Surge build
A damage dealer who upgrades through stages with each Super, gaining range, speed and a split shot, and loses a stage when he dies.
Reviewed 19 Jul 2026
Loadouts
3The default: get to a high stage early and stay there.
Damagehis split shot doubles at higher stages
Super Chargeeach Super is a permanent upgrade until he diesWhen you are being focused and losing your stages to a single death.
Shieldhis value is entirely in not dying
Speedhis own upgrade gives him mobility to build onKnockout, where he only gets one life and needs the stages immediately.
Super Chargeevery stage before the ring closes mattersShielddying resets everything he builtHow to play it
Play defensively while low-stage and aggressively once upgraded; his effective range grows with each stage, so the same tile is safe later and not now.
Spend the first two Supers on upgrading yourself, not on damage; the stages compound and a Super used as a nuke is a stage you never get.
Common mistakes
- Fighting at stage one, where he loses to almost everything
- Dying with stages banked, which resets the entire investment
- Using the Super as an attack rather than as an upgrade
Reviewed recommendations, not win rates: Brawl Stars never reports which loadout a player had equipped in a match, so nobody can measure one.