Is Darryl good in Brawl Stars?

Darryl has a 47.5% adjusted win rate and a 0.5% pick rate over 1,115 sampled decided battles, which puts it in D tier.

What is the best mode for Darryl?

Darryl performs best in Basket Brawl, with a 81.9% raw win rate over 315 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Darryl?

Ball Hog (Basket Brawl) is where Darryl has the strongest sampled record, at 83.8% over 198 battles.

What counters Darryl?

Cosmo, Glowy, Ziggy pull Darryl furthest below its own 50.2% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Darryl have?

Darryl has Steel Hoops and Rolling Reload as star powers and Recoiling Rotator and Tar Barrel as gadgets.

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TankD tierMeta score3.2/10

Darryl build, stats and matchups

Most Darryl owners buy the Recoiling Rotator gadget and the Steel Hoops star power first. Darryl has a 47.5% adjusted win rate and 0.5% pick rate over 1,115 sampled battles, D tier in Ranked, as of 13 October 2026.

Darryl put on the pirate captain's hat in a bid to avoid work, but now he's forced to defend his ship! Who knew being in charge took actual effort?

Trophies TitlePirrrate!

Prestige titleThe Captain

The build owners run

Why, and what else

Star powersteel hoops50.2% of owners
Gadgetrecoiling rotator50.1% of owners
Geardamage34.9% of owners
Gearshield28.6% of owners

Combat stats

Power 1 values from the wiki, before gears and star powers. Health and damage double at Power 11; reload, range and speed do not change.

Health: 5500; 11,000 at Power 11
Damage per shell: 240; 480 at Power 11
Super damage: 660; 1,320 at Power 11
Reload: 1.8s; Normal
Range: 6; Normal
Speed: 800; Fast

Hits to Super: 20; from empty, all hits landing
Super charge: 5.1%; per hit · 10 per attack
Hypercharge boost: 30%; speed, damage and shield

Build & upgrades

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

What owners bought and how it has gone for them.How to read this

What owners bought is popularity — the game's API reports what a player has unlocked, never what they took into a match. How it has gone is the win rate among the players who made each choice, which covers the ability and the kind of player who picks it together. Neither is a recommendation from us: BrawlZone does not rank Darryl's kit, and nothing here is an opinion about what you should buy.

Star power bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far. Win rates cover the choice and the chooser together.

steel hoopsMost picked69.1% win rate55.9% of first buyers · 627 players
rolling reload74.6% win rate44.1% of first buyers · 495 players

Gadget bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far. Win rates cover the choice and the chooser together.

recoiling rotatorMost picked49.4% win rate52.8% of first buyers · 693 players
tar barrel60.2% win rate47.2% of first buyers · 619 players

Read from 2,434 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, so this measures a decision rather than ownership. It is not a controlled comparison. Which option a player bought is their own choice, so each win rate covers the ability and the kind of player who picks it together. Owning one option does not make two groups otherwise alike, and nothing here separates the two. Read it as how it has gone for the people who bought each one — not as what the ability will do to your win rate.

Gears owners buy

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

damage42.5% of owners34.9%of picks
shield34.9% of owners28.6%of picks
health18.3% of owners15.0%of picks
speed18.0% of owners14.8%of picks
gadget cooldown5.6% of owners4.6%of picks
vision2.5% of owners2.1%of picks

Measured across 23,884 tracked players who own this brawler. “Of owners” is how many of them have that item; “of picks” is its share of every unlock of that kind, which is what makes the options comparable with each other. A player can own several gears, so the first column does not add up to 100% and the second does. Almost all of them own both star powers and both gadgets.

Star powers

steel hoops
After Barrel Roll all damage Darryl takes is reduced by 25% for 2 seconds.
rolling reload
When Darryl uses his Super, he doubles his reload speed for 5 seconds.

Gadgets

recoiling rotator12 seconds cooldown
Darryl spins around and sprays a barrage of shots in all directions. Each shot deals 600 damage and recharges his Super by 25% if it hits enemies! Cooldown: 12 seconds.
tar barrel15 seconds cooldown
Darryl creates a slowing area around himself for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 15 seconds.

Hypercharge

barrel o' bullets

Shoots his shotguns around himself during a Barrel Roll. Each shot does 600 damage each.

Buffies

Unreleased. Darryl 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

47.5%

1,115 battles

Pick rate

0.5%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,039

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.4

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

47.5%

+0.6 pts

31 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

Ball HogBasket Brawl · 198 battles · 83.8% raw63.0%
Rockwall BrawlSolo Showdown · 353 battles · 70.5% raw60.8%
Acid LakesSolo Showdown · 403 battles · 65.5% raw59.7%
Triple DribbleBrawl Ball · 178 battles · 70.8% raw58.7%
Power ShotBrawl Ball · 139 battles · 78.4% raw58.3%
Goldarm GulchKnockout · 48 battles · 83.3% raw57.9%

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents darryl beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull darryl below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies darryl wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 50.2% win rate across 46,853 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.

How to counter Darryl in Ranked, by rank →

Top players with darryl

Skins

Which Darryl skins players actually equip, from the sampled snapshot pool.

95.1% of sampled darryl owners have a skin equipped. Shares are of players who own darryl, from the rotating snapshot sample.

trash goblin darryl34.9%8,276
crash test darryl9.5%2,244
sheepish darryl8.4%2,002
cupcake darryl7.4%1,746
mascot darryl5.6%1,329
omega box darryl5.2%1,224
pop-up darryl5.1%1,222
dumpling darryl5.1%1,207
mega box darryl5.0%1,177
plankton darryl4.9%1,168
darrylDefault4.9%1,154
d4r-ry13.6%864

2 rarer skins not shown.

Balance history

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

4 recorded

2026-09-01NeutralEvery Brawler's movement speed was increased, increasing Darryl's movement speed to 800 (from 770).
2026-04-22NerfHis Super recharge rate was decreased by 24%.
2026-04-22BuffDarryl's Super Damage was increased to 660 (from 400).
2025-12-16BuffDarryl's health was increased to 5500 (from 5300).

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.

Darryl FAQ

Is Darryl good in Brawl Stars?: Darryl has a 47.5% adjusted win rate and a 0.5% pick rate over 1,115 sampled decided battles, which puts it in D tier.
What is the best mode for Darryl?: Darryl performs best in Basket Brawl, with a 81.9% raw win rate over 315 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Darryl?: Ball Hog (Basket Brawl) is where Darryl has the strongest sampled record, at 83.8% over 198 battles.
What counters Darryl?: Cosmo, Glowy, Ziggy pull Darryl furthest below its own 50.2% average in sampled team battles.
Who is Darryl in Brawl Stars?: Darryl put on the pirate captain's hat in a bid to avoid work, but now he's forced to defend his ship! Who knew being in charge took actual effort?
What star powers and gadgets does Darryl have?: Darryl has Steel Hoops and Rolling Reload as star powers and Recoiling Rotator and Tar Barrel as gadgets.