Anyone who’s played Brawl Stars for more than a few matches has run into a frustrating player at some point. Whether they’re throwing matches on purpose, spamming slurs in the chat, or using obvious hacks to win every fight, these bad actors ruin the fun for everyone else. If you’re tired of letting these players get away with breaking the rules, you’re in the right place. This guide breaks down exactly how to report someone on Brawl Stars, what happens after you submit a report, and how to make sure your report is taken seriously by the Supercell support team.
How to Report Someone on Brawl Stars: Step-by-Step for Every Device
The reporting process is slightly different depending on when you catch the bad behavior, but it’s designed to be fast even if you’re in the middle of a match. You don’t have to wait until the game ends to flag someone, but post-match reporting gives you more space to add details about what they did wrong. For most cases, in-match reporting is the fastest way to get a problem addressed, especially if the player is actively ruining your current game.
If you already left the match and forgot to report the player during the game, you can still submit a report through your match history. Just go to your profile, tap the battle log tab, find the match in question, and follow the same steps listed above to flag the player. For cases where the behavior happened outside of matches, like in a club chat or friend request message, you can tap the user’s profile, select the three dot menu in the top right, and choose the report option from there.
What Counts as a Valid Report in Brawl Stars?
A lot of players submit reports out of frustration after losing a match, but those reports get ignored immediately by Supercell’s system. You don’t want to waste your time submitting a report that will never be reviewed, so it’s important to know what counts as a rule violation worth reporting, and what’s just part of normal gameplay. Reporting someone for being better than you or picking a meta brawler will not result in any action, even if you think their pick is annoying or unfair for your team composition.
Valid report reasons include intentional match throwing, using hacks or exploits to gain an unfair advantage, sending hateful, discriminatory, or harassing messages in chat, sharing personal information of other players, using an inappropriate or offensive username or profile picture, and scamming other players out of club rewards or real money. If you’re on the fence about whether something is worth reporting, ask yourself if the player is deliberately breaking Supercell’s published community guidelines. If the answer is yes, your report is likely valid.
That means you can’t report someone for killing you 10 times in a Showdown match, or for not following your callouts in a ranked Brawl Ball game. Those are normal parts of playing a competitive game, even if they’re frustrating. Only submit reports when a player is actively breaking the rules, not just when they’re playing in a way you don’t like.
Tips to Make Sure Your Report Gets Actioned Fast
Supercell gets thousands of reports every day, so you want to make yours stand out as valid and important. If you submit a report with no details or a vague reason, it will get pushed to the bottom of the queue and might never be reviewed by a real support agent. There are a few simple things you can do to make sure your report is prioritized and results in appropriate action for the rule-breaking player.
First, always add specific details in the description box instead of just selecting the default reason. For example, instead of just picking “toxic chat”, write “this player sent multiple anti-LGBTQ slurs in team chat after we lost the first goal” – that gives the support team clear evidence of the violation without them having to dig through hours of chat logs. If you have a screenshot of the behavior, you can attach it to post-match reports submitted through the Supercell ID support portal, which makes the review process even faster.
Second, don’t submit multiple reports for the same incident. Sending 10 reports about the same player won’t make your case go faster, and it might even flag your account as a spammer, which makes all your future reports less likely to be reviewed. One detailed report is all you need for a single incident. If the same player harasses you again in a future match, you can submit a second report with details of the new incident.
Third, only report behavior that you witnessed first-hand. Reporting a player because a friend told you they cheated, or because you saw a clip of them being toxic on social media, won’t count as a valid report unless you were present in the match or chat where the behavior happened. Supercell only acts on reports from directly affected players to avoid false reports from people who don’t have all the context of the situation.
It’s also a good idea to make sure you’re not violating any rules yourself when you submit a report. If you respond to a toxic player with equally toxic messages, you might end up getting a warning or ban too, even if you were the one who submitted the first report. Walk away from the chat instead of engaging, then submit your report once the match is over.
What Happens After You Submit a Report?
Most players expect an immediate notification after submitting a report, but Supercell doesn’t send individual updates for every report for privacy reasons. That doesn’t mean your report was ignored, though. All valid reports are reviewed first by an automated system that flags obvious rule violations, then by a human support agent if the system can’t make a clear call. Penalties for rule violations range from a 24-hour chat ban to a permanent account ban, depending on how severe the offense is and how many previous violations the player has on their record.
For first-time offenses like mild toxic chat, the player will usually get a written warning first, then a temporary chat ban if they repeat the behavior. For more serious offenses like cheating or sharing hateful content, the player might get a permanent ban on their first report, especially if there’s clear evidence of the violation. Supercell also tracks repeat reporters who submit valid reports regularly, so if you have a history of submitting accurate reports, your future reports will be prioritized in the queue.
You won’t get told exactly what penalty was given to the player you reported, but you can rest assured that every valid report leads to some kind of action, even if it’s just a warning added to the player’s account. If you get a notification that your report was invalid, that means the support team didn’t find evidence of a rule violation, so you don’t need to submit another report for the same incident.
At the end of the day, Brawl Stars is only fun if everyone follows the rules and plays fairly. Reporting rule-breaking players isn’t being a snitch – it’s helping keep the community fun for casual and competitive players alike. Now that you know how to report someone on Brawl Stars, you can take action the next time you run into a toxic player or cheater, instead of just letting them ruin your game. Always make sure your reports are detailed and based on real rule violations, and you’ll be doing your part to make Brawl Stars a better place for every player.