BALANCE CHANGES

Every buff and nerf this patch, brawlers, gadgets, star powers and gears, laid out clearly.

v69.1 2026-09-16

All changes in this patch (v69.1, 2026-09-16)

September 16 maintenance. 19 buffs and 23 nerfs.

Shade

  • Nerf · Charge Rate: Super charge near enemies -15%
  • Nerf · Gadget Long Arms: Cooldown: 18s → 20s
  • Nerf · Gadget Jump Scare: Radius: 1000 → 600
  • Nerf · Hypercharge Buffie: Bonus Damage: 75% → 30%

Gus

  • Nerf · Gadget Knockback Spirit: Cooldown: Cooldown increased to 18s
  • Nerf · Star Power Health Bonanza: Healing: 100% → 75%

El Primo

  • Nerf · Gadget Asteroid Belt: Cooldown: 16s → 20s
  • Nerf · Gadget Asteroid Belt: Charge Rate: -50%
  • Nerf · Star Power Meteor Rush: Duration: 4s → 3s
  • Nerf · Star Power Meteor Rush: Shield: 20% → 15%

Amber

  • Nerf · Gadget Fire Starters: Health: 1750 → 1300
  • Nerf · Star Power Wild Flames: Duration: 3s → 1s
  • Nerf · Hypercharge Buffie: Damage: 500 → 240

Nori

  • Nerf · Charge Time: +25%
  • Nerf · Hypercharge: Hypercharge Rate: 50 → 28

Wendy

  • Buff · Health: 2000 → 2500
  • Nerf · Shield: Spawn shield: 100% to 40% of max health
  • Nerf · Shield: 580 → 300
  • Nerf · Star Power Solar Shield: Health: 1000 → 600
  • Nerf · Hypercharge Turret: Health: 4500 → 3500
  • Buff · Gadget Wind-Powered: Trait: Wind-Powered can now jump on water

Meg

  • Nerf · Gadget Repurpose: Trait: Repurpose only knocks back on the explosion now

Colette

  • Nerf · Hypercharge Buffie: Damage: 50% → 35%

Brock

  • Nerf · Gadget Rocket Laces: Cooldown: 20s → 22s
  • Nerf · Charge from Super: 80 → 70

Poco

  • Buff · Gadget Tuning Fork: Healing: 500 → 700
  • Buff · Star Power Da Capo!: Healing: 320 → 400

Chuck

  • Buff · Star Power Pit Stop: Duration: 1s → 2s
  • Buff · Star Power Pit Stop: Slow: 20% → 30%
  • Buff · Star Power Pit Stop Buffie: Damage: 100 → 400

Ollie

  • Buff · Damage: 900 → 1000

Trunk

  • Buff · Move Speed: Speed on ants 25% to 30%
  • Buff · Charge Rate: 70 → 75

Willow

  • Buff · Reload Speed: 2000 → 1800
  • Buff · Health: 3300 → 3600

Juju

  • Buff · Health: 3100 → 3500
  • Buff · Charge Rate: 65 → 75

Pam

  • Buff · Health: 3040 → 3300
  • Buff · Healing: 500 → 600
  • Buff · Hypercharge Turret: Health: 4200 → 4500

Belle

  • Buff · Damage: 1040 → 1140

R-T

  • Buff · Star Power Recording: Shield: 20% → 25%

What changed and why it matters

The Brawler Blast update handed out 19 buffs and 11 nerfs and reworked Chuck. Two weeks later the September 16 maintenance went the other way on the Buffie brawlers: Shade, Gus, El Primo and Amber had just received Buffies and every one of them was trimmed, while the fixes for the release-season pair continued. Nori and Wendy were nerfed in both passes. Chuck got a buff on top of his rework, a sign the rework landed under the bar.

  • Nori and Wendy: nerfed twice in a row. Wendy got more health but lost most of her shielding, so she trades better alone and supports less.
  • Shade: a small buff in the Brawler Blast update, then four nerfs on September 16. Net result: weaker than before the update.
  • New Buffies were overtuned: Gus, El Primo and Amber all lost value on September 16, Poco is the exception and was buffed again.
  • Chuck: reworked in the Brawler Blast update and buffed again two weeks later through Pit Stop.
  • Brock and Colette: hit in both passes through their Hypercharge Buffies and Super charge.