Can you play Brawl Stars on PC?

Brawl stars pc download.jpgWell, the answer is both Yes and No. Brawl Stars is officially supported only on Android and iOS but there are ways to let you play the game on your PC (or Mac). One answer are called emulators.

Emulators are software designed to mimic the mobile device environment on your computer so you can install apps designed for mobile on your computer. The con is that the emulator software generally requires a fast computer to run smoothly, since the game code must be translated in real time from a mobile environment to PC environment. The emulator setup can be quite tricky and game bugs and crashes are a common thing when you run a game on an emulator.

If you want to try playing Brawl Stars on your PC then check out popular Android emulators BlueStacks and MEmu.

 

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Bluestacks installing instructions.


What is Bluestacks?

BlueStacks is the most popular way to play Brawl Stars on PC. It’s a free emulator software that transforms your computer into a mobile gaming device by enabling Android apps to run on PCs running Windows. The system requirements are quite high and it’s recommended that you have 8GB RAM, an SSD Drive and Windows 10. When you have BlueStacks and Brawl Stars installed you can change your graphics and CPU settings to see what works best for your computer. Check out this video how to install BlueStacks on your PC.

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You can optimize your gaming experience in the game settings in BlueStacks.

Mirroring

Another way to play Brawl Stars on your PC is by mirroring your phone. With the mirroring method you play the game on your phone but you view your gameplay on your PC display and use keyboard and mouse as your controls.

ApowerMirror is an app for Android and iOS that allows you to display your screen on PC with USB or WiFi connection. You’ll be able to take full control of your Android phone using a mouse and keyboard while all gameplay and game saves stays in your phone.

 

 

New Brawler: Emz

brawl stars emzBrawl Stars will be getting a Halloween update and with the update comes a totally new Brawler. Say hello to Emz!

Emz is a Common Brawler and is the 30th Brawler in Brawl Stars. Her looks brings Mortis to mind and Mortis is in fact her uncle! Emz uses her hairspray as attack, which deals a low but highly poisonous damage. Her Super is called Caustic Charisma and is a poison cloud which can deal damage to multiple enemies.

This is Emz:

Unlock: 8000 Trophies
Attack: Spray
Super: Caustic Charisma
Star Power: Bad Karma, Hype
Movement speed: 720

Brawl Stars Content creator boost

Brawl Stars Content creator

Content Creator Boost is a new feature that has been added into the game. When you spend Gems inside the game you can enter a special code to support content creators, such as your favourite Brawl Stars Youtube channel. The code is individual for every content creator and once you have entered it all Gems you spend from now on will help supporting the creator.

How do I get a Content creator code?
As of October 2019 Supercell has only given a code to a selected amount of content creators and at this moment there is no way to apply for a code yourself. Supercell officials have said that a roll out of the creator codes for everyone will happen ”a bit later”. No word of how long it will take before anyone can apply for a personal code though.

October update

The Brawl Stars October update is a special Halloween themed update with limited time Brawl-o-ween skins, a new game mode called Graveyard Shift (unlocked at 500 trophies) plus a new Halloweeny Brawler: Emz!

The Brawl-o-ween skins are temporary and will probably return next year. Here are the 5 new skins:

  •  Witch Shelly
  •  Werewolf Leon
  •  Piper Calavera
  •  Shadow Knight Jessie
  •  DJ Frank

Here are changes in the October balance update:

Tara
Increased Main Attack Damage from 380 to 420
Increased Black Portal summoned Shadow Pet’s Damage from 400 to 600

Jessie
Increased Main Attack damage from 820 to 840
Increased Scrappy’s Damage from 240 to 260

Crow
Increased Main Attack damage from 300 to 320
Increased Super Attack Damage from 300 to 320
Increased Extra Toxic Star Power enemy damage reduction from 13% to 16%

Piper
Increased Ambush damage from 500 to 800
Super Attack Poppin’ now drop the bombs in a fixed pattern on the ground

Mortis
Increased Creepy Harvest health restoration from 1400 to 1800

Gene
Increased Magic Puffs healing from 200 to 300

Sandy
Decreased Sandstorm charge rate from 5 attacks to 6 attacks required for a full charge
Decreased Rude Sands damage per second from 200 to 40

Bibi
Decreased Batting Stance shield damage reduction from 40% to 30%
Decreased health from 4400 to 4300

Tick
Main Attack Minimines are now deployed in a fixed pattern on the ground
Decreased Minimines explosion radius by 6%
Decreased Minimines duration on the ground from 2.0s to 1.6s

Primo
Decreased Meteor Rush duration from 5s to 4s

Bug Fix:
Tara’s Healing Shade is now healing invisible targets

Visual and audio changes for selected Brawlers:

  • Frank visual improvements

  • Dragon Knight Jessie effects rework

  • Shelly animations rework

  • Leon Voice Over added

  • New Brawler defeat FX added

New Brawler: Carl

Brawl stars carlA new game update has been released with game balances and plenty of new stuff!

First off a new Brawler has been revealed: Carl. He is a little robot that throws a pickaxe that returns like a boomerang. His super is called Tailspin where he increases his speed and starts to whirl his axe in a 360 degree radius damaging everyone around him. Carl is a Super Rare Brawler and is coming ”later in March” according to the officials.

Another new thing in the update is a new game mode called Siege, a 3v3 game where each team has a home base that can defend itself with a cannon, and the goal is to destroy the enemy base.

Read more about the update on the official site.

Brawl Stars vs Clash Royale

I think most people that play Brawl Stars also have heard of Clash Royale, another free-to-play mobile game by publisher Supercell. I have played Clash Royale for years and think it’s a superb mobile game that you never get tired of.

I was curious and checked with Google Trends which of the two games is more popular right now. Turns out Brawl Stars now has surpassed Clash Royale in popularity in searches.

I took some screenshots from Google Trends with comparisons of Brawl Stars and Clash Royale. The first screenshot is a search comparison of the last 12 months. Looks like Clash Royale is rapidly losing in popularity while Brawl Stars is about the same since the official launch in December 2018.

Clash Royale vs Brawl Stars 2019

The next comparison is which of the games is most searched in each country the last 30 days. Most searches for Brawl Stars compared to country population are from Israel, Bulgaria and South Korea.

Clash Royale Brawl stars 30 days 2019

You can find more interesting search facts by checking out this link on Google Trends.