Is Starr Nova good in Brawl Stars?

Starr Nova has a 50.3% adjusted win rate and a 0.9% pick rate over 2,901 sampled decided battles, which puts it in C tier.

What is the best mode for Starr Nova?

Starr Nova performs best in Siege, with a 71.8% raw win rate over 436 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Starr Nova?

Triple Threat (Siege) is where Starr Nova has the strongest sampled record, at 79.2% over 130 battles.

What counters Starr Nova?

Amber, Pearl, Ash pull Starr Nova furthest below its own 58.3% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Starr Nova have?

Starr Nova has Power Level Maximum and Mystical Starr Technique as star powers and Floaty Time and Shining Starr Of Friendship And Justice as gadgets.

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Starr Nova build, stats and matchups

Most Starr Nova owners buy the Floaty Time gadget and the Power Level Maximum star power first. Starr Nova has a 50.3% adjusted win rate and 0.9% pick rate over 2,901 sampled battles, C tier in Ranked, as of 13 October 2026.

A cosplayer who believes they are the anime character Starr Nova! This can get a bit awkward, as she believes problems in the real world can *also* be solved by hitting them with a massive sword.

Trophies TitleMagical

Prestige titleAnime Fan

The build owners run

Why, and what else

Star powerpower level: maximum52.3% of owners
Gadgetfloaty time50.5% of owners
Gearshield37.2% of owners
Geardamage37.1% 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 per projectile: 480; 960 at Power 11
Super dash Damage: 300; 600 at Power 11
Reload: 1.6s; Normal
Range: 5.67; Normal
Speed: 855; Very Fast

Hits to Super: 10; from empty, all hits landing
Super charge: 10.125%; per hit · 2 per attack
Hypercharge boost: 25%; speed, damage and shield

Build & upgrades

What Starr Nova'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 Starr Nova'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.

power level maximumMost picked61.7% win rate73.4% of first buyers · 2,300 players
mystical starr technique69.4% win rate26.6% of first buyers · 835 players

Gadget bought first

Building

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

floaty timeMost picked65.8% win rate55.3% of first buyers · 1,680 players
shining starr of friendship and justice68.3% win rate44.7% of first buyers · 1,357 players

Read from 6,172 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.

shield52.4% of owners37.2%of picks
damage52.2% of owners37.1%of picks
health10.1% of owners7.2%of picks
speed9.9% of owners7.1%of picks
vision8.4% of owners5.9%of picks
gadget cooldown7.7% of owners5.5%of picks

Measured across 22,369 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

power level maximum
Hitting an enemy Brawler while transformed increases your damage by 4% to a maximum of 20%.
mystical starr technique
Starr Nova's main attack also heals teammates for 384, charging her Super based on healing.

Gadgets

floaty time20 seconds cooldown
Starr Nova deploys an anti-gravity device, allowing teammates to float inside of the area! Cooldown: 20 seconds.
shining starr of friendship and justice20 seconds cooldown
Starr Nova fires an energy ball that damages enemies and heals teammates for 1600. This energy ball can also be teleported to before it hits a target! Cooldown: 20 seconds.

Hypercharge

starr nova: the hypercharge

Starr Nova becomes invulnerable while dashing and has almost unlimited ammo!

Buffies

Unreleased. Starr Nova 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

50.3%

2,901 battles

Pick rate

0.9%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,243

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.4

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

50.3%

+1.5 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

Triple ThreatSiege · 130 battles · 79.2% raw62.7%
In the LiminalHot Zone · 454 battles · 73.3% raw62.0%
The SmackdomeSiege · 148 battles · 75.0% raw61.0%
Reach for the StarsHot Zone · 34 battles · 91.2% raw59.8%
Dark PassageDuo Showdown · 117 battles · 73.5% raw59.6%
Rockwall BrawlSolo Showdown · 85 battles · 72.9% raw59.3%

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents starr nova beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull starr nova below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies starr nova wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 58.3% win rate across 67,675 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 Starr Nova in Ranked, by rank →

Top players with starr nova

Skins

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

4.5% of sampled starr nova owners have a skin equipped. Shares are of players who own starr nova, from the rotating snapshot sample.

starr novaDefault95.5%21,240
true gold starr nova2.8%633
true silver starr nova1.7%368

Balance history

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

18 recorded

2026-09-01NeutralEvery Brawler's movement speed was increased, increasing Starr Nova's movement speed to 855 (from 820).
2026-08-04NerfStarr Nova's Floaty Time Gadget health decay was increased to 450 (from 300) health per second.
2026-08-04NerfStarr Nova's Power Level: Maximum! Star Power damage buff was decreased to 4% for a maximum of 20% (from 5% for a maximum of 30%).
2026-08-04NerfStarr Nova's reload time in her base form was increased to 1.6 seconds (from 1.4).
2026-08-04NerfStarr Nova's health was decreased to 3700 (from 4000).
2026-07-21NeutralStarr Nova's Starr Nova: The Hypercharge Hypercharge was added.
2026-07-08NeutralFixed Starr Nova being able to use a second Hypercharged Super and nearly recharge Hypercharge.
2026-07-08NerfStarr Nova's main attack damage in her base form was decreased to 480 (from 540).

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.

Starr Nova FAQ

Is Starr Nova good in Brawl Stars?: Starr Nova has a 50.3% adjusted win rate and a 0.9% pick rate over 2,901 sampled decided battles, which puts it in C tier.
What is the best mode for Starr Nova?: Starr Nova performs best in Siege, with a 71.8% raw win rate over 436 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Starr Nova?: Triple Threat (Siege) is where Starr Nova has the strongest sampled record, at 79.2% over 130 battles.
What counters Starr Nova?: Amber, Pearl, Ash pull Starr Nova furthest below its own 58.3% average in sampled team battles.
Who is Starr Nova in Brawl Stars?: A cosplayer who believes they are the anime character Starr Nova! This can get a bit awkward, as she believes problems in the real world can *also* be solved by hitting them with a massive sword.
What star powers and gadgets does Starr Nova have?: Starr Nova has Power Level Maximum and Mystical Starr Technique as star powers and Floaty Time and Shining Starr Of Friendship And Justice as gadgets.