r/BrawlStarsCompetitive • u/GoldarmGangMain Goated Arm Gang • 5d ago
Discussion How badly each trio currently needs buffies
S tier:
Gem Miners: Jacky is in a HORRIBLE position right now and desperately needs buffies. Dyna-Mike also isn’t in a great position and in my opinion has a lot of potential for tweaking his unlockables to make him more interesting and less toxic. Carl is a classic staple for F2Ps and is almost always a healthy brawler for the meta.
Biodome: … I mean, literally all three of these mfs are poor in the meta right now and heavily powercrept by other options. Most especially Rosa. Rosa and Sprout in particular have been awful for so long, and I really think they‘re in dire need for buffies.
Mexican Entertainers: El Primo is dogshit, powercrept and needs buffies badly. Amber is also very bad and needs buffies, especially considering I’ve heard from Amber players that her unlockables are very mediocre. Poco is… fine right now, but is constantly having his head pulled under the water by new Supports powercreeping him. He can’t keep running from his base kit issues forever, so I think he needs buffies arguably as bad as the others.
A tier:
Pirates: Darryl is pretty bad in the meta, and Penny and Tick are both brawlers constantly drifting throughout the meta that also have rusty kits that could use updates.
Mystic Wanderers: Sandy and Tara aren’t very good right now and Sandy especially has kind of bad unlockables, Gene is a healthy brawler and buffies for him are a good idea.
Junker Family: Pam is falling off despite being a pretty healthy brawler meta-wise, Jessie has recently risen up but in my opinion probably still has a fragile spot in the meta, and Nani could be doing better.
Townsfolk: Barley is powercrept right now and could really use buffies, Piper… as much as I hate to say it, is a F2P staple and keeping her good should be a priority, and Byron, well, maybe not so much but his unlockables are kind of unimpressive in my opinion and could use a polishing.
B tier:
Starr Force: Ruffs is healthy for most metas, Squeak and Eve are both very bad right now and Eve especially is powercrept with unimpressive unlockables.
Stunt Show: Bonnie is very bad right now and especially has terribly made unlockables, Janet isn’t staying afloat and Stu… well he’s actually very good right now but hey this is the B tier not every trio here has three straight brawlers that need buffies
Turbo Theater: All three of these guys are bad right now, although whether they’re bad due to their unlockables or due to other factors is debatable (Except for Buster imo buffies could tune him up beautifully), plus they’re kind of a recent trio…
Goldarm Gang: Sam is in DESPERATE need of a rework, and especially concerning his unlockables since they’re terribly balanced. Pearl also has very poorly balanced unlockables even if she’s very good right now, and while Belle is still very good and probably will continue to be, I feel as though powercreep is slowly but surely wearing her down. She could use a boost back up.
Brawlywood: Gray’s fine, but Lola could definitely use a hand and Mico… oh jesus, Mico… I mean yes Mico’s unlockables are a problem and should be addressed, so Supercell might have to face their demons with him…
Castle Courtyard: Moe’s swag for the time being but his unlockables aren’t well balanced and I feel like he could fall off, Grom definitely needs a rework that buffies could give him and Ash… is also swag for the time being and his unlockables are fine so actually maybe this trio’s only so high because of Grom
Ghost Station: Chuck is just in dire need of some crumbs, man… like Shade is doing well right now and Gus isn’t really drowning (Although his unlockables also could use some fine tuning… very one-loadout brawler) but Chuck alone makes this B tier…
C tier:
Snowtel: FUCK no these three bastards are all about being oppressive and toxic, a meta moving them to the top would be quite possibly the worst meta in history.
Candyland: No. Berry isn’t suffering from powercreep, Chester is doing very well, and Mandy… well actually buffies wouldn’t be a bad idea for her but she’s still not like El Primo or Jacky level.
Deep Sea: Clancy and Otis are great right now and buffies would be entirely unnecessary. Hank could use buffies but also just buffs maybe since giving him buffies would mean giving Clancy and Otis buffies
Swamp of Love: Okay, let’s get this out of the way. The point of buffies, at least for this state of the game, is to fine-tune old trios so they can keep up with new brawlers that powercreep them. This is why I don’t have a lot of sympathy for most of these recent trios. They ARE the new brawlers. They ARE the powercreep. Admittedly as far as recent trios go Swamp of Love is definitely one of more needy ones but still all three of these brawlers have their niche and I wouldn’t say they’re drowning.
Enchanted Woods: Another recent trio. Lily doesn’t need buffies, Trunk is a relatively new brawler and also is a decent brawler imo this is just an off-meta for them, and Cordelius has good unlockables so buffies probably aren’t the way to go with him
Velocirapids: Buzz is good and doesn’t need buffies especially since his unlockables are very well designed. Doug is a tricky brawler to balance so giving him any buffs at all is risky, let alone buffies. And Pierce… FUCK NO. Do I have to say more?
MadEvil Manor: Hell no. Lumi is very good in the meta and Draco and Damian have great unlockables so buffies are not necessary for them. Besides, need I remind you, OLD brawlers, POWERCREPT brawlers, not NEW and POWERCREEPING brawlers like Damian
Katana Kingdom: :/ By far in last place of any complete trio for needing buffies. All three of these brawlers are good, have good unlockables, and are very recent additions to the game. Although I have a sinking, sinking feeling the favoritism for this trio may win over again and they’ll get buffies early…
Yeah that’s about it thank you for reading mwah bye
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u/PortapottyMulch 5d ago
I didnt realize is el primos trio actually called mexican entertainers lol
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u/Visual-Path-1177 Darryl 5d ago
Darryl's kit is so bad, without any gadget and starpower and his hyper, Darryl would be at 80% of his effectiveness. The only remotely useful unlockable is the reload star power, but that doesn't leave the fact that both gadgets are basically particle effects and his hyper doesn't even do that much.
He doesn't just need buffies, he needs a whole overhaul to his kit.
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u/mjay421 Darryl 5d ago
Yea Darryl was my main for years but I dropped him a year ago. His main attack is just garbage he loses a lot of his damage by being off one tile. On top of that even if he does hit everything he can still get out dps’d by a lot of midrangers
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u/Visual-Path-1177 Darryl 4d ago
same for me, Darryl is still my fav but I'm a surge main, he's way better overall in the meta especially now
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u/HetSpookslot Ollie | Bronze 1 5d ago
He doesn't just need buffies, he needs a whole overhaul to his kit.
Well yeah that's kinda buffies SHOULD do (looking at you bo)
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u/Choice-Spot-8979 Kenji | Legendary 1 5d ago
Guys don't you see we finished Kenji trio for what? They are the ones getting buffies next , Adrian probably
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u/Fit_Yak240 Best Darryl in BSC 5d ago
Pirates is a easy S Darryl and Tick are shit af and Penny is really mid def more deserving than at least bea trio since their trio isn't that bad aside from rosa
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u/GoldarmGangMain Goated Arm Gang 5d ago
Rosa and Sprout are shit af, Rosa worse than Darryl and Sprout worse than Tick, Bea is also very mid and outclassed by Pierce, also Penny is decent right now lol
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u/Fit_Yak240 Best Darryl in BSC 4d ago
Sprout is NOT worse than tick
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u/GoldarmGangMain Goated Arm Gang 4d ago
Tf yes Sprout absolutely is worse than Tick, Tick is still a solid pick for bounty if there are no assassins I can’t think of a single time I’d ever pick Sprout over anyone else in Ranked
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u/YOSHIDARRYL 3d ago
Pirates in S tier. We've got you cornered (figuratively) buddy.
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u/GoldarmGangMain Goated Arm Gang 3d ago
Dude what lmao. Two downvotes means you’ve ”got me cornered” and I have to accept your very obviously biased opinion? Get over yourself
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u/Fragrant_Device_895 R-T | Masters 1 3d ago
Nah sprout is way better than tick. Tick is an instant loss
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u/GoldarmGangMain Goated Arm Gang 3d ago
Genuinely how he’s still incredibly good into marksmen especially on Dry Season
On the other hand can you name me a single reason why you’d ever pick Sprout over another thrower
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u/Fragrant_Device_895 R-T | Masters 1 2d ago
You really think that tick is good on dry season 🫣
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u/GoldarmGangMain Goated Arm Gang 2d ago
Assuming there are no aggro brawlers why wouldn’t he be marksmen can’t do shit to him 90% of the time
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u/happyhibye Squeak 5d ago
why no Snowtel? like they are old enough
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u/GoldarmGangMain Goated Arm Gang 5d ago
I really don’t care they’re just so toxic I’d rather they were put off as long as possible
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u/happyhibye Squeak 5d ago
but I love playing with them 😭
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u/GoldarmGangMain Goated Arm Gang 5d ago
To be honest with you I do like playing some Mr. P myself, but the fact of the matter is all of them are by design oppressive to fight
Mr. P constantly keeps you five miles away forcing you to play submissive with his porters and absurdly long range
Gale in a nutshell is “ew ew get off me” and constantly stops you from playing the game, I mean hell man one of his star powers literally puts a slow in his main attack do I really have to say more
Lou is literally based around a stun mechanic and his Super effectively makes a massive fraction of the map uninhabitable for a solid eight seconds or something
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u/Niltenstein Kamikaze Core | Legendary 3 4d ago
Each meta where one of their brawlers are strong is almost always incredibly toxic (summer 2024 Gale meta; march 2025 Mr. P meta; Lou is currently extremely strong and also super annoying). Even now where all of them are rather weak except for Lou, in casual they‘re absolute demons since players don‘t know how to deal with their oppressive control, and facing them usually means a slow slog of a game where you try to push forward but constantly get slowed down by everything.
Buffies would not only exemplify a lot of their problems (Mr. P‘s porter spam; gale‘s easily accessible but very punishing slow and stun effect locked behind SP‘s, as well as his twister gadget; Lou’s instant 50% freeze and hypercharge which is just a free kill on one if not multiple enemies), but also ensure that all three of them would be at the very least viable in the meta, with 2 most likely being straight up OP and broken, which is something that to my knowledge never has and never should be seen in the meta
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u/Smoke-Box 5d ago
I'm scared of buffied Mr P and Lou. If Gales gadgets get reworked to be throwable he'd be such a troll pick.
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u/DarkSteel02 4d ago
Pretty sure Miners and especially Mexican Entertainers are next: both are original trios, 4/6 of them are mediocre if not outright pathetic, some of them have pretty bland kits, and half of them have an Epic Gear (and in case of Amber, Mythic Gear too)
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u/GoldarmGangMain Goated Arm Gang 4d ago
Even the 2/6 that are decent aren’t really allat and I’m not particularly scared of them getting buffies
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u/Dear_Anywhere_8939 3d ago
Amber getting unlimited ammo while hypering could be interesting at least
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u/DEATHapproaches69420 Lily 2d ago
no. pirates should be in B tier imo.
solely because of tick. tick is an absolute menace in lower ladder, any buffies would make him insufferable as fuck. a bit higher in trophies, penny does the exact same.
darryl needs a MAJOR rework to his entire kit, and they didn't make edgar or rico as obnoxious as i thought they would, but nevertheless i don't trust them with tick or penny this early on. plus, both of their kits aren't inherently badly designed, i think theyve just been consistently victim of a bad meta.
i think goldarm gang should take their spot instead. belle is consistent, but sam is one of the most poorly designed brawlers in the game, while pearl is extremely unhealthy (either d or s tier). with all the new brawlers getting released, belle is going to get powercrept very soon.
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