Is Shade good in Brawl Stars?

Shade has a 52.3% adjusted win rate and a 0.8% pick rate over 604 sampled decided battles, which puts it in B tier.

What is the best mode for Shade?

Shade performs best in Gem Grab, with a 70.3% raw win rate over 158 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Shade?

Dueling Beetles (Hot Zone) is where Shade has the strongest sampled record, at 86.4% over 22 battles.

Trunk, Lily, Willow pull Shade furthest below its own 66.5% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Shade have?

Shade has Spooky Speedster and Hardened Hoodie as star powers and Longarms and Jump Scare as gadgets.

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Epic

AssassinB tierMeta score5.8/10

shade

Not much is known about this mysterious pile of clothes, other than the fact it has some cool sunglasses. Discovered by Gus, Shade was given a name and now the two spooky Brawlers haunt the Ghost Station together.

Combat stats

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

Health: 3700
Damage: 800
Reload: 0.8s; Very Fast
Range: 3.67; Short
Speed: 820; Very Fast

Build & upgrades

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

Star power bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

hardened hoodieMost picked69.5%60.6% picked
spooky speedstertoo few battles39.4% picked

Gadget bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

longarmsMost picked56.8%78.0% picked
jump scaretoo few battles22.0% picked

Read from 603 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.

shield1,089 unlocks36.0%
damage1,012 unlocks33.4%
gadget cooldown357 unlocks11.8%
health265 unlocks8.7%
speed247 unlocks8.2%
vision59 unlocks1.9%

Measured across 2,770 tracked players who own this brawler. Almost all of them own both star powers and both gadgets.

Star powers

spooky speedster
Hitting opponents with the center of Shade's main attack gives a short movement speed.
hardened hoodie
Shade gets 30% damage reduction while in its Incorporeal Form.

Gadgets

longarms
The next main attack has 50% longer range. Cooldown: 15 seconds.
jump scare
Shade spooks nearby enemies, slowing them for 4 seconds. Cooldown: 9 seconds.

Hypercharge

the frightener

Shade's attacks during its Hypercharged Super all deal deal maximum damage, even if the enemy is not hugged in the center.

Buffies

Unreleased. Shade 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

52.3%

604 battles

Pick rate

0.8%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,229

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.2

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

52.3%

+6.4 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

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents shade beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull shade below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies shade wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 66.5% win rate across 1,479 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 shade

Balance history

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

4 recorded

2026-06-30NerfShade's level up reload speed was decreased to 1.25% (from 1.5%) in Brawl Arena.
2026-06-30NerfShade's The Frightener Hypercharge multiplier was decreased to 34% (from 40%).
2026-04-22NerfShade's level up health was decreased to 350 (from 450) in Brawl Arena.
2025-12-16BuffShade's health was increased to 3700 (from 3500).

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.

Shade FAQ

Is Shade good in Brawl Stars?: Shade has a 52.3% adjusted win rate and a 0.8% pick rate over 604 sampled decided battles, which puts it in B tier.
What is the best mode for Shade?: Shade performs best in Gem Grab, with a 70.3% raw win rate over 158 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Shade?: Dueling Beetles (Hot Zone) is where Shade has the strongest sampled record, at 86.4% over 22 battles.
What counters Shade?: Trunk, Lily, Willow pull Shade furthest below its own 66.5% average in sampled team battles.
What star powers and gadgets does Shade have?: Shade has Spooky Speedster and Hardened Hoodie as star powers and Longarms and Jump Scare as gadgets.