Is El Primo good in Brawl Stars?

El Primo has a 52.6% adjusted win rate and a 1.2% pick rate over 7,766 sampled decided battles, which puts it in A tier.

What is the best mode for El Primo?

El Primo performs best in Siege, with a 71.9% raw win rate over 704 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for El Primo?

Crimson Divide (Siege) is where El Primo has the strongest sampled record, at 87.4% over 95 battles.

What counters El Primo?

Ziggy, Cosmo, Glowy pull El Primo furthest below its own 52.0% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does El Primo have?

El Primo has El Fuego and Meteor Rush as star powers and Suplex Supplement and Asteroid Belt as gadgets.

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TankA tierMeta score6.8/10

El Primo build, stats and matchups

Most El Primo owners buy the Suplex Supplement gadget and the El Fuego star power first. El Primo has a 52.6% adjusted win rate and 1.2% pick rate over 7,766 sampled battles, A tier in Ranked, as of 13 October 2026.

El Primo is always in the spotlight and that's right where he wants to be! There's no audience he can't win over, except maybe his fellow performers...

Trophies TitleEl Luchador

Prestige titleSin dolor, no hay gloria!

The build owners run

Why, and what else

Star powerel fuego50.3% of owners
Gadgetsuplex supplement50.6% of owners
Geardamage30.9% of owners
Gearshield24.6% 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: 6500; 13,000 at Power 11
Damage per punch: 380; 760 at Power 11
Super damage: 960; 1,920 at Power 11
Reload: 0.8s; Very Fast
Range: 3; Short
Speed: 800; Fast

Hits to Super: 11; from empty, all hits landing
Super charge: 9.5%; per hit · 4 per attack
Hypercharge boost: 30%; speed, damage and shield

Build & upgrades

What El Primo'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 El Primo'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.

el fuegoMost picked58.3% win rate58.6% of first buyers · 719 players
meteor rush68.5% win rate41.4% of first buyers · 508 players

Gadget bought first

Building

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

suplex supplementMost picked60.0% win rate70.7% of first buyers · 865 players
asteroid belt66.5% win rate29.3% of first buyers · 359 players

Read from 2,451 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.

damage41.8% of owners30.9%of picks
shield33.2% of owners24.6%of picks
speed26.1% of owners19.3%of picks
health22.4% of owners16.6%of picks
gadget cooldown9.0% of owners6.6%of picks
vision2.6% of owners1.9%of picks
super charge0.0% of owners0.0%of picks

Measured across 23,953 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

el fuego
Enemies caught in El Primo's Super will burn for 1800 damage over 4 seconds.
meteor rush
El Primo gains a 25% speed boost for 3 seconds after using his Super.

Gadgets

suplex supplement15 seconds cooldown
El Primo dashes, grabbing any enemies hit and suplexing them behind him. Cooldown: 15 seconds.
asteroid belt20 seconds cooldown
El Primo flexes his pecs and destroys any incoming projectiles for 1 sec. Cooldown: 20 seconds.

Hypercharge

gravity leap

Leaping high, El Primo drops an Intergalactic Elbow that brings enemies to the Epicenter

Buffies

suplex supplementGadget
El Primo slams enemies into the ground, dealing 1000 area damage.
asteroid beltGadget
Any projectiles destroyed also charge El Primo's Super!
el fuegoStar power
Punching a burning enemy extends the burn for 4 sec.
meteor rushStar power
The speed boost also grants a 15% shield!
gravity leapHypercharge
El Primo's main attacks are bigger and light enemies on fire for 2 sec!

Gears

7 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.
super chargeSuper charges 10% faster.
gadget cooldownReduces Gadget cooldown by 15%.

Performance

Win rate

52.6%

7,766 battles

Pick rate

1.2%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,149

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.6

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

52.6%

±0.1 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

Crimson DivideSiege · 95 battles · 87.4% raw63.4%
Bottom TwoGem Grab · 50 battles · 88.0% raw60.4%
Brawler's RiftSiege · 133 battles · 77.4% raw60.0%
KroketSolo Showdown · 161 battles · 68.9% raw58.1%
ArabesqueBrawl Ball · 62 battles · 83.9% raw56.9%
Net PresenceBrawl Ball · 139 battles · 82.7% raw56.6%

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents el primo beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull el primo below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies el primo wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 52.0% win rate across 163,736 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 El Primo in Ranked, by rank →

Top players with el primo

Skins

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

96.1% of sampled el primo owners have a skin equipped. Shares are of players who own el primo, from the rotating snapshot sample.

el quarterback25.3%6,152
el rey primo15.4%3,745
spongebob el primo8.7%2,108
all might: el primo7.1%1,731
el brown6.2%1,518
el mayordomo6.1%1,475
el grilo5.4%1,315
el dragón verdoso3.9%954
el primoDefault3.9%940
el dragón rosado3.6%886
el rudo primo3.5%840
el corazón3.0%726

9 rarer skins not shown.

Balance history

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

18 recorded

2026-09-16NerfEl Primo's Buffied Meteor Rush Star Power damage reduction was decreased to 15% (from 20%).
2026-09-16NerfEl Primo's Meteor Rush Star Power duration was decreased to 3 seconds (from 4).
2026-09-16NerfEl Primo's Buffied Asteroid Belt Gadget Super charge was decreased by 50%.
2026-09-16NerfEl Primo's Asteroid Belt Gadget cooldown was increased to 20 seconds (from 16).
2026-09-01NeutralEl Primo's Buffies were added.
2026-09-01NeutralEl Primo's Epic Gear was removed.
2026-09-01NeutralEl Primo's El Fuego Star Power visual effects were reworked.
2026-09-01NeutralEl Primo's Asteroid Belt Gadget icon was changed.

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.

El Primo FAQ

Is El Primo good in Brawl Stars?: El Primo has a 52.6% adjusted win rate and a 1.2% pick rate over 7,766 sampled decided battles, which puts it in A tier.
What is the best mode for El Primo?: El Primo performs best in Siege, with a 71.9% raw win rate over 704 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for El Primo?: Crimson Divide (Siege) is where El Primo has the strongest sampled record, at 87.4% over 95 battles.
What counters El Primo?: Ziggy, Cosmo, Glowy pull El Primo furthest below its own 52.0% average in sampled team battles.
Who is El Primo in Brawl Stars?: El Primo is always in the spotlight and that's right where he wants to be! There's no audience he can't win over, except maybe his fellow performers...
What star powers and gadgets does El Primo have?: El Primo has El Fuego and Meteor Rush as star powers and Suplex Supplement and Asteroid Belt as gadgets.