The Most Underrated Brawlers in Brawl Stars

These are the most underrated brawlers in Brawl Stars right now: brawlers that are quietly outperforming half the meta while barely getting a mention.

Why these brawlers fly under the radar

Highlight reels and popular picks don’t always match who’s actually winning right now. These four brawlers prove that gap can be significant, each one currently performs at or near the top of the game despite getting a fraction of the attention brawlers like Spike or Leon receive.

Check our Tier List any time you want to see exactly where every brawler currently stands.

Juju

If you only judged brawlers by how often people talk about them, you’d never guess that Juju is currently one of the best performing brawlers in the entire game, not just in her class, in the whole roster.

Her attacks aren’t flashy and they don’t one-shot anyone. What they do is constantly pressure enemies and make it almost impossible for them to hold one position for more than a few seconds.

That’s the whole trick with Juju. She doesn’t need to land a spectacular kill, she just slowly takes control of the fight until the enemy team is standing exactly where she wants them.

Meg

Most players write her off the moment they unlock her, because on her own, she’s weak. She starts every match in a smaller, vulnerable form, and if that’s all you ever see, it’s easy to assume she’s not worth the investment.

But that’s only half of her kit. Once she calls in her mech, everything changes.

Her damage spikes, her survivability spikes, and suddenly the brawler you dismissed is dictating the entire fight. Meg currently ranks as one of the strongest brawlers in the game once that mech is out.

Shade

He’s not going to delete someone in half a second like an assassin is supposed to. What he does instead is refuse to die.

He slips through walls, repositions constantly, and forces the enemy team to keep tracking a target that never stays where they expect. That constant unpredictability is exactly why Shade is quietly one of the strongest assassins in the game right now.

He doesn’t get clipped for insane one-shot kills, so he doesn’t get the attention his numbers deserve.

Buster

He’s not going to top a tier list, but he’s a lot stronger than his reputation suggests. His shield doesn’t just block incoming damage, it throws that damage right back at whoever fired it.

Time it well, and you can turn an entire team’s opening attack into free damage on themselves. Buster currently sits comfortably above average across the whole roster, which puts him ahead of a lot of tanks that get far more attention.

The takeaway

So that’s four brawlers, all quietly doing more work than they get credit for. Juju and Meg are genuinely near the top of the entire game right now, no exaggeration.

Shade and Buster both outperform their reputation by a wide margin too. If your main list doesn’t have one of these on it, that’s probably worth changing.

FAQ

Are these brawlers actually the strongest in the game, or just decent?

Juju and Meg are genuinely among the strongest performers in the entire current roster, not just within their class. Shade and Buster are a tier below that but still comfortably above average.

Why don’t these brawlers get much attention if they’re this strong?

None of them rely on flashy, clip-worthy plays. Their value comes from steady pressure and consistency rather than dramatic one-shot kills, which makes them less likely to show up in highlight reels.

Does this change with balance updates?

Yes, all four of these brawlers’ standings can shift with future patches. Check our Tier List any time you want the current picture.

Which of these is easiest to pick up?

Buster. His shield is straightforward to use defensively, while Juju, Meg, and Shade all reward more practice to get full value from their kits.

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Check the Tier List for how these four, and the rest of the roster, are performing in the current meta.

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