Complete Crow Build Guide for Brawl Stars

Alexa Hunter

Jun 5, 2026

With the release of recent brawlers like Damian and the upcoming additions of Bolt and Starr Nova to the roster of Brawl Stars, one brawler players should be priortizing right now is Crow. Ever since his initial release, Crow has always been the favourite S-tier brawler when it comes to poisoning your enemies to death. In this Brawl Stars Crow Build Guide, we will provide you a complete breakdown of his skills, Super and Hypercharge, alongside the best composition of his gadgets and star power. Whether you are a new player trying to learn Crow's hard mechanics or a seasoned player, preparing for the current and the upcoming meta shifts, following this guide will resolve all your doubts and queries.

Brawl Stars Crow Basic Info

Being the 15th number brawler, Crow is one of the oldest brawlers in the game, who was released at the first Beta launch. He is a legendary assasin brawler with moderately low health, fast reload speed and comes with a poison mechanism that deals insanely high damager over time. Crow uses long ranged daggers that allow him to inflict the poison from a safe distance, and with his quick mobility and very fast movement speed, he becomes a lethal counter for any short-range, or slow brawler. Crow is of the legendary tier, which makes him a hard to get brawler but, honestly, he's absolutely worth the money. If you want to save your money on Brawl Stars top up, use LootBar to get the best deals in town.

Brawl Stars Crow Base Stats

Here are the base stats of Crow at Level 1 and Level 11:

Stats	Level 1	Level 11
Health	3000	6000
Dagger Damage	320	650
Poison Damage	80	160
Super Damage	320	640
Super Posion	80	160
Movement Speed	820	820
Range	8.67	8.67
Reload	1.4s	1.4s

How to Obtain Crow in Brawl Stars

If you haven't unlocked Crow in your Brawl Stars account, then there are mainly three ways you can use to obtain him:

Through Starr Road: If Crow happens to appear in the Starr Road rotation, you can unlock him using Credits, but for him to appear, you will have to unlock a Mythic Brawler first.
Shop: You can directly purchase Crow from the shop using Gems.
Legendary Unlock Token: If you are super lucky, you will get to witness the Universal unlock offer for any Legendary Brawler via Brawl Pass. Use it to obtain Crow.

If you want to get more free rewards to obtain Crow, you can check our Brawl Stars code guide.

Brawl Stars Crow Skills and Abilities

Attack

Crow's attack is called "Switchblade", where he throws simultaneously 3 long ranged daggers with a slight spread in the same direction. Enemies hit by the daggers get poisoned and they take 25% of Crow's dagger damage every 4 seconds for up to 4 ticks. This poison effect also reduces the target's healing capability by 50%. One thing to remember is that the poison effect is not stackable, but hitting the same target will refresh its timer.

Super

Crow's Super is called "Swoop", where he jumps into the air for 1 second and throws multiple daggers around him. During the airborne phase, Crow becomes immune to all damage sources except status effects. He then lands to throw another set of daggers in the same manner, totally up to 28 daggers in one Super. Except for the slower traveling speed and the shorter range, the daggers work completely similarly to the Switchblade attack.

Hypercharge

Crow's Hypercharge is called "Utility Knives", and it provides multiple buffs and mechanical changes to his attack.

When the Hypercharge is activated, the daggers now work as a boomerang. This means that daggers return to Crow after reaching their maximum range.
The returning daggers deal 20% less damage and pierce any enemies in the direction.
Using the Hypercharge, Crow also gains 20% extra movement speed and a 5% damage and shield boost.

Brawl Stars Crow Best Build

Gadgets

Here are the Gadget options for Crow:

Gadget Name	Description	Cooldown	Appearance
Instapoison	Crow instantly deals remaining posion damage to all the poisoned enemies from his Kunai. He also gains a shield equal to 150% of the value.	20 seconds
Slowing Toxin	Throws a kunai that damages, slows and poisons the first enemy hit for 2 seconds.	17 seconds

For the Gadgets, the "Instapoision" is the recommended one if you are aiming for a high burst playstyle. It not only lowers your target's HP in an instant but also provides a shield for more survivability. The second gadget is suitable if you want to play a utility, slow death playstyle on Crow.

Star Powers

Here are the Star Powers options for Crow:

Gadget Name	Description	Appearance
Extra Toxic	With the "Extra Toxin", Crow's dagger apply an attack debuff that decreases the damage output of the poisoned enemy by 15%
Carrion Crow	Deals 30% extra damage with attack and Super to the targets with less than 50% HP.

For the Star Powers, it is quite obvious that the "Carrion Crow" is the better one. "Extra Toxic" applies a debuff to the enemy, which works quite well, but honestly, the damage buff from "Carrion Crow" makes Crow a deadly assassin against low-HP enemies.

Gears

For the gear, you simply go for Shield and Damage combo as it gives Crow a solid balance of survivability and finishing power during fights.

Best Matchups and Counters for Brawl Stars Crow

Matchups

Crow is best used against tanks, healers, and throwers like Dynamike and Sprout. With his long range, poisoned slow effects and the healing reduction, he becomes a nightmare for tanks and healer brawlers.

Counters

To counter Crow, running Sharpshooters and mid-range brawlers like Griff and Lola are the best. Crow is a squishy brawler and thrives to maintain a safe distance against enemies. With their high burst and higher Health bar, they mostly outperform Crow.

Conclusion

Overall, Crow remains a meta pick as one of the strongest assassins in Brawl Stars. With his constant poison pressure, healing reduction and high mobility, he is known as the Tank killer in Brawl Stars. And if you are looking to unlock Crow or grab his cosmetics faster, LootBar can help you top up resources more efficiently in Brawl Stars.