18 September 2026
Things the sampled battles say that a ranked table does not. Every one is the largest gap of its kind in the data that day — not an opinion, and not a list sorted by the obvious column.
MelodieThe secret pick
53.2% adjusted win rate on just 0.6% of picks — one of the strongest records on the roster, from a brawler most drafts never consider.
From 838 sampled battles.
See the full record53.2%
adjusted win rate
ColetteThe meta trap
Picked in 4.5% of sampled battles and returning 47.6% adjusted — below the average of the very players picking it.
From 6,568 sampled battles.
See why it underperforms4.5%
of all picks
Max
ShellyThe giant killer
85.6% against Shelly specifically, +26.8 pts above Max's own record. The most lopsided matchup in the sample.
From 444 sampled battles.
See every matchup+26.8 pts
vs its usual form
Squeak
NaniThe secret duo
Teamed up, Squeak wins 82.4% — +19.0 pts better than it does otherwise. Neither is picked for the other.
From 404 sampled battles.
See who else pairs well+19.0 pts
when paired
NoriThe map surprise
64.4% here against 48.2% across every other map — the widest gap between a brawler and one piece of terrain.
From 825 sampled battles.
See the map+16.2 pts
on Bridge Too Far
BarleyThe overnight rise
Meta score 3.1 to 3.7 in a single day, on enough battles for the move to be real rather than noise.
From 554 sampled battles.
See what changed+0.6
meta score, 1 day
How these are chosen. Each card is the argmax of a stated quantity over a stated population — the highest win rate among brawlers under 1% usage, the widest gap between a brawler and one map, and so on. The same data always produces the same set, so nothing here is written by a model or picked by hand. Win rates are adjusted against the sample average, so a week where the sampled players are stronger does not make every brawler look buffed.
Every day is kept at its own address — browse the archive or subscribe by RSS. These findings cannot be recomputed later, so the archive starts from the day it was built rather than reaching backwards.