Lately I have been very into the mobile game Brawl Stars. It is such an addicting way to pass time. There are several different game modes including Brawl Ball, Basket Brawl, Gem Grab, Heist, and Duo or Solo Showdown. Winning in any of these game modes gives you trophies to rank up and become the best Brawl Stars player you can be. There are 78 different characters you can use. They come in all different rarities meaning some of them are harder to get than others. Unfortunately, I do not have even close to all of them, so when my friend and I were debating over the best Brawl Stars character, we realized that since we only have about 15/78 each, the scope of the debate was limited. Regardless, there are many factors that go into a Brawl Stars character. They can be ranged, close, tanky, healer, etc. Each character has a unique way of dealing damage and a unique ultimate ability that charges up, called an ult. This ability might do a ton of concentrated damage, or heal, or spread a wide array of damage, just to name a few.
When playing the other day with my friend, we both started talking about our favorite characters. Mine is currently El Primo, and his is Poco. Below is a picture of both of them.
El Primo
Poco
For starters, El Primo is a tank who deals damage in close combat, while Poco is a ranged combatant. El Primo’s ult is to jump super far and land on his enemies, dealing a great amount of damage. Poco’s ult is to heal his allys.
Then, we discussed the noises these characters make as a reason for them to be the best. When selected, El Primo does his famous dialogue. In a booming and strong voice, he yells “Elllll PRIMOOOOO”. He also grunts and roars to convey his alpha like tendencies. In contrast, Poco has an upbeat and happy voice, saying “Let’s use the power of music!” In the game, Primo punches people while saying “Primo punch!” and “Fists of steel!”, giving a fun feel to his combat. Poco attacks with his guitar, which makes strumming noises on attack.
As you can see, these two are opposites in just about every way. So, how will we determine who is the best? Would it be in a 1v1 between the two characters? Or maybe see who the top ranked Brawl Stars players use? Well, as it turned out, neither. There was no way to determine who’s was better, but we eventually decided to use the two of them together. We queued into a duo Showdown, and absolutely crushed it. As it turned out, these two Latin superstars paired perfectly together. Their contrasting nature ended up being just what we needed to get 300 trophies in one sitting. El Primo would be the tank and fight the enemies first, while Poco would attack from a distance. Then, when El Primo got low, Poco would heal. These two are now our “match made in heaven”.