team Heretics
  • RED Canids — Reply Totem
  • Crazy Raccoon — NAVI
  • Team Elektros — NOVO Esports

Official World Finals bracket (current event)

Official format · Event & show times

LCQ playoff results · completed

Scores are match scores from the official completed bracket, not individual game scores or predictions.

Upper bracket
  • Team Heretics3–2LOUD
  • NAVI3–0KDS
  • NAVI3–0Team Heretics
Lower bracket
  • KDS3–2LOUD
  • Team Heretics3–0KDS
View all 10 group-stage results
Group A · completed
  • Team Heretics3–0Ace Xero
  • KDS3–2FUT FreeZone
  • FUT FreeZone3–1Ace Xero
  • Team Heretics3–1KDS
  • KDS3–0FUT FreeZone
Group B · completed
  • SKCalalas3–2Trick of China
  • NAVI3–1LOUD
  • LOUD3–0Trick of China
  • NAVI3–2SKCalalas
  • LOUD3–2SKCalalas

Already qualified for World Finals

All 12 places are decided: ten regional qualifiers, listed in regional seed order below, plus NAVI (LCQ #1) and Team Heretics (LCQ #2). The official regional standings feed still lists the original ten; the two additional qualifiers are established by the completed LCQ bracket and qualification format.

EMEA
  1. FUT Esports
  2. HMBLE
  3. Reply Totem
  4. NOVO Esports
North America
  1. Team Elektros
  2. Tribe Gaming
East Asia
  1. ZETA DIVISION
  2. Crazy Raccoon
South America
  1. Bounty Hunters Allu
  2. RED Canids

Qualification: Official qualified teams · Seeds: EMEA · North America · East Asia · South America

How the 2026 championship works

Six online monthly seasons across Spring and Summer splits feed regional standings. The route is the in-game Championship Challenge, then Monthly Qualifiers, then an eight-team Monthly Final. Teams accumulate points for international qualification.

Brawl Cup, LCQ and World Finals are the international in-person events. LCQ is complete; World Finals is the remaining 2026 championship stage.

At World Finals

20 November: eight teams contest two GSL groups, with four advancing. On 21–22 November, they join four regional top seeds in eight-team double-elimination playoffs. The Grand Final is best-of-seven; the upper-bracket finalist starts 1–0.

Who starts where

The following placement is derived from the official regional seeds, completed LCQ results and announced format; it is not a separately published match timetable.

  • Direct to playoffs: FUT Esports, Team Elektros, ZETA DIVISION, Bounty Hunters Allu.
  • Group A: HMBLE, RED Canids, Reply Totem, Team Heretics (LCQ #2).
  • Group B: Crazy Raccoon, Tribe Gaming, NOVO Esports, NAVI (LCQ #1).

Official 2026 rulebook · World Finals format

Looking ahead: confirmed 2027 qualification path
Official Brawl Stars Championship AMA artwork introducing the 2027 competitive changes. Confirmed path · dates subject to change

BSC 2027 will run an eight-team league in APAC, EMEA, South America and North America. The top six teams in each region's final 2026 standings receive direct invitations; the remaining two places per region are decided through the BSC Invitational.

APAC, South America and North America invite teams ranked 7th–10th to four-team double-elimination brackets. EMEA invites teams ranked 7th–14th to an eight-team bracket. The two qualifying teams in each region advance without a Grand Final.

Invitations are scheduled for 23 November 2026, responses are due 20 December, and the Invitational is scheduled for 16–17 January 2027. Brawl Stars Challengers remains the open route beginning with the in-game Championship Challenge. Supercell marks these dates as subject to change.

Official BSC 2027 qualification path · Earlier official AMA