Is Ruffs good in Brawl Stars?

Ruffs has a 43.5% adjusted win rate and a 1.1% pick rate over 960 sampled decided battles, which puts it in D tier.

What is the best mode for Ruffs?

Ruffs performs best in Gem Grab, with a 60.7% raw win rate over 450 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for Ruffs?

Mirage Arena (Siege) is where Ruffs has the strongest sampled record, at 100.0% over 17 battles.

Sprout, Wendy, Gene pull Ruffs furthest below its own 59.3% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does Ruffs have?

Ruffs has Air Superiority and Field Promotion as star powers and Take Cover and Air Support as gadgets.

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Mythic

SupportD tierMeta score3.1/10

ruffs

Ruffs is a loyal, highly disciplined space colonel who runs a tight ship and does everything by the book. But deep down, he just wants to be a good boy!

Combat stats

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

Health: 3000
Damage per laser: 600
Super damage: 1000
Reload: 1.4s; Fast
Range: 9; Long
Speed: 720; Normal

Build & upgrades

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

Star power bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

air superiorityMost picked65.6%69.6% picked
field promotion59.7%30.4% picked

Gadget bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

take coverMost picked60.5%51.1% picked
air support65.9%48.9% picked

Read from 402 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.

shield907 unlocks34.6%
damage817 unlocks31.1%
vision350 unlocks13.3%
speed222 unlocks8.5%
gadget cooldown165 unlocks6.3%
health163 unlocks6.2%

Measured across 2,414 tracked players who own this brawler. Almost all of them own both star powers and both gadgets.

Star powers

air superiority
Supply Drop now includes a bomb that adds 72% more damage to the drop and also allows it to destroy walls.
field promotion
Friendly Brawlers have their maximum health increased by 40 every second they are in range of this ability while it's active.

Gadgets

take cover
Ruffs throws down 3 sandbags as cover. Each one has 40% of Ruffs' max health. Cooldown: 16 seconds.
air support
Ruffs calls a barrage around the nearest opponent, dealing 1200 damage with each hit. Cooldown: 15 seconds.

Hypercharge

the goodest boy

Ruffs' Super deals 25% more damage and his power-up fully charges a Hypercharge.

Buffies

Unreleased. Ruffs 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

43.5%

960 battles

Pick rate

1.1%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,132

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.1

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

43.5%

±0.2 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

Mirage ArenaSiege · 17 battles · 100.0% raw56.9%
Rustic ArcadeGem Grab · 50 battles · 68.0% raw54.9%
Super CenterBrawl Ball · 77 battles · 75.3% raw54.9%
Out in the OpenKnockout · 24 battles · 70.8% raw54.8%
New PerspectiveKnockout · 44 battles · 75.0% raw53.2%
Rice FieldDuo Showdown · 158 battles · 66.5% raw53.0%

Matchups

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

Strong against

Opponents ruffs beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull ruffs below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies ruffs wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 59.3% win rate across 2,244 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 ruffs

Balance history

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

1 recorded

2025-12-16BuffRuffs' health was increased to 3000 (from 2800).

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.

Ruffs FAQ

Is Ruffs good in Brawl Stars?: Ruffs has a 43.5% adjusted win rate and a 1.1% pick rate over 960 sampled decided battles, which puts it in D tier.
What is the best mode for Ruffs?: Ruffs performs best in Gem Grab, with a 60.7% raw win rate over 450 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for Ruffs?: Mirage Arena (Siege) is where Ruffs has the strongest sampled record, at 100.0% over 17 battles.
What counters Ruffs?: Sprout, Wendy, Gene pull Ruffs furthest below its own 59.3% average in sampled team battles.
What star powers and gadgets does Ruffs have?: Ruffs has Air Superiority and Field Promotion as star powers and Take Cover and Air Support as gadgets.