Best Trunk Build in Brawl Stars (2025 Meta Guide)

In a fast-paced game like Brawl Stars, it is important to choose your brawlers wisely because it can make the difference between victory and defeat. There are a total of 96 Brawlers in the game but only a handful of them create a dominance in the meta. One of these brawlers is Trunk who is the latest Tank Brawler in Brawl Stars of Epic rarity and after his initial release, Trunk has become a go-to pick for players aiming to climb higher trophies or compete in tournaments.

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Unlike other tanks, the thing that makes Trunk stand out is his unique mix of area control and durability with his ant piles, which makes him an essential to learn Brawler. Therefore, this guide will walk you through everything you need to know about Trunk, including his best builds, Star powers, Gadgets and ways to unlock him.

Who is Trunk?

Trunk was released on 21 August, 2025 as a Tank of Epic Rarity. He has a max HP of 10,000 hitpoints at Power Level 11 and a movement speed of 770 that can be boosted with the help of his ants. His playstyle revolves around aggressive engages with massive hitpoints and fast movement speed. Additionally, Trunk scatters ant piles with his spinning attacks to gain buffs and control effects which is perfect for pressurizing the enemies.

At initial look, Trunk’s appearance makes him look like a mysterious tree with ordinary performance but in reality, you are just being deceived by his looks. Trunk is a mechanical shell which is controlled by a colony of ants. His backstory is both humorous and tragic, focusing on a story of where the wedding and lives of two ants in love were completely shattered and now the whole ant colony are looking for a way to get their revenge.

Ways to Unlock Trunk

For people who are looking to unlock Trunk, here are three ways using which you can obtain him:

• Early Access Bundle (August 21, 2025) - Before the official full release of brawler, Trunk was on the sale as a limited time Early Access Bundle which costs $16.99. This bundle included the new brawler Trunk, 80 gems, 5K coins, 8 collectible pins, a spray and an exclusive cosmetic for Trunk (Swimming Trunk Skin).
• Starr Road (Starting August 28, 2025) - Once the early access period was over, Trunk was available for purchase on the Starr Road costing 1,900 Credits or 349 gems instead of any real money.
• Supercell Store - Trunk was also listed in the Supercell Store and using this way of purchase, rewarded the buyer with a bonus of 1,000 coins.
• Brawl Pass Gems - Players looking for a faster and efficient way to unlock Trunk and upgrade him should use Brawl Pass Gems.

Skill Set and Abilities - Trunk

To make the most out of Trunks’s unique tank-controller mechanics, it is important to understand his skills and abilities in depth.

Main Attack

Trunk’s main attack is called Ant Attack! where he uses a spinning attack on the enemies, dealing damage and scattering ant piles after a 0.3 second delay after clicking the skill button. The damage is higher on the outer edge of the circle and at Power level 6, it deals 1,200 damage to the enemies in range.

Ant Piles

Each Spin from the Brawler scatters 2 to 4 ant piles that remain active 20 seconds, with a maximum of six piles to be active. The number of ant piles per spin becomes 3 at Power level 11. The purpose of these piles is to grant Trunk with buffs if he is standing within an area of 3 tiles from it. These buffs are as follows:

• Initial movement speed gets boosted from 770 to 870.
• The delay on your attack gets shortened to 0.2s from 0.3s.
• It also provides a 10% boost to Trunk’s main attack.
• Close range – from 1,800 to 1,980
• At Power level 11 – from 3,600 to 3,960

Super

Trunk’s super is named as “Driven by Revenge” that lets him dash forward, damaging every enemy in the way. His charge allows him to bounce off the walls twice, adding 3 tiles of movement per bounce. These mechanics make him perfect to chase fleeing enemies, escape or to use his ant piles effectively.

• The Super deals 2,400 damage to every enemy in the path at power level 11.
• The Charging procedure is simple as Trunk only needs to deal a total of 7,200 damage to charge the Super.

Top Builds for Trunk

If you are using Trunk in this meta, it is important to use the best gadgets and gears to bring out his full potential.

Best Build to use

Gadget - For the Queen

The “For the Queen” allows Trunk to spread his ants in a much larger area. The cooldown on this gadget is 7 seconds.

Start Power - New Insect Overlords

The “New Insect Overlords” gives the ants an ability to reduce the damage inflicted by the enemies on Trunk by 15%.

Gear 1 - Health

Health recovery gets boosted by 50%.

Gear 2 - Damage

When Trunk’s HP is below 50%, he gains an extra 15% boost to his damage output.

Here is a table consisting of the best build combinations that you can use on Trunk:

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Conclusion

In conclusion, Trunk is a powerful Tank even with Epic rarity as he stands out with his ant piles and control effects. His mechanics are fun to play and the brawler itself is very efficient with his high HP bar. Using the right build and strategy, you can gain the much-wanted competitive success using Trunk.