Is Penny good in Brawl Stars?

Penny has a 48.3% adjusted win rate and a 0.7% pick rate over 580 sampled decided battles, which puts it in C tier.

What is the best mode for Penny?

Penny performs best in Last Stand, with a 82.7% raw win rate over 394 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Penny?

NANO NORI (Last Stand) is where Penny has the strongest sampled record, at 84.8% over 191 battles.

Meg, Mina, Shade pull Penny furthest below its own 64.4% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Penny have?

Penny has Heavy Coffers and Master Blaster as star powers and Salty Barrel and Trusty Spyglass as gadgets.

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Super Rare

ArtilleryC tierMeta score4.3/10

penny

Penny doesn't care about studying old maps or puzzling over sea shanty riddles. She's a pirate so she can blow stuff up and grab whatever she wants!

Combat stats

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

Health: 3500
Damage: 980
Super health: 3400
Reload: 2s; Slow
Range: 8.67; Long
Speed: 720; Normal

Build & upgrades

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

Star power bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

master blasterMost pickedtoo few battles51.9% picked
heavy cofferstoo few battles48.1% picked

Gadget bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

salty barrelMost picked53.1%56.5% picked
trusty spyglasstoo few battles43.5% picked

Read from 388 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.

shield792 unlocks24.7%
damage752 unlocks23.4%
pet power727 unlocks22.6%
speed305 unlocks9.5%
vision254 unlocks7.9%
health221 unlocks6.9%
gadget cooldown159 unlocks5.0%

Measured across 2,936 tracked players who own this brawler. Almost all of them own both star powers and both gadgets.

Star powers

heavy coffers
Penny's gold pouches burst with a 100% wider cone after each hit.
master blaster
Penny's cannon deals 1372 damage and knocks back nearby enemies on landing.

Gadgets

salty barrel
Penny drops a barrel of salt that blocks enemy projectiles. She can also use it to burst her own gold pouches. Cooldown: 18 seconds.
trusty spyglass
Penny's cannon blasts at every visible enemy position within range. Cooldown: 15 seconds.

Hypercharge

new lobber

Penny deploys a bigger cannon that shoots 2 cannonballs at a time instead of 1

Buffies

Unreleased. Penny has no buffies yet.

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.
pet powerPet power increased by 25%.
gadget cooldownReduces Gadget cooldown by 15%.

Performance

Win rate

48.3%

580 battles

Pick rate

0.7%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,047

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.0

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

48.3%

+7.7 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

NANO NORILast Stand · 191 battles · 84.8% raw57.9%
Backyard BowlBrawl Ball · 109 battles · 83.5% raw56.7%
CYBERBOSS BROCKLast Stand · 182 battles · 82.4% raw55.0%
Shooting StarBounty · 20 battles · 80.0% raw54.9%
Rice FieldDuo Showdown · 35 battles · 74.3% raw54.8%
QuintillionHeist · 49 battles · 67.3% raw52.5%

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents penny beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull penny below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies penny wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 64.4% win rate across 1,453 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 penny

Balance history

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

4 recorded

2026-06-30NerfPenny's level up reload speed was decreased to 1.5% (from 2%) in Brawl Arena.
2026-06-30NerfPenny's level up movement speed was decreased to 6 (from 8) in Brawl Arena.
2025-12-16BuffPenny's Salty Barrel Gadget health was increased to 1960 (from 1792).
2025-12-16BuffPenny's health was increased to 3500 (from 3200).

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.

Penny FAQ

Is Penny good in Brawl Stars?: Penny has a 48.3% adjusted win rate and a 0.7% pick rate over 580 sampled decided battles, which puts it in C tier.
What is the best mode for Penny?: Penny performs best in Last Stand, with a 82.7% raw win rate over 394 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Penny?: NANO NORI (Last Stand) is where Penny has the strongest sampled record, at 84.8% over 191 battles.
What counters Penny?: Meg, Mina, Shade pull Penny furthest below its own 64.4% average in sampled team battles.
What star powers and gadgets does Penny have?: Penny has Heavy Coffers and Master Blaster as star powers and Salty Barrel and Trusty Spyglass as gadgets.