Is Carl good in Brawl Stars?

Carl has a 51.7% adjusted win rate and a 0.8% pick rate over 721 sampled decided battles, which puts it in B tier.

What is the best mode for Carl?

Carl performs best in Heist, with a 60.5% raw win rate over 377 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Carl?

Skull Creek (Duo Showdown) is where Carl has the strongest sampled record, at 78.1% over 96 battles.

Gigi, Jacky, Wendy pull Carl furthest below its own 63.0% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Carl have?

Carl has Power Throw and Protective Pirouette as star powers and Heat Ejector and Flying Hook as gadgets.

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Super Rare

Damage DealerB tierMeta score5.8/10

carl

Carl is a mining robot who's fascinated by rocks and stones of all kinds. Don't let him get started on his latest obsession: the effects of Gems!

Combat stats

Base values at Power 11, before gears and star powers.

Health: 4200
Damage on hit: 820
Super damage per swing: 500
Range: 8.33; Long
Speed: 720; Normal

Build & upgrades

What Carl's kit does, and what owners spend their coins on first.

Star power bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

protective pirouetteMost pickedtoo few battles51.7% picked
power throw56.5%48.3% picked

Gadget bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

flying hookMost pickedtoo few battles51.4% picked
heat ejectortoo few battles48.6% picked

Read from 431 first-buyers

Counted from tracked players who own exactly one of the pair: they chose it, and every battle they played on this brawler was played with it. Both sides are equally invested in the brawler, so the gap between the two win rates is the ability rather than the player — read them against each other rather than as absolutes.

Gears owners buy

Gears cost coins and you can only run two, so what owners have bought is a real preference.

damage979 unlocks32.2%
shield949 unlocks31.3%
gadget cooldown360 unlocks11.9%
health290 unlocks9.6%
speed256 unlocks8.4%
vision202 unlocks6.7%

Measured across 2,934 tracked players who own this brawler. Almost all of them own both star powers and both gadgets.

Star powers

power throw
Carl throws his Pickaxe with 10% more speed, allowing it to travel faster and return faster.
protective pirouette
During Carl's Super, all damage he receives is reduced by 35%.

Gadgets

heat ejector
The next pickaxe Carl throws will drop a trail of hot rocks behind it! Opponents that touch them are set on fire, and receive 600 damage per second. Cooldown: 17 seconds.
flying hook
Carl's next attack makes his pickaxe pull him to the farthest point of the attack. Cooldown: 19 seconds.

Hypercharge

flamespin

Carl gains a flame trail while using his Super. The trail burns on contact, causing damage over time.

Buffies

Unreleased. Carl has no buffies yet.

Gears

6 equippable

speedGain 15% speed increase when moving in bushes.
healthRecover health 50% more effectively.
damageDeal 15% extra damage when your Brawler is below 50% Health.
visionReveal opponents for 2 seconds after dealing damage to them.
shieldGain extra 900 health as a consumable shield. The shield regenerates in 10 seconds, when at full health.
gadget cooldownReduces Gadget cooldown by 15%.

Performance

Win rate

51.7%

721 battles

Pick rate

0.8%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,130

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.1

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

51.7%

+9.9 pts

9 daily snapshots. Adjusted against the sample average, so a shift here is the brawler moving rather than the cohort.

Where it performs

Each mode and map is scored against its own average, so a showdown record and a gem grab one can be read in the same list.

Best modes

Best maps

Matchups

Which brawlers carl beats, which ones win the matchup, and who to draft alongside.

Strong against

Opponents carl beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull carl below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies carl wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 63.0% win rate across 1,850 sampled team battles. Counted once per battle from one player’s side, and kept out of the win-rate and pick-rate numbers above. Those would be skewed by counting every participant.

Top players with carl

Balance history

The last changes Supercell made to Carl. Cosmetic releases are left out.

1 recorded

2025-12-16BuffCarl's health was increased to 4200 (from 4000).

Combat stats, ability and gear descriptions, hypercharge and buffie effects, and balance history from the Brawl Stars Wiki, CC-BY-SA. Win rates, pick rates and matchups are our own.

Carl FAQ

Is Carl good in Brawl Stars?: Carl has a 51.7% adjusted win rate and a 0.8% pick rate over 721 sampled decided battles, which puts it in B tier.
What is the best mode for Carl?: Carl performs best in Heist, with a 60.5% raw win rate over 377 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Carl?: Skull Creek (Duo Showdown) is where Carl has the strongest sampled record, at 78.1% over 96 battles.
What counters Carl?: Gigi, Jacky, Wendy pull Carl furthest below its own 63.0% average in sampled team battles.
What star powers and gadgets does Carl have?: Carl has Power Throw and Protective Pirouette as star powers and Heat Ejector and Flying Hook as gadgets.