Is Pierce good in Brawl Stars?

Pierce has a 45.6% adjusted win rate and a 1.4% pick rate over 11,698 sampled decided battles, which puts it in D tier.

What is the best mode for Pierce?

Pierce performs best in Last Stand, with a 36.8% raw win rate over 261 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Pierce?

MEGA BOSS DUO (20 player) (Last Stand) is where Pierce has the strongest sampled record, at 36.8% over 261 battles.

What counters Pierce?

Sprout, Brock, Ash pull Pierce furthest below its own 51.9% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Pierce have?

Pierce has Mission Swimpossible and Slip N Snipe as star powers and Bottomless Mags and You Only Brawl Twice as gadgets.

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MarksmanD tierMeta score3.3/10

Pierce build, stats and matchups

Most Pierce owners buy the You Only Brawl Twice gadget and the Mission Swimpossible star power first. Pierce has a 45.6% adjusted win rate and 1.4% pick rate over 11,698 sampled battles, D tier in Ranked, as of 13 October 2026.

You know pool lifeguards? Pierce is one of those. Except he shoots people instead of saving them. OK maybe he isn't like a lifeguard at all. When Buzz decides there has been too much pee in the pool, he calls in Pierce to 'clean up'.

Trophies TitlePeed in the pool

Prestige titleBad cop

The build owners run

Why, and what else

Star powermission: swimpossible51.1% of owners
Gadgetyou only brawl twice51.1% of owners
Gearshield38.9% of owners
Geardamage35.7% 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: 3000; 6,000 at Power 11
Main attack damage: 950; 1,900 at Power 11
Super damage: 1400; 2,800 at Power 11
Reload: 3s; full ammo bar; Very Slow
Range: 10; Very Long
Speed: 750; Normal

Hits to Super: 7; from empty, all hits landing
Super charge: 15.425%; per hit
Hypercharge boost: 40%; speed, damage and shield

Build & upgrades

What Pierce'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 Pierce'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.

mission swimpossibleMost picked55.8% win rate67.2% of first buyers · 1,460 players
slip n snipe58.9% win rate32.8% of first buyers · 713 players

Gadget bought first

Building

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

you only brawl twiceMost picked60.7% win rate67.3% of first buyers · 1,552 players
bottomless mags63.7% win rate32.7% of first buyers · 754 players

Read from 4,479 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.

shield58.3% of owners38.9%of picks
damage53.5% of owners35.7%of picks
vision13.5% of owners9.0%of picks
health9.4% of owners6.2%of picks
gadget cooldown9.3% of owners6.2%of picks
speed5.8% of owners3.9%of picks

Measured across 22,158 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

mission swimpossible
Pierce's last ammo also slows enemies by 25%.
slip n snipe
When collecting a shell, Pierce gains a short burst (15%) of movement speed.

Gadgets

bottomless mags22 seconds cooldown
Reload 1 ammo and drop a shell next to Pierce. Cooldown: 22 seconds.
you only brawl twice18 seconds cooldown
Pierce will absorb all shells and gain 1200 shield for each one, while also pushing back nearby enemies. Cooldown: 18 seconds.

Hypercharge

second wave

Super fires 2 waves of projectiles, 2nd wave deals 50% less damage. Projectiles pierce Brawlers.

Buffies

Unreleased. Pierce 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

45.6%

11,698 battles

Pick rate

1.4%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,213

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.5

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

45.6%

+1.2 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

MEGA BOSS DUO (20 player)Last Stand · 261 battles · 36.8% raw60.4%
Acid LakesSolo Showdown · 170 battles · 67.6% raw60.1%
KroketSolo Showdown · 59 battles · 74.6% raw58.8%
No ExcusesBounty · 105 battles · 78.1% raw58.6%
Rockwall BrawlSolo Showdown · 91 battles · 71.4% raw58.6%
Time FliesWipeout · 173 battles · 80.9% raw57.3%

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents pierce beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull pierce below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies pierce wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 51.9% win rate across 129,797 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 Pierce in Ranked, by rank →

Top players with pierce

Skins

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

63.8% of sampled pierce owners have a skin equipped. Shares are of players who own pierce, from the rotating snapshot sample.

pierceDefault36.2%7,667
edgy pierce27.4%5,792
high stakes pierce17.9%3,780
pierce: vampire hunter16.2%3,427
true gold pierce1.7%353
true silver pierce0.7%147

Balance history

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

16 recorded

2026-09-01NeutralEvery Brawler's movement speed was increased, increasing Pierce's movement speed to 750 (from 720).
2026-06-30NerfPierce's You Only Brawl Twice Gadget cooldown was increased to 18 seconds (from 13).
2026-06-30NerfPierce's Bottomless Mags Gadget cooldown was increased to 22 seconds (from 18).
2026-04-22NeutralPierce's level up reload speed boost was decreased to 0.5% (from 1%) in Brawl Arena.
2026-04-22NerfPierce's level up damage was decreased to 2% (from 4%) in Brawl Arena.
2026-04-22NerfPierce's Mission: Swimpossible Star Power slow was decreased to 25% (from 30%).
2026-04-22NerfPierce's Super recharge rate was decreased by 12.5%. This does not affect the projectiles from picking up shells.
2026-04-22NerfPierce's Super Damage was decreased to 1400 (from 1600).

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.

Pierce FAQ

Is Pierce good in Brawl Stars?: Pierce has a 45.6% adjusted win rate and a 1.4% pick rate over 11,698 sampled decided battles, which puts it in D tier.
What is the best mode for Pierce?: Pierce performs best in Last Stand, with a 36.8% raw win rate over 261 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Pierce?: MEGA BOSS DUO (20 player) (Last Stand) is where Pierce has the strongest sampled record, at 36.8% over 261 battles.
What counters Pierce?: Sprout, Brock, Ash pull Pierce furthest below its own 51.9% average in sampled team battles.
Who is Pierce in Brawl Stars?: You know pool lifeguards? Pierce is one of those. Except he shoots people instead of saving them. OK maybe he isn't like a lifeguard at all. When Buzz decides there has been too much pee in the pool, he calls in Pierce to 'clean up'.
What star powers and gadgets does Pierce have?: Pierce has Mission Swimpossible and Slip N Snipe as star powers and Bottomless Mags and You Only Brawl Twice as gadgets.