Is Surge good in Brawl Stars?

Surge has a 50.3% adjusted win rate and a 1.4% pick rate over 8,382 sampled decided battles, which puts it in C tier.

What is the best mode for Surge?

Surge performs best in Siege, with a 73.2% raw win rate over 388 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Surge?

The Smackdome (Siege) is where Surge has the strongest sampled record, at 75.8% over 124 battles.

Jae-Yong, Sam, Angelo pull Surge furthest below its own 45.3% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Surge have?

Surge has To The Max and Serve Ice Cold as star powers and Power Surge and Power Shield as gadgets.

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Legendary

Damage DealerC tierMeta score5.3/10

Surge build, stats and matchups

Most Surge owners buy the Power Shield gadget and the Serve Ice Cold star power first. Surge has a 50.3% adjusted win rate and 1.4% pick rate over 8,382 sampled battles, C tier in Ranked, as of 13 October 2026.

Surge is a souped-up soda fountain, always ready to get the party started! He's got the beats, the moves, and an endless supply of energy drinks.

Trophies TitleBro

Prestige titleJuicy

The build owners run

Why, and what else

Star powerserve ice cold50.2% of owners
Gadgetpower shield50.3% of owners
Gearshield33.2% of owners
Geardamage31.9% 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: 3300; 6,600 at Power 11
Main attack damage: 1180; 2,360 at Power 11
Super damage: 1000; 2,000 at Power 11
Reload: 2s; Slow
Range: 6.67; Normal
Speed: 705; Normal

Hits to Super: 3; from empty, all hits landing
Super charge: 35.4%; per hit
Hypercharge boost: 20%; speed, damage and shield

Build & upgrades

What Surge'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 Surge'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.

serve ice coldMost picked60.9% win rate59.5% of first buyers · 582 players
to the max56.9% win rate40.5% of first buyers · 396 players

Gadget bought first

Building

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

power shieldMost picked60.1% win rate57.2% of first buyers · 870 players
power surge53.3% win rate42.8% of first buyers · 650 players

Read from 2,498 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.

shield66.4% of owners33.2%of picks
damage63.8% of owners31.9%of picks
speed32.3% of owners16.1%of picks
gadget cooldown14.6% of owners7.3%of picks
health13.8% of owners6.9%of picks
vision9.4% of owners4.7%of picks

Measured across 22,722 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

to the max
Surge's Main Attack now bounces off walls.
serve ice cold
Surge always spawns with a full Super Charge.

Gadgets

power surge15 seconds cooldown
Surge's power surges! Increase Super charge rate by 30% for 5 sec. Cooldown: 15 seconds.
power shield22 seconds cooldown
Within the next 2 seconds, Surge consumes 50% of the damage of the next incoming hit and uses the energy to reload 1 ammo. Cooldown: 22 seconds.

Hypercharge

stage 5

Surge's Super gains increased ranged and shoots Justice Juice in every direction when landing!

Buffies

power surgeGadget
Power Surge also grants 30% Reload Speed.
power shieldGadget
If Surge is hit during Power Shield, Gadget cooldown is decreased by 50%.
to the maxStar power
When bouncing off a wall, Surge's Main Attack splits into 2 extra projectiles.
serve ice coldStar power
While in Stage 3, Surge gains a burst of movement speed when using his Super.
stage 5Hypercharge
Surge shoots 'Double the Juice' for Double the Justice.

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%

8,382 battles

Pick rate

1.4%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,451

Across tracked players

Avg rank

5.0

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

50.3%

−0.5 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

The SmackdomeSiege · 124 battles · 75.8% raw61.0%
Gated CommunityDuo Showdown · 162 battles · 74.7% raw58.9%
Silver HighlandsSiege · 40 battles · 82.5% raw57.8%
TruthDuo Showdown · 165 battles · 73.9% raw57.0%
Triple ThreatSiege · 65 battles · 73.8% raw56.8%
ArabesqueBrawl Ball · 71 battles · 81.7% raw56.0%

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents surge beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull surge below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies surge wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 45.3% win rate across 200,325 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 Surge in Ranked, by rank →

Top players with surge

Skins

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

95.1% of sampled surge owners have a skin equipped. Shares are of players who own surge, from the rotating snapshot sample.

surgenie11.2%2,529
scarlet paladin surge11.2%2,525
surge lightyear10.1%2,274
surge kong9.2%2,086
anti-hero skeletal surge9.2%2,076
skeletal surge8.4%1,888
kraken surge7.8%1,765
villainous skeletal surge7.6%1,712
porcelain surge7.3%1,641
surgeDefault4.9%1,099
mecha paladin surge3.9%873
secret surgevice3.7%840

4 rarer skins not shown.

Balance history

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

18 recorded

2026-09-01NeutralEvery Brawler's movement speed was increased, increasing Surge's movement speed to 705 (from 680).
2026-08-04NerfSurge's Power Shield Gadget now restores 1 ammo (from 2).
2026-08-04NerfSurge's main attack unload speed was increased to 0.47 seconds (from 0.4).
2026-07-08NerfSurge's Buffied Stage 5 Hypercharge second attack damage penalty was decreased to 50% (from 30%).
2026-07-08NerfSurge's Stage 5 Hypercharge damage was decreased to 800 (from 1000) per projectile.
2026-07-08NerfSurge's Hypercharged Super range was decreased to 5.33 tiles (from 6.67).
2026-07-08NerfSurge's Power Shield Gadget cooldown was increased to 22 seconds (from 18).
2026-06-30NeutralSurge's Buffies were added.

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.

Surge FAQ

Is Surge good in Brawl Stars?: Surge has a 50.3% adjusted win rate and a 1.4% pick rate over 8,382 sampled decided battles, which puts it in C tier.
What is the best mode for Surge?: Surge performs best in Siege, with a 73.2% raw win rate over 388 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Surge?: The Smackdome (Siege) is where Surge has the strongest sampled record, at 75.8% over 124 battles.
What counters Surge?: Jae-Yong, Sam, Angelo pull Surge furthest below its own 45.3% average in sampled team battles.
Who is Surge in Brawl Stars?: Surge is a souped-up soda fountain, always ready to get the party started! He's got the beats, the moves, and an endless supply of energy drinks.
What star powers and gadgets does Surge have?: Surge has To The Max and Serve Ice Cold as star powers and Power Surge and Power Shield as gadgets.