Is Buster good in Brawl Stars?

Buster has a 48.2% adjusted win rate and a 0.4% pick rate over 851 sampled decided battles, which puts it in D tier.

What is the best mode for Buster?

Buster performs best in Brawl Ball, with a 71.6% raw win rate over 3,804 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Buster?

Slippery Showdown (Brawl Ball) is where Buster has the strongest sampled record, at 92.7% over 55 battles.

What counters Buster?

Larry & Lawrie, Juju, Glowy pull Buster furthest below its own 58.5% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Buster have?

Buster has Blockbuster and Kevlar Vest as star powers and Utility Belt and Slo-Mo Replay as gadgets.

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TankD tierMeta score3.1/10

Buster build, stats and matchups

Most Buster owners buy the Slo-Mo Replay gadget and the Kevlar Vest star power first. Buster has a 48.2% adjusted win rate and 0.4% pick rate over 851 sampled battles, D tier in Ranked, as of 13 October 2026.

Buster took a film projector from the movie theater where he works so he can play around with it like a prop. It's dangerous and highly unprofessional!

Trophies TitleBlockbuster

Prestige titleAbsolute Cinema

The build owners run

Why, and what else

Star powerkevlar vest50.3% of owners
Gadgetslo-mo replay51.4% of owners
Geardamage31.8% of owners
Gearshield22.5% 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
Damage at min. range: 1380; 2,760 at Power 11
Super counterattack damage: 800; 1,600 at Power 11
Reload: 1.8s; Normal
Range: 5.33; Normal
Speed: 800; Fast

Super charge: 34.5–17.25% (close to max range); per hit
Hypercharge boost: 40%; speed, damage and shield

Build & upgrades

What Buster'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 Buster'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.

kevlar vestMost picked60.7% win rate57.0% of first buyers · 808 players
blockbuster48.7% win rate43.0% of first buyers · 610 players

Gadget bought first

Building

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

slo-mo replayMost picked61.5% win rate79.3% of first buyers · 1,330 players
utility belt20.7% of first buyers · 347 players

Read from 3,095 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.

damage39.1% of owners31.8%of picks
shield27.7% of owners22.5%of picks
speed25.0% of owners20.3%of picks
gadget cooldown16.0% of owners13.0%of picks
health12.9% of owners10.5%of picks
vision2.2% of owners1.8%of picks

Measured across 22,033 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

blockbuster
Buster's Lens Flare deals 20% more damage for each ally in his Super charge area.
kevlar vest
While Montage is active Buster takes 10% less damage and is immune to knockbacks, slows and stuns.

Gadgets

utility belt16 seconds cooldown
Buster heals himself and all nearby allies for 1200 health for each ally in his Super charge area. Cooldown: 16 seconds.
slo-mo replay17 seconds cooldown
Buster's next Lens Flare pulls enemies towards him. Cooldown: 17 seconds.

Hypercharge

plot armor

Buster's Shield is now 360 degress around him and reflected projectiles deal more damage!

Buffies

Unreleased. Buster 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

48.2%

851 battles

Pick rate

0.4%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

939

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.1

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

48.2%

−2.2 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

Slippery ShowdownBrawl Ball · 55 battles · 92.7% raw60.8%
Crystal Eye CastleDuo Showdown · 392 battles · 76.0% raw60.5%
TruthSolo Showdown · 82 battles · 74.4% raw59.0%
Starfruit SupernovaSolo Showdown · 36 battles · 77.8% raw58.2%
Crystal Eye CastleSolo Showdown · 63 battles · 73.0% raw58.0%
Acid LakesSolo Showdown · 161 battles · 64.6% raw57.6%

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents buster beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull buster below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies buster wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 58.5% win rate across 21,434 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 Buster in Ranked, by rank →

Top players with buster

Skins

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

85.5% of sampled buster owners have a skin equipped. Shares are of players who own buster, from the rotating snapshot sample.

equilibrium buster25.1%5,492
crocodile buster20.8%4,551
blessed buster18.4%4,028
busterDefault14.5%3,173
chainsaw buster13.1%2,872
biker buster7.4%1,627
true gold buster0.6%128
true silver buster0.2%36

Balance history

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

42 recorded

2026-09-01NeutralEvery Brawler's movement speed was increased, increasing Buster's movement speed to 800 (from 770).
2026-09-01BuffBuster's Blockbuster bonus damage was increased to 20% (from 15%) per ally.
2026-09-01BuffBuster's Utility Belt Gadget healing was increased to 12% of Buster's health (from 9%).
2026-06-30BuffBuster's level up damage was increased to 4% (from 3%) in Brawl Arena.
2026-06-30BuffBuster's level up health was increased to 750 (from 650) in Brawl Arena.
2025-12-16BuffBuster's health was increased to 5000 (from 4800).
2025-10-28NerfAll Hypercharges now give a 5% shield boost, decreasing Buster's Plot Armor Hypercharge shield boost from 25%.
2025-10-28NerfAll Hypercharges now give a 20% speed boost, decreasing Buster's Plot Armor Hypercharge speed boost from 25%.

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.

Buster FAQ

Is Buster good in Brawl Stars?: Buster has a 48.2% adjusted win rate and a 0.4% pick rate over 851 sampled decided battles, which puts it in D tier.
What is the best mode for Buster?: Buster performs best in Brawl Ball, with a 71.6% raw win rate over 3,804 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Buster?: Slippery Showdown (Brawl Ball) is where Buster has the strongest sampled record, at 92.7% over 55 battles.
What counters Buster?: Larry & Lawrie, Juju, Glowy pull Buster furthest below its own 58.5% average in sampled team battles.
Who is Buster in Brawl Stars?: Buster took a film projector from the movie theater where he works so he can play around with it like a prop. It's dangerous and highly unprofessional!
What star powers and gadgets does Buster have?: Buster has Blockbuster and Kevlar Vest as star powers and Utility Belt and Slo-Mo Replay as gadgets.