Brawl Stars 丨 RELEASE NOTES: RANKED REWORK, LUMI & FINX!

NEW BRAWLER: FINX!

MYTHIC CONTROLLER

The owner of Starr Park's escape room, Finx is meant to help visitors complete their tasks. Instead, he uses his time controlling abilities to cause mischief and havoc!

Also, he LOVES cats.

MAIN ATTACK: CHRONOCAST

Finx fires 3 long range projectiles, with the outer ones dealing 50% damage of the center projectile.

SUPER: TIME WARP

Finx warps time in an area, decreasing the projectile speed of enemy Brawlers caught in the Super, while increasing the projectile speed of any teammates and himself. Finx's projectiles will also get a damage buff.

STAR POWER: PRIMER

Damage dealt from Finx's projectiles that are sped up by Time Warp, will increase the duration of his Super.

STAR POWER: HIEROGLYPH HALT

Finx reduces the reload speed of any enemy Brawlers hit by his main attack for a short duration.

.GADGET: BACK TO THE FINXTURE

Finx steps back in time, returning to the position and ammo he had a few seconds ago.

GADGET: NO ESCAPE

Finx's next center projectile from his main attack temporarily freezes the enemy in time, making them unable to take actions, but also making them immune to any damage.

NEW BRAWLER: LUMI

MYTHIC DAMAGE DEALER

A passionate metalhead and a talented drummer, Lumi traded her drumsticks for morning stars when she got her job at Starr Park. She controls elements of ice and fire, which reflects her shy nature and her burning passion for music!

MAIN ATTACK: GOOD MORNING... STAR

Lumi throws one of her morning stars. She can throw both of her weapons, with her third attack recalling them, dealing damage to any enemies caught in their path!

SUPER: BLAST BEAT

Lumi pounds the ground three times, causing explosions that deal area damage. The third explosion briefly snares enemies, making them unable to move but still able to attack.

STAR POWER: 42% BURNT

The explosions from Lumi's Blast Beat also set the area alight for a few seconds. This fire damage also scales with explosion damage.

STAR POWER: HALF-TIME

Lumi temporarily slows enemies hit by her recalled morning stars.

GADGET: HIT THE LIGHTS

Lumi iginites her morning stars on the ground, producing flames which damage nearby enemies.

GADGET: GRIM AND FROSTBITTEN

Lumi creates freezing winds around her morning stars on the ground, creating a slippery surface.

RANKED REWORK: PRO PASS, PRO SKINS, MORE REWARDS!

PRO PASS: NEW RANKED PROGRESSION

Ranked is getting a Brawl Pass-like progression system called Pro Pass.

Pro Pass also has a free progress track and a paid progress track, but unlike the Brawl Pass, the Pro Pass is 4 months long!

Why is it 4 months long? Each Pro Pass Season is going to be tied to major esports events throughout the year. In 2024, these are the Brawl Cup in May, the Last Chance Qualifier in September, and the World Finals in November. The Current plan is to have 3 Pro Pass Seasons per year.

BETTER REWARDS

The free track includes better, more achievable rewards than the old Ranked system and even has a Legendary Starr Drop as the tail Reward!

Let's break it down:

PROGRESS AND GET REWARDS...

With Pro Pass XP!

To progress in the Pro Pass, you must collect Pro Pass XP by:

Winning Ranked matches (similar to daily Brawl Pass XP for Brawl Pass, but the Pro Pass XP refreshes Weekly, and you have to win the match)

Ranking up

Watching and interacting with esports broadcasts on event.brawlstars.com throughout the year

Purchasing the Pro Pass, which grants instant progression and double Pro Pass XP (which also doubles the weekly Pro Pass XP limit)

PAID PRO PASS REWARDS

The paid track costs $24.99* for the 4-month duration ($6.25 per month) and includes all of the rewards listed above!

* Price may vary depending on your country/region.

NEW SKIN RARITY: PRO

Pro Pass comes with a new unique & upgradeable Skin Rarity: Pro!

Pro Skins are upgradeable Skins, which can be upgraded as you progress through the Pro Pass!

GOOD TO KNOW

Pro Skins can be upgraded up to 11 times by collecting “Skin upgrades” from the Pro Pass (or in Ranked Drops 8 months after the Skin release)
Each upgrade will give you either a visual improvement for the Skin, including the brand new spawn VFX, or other cosmetics, like the new animated Brawler Battle Cards!
Every Season, you can get a Legendary-level Skin in the Free Track of the Pro Pass!

The first Pro Skin is ASTRAL COLT!

A MORE COMPETITIVE RANKED EXPERIENCE

1. We added a new Tier for the highest level of play - PRO

2. We are tackling Elo inflation from multiple angles

3. Improved Matchmaking

4. Removed modifiers

New Game Modes in Ranked

To keep things fresh, we’ll be experimenting with a new game mode every month in Ranked. These will be tested for competitiveness in regular Trophy game modes before making their way to the big leagues!

A MORE COMPETITIVE RANKED EXPERIENCE

1. We added a new Tier for the highest level of play - PRO

2. We are tackling Elo inflation from multiple angles

3. Improved Matchmaking

4. Removed modifiers

New Game Modes in Ranked

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?

There are SO many more changes coming with the Ranked rework.

So many in fact, that it has it's own release notes article! Here you will find all of the detailed changes coming to the Ranked rework (there's a lot).

HYPERCHARGES

12 Brawlers are getting Hypercharges this update!

They will be released in 2 stages, with each release containing 6 Hypercharges.

RELEASE 1

CARL: FLAMESPIN

Carl’s Super now leaves a blazing trail of rocks that scorch the earth wherever he goes, burning enemies that touch them!

MANDY: SUGAR FOR ALL!

Mandy fires her Super in three different directions.

HANK: HOMING FISH-ILES

The Fish Torpedoes that Hank fires with his Super have been upgraded to home in on targets!

BO: CATCH A BEAR

Bo’s Super deploys 5 mines instead of 3. These do not override any mines already placed by his Super, so it is possible to have more than 3 mines on the map!

BEA: PROTECT THE QUEEN

Bea’s Super projectiles split into 2 when at max distance (and on hit), increasing her Super’s distance and spread even more.

MR. P: PORTERS, ASSEMBLE!

Mr. P’s home base now spawns much stronger porters and he can have two active ‘Super Porters’ at the same time.

SEASON 34: DARK SANDS

The Sands of Time have been corrupted by Finx's chronomancy and replaced by Dark Sands that have awakened ancient evils!

SKINS

Mummified Frank | Brawl Pass

Charcoal Frank | Chroma #1 | Brawl Pass Plus

Papyrus Frank | Chroma #2 | Brawl Pass Plus

Ruffesses II | Super Rare

Queen Juju | Super Rare

Pharaollie | Epic

Mystic Meeple | Epic

Scarab Squeak | Epic

SEASON 35: SUPER BRAWL

The evil Insector and his sidekick Electroid have made Starr Park the next target of their crime spree.

Can Spectaculor and his heroes handle the threat? Or will they need help from a mysterious vigilante...

SKINS

Justice Smasher Bibi | Brawl Pass

Injustice Smasher Bibi | Chroma #1 | Brawl Pass Plus

Virtue Smasher Bibi | Chroma #2 | Brawl Pass Plus

The below Skins were designed by artists in our community that won the Supercell MAKE competition: Brawlers, Assemble!

Spectaculor Sam | Epic

by FinnyShow

Firewing Janet | Epic

by WarpWave

Protector Grom | Epic

by J-Y Jacky

Insector Carl | Epic

by Artho_Max

Electroid Chuck | Epic

by Gedi-Kor

Equilibrium Buster | Epic

by Vinuui

BRAWL STARS x UNO

Ever wanted to UNO reverse someone in Brawl? Well now you can!

NEW GAME MODE

We're releasing a brand new UNO game mode, but with a classic Brawl twist!

In this game mode, each team starts with a hand of UNO cards, which must all be thrown into the discard pile to win the game!

The winning team is the first to empty their hands and have no UNO cards left.

THROWING CARDS = SPECIAL POWERS

By throwing specific UNO cards, Brawlers will activate certain special powers!

Gives you and your teammates 2 Power Cubes

Skip

Silences the entire enemy team

Reverse

Destroys any cards the enemy team are currently holding and respawns them at their base

GOOD TO (U)KNOW

Brawlers can body block flying enemy cards
UNO cards can be carried while using a jump pad

UNO COSMETICS

Alongside the new game mode, Chester is getting a unique UNO Skin, which is perfect to UNO reverse enemy Brawlers with.

There are also a bunch of other UNO cosmetics coming, so keep your eyes open!

GADGET CHANGES

Gadgets no longer have charges but are now based on cooldowns!

This means that you can use Gadgets whenever they are charged, and can be used an unlimited amount of times in a match!

GOOD TO KNOW:

Gadgets will have different cooldown times depending on how powerful they are. For example, Lily's 'Vanish' Gadget has a 22 sec cooldown, compared to Rosa's 'Grow Light' Gadget, which has a 10 sec cooldown.

The Gear that added +1 Gadget charge now reduces the cooldown of a Gadget by 15%.

DAILY STREAK - DAILY REWARDS!

(NOTE: The Daily Streak feature will be launching a few days after the update goes live - not on update day!)

Also, open a mystical fortune cookie. Oooh! Mystical.

OTHER SKINS

Rare Skins

Dark Knight Lumi

Jurassic Finx

Fiendish Amber

Beach Belle

First Mate Fang

Cored Eve

True Gold & True Silver

Juju
Meeple
Shade
Ollie

Misc.

Carnaval Mandy | Mythic
P.E.K.K.A.S.H | Supercell ID Rewards

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS

GENERAL

Battle Cards & Fame Frames are now part of your collection and you can choose which ones you want to equip and show off!

You can now Favorite Brawlers in the Brawler screen by clicking the heart icon.

Favorited Brawlers will be placed at the start of the Brawler select screen in Ranked/Mega Pig picks.

Favorite Brawlers can be toggled to show at the top of the Brawler list (the same way as Brawlers with Quests etc).

Re-ordered Quick Chat messages to put the most frequently used ones first

True Gold & True Silver Skins have been given a polish by Gale, and now have a new updated shiny look!

Added missing VFX to Demon Emz Skin

Kenji’s Super return location VFX has been improved to be more accurate and visible

PERFORMANCE

Reduced game’s memory consumption overall, so lower end devices should crash less.

Starr Road has reduced memory usage, improved responsiveness and sees the return of fully animated Brawlers

Performance improved for Mad Evil Manor maps

BUG FIXES

Fixed an edge case where Sam’s gauntlet & Gus' attacks sometimes went in a strange angle when shooting over water or certain objects

Fixed Kit exploit

Fixed Brawler textures appearing in low resolution on high-end devices

Fixed Pop Melodie Skin accidentally playing Poco's attack sound (she writes her own music, we promise!)

Fixed Angelo's "Master Fletcher" Gadget cancelling his Super's Damage over Time

Fixed Byron's Main Attack not triggering Haptic Feedback

Fixed Rosa's base Skin using the Main Attack VFX of another Skin during her Hypercharge

Fixed Willow's Star Power "Love is Blind" not reducing the reload speed of enemies

Fixed the Brawl Hockey puck passing through certain obstacles on the Air Sports Arena map

Fixed a crash that could occur when claiming rewards from past Events

Fixed Brawlers being unable to pick up the Air Hockey puck as soon as it bounces from a pinball bumper

Fixed Sam briefly losing upper body animation if his Super was activated when moving (he's old and his back gets stiff sometimes)

Fixed 3 Pins not being able to be sent in Club Chat

GLOBAL PRICING CHANGES

As part of our efforts to find affordable pricing for different regions of the world, we're starting to roll out global pricing with this update

We still need to do some tests before doing a full rollout to all the target regions, so these local price changes will first be live in a few select countries only, and more regions will be gradually added in the coming months

Since we're still testing things, different players might also see different prices even within the same region

Brawl Pass donations will also be temporarily deactivated in the regions where testing is taking place and will be reactivated once these are completed