Is Emz good in Brawl Stars?

Emz has a 53.1% adjusted win rate and a 1.7% pick rate over 1,330 sampled decided battles, which puts it in A tier.

What is the best mode for Emz?

Emz performs best in Wipeout, with a 95.8% raw win rate over 48 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Emz?

WALKING ON HOT SAND (Wipeout) is where Emz has the strongest sampled record, at 100.0% over 45 battles.

Gigi, Sprout, Otis pull Emz furthest below its own 66.3% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Emz have?

Emz has Bad Karma and Hype as star powers and Friendzoner and Acid Spray as gadgets.

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Epic

ControllerA tierMeta score6.8/10

emz

Emz supposedly works for her uncle Mortis at the mortuary, but she rarely makes an appearance there. She's too busy hawking her hairspray brand online.

Combat stats

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

Health: 3900
Damage per tick: 560
Super damage per second: 240
Reload: 2s; Slow
Range: 6.67; Normal
Speed: 720; Normal

Build & upgrades

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

Star power bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

bad karmaMost picked64.9%54.6% picked
hype60.6%45.4% picked

Gadget bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

friendzonerMost picked67.5%73.9% picked
acid spraytoo few battles26.1% picked

Read from 608 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.

damage1,294 unlocks30.3%
shield1,285 unlocks30.1%
speed630 unlocks14.8%
health410 unlocks9.6%
gadget cooldown402 unlocks9.4%
vision246 unlocks5.8%

Measured across 2,941 tracked players who own this brawler. Almost all of them own both star powers and both gadgets.

Star powers

bad karma
Enemies that stay within the cloud of Emz's toxic hair spray suffer increasing damage, 25% per hit.
hype
Emz recovers 624 health per second for each enemy Brawler inside her Super's area of effect.

Gadgets

friendzoner
Emz fires off some hairspray that pushes enemies back. Deals 500 damage. Cooldown: 19 seconds.
acid spray
Emz squirts out hairspray that goes through walls! Deals 1120 damage. Cooldown: 16 seconds.

Hypercharge

overhyped haze

Emz pushes enemies to the outer edge of her Super on activation and follows up with a dose of her spray.

Buffies

friendzonerGadget
Knocks enemies back farther and stuns them for 1 sec if knocked into a wall.
acid sprayGadget
Slows enemies on hit.
bad karmaStar power
Reduce damage dealt by enemies hit by Emz's main attack by 15% for 4 sec.
hypeStar power
Emz takes no damage for 0.5 sec when activating her Super.
overhyped hazeHypercharge
Sprays will poison enemies!

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

53.1%

1,330 battles

Pick rate

1.7%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,350

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.7

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

53.1%

+4.0 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

WALKING ON HOT SANDWipeout · 45 battles · 100.0% raw59.6%
Super CenterBrawl Ball · 37 battles · 89.2% raw59.3%
Center StageBrawl Ball · 96 battles · 71.9% raw59.0%
Gem FortGem Grab · 77 battles · 67.5% raw58.5%
Cabin FeverBrawl Ball · 54 battles · 90.7% raw58.4%
QuintillionHeist · 258 battles · 71.7% raw57.9%

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents emz beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull emz below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies emz wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 66.3% win rate across 3,289 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 emz

Balance history

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

15 recorded

2026-04-22NerfEmz's level up damage was decreased to 1% (from 2%) in Brawl Arena.
2026-03-31NerfEmz's Acid Spray Gadget cooldown was increased to 16 seconds (from 12).
2026-03-31NerfEmz's Friendzoner Gadget damage was decreased to 400 (from 800).
2026-02-25NerfEmz's Friendzoner Gadget no longer charges her Super.
2026-01-23NerfEmz's Hype Star Power Buffie invincibility was decreased to 0.5 seconds (from 1).
2026-01-23NerfEmz's Acid Spray Gadget now consumes ammo.
2026-01-23NerfEmz's Friendzoner Gadget knockback range was decreased by 20%.
2026-01-23NerfEmz's Friendzoner Gadget damage was decreased to 800 (from 960).

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.

Emz FAQ

Is Emz good in Brawl Stars?: Emz has a 53.1% adjusted win rate and a 1.7% pick rate over 1,330 sampled decided battles, which puts it in A tier.
What is the best mode for Emz?: Emz performs best in Wipeout, with a 95.8% raw win rate over 48 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Emz?: WALKING ON HOT SAND (Wipeout) is where Emz has the strongest sampled record, at 100.0% over 45 battles.
What counters Emz?: Gigi, Sprout, Otis pull Emz furthest below its own 66.3% average in sampled team battles.
What star powers and gadgets does Emz have?: Emz has Bad Karma and Hype as star powers and Friendzoner and Acid Spray as gadgets.