Is Griff good in Brawl Stars?

Griff has a 48.4% adjusted win rate and a 2.1% pick rate over 20,145 sampled decided battles, which puts it in C tier.

What is the best mode for Griff?

Griff performs best in Last Stand, with a 29.1% raw win rate over 1,164 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Griff?

Quintillion (Heist) is where Griff has the strongest sampled record, at 81.5% over 135 battles.

Surge, Bea, Piper pull Griff furthest below its own 50.3% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Griff have?

Griff has Keep The Change and Business Resilience as star powers and Piggy Bank and Coin Shower as gadgets.

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Epic

ControllerC tierMeta score5.2/10

Griff build, stats and matchups

Most Griff owners buy the Piggy Bank gadget and the Keep The Change star power first. Griff has a 48.4% adjusted win rate and 2.1% pick rate over 20,145 sampled battles, C tier in Ranked, as of 13 October 2026.

Griff acts like a rich, successful entrepreneur, but his only business is the failing Starr Park Gift Shop. Oddly, he's never around when the bank calls.

Trophies TitleThe Greedy

Prestige titleMoney, Money, Money

The build owners run

Why, and what else

Star powerkeep the change50.3% of owners
Gadgetpiggy bank50.8% of owners
Geardamage35.0% of owners
Gearshield33.5% 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: 3700; 7,400 at Power 11
Damage per coin: 280; 560 at Power 11
Super damage per banknote at min. range: 360; 720 at Power 11
Reload: 1.6s; Normal
Range: 8.33; Long
Speed: 750; Normal

Hits to Super: 15; from empty, all hits landing
Super charge: 7%; per hit · 9 per attack
Hypercharge boost: 30%; speed, damage and shield

Build & upgrades

What Griff'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 Griff'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.

keep the changeMost picked61.3% win rate56.8% of first buyers · 1,058 players
business resilience53.3% win rate43.2% of first buyers · 804 players

Gadget bought first

Building

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

piggy bankMost picked59.6% win rate66.9% of first buyers · 1,280 players
coin shower66.3% win rate33.1% of first buyers · 634 players

Read from 3,776 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.

damage51.8% of owners35.0%of picks
shield49.6% of owners33.5%of picks
health13.7% of owners9.3%of picks
speed12.1% of owners8.2%of picks
vision10.5% of owners7.1%of picks
gadget cooldown10.2% of owners6.9%of picks

Measured across 23,684 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

keep the change
Griff gains a slightly wider attack and adds another row of coins to the coin toss.
business resilience
Every 2 seconds, Griff regains up to 15% of his missing health.

Gadgets

piggy bank20 seconds cooldown
Griff throws a firecracker-filled piggy bank that explodes after a short delay, destroying obstacles and dealing 1600 damage to opponents within range. Cooldown: 20 seconds.
coin shower18 seconds cooldown
Griff throws a shower of coins at the target area, dealing 600 damage per second to opponents inside. Cooldown: 15 seconds.

Hypercharge

tax rebate

Griff's banknotes multiply at max range before returning, with the newly created banknotes after a delay. They also pierce the environment.

Buffies

piggy bankGadget
Griff can shoot the piggy bank to charge up and increase its explosion radius and damage! The piggy bank explodes instantly when it's fully charged.
coin showerGadget
The coins shower grows in size throughout its duration.
keep the changeStar power
Attacking with full ammo also fires a mega coin that deals extra damage!
business resilienceStar power
When Griff's Super projectiles return, they heal Griff for 5% of his missing health.
tax rebateHypercharge
Griff's main attack also pierces enemies.

Gears

7 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.
reload speed15% faster reload.
gadget cooldownReduces Gadget cooldown by 15%.

Performance

Win rate

48.4%

20,145 battles

Pick rate

2.1%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,314

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.7

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

48.4%

+1.9 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

QuintillionHeist · 135 battles · 81.5% raw59.7%
New PerspectiveKnockout · 301 battles · 81.1% raw58.8%
Dark PassageDuo Showdown · 140 battles · 70.7% raw58.0%
Acid LakesDuo Showdown · 42 battles · 76.2% raw55.3%
Photic DoomHeist · 49 battles · 75.5% raw55.0%
MEGA BOSS DUO (20 player)Last Stand · 1,164 battles · 29.1% raw54.5%

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents griff beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull griff below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies griff wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 50.3% win rate across 282,424 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 Griff in Ranked, by rank →

Top players with griff

Skins

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

89.2% of sampled griff owners have a skin equipped. Shares are of players who own griff, from the rotating snapshot sample.

sunken chest griff26.1%6,136
true gold griff21.4%5,045
griffDefault10.8%2,554
sleigher griff10.8%2,537
jackpot griff9.8%2,297
intergalactic griff8.6%2,033
high score griff4.5%1,066
hoarder griff4.1%967
greedy griff1.9%459
dragon griff1.7%389
true silver griff0.3%60

Balance history

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

25 recorded

2026-09-01NeutralFixed a bug which didn't allow Griff's Piggy Bank Gadget's damage to increase during Hypercharge.
2026-09-01NeutralEvery Brawler's movement speed was increased, increasing Griff's movement speed to 750 (from 720).
2026-09-01NerfGriff's Coin Shower Gadget cooldown was increased to 18 seconds (from 15).
2026-09-01NerfGriff's Super recharge rate was decreased by 20.45%.
2026-08-04NerfGriff's Keep the Change Star Power spread was increased by 55%.
2026-08-04NerfGriff's Piggy Bank Gadget explosion radius was decreased to 2 tiles (from 2.67).
2026-08-04BuffGriff's Buffied Piggy Bank Gadget maximum explosion radius was increased to 30% (from 25%).
2026-06-30NerfGriff's Buffied Piggy Bank Gadget maximum explosion radius was decreased to 25% (from 50%).

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.

Griff FAQ

Is Griff good in Brawl Stars?: Griff has a 48.4% adjusted win rate and a 2.1% pick rate over 20,145 sampled decided battles, which puts it in C tier.
What is the best mode for Griff?: Griff performs best in Last Stand, with a 29.1% raw win rate over 1,164 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Griff?: Quintillion (Heist) is where Griff has the strongest sampled record, at 81.5% over 135 battles.
What counters Griff?: Surge, Bea, Piper pull Griff furthest below its own 50.3% average in sampled team battles.
Who is Griff in Brawl Stars?: Griff acts like a rich, successful entrepreneur, but his only business is the failing Starr Park Gift Shop. Oddly, he's never around when the bank calls.
What star powers and gadgets does Griff have?: Griff has Keep The Change and Business Resilience as star powers and Piggy Bank and Coin Shower as gadgets.