Is Shelly good in Brawl Stars?

Shelly has a 49.4% adjusted win rate and a 0.8% pick rate over 1,149 sampled decided battles, which puts it in E tier.

What is the best mode for Shelly?

Shelly performs best in Basket Brawl, with a 80.4% raw win rate over 316 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Shelly?

Gated Community (Solo Showdown) is where Shelly has the strongest sampled record, at 80.2% over 258 battles.

What counters Shelly?

Ziggy, Wendy, Bolt pull Shelly furthest below its own 34.6% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Shelly have?

Shelly has Shell Shock and Band-Aid as star powers and Fast Forward and Clay Pigeons as gadgets.

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Common

Damage DealerE tierMeta score2.5/10

Shelly build, stats and matchups

Most Shelly owners buy the Clay Pigeons gadget and the Band-Aid star power first. Shelly has a 49.4% adjusted win rate and 0.8% pick rate over 1,149 sampled battles, E tier in Ranked, as of 13 October 2026.

Shelly's the perfect ranger: reliable, tough, and terrific with her shotgun. She never understood why Colt got to steal the limelight...

Trophies TitleNo time to explain!

Prestige titleFantástico

The build owners run

Why, and what else

Star powerband-aid50.2% of owners
Gadgetclay pigeons50.0% of owners
Geardamage27.1% of owners
Gearshield26.6% 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
Main attack damage per shell: 300; 600 at Power 11
Super damage per shell: 320; 640 at Power 11
Reload: 1.5s; Normal
Range: 7.67; Long
Speed: 800; Fast

Hits to Super: 10; from empty, all hits landing
Super charge: 10.05%; per hit · 5 per attack
Hypercharge boost: 30%; speed, damage and shield

Build & upgrades

What Shelly'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 Shelly'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.

band-aidMost picked53.5% win rate60.8% of first buyers · 477 players
shell shock57.4% win rate39.2% of first buyers · 308 players

Gadget bought first

Building

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

clay pigeonsMost picked53.2% win rate50.6% of first buyers · 450 players
fast forward60.3% win rate49.4% of first buyers · 439 players

Read from 1,674 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.

damage54.9% of owners27.1%of picks
shield53.9% of owners26.6%of picks
speed42.5% of owners21.0%of picks
gadget cooldown21.0% of owners10.4%of picks
health18.0% of owners8.9%of picks
vision12.1% of owners6.0%of picks

Measured across 23,076 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

shell shock
Shelly's Super shells slow down enemies for 2 sec!
band-aid
When Shelly falls below 40% health, she instantly heals for 2340 health. Band-Aid recharges in 15 sec.

Gadgets

fast forward16 seconds cooldown
Shelly dashes to an aimed direction or forwards, fully reloading her ammo! Cooldown: 16 seconds.
clay pigeons18 seconds cooldown
Shelly focuses her fire to a smaller area with an increased range. Can be used 3 times per activation. Cooldown: 18 seconds.

Hypercharge

double barrel

Super Shell is 33% larger.

Buffies

fast forwardGadget
Take no damage while dashing.
clay pigeonsGadget
Attacks slow enemies. Increases duration with each hit.
shell shockStar power
Using patented Draco Dragonbreath shells, Shelly leaves a burning area with her Super.
band-aidStar power
Gain 15% movement speed for 3 secs.
double barrelHypercharge
Main attack projectile speed is greatly increased during Hypercharge.

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

49.4%

1,149 battles

Pick rate

0.8%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,276

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.9

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

49.4%

−0.3 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

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents shelly beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull shelly below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies shelly wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 34.6% win rate across 84,357 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 Shelly in Ranked, by rank →

Top players with shelly

Skins

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

94.8% of sampled shelly owners have a skin equipped. Shares are of players who own shelly, from the rotating snapshot sample.

cyber shelly48.3%11,067
hoot hoot shelly9.1%2,098
squad buster shelly6.7%1,525
stellar shelly5.3%1,222
shellyDefault5.2%1,195
star shelly3.5%805
psg shelly3.4%781
shelly dancer3.2%726
shelly dancer dahlia2.9%676
princess shelly2.6%598
shelly dancer iris2.4%549
bandita shelly1.9%435

8 rarer skins not shown.

Balance history

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

72 recorded

2026-09-01NeutralEvery Brawler's movement speed was increased, increasing Shelly's movement speed to 800 (from 770).
2026-06-30NeutralShelly's Shell Shock Star Power slow efficiency was changed to 55% (from 350 points).
2026-06-30BuffShelly's Fast Forward Gadget cooldown was decreased to 16 seconds (from 20).
2026-01-23NeutralFixed an issue where Shelly could unload her ammo faster by alternating her attack and Clay Pigeons Gadget.
2026-01-23NerfShelly's Clay Pigeons Gadget Buffie slow duration was decreased to 0.5 seconds per pellet (from 1).
2026-01-23NerfShelly's Clay Pigeons Gadget Buffie slow was decreased to 30% (from 60%).
2025-12-16NeutralShelly's Buffies were added.
2025-12-16NeutralShelly's Clay Pigeons Gadget now affects the next 3 attacks aimed with the Gadget (from affecting all main attacks 5 seconds after activation).

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.

Shelly FAQ

Is Shelly good in Brawl Stars?: Shelly has a 49.4% adjusted win rate and a 0.8% pick rate over 1,149 sampled decided battles, which puts it in E tier.
What is the best mode for Shelly?: Shelly performs best in Basket Brawl, with a 80.4% raw win rate over 316 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Shelly?: Gated Community (Solo Showdown) is where Shelly has the strongest sampled record, at 80.2% over 258 battles.
What counters Shelly?: Ziggy, Wendy, Bolt pull Shelly furthest below its own 34.6% average in sampled team battles.
Who is Shelly in Brawl Stars?: Shelly's the perfect ranger: reliable, tough, and terrific with her shotgun. She never understood why Colt got to steal the limelight...
What star powers and gadgets does Shelly have?: Shelly has Shell Shock and Band-Aid as star powers and Fast Forward and Clay Pigeons as gadgets.