With Brawl Stars Season 20 kicking off this week, many fans are curious about all the new balancing changes in the game. Additionally, the new season brings some maintenance to various bugs and glitches. Of course, the new season brings the brand new chromatic brawler, Pearl, and the new Mythic Brawler, Chuck. Without further ado, let's check out everything new in the #BackToRangerRanch Brawl Stars Season 20 Patch Notes.

Brawl Stars Season 20 Patch Notes

Let's take a look at the Brawl Stars Season 2o Patch Notes.

Let's start with game maintenance:

Maintenance

  • Fixed the error with some skins having extra abilities
  • Adjusted Bull's damage reduction behavior outside of his Hypercharge state
  • Fixed Hypercharge Unleashed matchmaking logic
  • Changed Showdown's map rotation
  • Fixed Bea's Rattled Hive Gadget – It wasn't causing damage if the bees gone outside the valid play area
  • Fixed Power League Skins availability
  • Increased the number of maps/modes in the Power League rotation:
    • Gem Grab
      • Hard Rock Mine
      • Double Swoosh
      • Last Stop
    • Brawl Ball
      • Backyard Bowl
      • Field Goal
      • Super Beach
    • Knockout
      • Goldarm Gulch
      • Belle's Rock
      • Out In The Open
    • Wipeout
      • Shooting Star
      • Infinite Doom
      • Layer Bake
    • Heist
      • Hot Potato
      • Kaboom Canyon
      • Safe Zone
    • Hot Zone
      • Dueling Beetles
      • Ring of Fire
      • Split

The Patch adds notes about Pearl, but we created our own dedicated Pearl guide. This guide should give you all the notes you need, plus tips and tricks on her best modes.

New Brawler: Chuck (Mythic)

  • Trait: Start with Super
    • Chuck starts with his Super fully charged
  • Attack: Steam Engine
    • Shoot a cloud of steam from his hat, piercing and damaging enemies on hit
  • Super: Choo-Choo!
    • Throw a Post on the ground, damaging and knocking back enemies. While close to a Post, dash from Post to Post, damaging enemies along the way
  • Gadget: Rerouting
    • Chuck removes the nearest Post and fully recharges his Super
  • Gadget: Ghost Train
    • Chuck can dash through walls with his next Super
  • Star Power: Pit Stop
    • Increase the maximum number of Posts by 1
  • Star Power: Tickets Please!
    • Chuck's Super also steals 33% ammo from his enemies while dashing over them

The Patch Notes also mentions the brand new Hypercharge feature. However, ClutchPoints has a dedicated piece on Hypercharge that will give you all the details you need to know.

New Skins

Season: WASTELAND SKINS (Early September)

  • Raider Cordelius –  (149 Gems/5,000 Bling)
  • Scorpion Willow – (79 Gems/2,750 Bling)
  • Rodeo Hank  – (199 Gems)
  • Marauder Maisie – (149 Gems/5,000 Bling) | Power League Skin

Mini-Theme: BRAWL ACADEMY (Mid September)

  • Cheerleader Rosa – (149 Gems/5,000 Bling)
  • Jock Stu – (299 Gems)
  • Nerd Squeak – (149 Gems/5,000 Bling)

ROBOT FACTORY Skins return:

  • Caesar Sam (149 Gems/5,000 Bling)
  • Lawless Lola (149 Gems/5,000 Bling)
  • Desperado Poco (149 Gems/5,000 Bling)

Redux Skins:

  • Mean Girl Emz  – (29 Gems/1,000 Bling) | Formerly called “College Emz”
  • Lil Helper Penny –  (Unavailable) | Changes apply when the update releases

Other

  • Periscope Pearl | Available in the Brawl Pass as the Tier 70 Reward
  • Mecha Edgar (299 Gems) | Available in the Shop in early October
  • Hanbok Mandy (149 Gems/5,000 Bling) | Available in the Shop in late September
  • Lunar Janet (199 Gems) | Available in the Shop in late September
  • Vintage Pearl (29 Gems/1,000 Bling) | Available in the Shop when the season starts
  • Inferno Chuck (29 Gems/1,000 Bling) | Available in the Shop in the middle of October

Gears

  • New Gear: Gadget Gear (Rare)
    • Allows one more usage of the chosen Gadget per game (3 → 4)
    • Available for all Brawlers

Balance Changes

The following buffs have been applied to some brawlers in the game:

Buffs

  • Hank
    • Base damage – 1800 → 2100
    • Base HP – 5400 → 5800
  • Buster
    • Base HP – 4800 → 5200
    • Base damage – 1320 → 1440
  • Byron
    • Super charge 4 → 3 shots
  • Bibi
    • Base HP 4600 → 4800
  • Nani
    • Return to sender duration 5s → 2s (this is actually a nerf!)
    • Base damage 700 → 800
  • Piper
    • Base damage – 1520 max → 1700 max
    • Homemade recipe – Nerf homing by 33%
  • Mandy
    • Base damage – 1200 → 1300
  • Leon
    • Base HP – 3200 → 3400
  • Sandy
    • Super charge – 7 → 6 shots
  • Fang
    • Increased Super damage 1000 → 1200
    • Increased Super gained from Super slightly
  • Willow
    • Base HP 2500 → 2800
  • Edgar
    • Base HP 3000 → 3300
  • Mortis
    • Long dash now charges regardless of ammo state

Nerfs

  • Squeak
    • Gadget – Residue – 10s → 8s
    • Star Power – Chain reaction – 20% → 15%
  • Bonnie
    • Basic – Projectile speed 4000 → 3800
  • Crow
    • Star Power – Extra toxic – 20% → 15%
  • Tick
    • Main attack Reload Speed increased by 4%
  • Tara
    • Base HP – 3200 → 3100

Maps, Game Modes & Rotation Changes

The biggest change to the map and game modes comes to the rotation changes. For the time being, only four game mode slots are available. Furthermore, Supercell is doing this to see which modes do well, and help create quicker match times. They especially want to do this to help high-trophy players who get stuck with low level randoms.

However, Bounty, Heist, and Hot Zone can still be played in friendlies and in Map Maker.

Overall, the absolute biggest change is the removal of Boss Fight, Big Game, and Robo Rumble. These weekend events now get replaced by a rotation of a wider variety of modes. These modes include Heist Hot Zone, as as well as the modes mentioned above. Now, you receive a 500 token quest instead of playing the same game five times.

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Unfortunately, we hope this changes soon. We liked the PvE aspect of some of these modes, giving players a break from the competitive nature of the game. Additionally, these modes helped players with Win Quests for certain brawlers they didn't like. Hopefully Supercell brings them back to some capacity.

Now let's look at the newly enabled and disabled maps for each mode:

Slot 1: Showdown (Solo & Duo) | Total: 8 Maps

  • Enabled
    • Dried Up River
    • Dark Passage
  • Disabled
    • Double Trouble
    • Scorched Stone

Slot 2: Brawl Ball | Total: 8 Maps

  • Enabled
    • Stepping Stone (New)
    • Penalty Kick
  • Disabled
    • Beach Ball
    • Center Stage

Slot 3: Gem Grab & Knockout

  • Gem Grab
    • Enabled
      • Last Stop (New)
    • Disabled
      • Gem Fort
      • Rustic Arcade
      • Deathcap Trap
      • Undermine
      • Minecart Madness
  • Knockout
    • Disabled
      • Flowing Springs
      • Deep End
      • Healthy Middle Ground
      • X Marks the Spot

Slot 4: Wipeout & Siege | Community Slot

  • Wipeout
    • Enabled
      • Layer Bake (New)
    • Disabled
      • Layer Cake
      • Dry Season
      • Snake Prairie
      • Hideout
      • Canal Grande
  • Siege
    • Enabled
      • Bot Drop
      • Some Assembly Required
      • Nuts & Bolts
      • Factory Rush

With that out of the way, let's check on the new changes to Power League and Club League:

Ranked (Power League / Club League)

  • Bounty has been replaced by Wipeout
  • Heist and Hot Zone are disabled for the time being
  • The pool has been reduced to two maps/modes:
    • Brawl Ball
      • Backyard Bowl
      • Field Goal
    • Gem Grab
      • Hard Rock Mine
      • Double Swoosh
    • Knockout
      • Goldarm Gulch
      • Belle's Rock
    • Wipeout
      • Infinite Doom
      • Shooting Star

Brawl Stars Patch – Map Environment Changes

  • Added
    • Ranger Ranch (New)
    • Robot Factory
    • Robot Factory Showdown
    • Ghost Station
    • Scrapyard
  • Removed
    • Darryl's Ship
    • Velocirapids
    • Rumble Jungle

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug where Phoenix Crow had the wrong animations when airborne
  • Fixed a bug where long creator codes would wrap improperly
  • Fixed a bug where a change in device orientation could cause a match dodge in Power League lobbies
  • Fixed an issue where touches wouldn't register in specific places on the Quests screen
  • Fixed Janet’s win animations

Other

  • The Jock Stu and Mecha Edgar Skins now have new custom effects when you defeat an enemy Brawler. These effects will come to all the current and upcoming (and the previously released) 299 Gem Skins
  • Daily System resets now happen at the same time each day, for all players:
    • Daily Quest Refresh
    • Starr Drop Refresh
    • Shop Offer Reset
  • Power Levels Changes
    • Power Levels will now increase Brawler’s power from 5% to 10% with each Level
  • Quest Changes
    • When you reroll a multi-quest, now you should get another multi-quest but with a completely different set of Brawlers
  • Starr Drop Changes
    • Hypercharges will be added to Starr Drops around the middle of the season
      • Players will be able to receive Hypercharges even if the Brawler is not at Power Level 11
    • Reduced the amount of Token Doublers

And that concludes the Brawl Stars Season 20 Patch Notes. Throughout the week, we'll update our current brawl stars tier lists to accommodate for all the new changes. In the meantime, enjoy Season 20!

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