In Brawl Stars right now, “assassins are banned” is not a permanent removal of the class, but a limited‑time, event‑style restriction where assassin‑type brawlers cannot be selected in most modes for the day (including ranked and even training for many players).

What’s actually happening

  • Players have reported logging in and finding that every assassin brawler is unselectable across their accounts, including ranked matches and some casual modes.
  • Clips and short videos from January 2026 talk about “day five” of an event where “all assassins are going to get banned for the day,” tied to event rewards like a Poco skin.
  • Some users joke about not being able to play mains like Mortis, Edgar, Mico, etc., because of the blanket assassin lockout.

Why would Supercell ban assassins?

This looks like a design choice for a special challenge/event and balance experiment , not a moral/wording issue with “assassin” or a permanent game‑wide ban.

Common reasons, based on community discussion and past design patterns:

  • Event rules / challenge theme
    • The current challenge seems to have rotating restrictions (today’s being “no assassins”) with cumulative win targets and rewards such as cosmetics.
* Removing an entire class for a day forces players to try other roles and shake up stale metas.
  • Balance and matchmaking pressure
    • Assassins like Mortis have very high play rates and can dominate lower and mid ladders, which makes matches feel repetitive or unfair. One popular community “hot take” is that Mortis alone has more play rate than all other assassins combined.
* Designers sometimes ban or restrict an over‑represented class temporarily to see how the meta shifts and to gather balance data.
  • Player frustration with assassins
    • Since at least 2021, there have been recurring threads and even “petitions” asking for assassins to be nerfed or removed because they’re perceived as low‑skill, overly mobile, and oppressive when ahead.
* Complaints often focus on:
  * Jump/dash chains that are hard to react to.

  * Snowballing in modes like Showdown once they collect power cubes.

  * How frustrating it feels for slower or squishier brawlers to play into them.

How the temporary ban affects players

  • Some players who mainly invested in assassins feel “locked out” of ranked because they suddenly lack enough viable alternatives, especially on alt accounts leveled only around assassin picks.
  • Others are enjoying a “vacation” from facing Mortis/Mico/Edgar every queue and are using it to test more control or damage‑dealer brawlers instead.
  • A few comments highlight classification oddities: for example, some are relieved that certain strong brawlers are tagged as “damage dealers” instead of assassins and therefore dodged the ban.

Is this permanent?

  • There is no credible indication this is a permanent removal of assassins from Brawl Stars. The language used in community posts and short videos is all about “for the day” and “day X of the event,” implying a temporary challenge modifier, not a full‑time ruleset change.
  • Historically, community calls to “delete assassins” have stayed as memes, rants, or balance suggestions rather than actual roadmaps for permanent deletion.

Forum discussion & “trending topic” angle

The phrase “why are assassins banned in brawl stars” has turned into a small trending topic on Reddit, X, and short‑form video platforms because:

  • The restriction landed during an active event with notable rewards, catching daily players by surprise.
  • It taps into a long‑running divide between players who love high‑mobility assassin gameplay and players who find those brawlers unfair or unfun.
  • Content creators are using it for commentary clips and hot takes, especially around Mortis’ dominance and whether he alone should have been banned instead of the whole class.

In short: assassins are “banned” right now because of a time‑limited event/challenge and meta experiment , not because Supercell has decided to permanently delete assassin brawlers from Brawl Stars.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.