Is Bolt good in Brawl Stars?

Bolt has a 61.7% adjusted win rate and a 1.2% pick rate over 776 sampled decided battles, which puts it in S tier.

What is the best mode for Bolt?

Bolt performs best in Gem Grab, with a 76.8% raw win rate over 741 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Bolt?

Siberian Stand Off (Brawl Ball) is where Bolt has the strongest sampled record, at 100.0% over 17 battles.

Pearl, Charlie, Melodie pull Bolt furthest below its own 75.3% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Bolt have?

Bolt has Toss Up and Unstoppaball as star powers and Oil Change and Bouncy Ball as gadgets.

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TankS tierMeta score8.8/10

bolt

Bolt is a toy from the Battle Bumperz line, designed to deal damage by rolling into things! He was built to battle, but always wanted to be a race car, so he reaches dangerous speeds to live out his dreams. Don't get in his way!

Combat stats

Base values at Power 11, before gears and star powers.

Health: 5000
Min. Damage: 524
Super damage per second: 700
Reload: 2.2s; Very Slow
Speed: 540; Very Slow

Build & upgrades

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

Star power bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

toss upMost picked72.5%56.8% picked
unstoppaball69.3%43.2% picked

Gadget bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

oil changeMost picked66.2%53.6% picked
bouncy ball72.1%46.4% picked

Read from 625 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. Both sides are equally invested in the brawler, so the gap between the two win rates is the ability rather than the player — read them against each other rather than as absolutes.

Gears owners buy

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

damage739 unlocks33.4%
shield615 unlocks27.8%
health550 unlocks24.9%
speed141 unlocks6.4%
gadget cooldown125 unlocks5.7%
vision42 unlocks1.9%

Measured across 2,677 tracked players who own this brawler. Almost all of them own both star powers and both gadgets.

Star powers

toss up
Bolt will knock all enemies upwards when he's at full speed.
unstoppaball
Bolt is immune to crowd control for 1 sec after activating his Super.

Gadgets

oil change
Bolt gains a 2000 - 4000 health shield based on his current speed. Cooldown: 15 seconds.
bouncy ball
Bolt jumps to a target location and deals area damage. Breaks environments but loses all speed when landing. Cooldown: 20 seconds.

Hypercharge

bowling bolt

Bolt's Super will destroy all walls!

Buffies

Unreleased. Bolt 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

61.7%

776 battles

Pick rate

1.2%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,111

Across tracked players

Avg rank

3.6

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

61.7%

+7.5 pts

9 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

Siberian Stand OffBrawl Ball · 17 battles · 100.0% raw63.7%
Double SwooshGem Grab · 114 battles · 78.9% raw63.6%
UndermineGem Grab · 83 battles · 78.3% raw62.7%
Gem FortGem Grab · 62 battles · 75.8% raw62.4%
Tasty BerryBounty · 77 battles · 83.1% raw62.4%
Shooting StarBounty · 208 battles · 77.4% raw61.8%

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents bolt beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull bolt below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies bolt wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 75.3% win rate across 2,773 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.

Top players with bolt

Balance history

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

17 recorded

2026-08-04NerfBolt's Super charge from moving was decreased to 12 (from 14).
2026-08-04NerfBolt's Super damage reduction was decreased to 30% (from 40%).
2026-06-30NeutralBolt's Bowling Bolt Hypercharge was added.
2026-06-30NeutralBolt became available in the Starr Road.
2026-06-30NerfBolt's Unstoppaball Star Power no longer grants a 15% movement speed boost.
2026-06-30NerfBolt's Unstoppaball Star Power crowd control immunity duration was decreased to 1 second (from 4).
2026-06-30NerfBolt's Super recharge rate no longer scales with Power Levels.
2026-06-30NerfBolt's Super recharge rate was decreased from 100 to 90.

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.

Bolt FAQ

Is Bolt good in Brawl Stars?: Bolt has a 61.7% adjusted win rate and a 1.2% pick rate over 776 sampled decided battles, which puts it in S tier.
What is the best mode for Bolt?: Bolt performs best in Gem Grab, with a 76.8% raw win rate over 741 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Bolt?: Siberian Stand Off (Brawl Ball) is where Bolt has the strongest sampled record, at 100.0% over 17 battles.
What counters Bolt?: Pearl, Charlie, Melodie pull Bolt furthest below its own 75.3% average in sampled team battles.
What star powers and gadgets does Bolt have?: Bolt has Toss Up and Unstoppaball as star powers and Oil Change and Bouncy Ball as gadgets.