TankB tierMeta score6.3/10Bolt build, stats and matchups
Most Bolt owners buy the Oil Change gadget and the Toss Up star power first. Bolt has a 55.6% adjusted win rate and 0.7% pick rate over 1,198 sampled battles, B tier in Ranked, as of 13 October 2026.
TitleBaller
Prestige titleBattle Bumper
The build owners run
Why, and what else
Star powertoss up50.8% of owners
Gadgetoil change50.6% of owners
Geardamage33.7% of owners
Gearshield29.1% 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
5000- 10,000 at Power 11
- Min. Damage
524- 1,048 at Power 11
- Super damage per second
700- 1,400 at Power 11
- Reload
2.2s- Very Slow
- Speed
545- Very Slow
- Super charge
- 6.525–9.25%
- per hit
- Hypercharge boost
30%- speed, damage and shield
Build & upgrades
What Bolt'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 Bolt's kit, and nothing here is an opinion about what you should buy.
Star power bought first
BuildingAmong owners who have only one so far. Win rates cover the choice and the chooser together.
- toss upMost picked66.5% win rate56.9% of first buyers · 1,449 players
unstoppaball70.6% win rate43.1% of first buyers · 1,097 players
Gadget bought first
BuildingAmong owners who have only one so far. Win rates cover the choice and the chooser together.
- oil changeMost picked66.7% win rate55.9% of first buyers · 1,597 players
bouncy ball78.3% win rate44.1% of first buyers · 1,260 players
Read from 5,403 first-buyers
Gears owners buy
Gears cost coins and you can only run two, so what owners have bought is a real preference.
- damage34.2% of owners33.7%of picks
- shield29.6% of owners29.1%of picks
health24.7% of owners24.3%of picks
gadget cooldown5.9% of owners5.8%of picks- speed5.7% of owners5.6%of picks
vision1.5% of owners1.5%of picks
Measured across 23,322 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
2toss 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
2oil change15 seconds cooldown
Bolt gains a 2000 - 4000 health shield based on his current speed. Cooldown: 15 seconds.
bouncy ball20 seconds cooldown
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
55.6%
1,198 battles
Pick rate
0.7%
Last 7 days
Avg trophies
905
Across tracked players
Avg rank
3.5
Across tracked players
Adjusted win rate
55.6%
+5.8 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
- Layer CakeBounty · 131 battles · 78.6% raw65.9%
- Pinhole PuntBrawl Ball · 141 battles · 87.2% raw65.4%
- Starfruit SupernovaSolo Showdown · 164 battles · 76.8% raw64.2%
- Rockwall BrawlSolo Showdown · 109 battles · 78.9% raw64.2%
- Scorched StoneSolo Showdown · 115 battles · 73.0% raw61.9%
- Makeshift ScaffoldingSolo Showdown · 51 battles · 88.2% raw61.0%
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 59.7% win rate across 34,109 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
Skins
Which Bolt skins players actually equip, from the sampled snapshot pool.
2.1% of sampled bolt owners have a skin equipped. Shares are of players who own bolt, from the rotating snapshot sample.
boltDefault97.9%21,843
true gold bolt1.3%287
true silver bolt0.8%177
Balance history
The last changes Supercell made to Bolt. Cosmetic releases are left out.
- 2026-09-01NeutralEvery Brawler's movement speed was increased, increasing Bolt's movement speed to 545 (from 540).
- 2026-09-01NerfBolt's level up damage was decreased to 3% (from 5%) in Brawl Arena.
- 2026-09-01NerfBolt's acceleration speed was decreased by 15%.
- 2026-08-04NerfBolt's Super charge from moving was decreased by 22%.
- 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.
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 55.6% adjusted win rate and a 0.7% pick rate over 1,198 sampled decided battles, which puts it in B tier.
- What is the best mode for Bolt?
- Bolt performs best in Solo Showdown, with a 86.2% raw win rate over 9,017 sampled battles there.
- What is the best map for Bolt?
- Layer Cake (Bounty) is where Bolt has the strongest sampled record, at 78.6% over 131 battles.
- What counters Bolt?
- Damian, Doug, Clancy pull Bolt furthest below its own 59.7% average in sampled team battles.
- Who is Bolt in Brawl Stars?
- 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!
- 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.
