Cookie Run: OvenSmash: How to Build Brie Cheese Cookie (B-Tier Marksman)

Brie Cheese Cookie punishes you for playing her wrong. She is fragile, she rewards spacing, and if you build her like a bruiser she dies before her second skill cycle. She is also, honestly, a B-tier pick in the current Cookie Run: OvenSmash meta — playable, comfortable, rarely core. The build below treats her as what she actually is: an Epic Marksman who wins by repositioning, and whose best home is a Lactose-synergy comp rather than the default ranked slot.

The short version

• Role / rarity: Epic Marksman — semi-long-range, mobile, fragile.
• Current tier: B tier across mid-2026 lists (Pocket Gamer, May 2026; the April Thai class list). Viable, not meta-defining.
• Basic: Brie Shot — a semi-long-range revolver burst.
• Special variants: Power Kick (tempo), Stunt Kick (0.5 sec stun), Counter Kick (knockback + slow). All grant movement speed and charge Basic Attack stacks.
• Ultimate variants: Grand Curtain Call, Cruel Curtain Call, Ruthless Finale — all built around summoning bodyguards that provide cover while she unloads.
• Passive priority: Special Skill cooldown reduction first, then one survivability passive.
• Win condition: survive the first collapse, win the second exchange from a safer angle.

Where she actually sits in the meta

Brie arrived with OvenSmash’s first major update after the 26 March 2026 global launch, released alongside Camembert Cookie as part of the Lactose family. Her documented launch kit is Brie Shot (revolver basic), Stunt Kick (0.5 second stun special) and Grand Curtain Call (summons a bodyguard for defensive cover while unleashing a concentrated barrage) — the other variant names you will see in-game are the alternates you unlock and swap between, not different characters.

Since then she has settled at B tier on every tier list that ranks her. That is not a criticism of the kit; it is a statement about the company she keeps. The marksman and damage slots are crowded with String Cheese, Rye and Blue Slushy, and the June 2026 balance pass buffed two of them:

• Blue Slushy Cookie: Attack Charge Capacity 3 → 4; Basic Attack Recharge 1 sec → 0.8 sec.
• Rye Cookie: Ultimate can now be cancelled into a Special mid-use.
• Espresso Cookie: Basic Attack Cooldown 0.7 → 0.6 sec; Post-Skill Recovery 0.7 → 0.5 sec.

Brie was not named in that balance section, and has not been named in any published 2026 balance note. No buffs, no nerfs, no documented number changes since release. Anyone quoting exact patch adjustments for her is making them up — the June 25 update listed “Cookie Balance Adjustments” without per-cookie detail.

Two systemic changes did land in her favour, though. The shared passives Shrub Move Speed Increase (8% → 10%) and Heal on Elimination (8% → 10%) were both buffed, and both suit a mobile ranged carry who kites and finishes. And the Shock Field spell card had its radius cut by 30%, which is a small mercy for any squishy backliner.

Best Brie Cheese Cookie build

For solo queue or inconsistent teams, start here:

• Special: Power Kick
• Ultimate: Cruel Curtain Call
• Passive slot 1: Special Skill cooldown reduction
• Passive slot 2: HP Boost or Battle Blessing
• Goal: maintain pressure through safer rotations, not one all-in burst

This works because she gets far more value from repeated access to her special than from marginal stat greed. The special is not just damage — it is her spacing button, her escape, her chase correction and her combo starter. Cut its downtime and you raise both her damage and her survival at once.

If your team is genuinely coordinated and you are protected, the standard marksman stat line applies instead: ATK% → Attack Speed → Crit, which is what most tier-list guides recommend for the class generally. Just be honest about which situation you are in. Because Brie sits at B tier, over-optimising her passives has poor returns — generic strong DPS biscuits from your String Cheese or Rye setups work fine on her.

Special variants compared

All three charge Basic Attack stacks and grant movement speed. They differ in the control attached:

• Power Kick: movement speed and 2 Basic Attack stacks. The default — pure tempo, no control, so it is the cleanest “reposition and resume firing” tool.
• Stunt Kick: 0.5 second stun plus movement speed. Her documented launch special. Take it when you need a guaranteed interrupt against a diver.
• Counter Kick: knockback, slow, movement speed. Best for peeling someone off you or buying disengage room.

Power Kick is the default because it fits her rhythm: create separation, then resume firing from a safer angle. Wait for the enemy to commit, kick to break their approach, then immediately return to Basics. Opening every exchange with the special leaves you without a correction tool when the real threat arrives.

Against a dive-heavy lobby — and with Chili Pepper still one of the most common ways she dies — Stunt Kick’s guaranteed interrupt is often the better pick.

Why Cruel Curtain Call is the default ultimate

Cruel Curtain Call summons bodyguards that block incoming projectiles and makes enemies caught in it take increased damage. It is a swing tool, not a panic button, and it is strongest when the fight is already structured in your favour. Grand Curtain Call and Ruthless Finale are the alternatives, but Cruel Curtain Call’s mix of projectile cover and amplified damage is the most flexible for a spacing-first playstyle.

Use it when at least one of these is true:

• The enemy team is stacked around an objective or choke.
• Your frontline or controller has already pinned targets.
• You are firing from a side angle or from vision denial.
• The enemy backline has spent its movement or defensive skills.

Hold it when the fight is scattered, when targets are retreating out of range, or when you would only be casting because it is up. Fired into open space with no setup, it is noticeably weaker.

Power Biscuits and passive choices

Three priorities, in order:

• Special uptime so you can reposition and re-enter fights more often.
• Burst conversion so your safe windows actually matter.
• Basic survivability so a single dive does not end your rotation.

When it comes down to a small damage increase versus cooldown utility, take cooldown. A live Brie with her special ready is far more dangerous than a greed-built one caught without mobility. The cleanest split is Special Skill CDR in one slot almost by default, plus HP Boost or Battle Blessing in the other when matches are chaotic. With reliable teammates you can lean offensive; in solo queue the defensive slot is rarely negotiable. She never needs to be durable — only to survive long enough to take another firing position.

Worth revisiting now: the buffed Heal on Elimination at 10% is a better fit for her than it was at release, because sustained marksman damage generates exactly the eliminations that trigger it.

Best teams: Lactose synergy is where she earns her slot

Brie is rarely your first-choice damage dealer if you own String Cheese, Rye or Blue Slushy. She is much more defensible inside a Lactose-themed core, which is also the comp that gives her the protection she needs.

The Lactose marksman comp:

• Frontline: Camembert Cookie (bruiser, A tier and thematically linked) or Madeleine Cookie (the general-purpose best anchor).
• Damage: Brie Cheese Cookie.
• Support: Melon Soda Cookie — now rated S/A and one of the two best supports in the game — or Peppermint Cookie, still widely called the strongest support outright.

Melon Soda’s rise is the single biggest thing that improved Brie’s standing since release. She never needed a buff so much as she needed a support who could keep a stationary backline carry alive, and now there are two excellent options.

Budget version: Strawberry Crepe up front, Brie in the damage slot, whichever of Peppermint or Melon Soda you own. It works; it just asks more of your positioning.

For the other half of a double-backline setup, our Blueberry Pie Cookie build guide covers the ranged-mage partner, and Ice Pop Cookie is the controller swap if you want more CC than damage. Everything else we cover lives on the Cookie Run: OvenSmash hub.

Positioning: the part that matters more than gear

Brie is skill-expression heavy, so positioning errors erase build advantages fast. The correct default is behind your sturdier teammate line, but not directly centred behind them. A slight angle gives cleaner shots, makes incoming skillshots less predictable, and opens an easier escape route.

• Do not open from the very front edge of your range. Start one step safer than feels necessary.
• Do not mirror your tank’s movement. Offset to the side so one engage cannot catch both of you.
• After your special, return to Basics instead of overchasing. Her value is extended pressure after the reset.

This is also why she performs better around terrain, corners and shrubs than in wide open lanes — and with the shrub move speed passive now at 10%, that terrain play got slightly better.

Ultimate timing and fight sequencing

Good ultimate timing here is sequencing, not reaction speed. Her strongest fights run in this order:

• Basics to test spacing and force movement.
• Wait for the enemy engage or overextension.
• Special to reset, disrupt, or create room.
• Resume Basics immediately to capitalise.
• Commit the ultimate only when multiple targets are vulnerable or vision is compromised.

Reverse that and open with the ultimate in neutral space, and the enemy gets full freedom to spread, dodge or collapse on you.

Common mistakes

• Building pure HP: it does not fix her real weakness, which is bad spacing and lost tempo.
• Treating her as a frontline duelist: semi-long range is an instruction, not a suggestion.
• Using the special only as engage: it is usually better as a defensive correction.
• Panic-casting the ultimate on one target: its value rises sharply when enemies are grouped or surprised.
• Standing still after the special: the follow-up is reposition plus Basics, not stationary greed.
• Investing in her over a buffed Blue Slushy or Rye: if you own those, build them first.

FAQ

Has Brie Cheese Cookie been buffed or nerfed?

No published balance note in 2026 names her. Only her release kit is documented. She has been indirectly helped by shared passive buffs and the Shock Field nerf.

What tier is she?

B tier on current lists. Playable and comfortable, but not a meta pick when String Cheese, Rye or Blue Slushy are available.

Is she worth building at all?

If she is your best marksman, yes — the kit is fine and generic DPS biscuits carry over. If you already have a buffed Blue Slushy or Rye, build those first and keep Brie as a Lactose-comp or comfort pick.

Stunt Kick or Power Kick?

Power Kick as the default for tempo. Stunt Kick when the lobby is full of divers and you need a guaranteed interrupt.

Practical takeaway

Run Power Kick, Cruel Curtain Call, Special Skill cooldown reduction and one survivability passive, and play every fight assuming your job is to survive the first collapse and win the second exchange. Slot her into a Camembert or Madeleine front with Melon Soda or Peppermint behind, and accept the tier honestly: she is a solid B-tier marksman whose ceiling is decided by positioning and by how well your support protects her, not by squeezing another 3% out of her biscuits.