Is Buster good in Brawl Stars?

Buster has a 49.8% adjusted win rate and a 0.3% pick rate over 104 sampled decided battles, which puts it in D tier.

What is the best mode for Buster?

Buster performs best in Solo Showdown, with a 69.3% raw win rate over 101 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Buster?

Molten to the Core (Solo Showdown) is where Buster has the strongest sampled record, at 82.2% over 45 battles.

What counters Buster?

8-Bit, Wendy, Squeak pull Buster furthest below its own 69.9% 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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buster

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!

Combat stats

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

Health: 5000
Damage at min. range: 1380
Super counterattack damage: 800
Reload: 1.8s; Normal
Range: 5.33; Normal
Speed: 770; Fast

Build & upgrades

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

Star power bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

kevlar vestMost pickedtoo few battles59.8% picked
blockbustertoo few battles40.2% picked

Gadget bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

slo-mo replayMost pickedtoo few battles75.3% picked
utility belttoo few battles24.7% picked

Read from 350 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.

damage758 unlocks29.7%
shield574 unlocks22.5%
speed572 unlocks22.4%
gadget cooldown330 unlocks12.9%
health264 unlocks10.3%
vision58 unlocks2.3%

Measured across 2,299 tracked players who own this brawler. Almost all of them own both star powers and both gadgets.

Star powers

blockbuster
Buster's Lens Flare deals 15% 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 belt
Buster heals himself and all nearby allies for 900 health for each ally in his Super charge area. Cooldown: 16 seconds.
slo-mo replay
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

49.8%

104 battles

Pick rate

0.3%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,114

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.0

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

49.8%

+1.7 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

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 69.9% win rate across 545 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 buster

Balance history

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

4 recorded

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 Utility Belt Gadget healing was increased to 720 (from 691).
2025-12-16BuffBuster's health was increased to 5000 (from 4800).

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 49.8% adjusted win rate and a 0.3% pick rate over 104 sampled decided battles, which puts it in D tier.
What is the best mode for Buster?: Buster performs best in Solo Showdown, with a 69.3% raw win rate over 101 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Buster?: Molten to the Core (Solo Showdown) is where Buster has the strongest sampled record, at 82.2% over 45 battles.
What counters Buster?: 8-Bit, Wendy, Squeak pull Buster furthest below its own 69.9% 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.