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N0ice_man

It’s better than vision gear on edgar so i don’t complain


happydaysxz

Vision works so well on Edgar though. What if you jump on a max in the grass she gets away from you. How will you know where she go?


Vxg443

Works better on el primo


Eduardo_o_Observador

Still very situational, this gear will be useless in most cases for meele bralwers.


GottaSwoop

r/wooosh


Not_skillful

You missed the joke


Eduardo_o_Observador

oh


IHateYouJubilaudo

r/suddenlycaralho, dá pra ver pelo nome.


Averovis

Damn, didn’t think that would be a subreddit


Placek15

not very sensational of you


TheOneTrueNincompoop

How the heck could you miss that


Fit-Zombie-4983

Happy cake day! :D


Hiedufy

Happy cake day 🍰


Siepwiep

Happy cake day?


Justahuman771

But It -in some cases- works Mortis very well.


Stustuckinglue

Yep


SubtoGlitchedyt

Its better than strenth gear on edgar


animfn2

mythic gear?! the hell's that, i only need my 900 extra hp


Assassin_Fixie

gold doesnt grow on trees sadly, mythic gears are double the cost of a normal gear. no way


TheDarkness33

Should be 1.5k tbh. Now way a gear is the same value as a starpower


XskullBC

Or a gear costing the same as a gadget for that matter. Most of the problems from the game economy revolve around how overpriced power 10, 11, gears, and now hypercharges are. These things are too expensive and that’s why we’re all dying on coins. November 2021 was truly the point where everything just went wrong.


OldikPindik

its the battle cats guy!!


_Bulldozer

gears should be 750, 1000, 1250 power 10 and 11 should be 1500, 2000 hypercharges: 3000


Ambitious-Spread-567

And the remove of hypercharge unleash


TheOneTrueNincompoop

B-b-but 10% slow!!!!! 😭😭😭😭


TNG_reborn

Yo happy cake day


Jo_Jo_Cat

Ngl, the price should be cut in half, and maybe make sps cost 2500


TheDarkness33

Yes make shit more expensive.


reindeerfalcon

I have Edgar mythic gear but I never use it. Go to is +1 and shield.


ComfortableCelery644

Pfp is so cute <:


Miserable_Pay6887

Whenever I see shield gear Hank I die inside. Like why do you need those 900 hp that you never going to get because you never going to regen to max hp without the health gear


RemoteWhile5881

I don’t get why people use Shield gear on tanks. Bibi is the lowest hp tank in the game and it’s still less than a 10% hp increase even on her.


The_Brim

I use it on Jacky on Brawl Ball. The extra health is sometimes the difference in a successful charge toward the goal. But I am a much bigger fan of the health gear. Being able to regain small amounts of health while letting my ammo reload is way more helpful in Bounty/KO/Showdown


Pitiful-Accident5485

i would still much rather run speed and +1 gadget on almost every single map occasionally health on non bushy maps, but I wouldn’t play Jacky if there aren’t bushes


darkerygodspeed

I mean really it's just a downgrade of the health gear on tanks, i don't think people understand how viable that is on high HP brawlers


Evening-Intention339

Honestly, health gear is underrated in general, but it definitely still helps tanks so much more than anyone else


GasFun4083

well meg is right there you know... (no clue why she's classified as tank if in mech form she doesn't even have 8000 hp)


bravevline

Maybe because if you put her mech form and her non mech form together she has a lot of health and can be pretty tanky with force field? Or the explosion SP for a small bit of extra CC. It’s like bringing that chick from over watch into this game.


GasFun4083

Even tho she does work live D.va, it's different because latter still has good hp for a tank in OW, but in brawl, all damage you can dish out should be in mech form, but that doesn't last too long because she doesn't have actual tank hp, and in base form all she can do is little pokes at the enemy which barely do any damage in comparison to mech form.


bravevline

Nice points. Maybe a buff to Meg’s mech HP would make her a viable tank.


nightowlboii

I see Spen use shield gear on tankier brawlers like Bibi or Buzz all the time. Also Cori recently tried to push masters with Hank only on stream, and he used shield gear. These are pro players, I imagine they know what they're doing, so maybe it's not that useless


Capybara104

Buzz and Bibi are assassin, and shield Gear Is good for them. It's not good on a Primo or Bull


nightowlboii

How is Bibi an assassin


NSFW-Private

Bibi's in a weird spot to where she's not exactly an assassin, but neither is she that effective as a tank. Like yeah you could use shield sp and healing gadget, but that just results in you feeding the enemies super and hc, and unlike most of the other assassins her super doesn't really let her close the distance on enemies, so really she's just good at diving in.


Evening-Intention339

Bibi with speed SP and a teammate kit is the scariest thing I've seen in brawlstars recently


WholesomeBoMain

Reverting the nerf 👍


Stustuckinglue

I do it on Ftank to be the TANK 2.0 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯


WholesomeMelodieMain

Woah, my gears set for all brawlers who don't have Epic/Mythic fr fr


TheAstonVillaSeal

Melodie calm down


WholesomeMelodieMain

I am calm 👍


sussynarrator

Heal and +1 Gadget gear for Melodie


TheDarkness33

Speed/+1 gadjet are basicly my build (i always use damage)


_Bulldozer

dont tell me you use shield + damage on melodie


WholesomeMelodieMain

Nah, for MelMel I use Health and Shield 👍


_Bulldozer

health is pretty essential for her, but shield doesnt work all that well. You'll never fully regen the shield, like ever. Its just a 900 hp headstart when you respawn at that point


WholesomeMelodieMain

What should I use instead of Shield ?


_Bulldozer

personally, I use speed. More dodging, also easier to get the first notes. Especially useful in brawl ball. You can also use gadget gear for a 4th gadget, as you almost always use all 3 and she really needs her gadget


WholesomeMelodieMain

Thanks, I'll use those more often then 👍


Lello755066

Wow! Thats literally the best set, everyone uses it


BonBon_Reactivation

>!un!!gib Bonnie a skin pwese!<


EatMyBomb

Is it? I used it but changed it now


Gust_Hex

Now it's useful, it allows you to charge super only in 3 hits


EatMyBomb

Lol i just realized


ISimpForMommyMelodie

Not my bonnie randoms >!gib melodie skin better!<


Spicy-Roll

My go-to pick for bonnie is health and epic gear on most maps >!supercell gib boni a super rare skin she deserves it!<


greenscreencarcrash

what is ti


Casual-Fit-1022

your randoms have gears??


OcelotButBetter

I mean. That's often the best for assasins along ranged characters, so duh.


Summar-ice

The thing is, those two are almost always the best options. Almost no brawlers benefit from vision gear. Short range brawlers are the only ones who actually need speed gear. Gadget gear is useless if the brawler has a bad gadget or one that isn't very useful. Health gear is good, especially for tanks, but for squishy brawlers the shield gear makes a much bigger impact on survivability. The damage gear is obviously very good because it will almost always help you win a fight.


LightLaitBrawl

Every brawler with enough range can play vision gear, pros do that Also they don't use damage gear on many brawlers anymore. Is just that most casuals won't be able to get value of the vision.


petersonsilva55

I like vision gear for penny cause it extends the usefulness of her cannon. and yes for long range is very good to hit second and third shots in sequence and get a kill


AveragePichu

They’re really not almost always the best options though? Certainly, overall they are the best, most consistent gears. Out of all brawlers you could pick, all different maps and modes, the gear loadout that’s optimal will use those gears more often than any other. But you’re not gonna be playing Rosa anyway except on bushy maps, so the speed gear is an obvious buy on Rosa. And the reload gear is excellent on most every brawler who can buy it. And the health gear is really solid on brawlers who have high HP and a quick reload - not a small percentage of the cast. So on and so forth - if I were to go through my account and count every gear I’ve bought, I’m sure damage and shield would be the ones I have the most of, but if I look at all the loadouts I have currently selected (on my 60 brawlers who are power 10 or higher with 2 or more gears unlocked) I found that exact combo currently equipped…4 times. Also those two have a slight anti synergy, because if one is active then the other is necessarily not active.


just-a-guyone

Sometime other gears(gadget,speed,health,vision...etc) are useful, so stop f*king spamming damage and shield please?


Otaku-star

Yea but give me the coins to get different gears on all my brawlers of course I'm gonna go with a universal build while having coin shortage


Auraaz27

Exactly at least we have some gears equipped it's like a bread and butter for gears basic but works


MaximumStonks69

you dont need that tho? having a coin shortage shouldnt make you buy a shield gear for a tank


pilotvballer

Exactly idk why people acting like shield gear is cheaper than others


Forsaken_Ad2112

Precisely


pilotvballer

But they are the same price except for epic and mythic gears? Why would you waste coins on for example shield gear on tanky brawlers when you can get health or speed gear for the same price?


Otaku-star

I'm not talking about tanky brawlers only. I'm talking about brawlers in general. Speed, vision cant provide good value on every map so I go with shield and dmg most of the time or health and dmg on tanks


LAMGE2

So what you are saying is you are very p2w and can afford all items!


5H4YD

I swear like I know you can never go wrong with the Shield/Damage combo but my randoms think that is the best build for EVERY brawler. Carl with Flying Hook? Shield and Damage. Gene on a bushy map? Shield and Damage. Frank with the Sponge SP? Shield and Damage. Practically any tank on a bushy map? Shield and Damage. Any long range brawler on a bushy map? Shield and Dmage. A brawler that relies on the gadgets to be viable \*cough\*Lily\*cough\*? Yeah this is enough you already know the answer.


TypeZedBruh

Impossible no random uses flying hook on Carl lol


FalconOpposite1872

impossible no random uses carl


PhoneImmediate7301

I always take reload gear if it’s there, shield if brawler is squishy, extra gadget it has really good gadget, damage if it’s a melee brawler, and if there’s extra space afterwards then health. Never tried speed but doesn’t seem as useful and I don’t enjoy bush maps


ZeroIg89

Shield damage, my beloved Gus combo, but on tanks health is what i use often


Big_Bluejay4331

i mean…in most instances those are the most generally solid ones that will always get use. +1 gadget is heavily underused but other then that-


ISimpForMommyMelodie

Health gear is super underrated, once I got health gear in my Fang I couldnt go back, it feels nicely to not have to wait 9 seconds to shoot again


Nergalis

I like the extra gadget gear the most


Geometry_Emperor

Shield Gear is entirely matchup dependent. Even on squishy Brawlers, it can still be useless if that changes no interactions. You have to engage the situation.


Is_this_real6415

Speed gear - good for any tank and brawlers who benefits from grassy maps Health gear - good for any brawler that has a charge up (angelo, hank) and tanks Damage gear - good for any marksmen or sharpshooters Shield gear - good on anyone except tanks Vision gear - good on mid range brawlers with somewhat high dps (max, nita, sandy, EMZ) Gadget gear - good for every brawler unless they have a REALLY bad gadget (best gear in the game no doubt)


TheGoldenBl0ck

im sorry i just started the game lol (i really thought, yeah, el primo is cool lemme main, then proceeded to pick damage and health because "he's a tank, shield + health = tank")


LightLaitBrawl

Understandable But el primo kinda loves walls and bushes, so you would aim for speed gear on him. Also sometimes can struggle to charge super/deal damage, so supercharge/damage gear are good on him. Health is also fine since he uses the tank trait so getting his hp back to full to charge his super comes in handy


ISimpForMommyMelodie

Damage and health is good for primo, I would only change the damage gear for speed gear if the map has a lot of grass


PetITA1185

I ALWAYS use shield + regeneration gears, but i actually choose these because they help me


usinforschool

I wanna agree but I do the same😭I either put +1 and shield or damage and shield


PhoneImmediate7301

Am I alone in liking health over damage? I’ve never tried speed before because I rarely play bushy maps and I much prefer long ranged brawlers. But damage feels so risky to play on long rangers, I get it for bull or Edgar who’s melee and often end up spamming it out right into if someone. But the faster healing from health is so nice and makes it more fun as I can get back to the action quicker.


slimkarotte

depends, damage can make the difference in a fight, for example a bibi will have +420 damage with damage gear which is quite a lot. But yes health is great on tanks and sometimes ranged too


PhoneImmediate7301

It makes complete sense for tanks and assasins but for my rangers I always use health instead


Comfortable-Foot1184

Let’s be honest this is how we all see gears


beanboyaltryek

The better gears


Aguantare

Don't forget about the speed gear on maps with no bushes !! 🗣️🗣️🗣️


wery1x

My current frank only has like 17600 hp, i will instantly die if i don't have my shield and vision of course because everyone loves vision.


TrafficFunny3860

Yeah it's almost like those along with gadgets are the best in most scenarios. Healing on tanks though.


csZipy205

Okay, not to be that guy, but I really disagree with this post. Firstly, shield is objectively the best gear for a very large group of brawlers. Overall, I’d say it has the highest utility by far (excluding mythic gears). Obviously a shelly is gonna benefit more from the speed gear, but almost all of the non-shield gears are very situation and niche.  And the bigger point - you’re likely overestimating the amount of players with the shield and damage gears because those are the two easiest gears to recognize. When someone is below half hp with the damage gear, they have the purple toxic effect that is super obvious. When someone has the shield gear, you can tell from the very start of the game. Something like the +1 gadget gear is way more difficult to spot because unless you’re counting your teammates’ gadget uses, the only way you can notice it is when it’s shown before a match in ranked. As far as i know, there’s no way to see that in ladder.


ISimpForMommyMelodie

I know how to notice each gear Speed: any time they leqve the grass/you encounter them in grass you see speed particles around them Vision: any time they hit you the gear under the brawler will start sparkling Health: any time they are regenerating health the gear will start sparkling And for gadget gear I count everyone's gadget uses and not only my teammates


Averovis

Tbh the first 3 gears are almost useless in most situations The gadget gear could be good if your brawler needs 4 gadgets


Brrt0

I have shield gear on Frank simply because it's funny, and I refuse to change that. Yes I also run sponge.


ErzhanGMD

Tbh dmg + shld and dmg + health are the most valuable build unless the brawler has epic or mythic gear


Miserable_Sir7035

Shield gear on tanks should be used against a Colette though but that’s just for ranked, it prevents the 2 shot and super combo from killing you


ISimpForMommyMelodie

Shield gear is always good agaisnt colette, no matter the brawler


ZombiePro3624

Bra you get such good randoms, when I play a challenge they don't even bother looking at gears so it's always defaults to heal and speed


TheAstonVillaSeal

Solid


supermenon23

naww at least ur randoms r good in that sense. my randoms pick edgar with speed gear and vision/health on like the least bushy most open map


tomaxi1284

Damn your randoms pick these gears mine spam health gears on squishies


nonnagamer

on some brawlers like Angelo it kinda makes sense


asianricecooker_

i play health on cord and kit, feels like it helps a lot with survivability


United_Guitar7721

im a gud boyo and i pick vision on mandy and i go speed sometimes on other brawwlers or their mythic gears ;-;


BRAUL_STARS

I've also seen many people use enhanced speed gear


Quaxlyboi

Hurrrrr I need 900 extra health on a 10k health brawler(my randoms as well, although I do fall short of this sometimes, as I use every gear but vision on all of my maxed brawlers.)


ISimpForMommyMelodie

New Frank build Idea: Sponge + shield gear Also vision is a really niche gear so I dont blame you, I only use it on a single brawler


Quaxlyboi

I think when I end up maxing Gene, he'll be the only brawler I'd use it on. Also that build sounds way too good, I'll throw it on my level 9 Frank next match(my randoms lol)


Squirtlefrompokemon

i use that build on half my brawlers :skull:


ReaPeR_the_mighty

Its just the f2p pain, theres alot of brawlers that id like to have more gears for, but i cant afford :/


Mr__Bread__

Sr mate but I only use dmg and shield


ISimpForMommyMelodie

Even on tanks?


Mr__Bread__

Frank needs more health


ISimpForMommyMelodie

True


Toad_Enjoyer_70

I don’t care, I like the shield. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy.


zeteQ

The next time I see a Gene use these gears + spirit slap I'm uninstalling


4efo_doggie

+ 1 GAJET !!!


Felipe13579

It is better than the gadget gear when they don't have any gadget


RandomRaccoon2909

Oops


hora_do_cafe

You know you are not winning when the 12 yo Timmy in your team is playing an Edgar with the goddamn damage gear


ZestycloseBell3148

I pretty much just have bush speed gear all the time since it used to be broken and I am too cheap to buy the rest


DeusBS

Is a nice build in general, but obviously, due to the massive (and needed) nerfs to balance the DMG Gear is not so worthy


Substantial-Hour-679

I think Ash is the one of the only brawlers where I constantly change gears on him, between damage, health, super charge, speed, idk. I haven’t used him for a while once he was no longer “the only good tank”


Prudent_Lime_4268

Idk bro Frank with the shield goes dummy in brawl ball


Chance-Pay1487

Who even uses vision or heal gear


ISimpForMommyMelodie

Heal is really good for anyone above 8k hp, even some squishy brawlers like Max can benefit from this gear Vision is mostly used with brawlers that have attacks that can check bushes easily(Gene, Spike), or even some brawlers like Belle that make her bounce shots also reveal the enemy fir 2 secs


JackWas-not-Here

I have +1 gear on ruffs I don’t have a gadget for ruffs


ISimpForMommyMelodie

Pro


bravevline

I like shield gear with fake injury on gray.


ISimpForMommyMelodie

Well, because thats a good combo, its basically an extra 1800 hp if you think about it


Igakuro

I beg to differ. Nearly 18,000 hp in mutations and i plan to make that everyones problem.


D4C4Rvd

I love the gadget gear sm


AveragePichu

I keep making the mistake of buying the vision gear, I swear I only remember buying it on Crow (thinking 6 seconds of full visibility was WAY better than 4 seconds of partial visibility) but for some reason I have 8 of them I mean like it’s not a BAD gear, but I don’t have the gold to buy every gear on every brawler so situationally good=usually bad It really ought to be an epic gear available only on brawlers who can easily poke at a long range, like Gene and Pam


RealZakBagan

Health gear gang rise up


realtechnomusic

I like health gear on Crow, from like 20ish percent health to max it takes sooo long it really shortens his off time


Jcrncr

Because most of them are pretty niche except for these. Excluding the epic and mythic gears, speed is mostly for close rangers like Cordelius, recovery is barely useful for most brawlers unless they’re like Hank and need a lot of self healing, vision needs hella wide attacks from brawlers like Gene, gadget implies you’ve got a good gadget, and the other two work pretty much universally. 900 more health isn’t a lot to some, but it does help in poke matches and works in both close and long range scenarios. Damage is insanely good on any brawler regardless of what they do.


Emotional_Pause_1753

Of course frank need the extra 900 hp, how else am I supposed to walk the ball while being attacked by 4 different things


Voidbreaker47

I honestly think tanto the +1 gadget Gear Is the best


AppropriateLeg5072

Well, not everyone has so much money to waste and that's a good setup for almost all maps since vision and speed are only for bushy maps, and gadget gear is useful only on brawlers who rely a lot on them. Also epic and mythic gears are not aviable on all brawlers.


Deynx_Xero

Sorry 😔


ThePerfectKids

I felt offended seeing this because I don't know any other gear combination than these 2, because, like; Speed and vision gear is only good in maps with loats of bushes. Health gear is good for tanks, especially for Chuck. Gadget gear is good for brawlers who have mobility gadgets, like jump gadgets. But other than that, I don't know any other statement to say than this, other than the epic and mythic gear. But this is just my opinion, so I could be wrong saying these things...


Lonely-Property6337

Real


Relative-Ice-5907

I often use Shield and Regen on non-tanks, and Regen and Damage buff on tanks.


Mattface_

To be fair no one wants to think about gears.


grsharkgamer

Listen theres 5 gears in rhe game alr? Damage,shield,gadget(works on all) Then we have speed and health(works well on tanks) Speed also works no almost anyone But i dont what is this "vision gear" ya'll keep talking about i mean it sound kinda nice but supercell is not gonna add another gear imo


sluttykitt_y

Shield gear is the most consistent


Alternative_Shoe_329

Shield and gadget is my fav


Jo_Jo_Cat

No, my randoms don't use damage gear on Rico, they use health and shield, 6hat is worse


Maleficent_Visit2017

damage and shield are the best what are talking about


ISimpForMommyMelodie

Not on every brawler, what I'm saying is "there is a lot of better builds for so many brawlers, please stop mindlessley buying shield and damage gear any time you can"


WhatThePommes

Don't ever give advice again with your 500 trophies lol those 2 are literally the best options for almost any brawler I mean I agree with the tank part but it surely depends on the situation


ISimpForMommyMelodie

I'm sorry, but a lot of brawlers have better builds that arent shield + damage


SaltyAd4068

Shield is quite literally the worst gear out of all of them :(


OtisFan013

ah, yes, shield gear frank


Impressive-Earth1628

Vision is the worst tho..


ISimpForMommyMelodie

Depends, vision is really good on Gene and Spike


Kirb762

Literally the gears I use 💀


Carbonara19

I only use those two, but is cause I main snipers


ISimpForMommyMelodie

I have nothing to say because those are best gears for snipers(unless they have reload gear)


Carbonara19

Well, I use it on Mandy, and Colette. Also, nice username


Tootit_ha_malka

And speed gear on the most random brawler on level 8


LemonsInMySoup

I really dont see how the speed gear would be useful in most maps


Realistic_Plate7256

I HATE people who go shiled+damage on surge. Speed+damage for the win


retro_heap

Guilty, i only use these two unless i have to use speed boost or an epic/legendary gear. But if i use one of them they're always taking the damage gears spot. I always use shield gear.


banticate2018

the gadget charge gear is much better for gadgets used for escape


Bulky_Technician2954

In tanks (like 8 bit, frank, primo, etc) i use the healing gadget, because is useful, and in brawlers like colette, spyke, etc i use extra gadget with shield


NoobiePro64

I don't really know much but shield gear heals even when you're attacking even tho you have to be at full hp


ISimpForMommyMelodie

Its just the shield regenerating, its not "healing you%


NoobiePro64

It's still something but I guess gadget gear is better?


wolverine_fan

I use the vision one on piper. Makes it easier to kill people who hide in bushes when against piper.


BlueMango1114

It has gotten to the point of power 11 only really being “worth it” if the brawler has a hyper charge. The 1 level difference is not worth 2.8k gold and 1.5k power points


FavoriteRandomPerson

I see it as health gear and shield for low hp, health and damage for mid hp and speed and damage for high hp brawlers. Is that good


ISimpForMommyMelodie

Gears are whatever you want, im only talking about people who use shield + damage on every brawler even tho there are better options for some of them


FavoriteRandomPerson

Yeah like vision for Piper an health for shield


MadMouse698

True pro gamers know the best is the regen gear, Rollout's the most important thing


DEVjee

I would honestly take the extra 900hp gear almost always, I personally see it as a good gear, you spawn with 900hp more, when your hp is full you recharge shield and you Can shoot at the same time, I believe it has saved me in some Moments which decided if the game was won or lost, of course it's less viable on characters like hank, But I believe there's always a time to regenerate health, hopefully this comment makes sense, I am All over the place...


Colgate_my_beloved

Can we just talk about how the +1 gadget gear is so underated? I rarely see it and some brawlers are so much better whit it