Is Rico good in Brawl Stars?

Rico has a 53.3% adjusted win rate and a 1.6% pick rate over 1,840 sampled decided battles, which puts it in A tier.

What is the best mode for Rico?

Rico performs best in Gem Grab, with a 65.2% raw win rate over 831 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Rico?

Center Stage (Brawl Ball) is where Rico has the strongest sampled record, at 75.2% over 133 battles.

Jacky, Moe, Kit pull Rico furthest below its own 62.4% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Rico have?

Rico has Super Bouncy and Robo Retreat as star powers and Multiball Launcher and Bouncy Castle as gadgets.

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Super Rare

Damage DealerA tierMeta score7.3/10

rico

Rico is definitely a real space bounty hunter who tracks down the galaxy's most wanted criminals, not a gumball machine pretending to be cool.

Combat stats

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

Health: 3000
Main attack damage per bullet: 300
Super damage per bullet: 360
Reload: 1.1s; Very Fast
Range: 9.67; Very Long
Speed: 720; Normal

Build & upgrades

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

Star power bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

super bouncyMost picked51.2%65.9% picked
robo retreattoo few battles34.1% picked

Gadget bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

multiball launcherMost picked57.0%80.9% picked
bouncy castletoo few battles19.1% picked

Read from 518 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.

shield1,342 unlocks31.4%
damage1,242 unlocks29.1%
vision610 unlocks14.3%
speed435 unlocks10.2%
gadget cooldown366 unlocks8.6%
health279 unlocks6.5%

Measured across 2,956 tracked players who own this brawler. Almost all of them own both star powers and both gadgets.

Star powers

super bouncy
Rico's bullets, from attack and Super alike, get supercharged by their first bounce and deal +240 damage!
robo retreat
Rico runs 35% faster when his health falls below 40%.

Gadgets

multiball launcher
Rico deploys a vending machine with 4000 health. Rico can bounce attacks off the vending machine until it explodes, firing bouncing projectiles in all directions. Cooldown: 19 seconds.Read moreShow less
bouncy castle
Rico fires a big bullet that splits into 3 smaller bullets when hitting a wall or enemy Brawlers. Cooldown: 17 seconds.

Hypercharge

trick shot king

Rico's Super's projectiles bounce even further!

Buffies

multiball launcherGadget
When Rico bounces bullets off the vending machine, extra bullets are added to it when it explodes.
bouncy castleGadget
Bullets also slow enemies.
super bouncyStar power
Bounced bullets also give 10% Super charge on hit.
robo retreatStar power
Increase movement speed by up to 60% when Rico is at 10% health.
trick shot kingHypercharge
Rico's Main Attack has increased bullet speed and fires additional bullets.

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

53.3%

1,840 battles

Pick rate

1.6%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,372

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.7

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

53.3%

+1.5 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

Center StageBrawl Ball · 133 battles · 75.2% raw62.3%
Hard Rock MineGem Grab · 299 battles · 72.6% raw59.3%
Crystal ArcadeGem Grab · 17 battles · 82.4% raw57.4%
New HorizonsKnockout · 72 battles · 68.1% raw56.8%
Gem FortGem Grab · 131 battles · 61.8% raw56.1%
Journey of a Thousand StepsKnockout · 24 battles · 95.8% raw56.0%

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents rico beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull rico below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies rico wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 62.4% win rate across 3,986 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 rico

Balance history

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

18 recorded

2026-07-08NeutralFixed a bug where Rico was able to charge his Super by bouncing projectiles from walls to Power Cube boxes with Super Bouncy Star Power equipped.
2026-07-08NeutralFixed a bug where Rico was able to use his Bouncy Castle Gadget in the Shadow Realm.
2026-06-30NeutralRico's Epic Gear was removed.
2026-06-30NeutralRico's Buffies were added.
2026-06-30NeutralRico's Bouncy Castle Gadget was reworked from allowing his next attack to heal him each time one of its bullets bounces off a wall to firing a large bullet that splits into 3 smaller bullets upon hitting a wall or enemy Brawlers.
2026-06-30NeutralRico's Multiball Launcher Gadget was reworked from blasting waves of bouncy bullets all around himself to deploying a vending machine that provides cover for him and his teammates and blasts waves of bouncy bullets all around it upon being destroyed.
2026-06-30NerfRico's Multiball Launcher Gadget damage was decreased to 320 (from 615) per bullet.
2026-06-30BuffRico's Robo Retreat Star Power speed boost was increased to 35% (from 250 points).

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.

Rico FAQ

Is Rico good in Brawl Stars?: Rico has a 53.3% adjusted win rate and a 1.6% pick rate over 1,840 sampled decided battles, which puts it in A tier.
What is the best mode for Rico?: Rico performs best in Gem Grab, with a 65.2% raw win rate over 831 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Rico?: Center Stage (Brawl Ball) is where Rico has the strongest sampled record, at 75.2% over 133 battles.
What counters Rico?: Jacky, Moe, Kit pull Rico furthest below its own 62.4% average in sampled team battles.
What star powers and gadgets does Rico have?: Rico has Super Bouncy and Robo Retreat as star powers and Multiball Launcher and Bouncy Castle as gadgets.