Time to explain! 

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**What are my intentions with this post?** 

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We all know that buffies are a complete mess. These cashgra-... I mean, upgrades, add extra abilities to the brawler's kit, and along with them come reworks of flawed parts of their kits or to make them more "skill-based". However, since we're talking about Supercell, many of them came out completely unbalanced, and instead of nerfing the broken parts, Adrian nerfed the base kit and the wrong areas, because according to him, "the brawlers were already performing well without them" (translation: we want money). The result is brawlers having parts of their kits that are too weak and relying on locked abilities behind an RNG mechanic, while some are gaining polarizing aspects.

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With that in mind, I created this concept, which aims not necessarily to nerf them, but rather to adjust their base kits with their buffies to create a better balance and prevent them from becoming so dependent on them, as well as undoing questionable balance changes and applying necessary adjustments. Let's get started. 

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**Colt:** Colt is first on our list, and honestly, he doesn't have that many reasons to be here. Let's look at the changes:

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\- Special Magnum took severe powercreep from Slick Boots, and the buffie effect is also extremely irrelevant. Increasing it to 15% damage bonus will provide a greater justification for using it, since it rewards good aim, especially in an attack as inconsistent as his. With good skill, you deal the equivalent of a gear's worth of damage at maximum range, and with the gear, you deal 30% extra damage, which is useful for finishing off marksmen.

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\- The speedloader "rework" honestly won't make that much of a difference for those who already have him maxed out; you'll just have access to ammo steal first and then to slow. I only did this to make the gadget less confusing for beginners and to make more sense with it's name.

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**Spike:** Spike is next, and I made a number of adjustments to this one.

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\- Undoing the nerf to the main attack damage, which literally killed him, and increasing his health for greater consistency. 

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\- Nerfing Curveball to make his star powers less polarizing, as well as his super's charge rate, which is extremely high, and his toxic hypercharge buffie which was carrying his entire kit. 

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\- Lastly, I restored old fertilizer alongside with the new effect, making both of Spike's star powers viable again. 

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**Mortis:** Another one that underwent major changes.

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\- Nerfing combo spinner. This gadget is undoubtedly what's carrying Mortis on it's back, since it's a 3k damage hit that you can't dodge. With this, I nerfed not only the extra damage, but also the amount of health required to activate it, making this gadget less braindead overall. This opens a window of opportunity to buff his other aspects (I forgot to mention, but I also want a 3s nerf to the cooldown). Lastly, I nerfed his purple teamwipe button after almost 2 years of it being the most toxic part of his kit. That's it, no more clutchs for you, Mortis. 

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\- Most of other Mortis' buffies are quite weak, so I buffed his base kit, such as undoing the nerf to his healing and increasing the projectile speed of his super, restoring some of his survivability. The new gadget is good, but it has too long a cooldown for what it offers, and Creepy Harvest is his most forgotten star power, so I buffed both to compensate for the nerf to their OP counterparts.

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**Frank:** Doing justice for the 3 Frank mains that are (probably) still reading this.

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\- Undoing some nerfs he received to his base kit. Frank's raw stats are pretty lackluster now, and power grab was unfairly nerfed, which alongside the rework on ANC, which left Frank unable to gain anti-CC while attacking due to the new delay, essentially ruining the gadget and leaving with a single option, ended up creating a certain "one-build syndrome" that didn't existed on his kit before. Now, Frank not only had some of his damage restored, but he can now use his anti-stun tool again, giving him back his niche as a CC counter, which is especially useful in a meta focused on this. Now he can breathe a little easier and no longer be a piñata.

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\- The rest of Frank's buffies aren't a big deal compared to the new ones, but I decided to nerf the duration of ANC, since having a monster with so much versatility and immunity to its only weakness would be unbalanced.

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**Bo:** Fixing his noob stomping issues, which his buffies essentially failed to adress

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\- First, I gave him the compensatory reload buff, which he should have already received from the start. His main attack is too inconsistent to be that slow.

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\- I reduced the detonation time of the mines by 200ms means they will explode a few frames earlier, making them harder to disarm and more effective at capturing prey. 

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\- Then, I reworked SAB to be objectively less punishing, compensated by the fact that the mines are harder to disarm, finally solving his noob stomping problem once for all.

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\- Tripwire has a bug where the buffie effect doesn't increase the blast radius of mines as it should. Fixing this gives Bo two viable gadgets. 

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**Leon:** preventing him from being a lollipop merchant

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\- Lollipop drop is essentially what's holding up 90% of Leon's appeal. The ability to provide invisibility and speed to his team is very strong, so it obviously needs to be nerfed, alongside his hypercharge buffie which is at least skill-based. Aside from that, Leon is fine for now, but he'll definitely start to suffer when more assassins receive buffies. 

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\- To make him more consistent as an assassin, I undid the nerf to his health, which consequently buffed invisiheal. Leon is too fragile for a brawler who should have an extremely aggressive playstyle, meaning he is easily killed when he dives, even more so without healing. I also gave him an extra 1s of invisibility to compensate for the lost gear (no, giving 1s as a buffie isn't a decent idea), which creates a greater balance between his two star powers. Leon can now choose between being agile and unpredictable, or having much more effective survival skills, which makes him more versatile. The buff to the clone projector is simply to make it harder to distinguish the clone from Leon himself, in addition to being a better meat shield.

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**Bull:** restoring his identity 

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\- The reworks to Bull's kit were controversial, but the balance changes after them were terrible, as they ended up ruining his tank role and turning him into a semi-assassin type. In that phase, I nerfed all of his toxic aspects, as well as preventing him from being so oppressive in heist by removing his ability to mark and heal from the safe, and then undid some nerfs to make him tankier. (I forgot to mention, but I also suggested nerfing stomper's stun duraction to 0.5s)

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**Crow:** trying to nerf him without killing him

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\- Although Crow is strong on his own, I liked the rework of his base gadgets, since the old ones were too toxic and these are easier to balance. Despite this, the shield gadget is not that good without the buffie, so I buffed the shield value (The health of the shield will depend on how much poison ticks are left), so I reworked the buffie to just add extra ticks instead of literally resetting the count.  The first star power also received a strong power creep compared to Carrion Crow, so a buff is welcome, although I may have exaggerated.

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\- Crow has been a nightmare for the balance team for a year now, considering he's already very strong and versatile on his own. He's the only brawler who doesn't have any kind of direct, 100% viable hard counter, since he does a bit of everything. Given this, I nerfed his health to make him more vulnerable and easier to eliminate, reducing his presence on the map. The nerf to Hyperbuffie is also welcome, but the problem lies more in his Super, which is a massive team wipe machine that I still don't know how to use.  

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**Bibi:** fixing extra sticky

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\- Bibi is the brawler who has probably changed the least with the buffs, as she remains essentially the same as before (and more mediocre). Despite this, the rework on the extra sticky was excellent, as it gives her an effective approach and control tool besides just raw movement speed. However, the gadget is comically worse than the vitamin booster, so I increased the slow and reduced the cooldown to make it more effective. Also, I undid the unnecessary nerf to the super's charge rate. 

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\- Nerfing her hypercharge buffie. Do I even need to explain why? 

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These are my suggestions for changes to "balance" the buffies. Whether you agree or disagree, I appreciate your opinion and feedback, as long as it's respectful. 

Re-balancing Buffies (explanation in bodytext)