Published: 2026-10-26 · Brawl Stars
Brawl Stars meta report (Season 55, October 26, 2026): Amber, Shade and Wendy on top
This is our first Brawl Stars meta report. It is based on SeeMeta's tier list, built from 1,199,265 Ranked battles between September 25 and October 25, 2026, and checked against RankedBoost's editorial list of October 24. No balance changes have been confirmed since the September 16 maintenance; the October 1 Season 55 "Brawl-O-Ween" update added the new Mythic brawler Vince.
The strongest brawlers right now
- Amber, Shade and Wendy are at the top of both lists, so this is the safest core of the meta. In SeeMeta's data Wendy wins 55.0% of her Ranked games and Shade 55.1%, both with low use rates (3.3% and 2.5%), which means they win a lot without being everywhere.
- Ash and Gus complete SeeMeta's top tier. Both are only A on RankedBoost, so the win-rate data rates them higher than the editorial view does.
- Next in SeeMeta's S tier: Juju, Bibi, Bolt, Ollie, Sprout, Emz, Melodie, Nita, Bo, Rico and Brock.
- Shade, Amber and Gus were all nerfed on September 16 (Shade's Super charge, gadget cooldown and fear radius, Amber's Storm Lighter health, Gus's healing). A month later they are still at the top.
Where the two lists disagree
- Cosmo is the biggest gap: S on RankedBoost but D in SeeMeta's Ranked data. Cosmo is a newer Mythic, so the data may reflect players still learning the brawler, but for now the numbers do not support picking him in Ranked.
- Starr Nova and Nori are also S on RankedBoost but only B and A in SeeMeta. El Primo, who was S on the list we used at the start of October, sits in A in the new data.
- Our tier list page now follows SeeMeta, because its ranking comes from match results rather than opinion; we merge its S+ into S.
Answers to the top picks
- Against Wendy: Ash (Wendy wins only 45.9% against him) and Trunk (45.5%) are her worst matchups in SeeMeta's data. Her best teammates there are 8-Bit (62.1%), Spike and Brock.
- Against Shade: Gray is Shade's hardest matchup (Shade wins 49.4%). Griff, Gene, Colette and Piper follow, though Shade still wins slightly more than half of those games.
- Shade's best partners in the same data are 8-Bit (60.5%), Gus and Colette, so expect to see 8-Bit next to both top picks.
Vince: too early to rank
Vince, the Mythic damage dealer who collects caterpillars that turn into moths and releases them with his Super, is in early access, and the Vince event runs from October 19 to 29. SeeMeta has no matchup data for him yet and RankedBoost places him in B. We will add him to the tier list once there is enough Ranked data.
Draft tip
If the enemy team takes Wendy early, answer with Ash: he is already S+ on his own and is her worst matchup in the data. If they take Shade, Gray is the pick with the best record against Shade in the data.
SeeMeta Brawl Stars tier list and brawler pages, Ranked data September 25 to October 25, 2026 (1,199,265 battles) · RankedBoost Brawl Stars tier list (updated October 24, 2026) · timesaver.gg Season 55 and Vince event coverage (October 2 and 20, 2026) · Playnews summary of the September 16, 2026 balance changes
This article was drafted with AI assistance and checked against the sources listed above.