Is Glowy good in Brawl Stars?

Glowy has a 46.4% adjusted win rate and a 0.6% pick rate over 627 sampled decided battles, which puts it in D tier.

What is the best mode for Glowy?

Glowy performs best in Hot Zone, with a 68.2% raw win rate over 1,063 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Glowy?

Crystal Eye Castle (Solo Showdown) is where Glowy has the strongest sampled record, at 79.6% over 108 battles.

Sirius, Moe, Amber pull Glowy furthest below its own 59.3% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Glowy have?

Glowy has Biotic Ecosystem and Parasitism as star powers and Slippery Savior and More Lumens as gadgets.

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SupportD tierMeta score3.1/10

Glowy build, stats and matchups

Most Glowy owners buy the Slippery Savior gadget and the Parasitism star power first. Glowy has a 46.4% adjusted win rate and 0.6% pick rate over 627 sampled battles, D tier in Ranked, as of 13 October 2026.

A marine biologist working at the Starr Park aquarium, Glowy is obsessed with sea life, wanting to introduce it to as many visitors as he can. Although he might seem a bit creepy, he's actually a nice guy! Maybe.

Trophies TitleSleeps with the fishes

Prestige titleNeeds a friend

The build owners run

Why, and what else

Star powerparasitism51.7% of owners
Gadgetslippery savior51.4% of owners
Gearshield37.4% of owners
Geardamage35.3% 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: 3900; 7,800 at Power 11
Initial damage: 280; 560 at Power 11
Super damage: 750; 1,500 at Power 11
Reload: 1.7s; Normal
Range: 7.33; Normal
Speed: 800; Fast

Hits to Super: 29; from empty, all hits landing
Super charge: 3.5% (initial damage); per hit
Hypercharge boost: 35%; speed, damage and shield

Build & upgrades

What Glowy'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 Glowy'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.

parasitismMost picked70.2% win rate75.1% of first buyers · 1,371 players
biotic ecosystem66.2% win rate24.9% of first buyers · 454 players

Gadget bought first

Building

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

slippery saviorMost picked74.5% win rate70.5% of first buyers · 1,473 players
more lumens69.8% win rate29.5% of first buyers · 616 players

Read from 3,914 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.

shield39.3% of owners37.4%of picks
damage37.2% of owners35.3%of picks
gadget cooldown10.7% of owners10.2%of picks
health10.0% of owners9.5%of picks
speed5.4% of owners5.1%of picks
vision2.5% of owners2.4%of picks

Measured across 22,010 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

biotic ecosystem
If Glowy is tethered to an enemy and teammate at the same time, it will reduce enemy damage by 20% and increase the teammates damage by 20%.
parasitism
Tethering to an enemy also heals Glowy for 50% of the damage dealt.

Gadgets

slippery savior17 seconds cooldown
Glowy dashes in a target direction, healing himself and teammates 2500 HP on arrival. Cooldown: 17 seconds.
more lumens13 seconds cooldown
Glowy supercharges his glowbeam tethers, doubling damage/healing for 2.5 secs. Cooldown: 13 seconds.

Hypercharge

you need a friend

Super now surrounds Glowy, and any enemies hit will be feared! Feared targets now take 25% extra damage from all sources.

Buffies

Unreleased. Glowy 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

46.4%

627 battles

Pick rate

0.6%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

925

Across tracked players

Avg rank

3.9

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

46.4%

−5.0 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

Crystal Eye CastleSolo Showdown · 108 battles · 79.6% raw64.4%
In the LiminalHot Zone · 601 battles · 71.2% raw60.5%
Beach BallBrawl Ball · 66 battles · 86.4% raw60.5%
Scorched StoneSolo Showdown · 58 battles · 74.1% raw59.8%
The Great Mighty LouDuels · 687 battles · 76.7% raw59.7%
Jungle TopKnockout · 78 battles · 85.9% raw59.7%

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents glowy beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull glowy below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies glowy wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 59.3% win rate across 25,147 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 Glowy in Ranked, by rank →

Top players with glowy

Skins

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

8.6% of sampled glowy owners have a skin equipped. Shares are of players who own glowy, from the rotating snapshot sample.

glowyDefault91.4%19,216
ywolg6.8%1,426
true gold glowy1.0%214
true silver glowy0.8%175

Balance history

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

6 recorded

2026-09-01NeutralEvery Brawler's movement speed was increased, increasing Glowy's movement speed to 800 (from 770).
2026-04-22NeutralGlowy's attack damage stat and next level DPS stats are now displayed correctly.
2026-04-22BuffGlowy's main attack range was increased to 7.33 tiles (from 6.67).
2026-03-31NerfGlowy's main attack range was decreased to 6.67 tiles (from 8).
2026-03-24NeutralGlowy's You Need a Friend Hypercharge was added.
2026-01-23BuffGlowbert's health was increased to 3900 (from 3400).

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.

Glowy FAQ

Is Glowy good in Brawl Stars?: Glowy has a 46.4% adjusted win rate and a 0.6% pick rate over 627 sampled decided battles, which puts it in D tier.
What is the best mode for Glowy?: Glowy performs best in Hot Zone, with a 68.2% raw win rate over 1,063 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Glowy?: Crystal Eye Castle (Solo Showdown) is where Glowy has the strongest sampled record, at 79.6% over 108 battles.
What counters Glowy?: Sirius, Moe, Amber pull Glowy furthest below its own 59.3% average in sampled team battles.
Who is Glowy in Brawl Stars?: A marine biologist working at the Starr Park aquarium, Glowy is obsessed with sea life, wanting to introduce it to as many visitors as he can. Although he might seem a bit creepy, he's actually a nice guy! Maybe.
What star powers and gadgets does Glowy have?: Glowy has Biotic Ecosystem and Parasitism as star powers and Slippery Savior and More Lumens as gadgets.