Emz

Class: Controller

Rarity: Epic

Trio: Undead with Frank and Mortis

Best skin: Demon Emz

Title: "#haters"

Prestige Title: "ratio"

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Emz is a brawler that can output a ton of damage against multiple enemies at mid-range, and has solid controlling ability with her super. However, she struggles to deal with brawlers at both long and close range without her gadget and hypercharge and has low mobility.

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Health: 3900 to 7800

Movement speed: Normal

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Main Attack: Spray

"Emz gives you a blast of her hair spray! It's strong enough to melt your face."

Damage: 560 to 1120 every 0.5 seconds

Range: Normal

Reload speed: Slow

Emz's main attack does different amount of damage based on where the enemies stand. If they stand on the outer edge of the attack, they will take 2 ticks of damage; if they stand in the middle of the attack, they will take 3 ticks of damage; and if they stand close to Emz, they will take 1 tick of damage. This is one of the reasons Emz is only really good at mid-ranged combat, as enemies caught around the middle of her range will take a hefty amount of damage, and she can unload her attacks quite fast. However, it does travel slowly and doesn't have the longest range, making it relatively easy to outrange her main attack with most brawlers.

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Super: Caustic Charisma

"Emz creates a cloud of toxicity around herself, slowing down the movement of enemies and damaging them."

Damage per second: 240 to 480

Duration: 5 seconds

Emz's super is very good if you are able to get an enemy inside of it, however this can be hard against good players due to the super's relatively low range. You will likely only catch close-range brawlers inside of it. If you are able to catch an enemy inside, it is an almost guaranteed kill if you have enough HP and ammo, as you can easily position yourself to deal the most damage with your main attack. It can be game-changing if you are able to catch multiple enemies inside of it as well, and can lead to teamwipes under the right scenario.

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Gadget 1: Friendzoner

"Emz fires off some hairspray that pushes enemies back. Deals 500 damage."

Cooldown: 19 seconds

This is a must-have gadget for Emz, as she is terrible in close-range combat since she has a slow reload speed and her shots only deal 1 tick of damage. This gadget helps alleviate this issue against most brawlers who get too close to her.

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Gadget 2: Acid Spray

"Emz squirts out hairspray that goes through walls! Deals 1120 damage."

Cooldown: 16 seconds

This is a decent gadget for Emz, as it has a fast cooldown and decent effect, being great on maps with lots of walls. However, if Emz is against any aggressive brawler, the Friendzoner is essential, slightly boxing out this gadget.

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Star Power 1: Bad Karma

"Enemies that stay within the cloud of Emz's toxic hair spray suffer increasing damage, 25% per hit."

This is a great star power for Emz, as it increases her burst damage by a lot. If an enemy takes 3 ticks of damage, they will now take 4200 damage from one ammo. It is especially useful for ripping through tanks.

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Star Power 2: Hype

"Emz recovers 624 health per second for each enemy Brawler inside her Super's area of effect."

This is also a great star power for Emz, as it gives her a form of sustain with her super. The healing can come in clutch really often, and can allow her to win more matchups against high damage brawlers. Since she will often be taking damage when going in with her super, this star power allows her to stay alive more often in her most crucial moments.

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Hypercharge: Overhyped Haze

"Emz pushes enemies to the outer edge of her Super on activation and follows up with a dose of her spray."

Charge rate: 2 and 1/2 supers

Emz has a solid hypercharge, as her main attack synergizes great with knockbacks and the extra damage is solid. It cycles relatively fast, but you cannot cycle another super until the first one ends, reducing its potential.​

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Gear selection:

Emz's best gear is damage gear, as it increases her damage output even more against tanks, which she is mainly played against. Her second best gear is speed, since she is usually played on bushy maps. On non bushy maps, shield is also a good option.​

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Best build: 

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Buffie priority: 

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Other good abilities to buy:

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Best Matchups:

Emz's best matchups are against tanks, since if she keeps her distance from them, she can easily burst them down with her main attack and super. She does best into tanks without much mobility, such as Doug, Rosa, and Ash. These brawlers all have no way to get up close to her, so she can keep her distance, slow him with her super, and finish them off with her main attack at optimal range. Ash's rats also get destroyed by Emz's attack really easily, so she just needs to make sure he doesn't sneak up on her.​

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Best Counters:

Emz is mainly countered by assassins with multiple dashes, as she deals no damage at close range and can't use her knockback gadget multiple times in a row. Her uncle, Mortis, is great for countering her as his main attack is a dash that can have substantial range if charged. Darryl is also great into Emz with his 2 rolls. Emz is also countered by brawlers who outrange her in a mid-ranged matchup, as she shorter range than most midrangers and can't close the gap in any way. Janet is great into Emz for this reason, and she can fly away with her super if Emz manages to catch her out.

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Best Game Modes: 

Emz is more map and matchup dependent than mode dependent, but her best modes are Brawl Ball and Hot Zone, as these are modes where her best matchups are often played and where her burst damage and control shine. She also does well in bushy maps, and both of these modes have several maps with a lot of bushes. Gem Grab is also has maps with lots of bushes, however you should only go Emz there if you are going into a good matchup.

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Tips and Tricks:

• If there is an enemy on extremely low health behind a wall, you can use Emz's super to kill them, since it lasts for a good amount of time and keeps them inside with the slow.

• Try to catch multiple enemies in Emz's super, as it has a large radius, and is very hard to escape once caught inside. Catching multiple enemies often leads to multiple kills and a fully cycled super.

• The optimal way to get the most damage on an enemy at close range is to attack first, then use your Friendzoner gadget, as it pushes the enemy back into the first attack. Use remaining main attacks to finish them off.

• Since Emz's burst damage is so high, you can sneak around in bushes to jump out and burst enemies before they can react.

• If your Friendzoner gadget is on cooldown, Emz's hypercharge also provides her with a knockback against close brawlers.

• If no enemies are in range, you can use Emz's attacks to control an area for a second, as they linger on the field for a short amount of time.

• In Brawl Ball, if an enemy is up close to you blocking the goal, you can pass the ball and then use Friendzoner to pass the ball through them and score a goal.

• With her star power buffie and Hype star power, Emz's super can be used for survivability as well as damage and control. If timed well, the immunity from the buffie can save her life and heal up with the normal star power. This expands the uses for Emz's super, allowing it to be used more defenively as a survival mechanism.

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Overall ranking: A