AssassinS tierMeta score8.6/10Shade build, stats and matchups
Most Shade owners buy the Longarms gadget and the Hardened Hoodie star power first. Shade has a 54.9% adjusted win rate and 3.9% pick rate over 14,855 sampled battles, S tier in Ranked, as of 13 October 2026.
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Prestige titleGhosting you
The build owners run
Why, and what else
Star powerhardened hoodie50.9% of owners
Gadgetlongarms50.7% of owners
Gearshield36.4% of owners
Geardamage35.2% 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
3700- 7,400 at Power 11
- Damage
800- 1,600 at Power 11
- Reload
0.8s- Very Fast
- Range
3.67- Short
- Speed
855- Very Fast
- Hits to Super
- 5
- from empty, all hits landing
- Super charge
- 20%
- per hit
- Hypercharge boost
34%- speed, damage and shield
Build & upgrades
What Shade'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 Shade's kit, and nothing here is an opinion about what you should buy.
Star power bought first
BuildingAmong owners who have only one so far. Win rates cover the choice and the chooser together.
- hardened hoodieMost picked65.8% win rate65.1% of first buyers · 1,403 players
spooky speedster67.4% win rate34.9% of first buyers · 751 players
Gadget bought first
BuildingAmong owners who have only one so far. Win rates cover the choice and the chooser together.
- longarmsMost picked66.9% win rate65.4% of first buyers · 1,249 players
jump scare69.0% win rate34.6% of first buyers · 661 players
Read from 4,064 first-buyers
Gears owners buy
Gears cost coins and you can only run two, so what owners have bought is a real preference.
- shield55.0% of owners36.4%of picks
- damage53.3% of owners35.2%of picks
gadget cooldown18.0% of owners11.9%of picks- speed11.5% of owners7.6%of picks
health11.1% of owners7.3%of picks
vision2.3% of owners1.5%of picks
Measured across 23,569 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
2spooky speedster
Hitting opponents with the center of Shade's main attack gives a short movement speed boost.
hardened hoodie
Shade gets 30% damage reduction while in its Incorporeal Form.
Gadgets
2longarms20 seconds cooldown
The next main attack has 50% longer range. Cooldown: 20 seconds.
jump scare18 seconds cooldown
Shade jumps a short distance, fearing enemies for 1 sec when landing. Cooldown: 18 seconds.
Hypercharge
the frightener
Shade heals 1000 for every sec spent inside a wall.
Buffies
longarmsGadget
Damaged enemies are pulled to the center of the hug.
jump scareGadget
Shade gains a 2000 shield when jumping.
spooky speedsterStar power
Hitting opponents also reduces Gadget cooldown by 15%.
hardened hoodieStar power
Shade's stays in its incorporeal form lasts for an extra 1 sec.
the frightenerHypercharge
The center of Shade's hugs have increased damage and size.
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
54.9%
14,855 battles
Pick rate
3.9%
Last 7 days
Avg trophies
1,345
Across tracked players
Avg rank
4.7
Across tracked players
Adjusted win rate
54.9%
−4.2 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
- Hot PotatoHeist · 908 battles · 67.8% raw62.7%
- Center StageBrawl Ball · 797 battles · 65.5% raw61.7%
- Parallel PlaysHot Zone · 842 battles · 66.7% raw61.1%
- Safe ZoneHeist · 914 battles · 63.9% raw60.1%
- Pinball DreamsBrawl Ball · 1,761 battles · 69.3% raw59.4%
- Snake OutKnockout · 131 battles · 81.7% raw58.2%
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 58.4% win rate across 267,778 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
Skins
Which Shade skins players actually equip, from the sampled snapshot pool.
79.6% of sampled shade owners have a skin equipped. Shares are of players who own shade, from the rotating snapshot sample.
cinema shade36.6%8,572
shadeDefault20.4%4,783
brawlentine's bear shade15.5%3,639
street shade12.6%2,943
jolly ghost shade6.3%1,474
cursed shade3.1%718
creepy shade2.9%684
true gold shade1.6%373
true silver shade1.0%242
Balance history
The last changes Supercell made to Shade. Cosmetic releases are left out.
- 2026-09-16NerfShade's The Frightener Hypercharge Buffied main attack bonus damage was decreased to 15% (from 37.5%).
- 2026-09-16NerfShade's Jump Scare Gadget fear radius was decreased to 2 tiles (from 3.33).
- 2026-09-16NerfShade's Longarms Gadget cooldown was increased to 20 seconds (from 18).
- 2026-09-16NerfShade's Radius Trait Super charge rate was decreased by 15%.
- 2026-09-01NeutralShade's Buffies were added.
- 2026-09-01NeutralEvery Brawler's movement speed was increased, increasing Shade's movement speed to 855 (from 820).
- 2026-09-01NeutralShade's The Frightener Hypercharge icon was changed.
- 2026-09-01NeutralShade's The Frightener Hypercharge was reworked from doing the increased damage from his attack every time during its Super to healing Shade 1000 health per second while inside a wall during its Super.
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 54.9% adjusted win rate and a 3.9% pick rate over 14,855 sampled decided battles, which puts it in S tier.
- What is the best mode for Shade?
- Shade performs best in Solo Showdown, with a 76.4% raw win rate over 74,675 sampled battles there.
- What is the best map for Shade?
- Hot Potato (Heist) is where Shade has the strongest sampled record, at 67.8% over 908 battles.
- What counters Shade?
- Jacky, Rosa, R-T pull Shade furthest below its own 58.4% average in sampled team battles.
- Who is Shade in Brawl Stars?
- 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.
- 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.
