The March Update is Here! Meet Jacky, new Gadgets, new Skins, new Maps, and Much More!

The March 2020 Brawl Stars update has dropped! A wealth of exciting new features has just been added to the game, including a new Brawler named Jessie, Gadgets for every Brawler, new maps, new skins, and much more! Read more to find out everything new that was added to Brawl Stars.

New Brawler – Jacky! She works her jackhammer to shake up the ground and nearby enemies. Her Super pulls in nearby foes, leaving them in the dust!

• Main Attack – Groundbreaker: Jacky hops on her Jackhammer to shake the ground all around. Enemies caught too close will get a pounding!
• Super Ability – Holey Moley! Jacky drills a hole in the ground, pulling in foes. She is partially shielded during her Super.
• Gadget – Speed boost: Jacky gets a burst of energy and moves faster!
• Star Power 1: Reflects damage received back to enemies who are close to Jacky
• Star Power 2: Passively reduces all incoming damage

New Brawler – Sprout! (Coming in April!)

New Skins!

• Darryl Rework
• Mascot Darryl – 80 Gems
• PSG Shelly – 80 Gems
• Dark Bunny Penny – 10 000 Star Points
• College EMZ – 500 Star Points

April Skins!

• Coach Dynamike – 150 Gems
• Tanuki Jessie – 150 Gems
• Horus Bo – 150 Gems

PSG Cup! Mar 19: Play this new challenge for rewards, glory, AND if you manage to get 9 wins, you’ll unlock PSG Shelly before anyone else!

• This challenge will be available at 800+ total trophies and include Super Stadium, Pinball Dreams, and Galaxy Arena Brawl Ball maps.

Gadgets!! Each Brawler now has a unique gadget that unlocks an activated ability for the Brawler

• Gadgets are found in Brawl Boxes and in the shop at Power Level 7 for each Brawler
• Damage dealing gadgets do not charge Super (similar to Star Powers)
• Power Play will not require gadgets to play
• Friendly rooms have a setting to disable gadget use in the match

The Underdog System!* This matchmaking improvement helps games with uneven Trophy amounts between teams.

• Only in 3v3 modes and does not affect Solo/Duo showdown
• Provides a bonus to gained trophies or a reduction to lost trophies when triggered
• Status is shown when entering the match and also after the match
• Underdog status is triggered when either of the two following conditions are met:
  • Player is matched with two other players who are playing together in a team and have a 200 trophy difference between them in their Brawler scores
  • Player is matched against an enemy team whose average Brawler trophies is 200+ trophies higher than the player’s team
• Underdog bonus is not available when using Play Again

*Temporarily disabled as of 3/17

Event Rotation Changes

• New and some returning maps have been added and the worst performing maps have been removed
• Tickets have been removed from Brawl Boxes and the shop. In the next update, tickets will be removed completely. Use them while you can!
• Increased the number of free tickets given in Robo Rumble and Big Game from 2 to 5

Supercell ID

• SCID Friends support added in certain countries

Other

• Safe Play – With safe accounts for younger players, we’re now offering Brawl Stars to players under the age of 13
• Added 120Hz battle frame rate entries for more Asus ROG Phone II variants

Bug Fixes

• Brawl Ball: On the ground effects such as Barley’s Super no longer deal damage after a goal is scored (the visual effect still remains)
• Mortis: Fixed a bug which allowed Mortis to dash inside walls
• 8-BIT: Fixed a bug which prevented 8-BIT from using main attack instantly after respawn in Solo Showdown

Balance Changes!

Carl

• Tailspin damage reduced from 400 to 360 per swing

Max

• Decreased Health from 3500 to 3400
• Decreased Run n’ Gun efficiency by 17%

Mr. P

• Increased Porter spawn delay from 2 seconds to 4 seconds

Sandy

• Reduced Main Attack damage from 900 to 840
• Reduced Rude Sands damage from 120 to 100

GADGETS

• 8-Bit – 8-Bit instantly teleports to his Damage Booster, which is then destroyed.
• Barley – Barley drops a sticky concoction that leaves a puddle, slowing down all enemies that make contact with it.
• Bea – Bea drops honey pot that slows down any enemies that get too close.
• Bibi – Bibi heals 600 health per second for 4 seconds.
• Bo – Bo drops a totem that recharges his and any allies’ Supers within the area of effect.
• Brock – Brock blasts the ground below him and propels himself into the air. The explosion deals 500 damage to nearby enemies.
• Bull – Bull instantly rejuvenates himself for 1500 health.
• Carl – Carl drops a trail of hot rocks behind his cart that inflict damage to enemies that they touch. Dealing 300 damage per second.
• Colt – Colt instantly reloads 2 bullets into his revolvers.
• Crow – Crow gets a shield of 60% of incoming damage for 3 seconds.
• Darryl – Darryl spins around and sprays a barrage of shots in all directions.
• Dynamike – Dynamike spins furiously and throws multiple sticks of dynamite around himself. Each dynamite deals 700 damage to enemies.
• EMZ – EMZ pushes back all enemies around her while also dealing 500 damage.
• Frank – Frank is able to disrupt being stunned and momentarily becomes immune to any stuns, slows and knockbacks.
• Gene – All enemies close to Gene are instantly pushed back. Gene also restores 1000 health.
• Jacky – Jacky gets a burst of energy and moves 38% faster for 3 seconds.
• Jessie – Jessie triggers a shockwave from her turret, slowing all enemies within its area of effect.
• Leon – Leon creates an illusion of himself to confuse his enemies.
• Max – Max dashes forward and becomes immune to all damage from enemies while dashing.
• Mortis – Mortis spins his shovel, hitting all enemies around himself for 1300 damage.
• Mr. P – Mr. P buffs his current porter by increasing its damage by 150 and health by 1000.
• Nita – Nita commands her bear to slam the ground, stunning all enemies within its reach.
• Pam – Pam momentarily triggers her healing turret to create a single healing burst that revitalizes herself and nearby allies for 1200 health.
• Penny – Penny blows up her cannon, creating a powerful explosion that crumbles walls and deals 1500 damage to nearby enemies.
• Piper – Piper fires off 4 quick shots at the closest enemy. Each shot dealing 400 damage.
• Poco – Poco and all nearby allies heal 500 health per second for 5 seconds.
• Primo – El Primo grabs the closest enemy within his reach and flips them like a pancake over his broad shoulders.
• Rico – Rico blasts waves of bouncy bullets in all directions.
• Rosa – Rosa fertilizes the ground around her and bushes instantly grow to provide great cover.
• Sandy – Sandy falls asleep for 2 seconds and his health is fully restored.
• Shelly – Shelly dashes forward with the help of a hook and line.
• Spike – Spike shoots 3 waves of needles in all directions, dealing 520 damage per hit.
• Tara – Tara and her allies are able to see all enemies, even inside bushes, for 5 seconds.
• Tick – Tick makes a quick dash, leaving a single mine on the ground