Best Spike Build
Most picked build across all modes
Best star power for Spike
60.0% of Spike's star power picks go to Fertilize. A brawler owns two star powers but fights with one, so the slot is a standing choice about how Spike plays rather than something you activate. The other option, Curveball, sits at 40.0%.
Best gadget for Spike
Popping Pincushion is the gadget of choice at 54.0% pick rate. A gadget is the part of the loadout you press: unlike the passive star power, it fires on demand and can be used as often as you like once its cooldown is up. Life Plant sees the rest of the picks at 46.0%.
Best gears for Spike
On gear, Spike players favor DAMAGE (38.1%), with SHIELD (35.0%) close behind. Gears offer a smaller boost than a star power or gadget, so this is the fine-tuning slot of the build.
What Spike players unlock
Of the Spike players who have unlocked only one star power, 65.5% chose Curveball.
90.2% of maxed Spike owners have unlocked his Hypercharge.
What players who own Spike have unlocked, counted from tracked profiles over the last 30 days. "Unlocked first" is the share among the players who own only one of a pair, which is the closest thing to a preference the game data exposes: Supercell never publishes which build a player equipped in a match, so nothing here is a pick rate or a win rate by build.
Best Modes & Maps for Spike
Best Modes
Wipeout 5v554.8%
Brawl Arena54.1%
Brawl Ball 5v551.4%
Spike Counters
How to counter Spike
Queueing into Spike? These are the picks that beat him most often in our matchup data.
Spike Synergies
Popular Comps
Colt + Spike + Edgar20%
Rico + Spike + Edgar23%
Shelly + Spike + Edgar20.4%Spike Star Powers and Gadgets
Needle Grenade
Spike fires off a small cactus that explodes, shooting spikes in different directions.
Stick Around!
Spike lobs a thorny grenade. Enemies caught in the blast area take damage and are slowed down.
Fertilize
Star PowerSuper heals of damage dealt.
Curveball
Star PowerSpikes from the cactus grenade fly in a curving motion, making it easier to hit targets.
Popping Pincushion
GadgetSpike aims and fires a wave of needles that deal damage.
Life Plant
GadgetSpike throws a large cactus to give cover to teammates. If destroyed, the cactus bursts, and all nearby teammates recover health.
Spike Skins
14 in the catalog
ToonLegendary
PoopMythic
Starr ScoutEpic
Starr GuardianEpic1 Legendary, 1 Mythic, 6 Epic, 3 Super Rare, 1 Rare, 2 more
View all Spike skinsSpike FAQ
What star power and gadget should you use on Spike?
The most picked Spike build runs Fertilize star power (60.0% pick rate) with Popping Pincushion gadget (54.0% pick rate). The top gear picks are DAMAGE and SHIELD. Across all builds combined, Spike holds a 47.8% overall win rate and rates C-tier.
What is the best star power for Spike?
Fertilize. It leads Spike's star power picks at 60.0%, against 40.0% for Curveball. Star powers are passive, so the equipped one works by itself all match and the leader is usually the one whose effect fits how the brawler is played.
Is Spike worth playing in the current meta?
Spike is currently C-tier with a 47.8% overall win rate. Its best mode is Wipeout 5v5 at 54.8%. It sees 1.2% pick rate across all modes. That puts it at #74 out of 108 rated brawlers.
Who counters Spike?
Wendy beats Spike 66.5% of the time, the strongest counter in the data. Cosmo (65.8%) and Amber (64.3%) are also unfavorable matchups to face. On the other side, Spike beats Shelly 63.1% of the time, its best matchup in the data.
Where should you play Spike?
Spike performs best in Wipeout 5v5 (54.8% win rate), followed by Brawl Arena (54.1%) and Brawl Ball 5v5 (51.4%). Brawl Ball rounds out its next-best mode at 50.1%.
How much health does Spike have?
At level 11, Spike has 6,000 health and a movement speed of 720. Its basic attack deals 1,080 damage with 3 ammo at a range of 7.7. It reloads in 2.0s.