Is Hank good in Brawl Stars?

Hank has a 50.8% adjusted win rate and a 0.3% pick rate over 569 sampled decided battles, which puts it in C tier.

What is the best mode for Hank?

Hank performs best in Duels, with a 72.4% raw win rate over 98 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Hank?

Cavern Churn (Solo Showdown) is where Hank has the strongest sampled record, at 72.2% over 230 battles.

Cosmo, Angelo, Gene pull Hank furthest below its own 59.1% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Hank have?

Hank has Its Gonna Blow and Take Cover as star powers and Water Balloons and Barricade as gadgets.

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TankC tierMeta score4.5/10

Hank build, stats and matchups

Most Hank owners buy the Barricade gadget and the Its Gonna Blow star power first. Hank has a 50.8% adjusted win rate and 0.3% pick rate over 569 sampled battles, C tier in Ranked, as of 13 October 2026.

Hank is a one-shrimp, one-tank army on a mission to liberate sea life from kitchens and markets everywhere. Chefs, consider yourselves on notice!

Trophies TitlePrawn Ready!

Prestige titleLil' Tenant

The build owners run

Why, and what else

Star powerit's gonna blow50.5% of owners
Gadgetbarricade50.3% of owners
Geardamage34.6% of owners
Gearshield23.3% 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
Min. damage: 525; 1,050 at Power 11
Super damage per torpedo: 1320; 2,640 at Power 11
Reload: 0.25s; Very Fast
Range: 1.67; min. range
Speed: 750; Normal

Super charge: 6.55–26.25% (min to max range); per hit
Hypercharge boost: 40%; speed, damage and shield

Build & upgrades

What Hank'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 Hank'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.

its gonna blowMost picked61.5% of first buyers · 846 players
take cover66.7% win rate38.5% of first buyers · 529 players

Gadget bought first

Building

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

barricadeMost picked71.3% win rate55.6% of first buyers · 1,033 players
water balloons44.4% of first buyers · 824 players

Read from 3,232 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.

damageMost picked36.3% of owners34.6%of picks
shield24.5% of owners23.3%of picks
health24.1% of owners22.9%of picks
speed12.8% of owners12.2%of picks
gadget cooldown5.3% of owners5.1%of picks
vision2.0% of owners1.9%of picks

Measured across 23,509 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

its gonna blow
When Balloon Blast is charged over 80%, Hank gains 10% extra movement speed.
take cover
Hank takes 20% less damage when near a wall.

Gadgets

water balloons11 seconds cooldown
The next Balloon Blast also slows down enemies for 3 seconds. Cooldown: 11 seconds.
barricade18 seconds cooldown
Hank takes 40% reduced damage for 3 seconds. Cooldown: 18 seconds.

Hypercharge

homing fish-iles

The Fish Torpedoes that Hank fires with his Super have been upgraded to home in on targets!

Buffies

Unreleased. Hank 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

50.8%

569 battles

Pick rate

0.3%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

896

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.0

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

50.8%

+1.8 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

Cavern ChurnSolo Showdown · 230 battles · 72.2% raw64.5%
ArabesqueBrawl Ball · 104 battles · 88.5% raw61.5%
In the LiminalHot Zone · 45 battles · 77.8% raw58.4%
Slippery ShowdownBrawl Ball · 56 battles · 87.5% raw58.1%
Pinball DreamsBrawl Ball · 295 battles · 68.1% raw57.2%
Starfruit SupernovaDuo Showdown · 119 battles · 74.8% raw57.0%

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents hank beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull hank below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies hank wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 59.1% win rate across 17,247 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 Hank in Ranked, by rank →

Top players with hank

Skins

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

90.1% of sampled hank owners have a skin equipped. Shares are of players who own hank, from the rotating snapshot sample.

jam master hank28.9%6,764
rodeo hank25.5%5,966
moon guardian hank19.3%4,505
hankDefault9.9%2,325
shark tank hank7.2%1,689
team captain hank3.6%831
head coach hank2.7%630
trainer hank2.3%527
true gold hank0.4%101
true silver hank0.1%31

Balance history

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

1 recorded

2026-09-01NeutralEvery Brawler's movement speed was increased, increasing Hank's movement speed to 750 (from 720).

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.

Hank FAQ

Is Hank good in Brawl Stars?: Hank has a 50.8% adjusted win rate and a 0.3% pick rate over 569 sampled decided battles, which puts it in C tier.
What is the best mode for Hank?: Hank performs best in Duels, with a 72.4% raw win rate over 98 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Hank?: Cavern Churn (Solo Showdown) is where Hank has the strongest sampled record, at 72.2% over 230 battles.
What counters Hank?: Cosmo, Angelo, Gene pull Hank furthest below its own 59.1% average in sampled team battles.
Who is Hank in Brawl Stars?: Hank is a one-shrimp, one-tank army on a mission to liberate sea life from kitchens and markets everywhere. Chefs, consider yourselves on notice!
What star powers and gadgets does Hank have?: Hank has Its Gonna Blow and Take Cover as star powers and Water Balloons and Barricade as gadgets.