Is Barley good in Brawl Stars?

Barley has a 49.8% adjusted win rate and a 0.4% pick rate over 2,363 sampled decided battles, which puts it in C tier.

What is the best mode for Barley?

Barley performs best in Gem Grab, with a 70.2% raw win rate over 329 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Barley?

Warrior's Way (Duels) is where Barley has the strongest sampled record, at 93.4% over 61 battles.

What counters Barley?

Bolt, Cosmo, Kaze pull Barley furthest below its own 48.5% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Barley have?

Barley has Medical Use and Extra Noxious as star powers and Sticky Syrup Mixer and Herbal Tonic as gadgets.

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Barley build, stats and matchups

Most Barley owners buy the Sticky Syrup Mixer gadget and the Medical Use star power first. Barley has a 49.8% adjusted win rate and 0.4% pick rate over 2,363 sampled battles, C tier in Ranked, as of 13 October 2026.

A bartending robot designed to mix drinks and banter with patrons, Barley also makes sure to keep his bar clean, to the detriment of anyone who makes a mess.

Trophies TitleYou got served!

Prestige titleLast Call

The build owners run

Why, and what else

Star powermedical use50.2% of owners
Gadgetsticky syrup mixer50.4% of owners
Gearshield37.5% of owners
Geardamage32.9% of owners

Combat stats

Power 1 values from the wiki, before gears and star powers. Health and damage double at Power 11; reload, range and speed do not change.

Health: 2700; 5,400 at Power 11
Main attack damage per second: 800; 1,600 at Power 11
Super damage per second: 800; 1,600 at Power 11
Reload: 2s; Slow
Range: 7.33; Long
Speed: 750; Normal

Hits to Super: 6; from empty, all hits landing
Super charge: 18%; per hit
Hypercharge boost: 30%; speed, damage and shield

Build & upgrades

What Barley's kit does, and what owners spend their coins on first.

What owners bought and how it has gone for them.How to read this

What owners bought is popularity — the game's API reports what a player has unlocked, never what they took into a match. How it has gone is the win rate among the players who made each choice, which covers the ability and the kind of player who picks it together. Neither is a recommendation from us: BrawlZone does not rank Barley's kit, and nothing here is an opinion about what you should buy.

Star power bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far. Win rates cover the choice and the chooser together.

medical useMost picked62.3% win rate55.8% of first buyers · 721 players
extra noxious57.1% win rate44.2% of first buyers · 570 players

Gadget bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far. Win rates cover the choice and the chooser together.

sticky syrup mixerMost picked52.0% win rate60.6% of first buyers · 899 players
herbal tonic72.8% win rate39.4% of first buyers · 585 players

Read from 2,775 first-buyers

Counted from tracked players who own exactly one of the pair: they chose it, and every battle they played on this brawler was played with it, so this measures a decision rather than ownership. It is not a controlled comparison. Which option a player bought is their own choice, so each win rate covers the ability and the kind of player who picks it together. Owning one option does not make two groups otherwise alike, and nothing here separates the two. Read it as how it has gone for the people who bought each one — not as what the ability will do to your win rate.

Gears owners buy

Gears cost coins and you can only run two, so what owners have bought is a real preference.

shield40.9% of owners37.5%of picks
damage35.9% of owners32.9%of picks
gadget cooldown11.9% of owners10.9%of picks
health7.5% of owners6.8%of picks
speed7.3% of owners6.7%of picks
vision5.6% of owners5.1%of picks

Measured across 23,936 tracked players who own this brawler. “Of owners” is how many of them have that item; “of picks” is its share of every unlock of that kind, which is what makes the options comparable with each other. A player can own several gears, so the first column does not add up to 100% and the second does. Almost all of them own both star powers and both gadgets.

Star powers

medical use
Barley regains 540 health from each attack.
extra noxious
Adds +200 damage per second to Barley's attack.

Gadgets

sticky syrup mixer18 seconds cooldown
Barley drops a sticky concoction that leaves a puddle, slowing down all enemies that make contact with it. Cooldown: 18 seconds.
herbal tonic17 seconds cooldown
Barley throws a healing potion at nearby allies that creates an area that heals for 810 health per second. Cooldown: 17 seconds.

Hypercharge

bottled-up rage

Barley hurls 3 big brews that also destroy all bushes on impact.

Buffies

Unreleased. Barley has no buffies yet.

Gears

6 equippable

speedGain 15% speed increase when moving in bushes.
healthRecover health 50% more effectively.
damageDeal 15% extra damage when your Brawler is below 50% Health.
visionReveal opponents for 2 seconds after dealing damage to them.
shieldGain extra 900 health as a consumable shield. The shield regenerates in 10 seconds, when at full health.
gadget cooldownReduces Gadget cooldown by 15%.

Performance

Win rate

49.8%

2,363 battles

Pick rate

0.4%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

911

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.1

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

49.8%

+4.2 pts

31 daily snapshots. Adjusted against the sample average, so a shift here is the brawler moving rather than the cohort.

Where it performs

Each mode and map is scored against its own average, so a showdown record and a gem grab one can be read in the same list.

Best modes

Best maps

Warrior's WayDuels · 61 battles · 93.4% raw64.3%
Raging OceanBrawl Ball · 94 battles · 87.2% raw61.6%
Crimson DivideSiege · 46 battles · 82.6% raw57.5%
Super BeachBrawl Ball · 225 battles · 75.1% raw56.3%
KroketSolo Showdown · 31 battles · 74.2% raw56.1%
Starfruit SupernovaDuo Showdown · 174 battles · 72.4% raw55.9%

Matchups

Which brawlers barley beats, which ones win the matchup, and who to draft alongside.

Strong against

Opponents barley beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull barley below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies barley wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 48.5% win rate across 40,584 sampled team battles. Counted once per battle from one player’s side, and kept out of the win-rate and pick-rate numbers above. Those would be skewed by counting every participant.

How to counter Barley in Ranked, by rank →

Top players with barley

Skins

Which Barley skins players actually equip, from the sampled snapshot pool.

96.2% of sampled barley owners have a skin equipped. Shares are of players who own barley, from the rotating snapshot sample.

unicorn knight barley28.0%6,662
eldritch professor barley21.4%5,098
maple barley17.1%4,065
wizard barley6.9%1,650
sway master barley6.3%1,501
golden barley5.4%1,280
buccaneer barley4.8%1,132
red wizard barley4.0%956
barleyDefault3.8%907
bakesale barley1.8%430
true silver barley0.2%58
true gold barley0.2%54

Balance history

The last changes Supercell made to Barley. Cosmetic releases are left out.

4 recorded

2026-09-01NeutralEvery Brawler's movement speed was increased, increasing Barley's movement speed to 750 (from 720).
2025-12-16BuffBarley's Medical Use Star Power healing was increased to 486 (from 432).
2025-12-16BuffBarley's Herbal Tonic Gadget healing was increased to 648 (from 576).
2025-12-16BuffBarley's health was increased to 2700 (from 2400).

Combat stats, ability and gear descriptions, hypercharge and buffie effects, and balance history from the Brawl Stars Wiki, CC-BY-SA. Win rates, pick rates and matchups are our own.

Barley FAQ

Is Barley good in Brawl Stars?: Barley has a 49.8% adjusted win rate and a 0.4% pick rate over 2,363 sampled decided battles, which puts it in C tier.
What is the best mode for Barley?: Barley performs best in Gem Grab, with a 70.2% raw win rate over 329 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Barley?: Warrior's Way (Duels) is where Barley has the strongest sampled record, at 93.4% over 61 battles.
What counters Barley?: Bolt, Cosmo, Kaze pull Barley furthest below its own 48.5% average in sampled team battles.
Who is Barley in Brawl Stars?: A bartending robot designed to mix drinks and banter with patrons, Barley also makes sure to keep his bar clean, to the detriment of anyone who makes a mess.
What star powers and gadgets does Barley have?: Barley has Medical Use and Extra Noxious as star powers and Sticky Syrup Mixer and Herbal Tonic as gadgets.