17 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
52.9% 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 840 sampled battles.
See the full record52.9%
adjusted win rate
ColetteThe meta trap
Picked in 4.4% of sampled battles and returning 46.9% adjusted — below the average of the very players picking it.
From 6,678 sampled battles.
See why it underperforms4.4%
of all picks
Max
ShellyThe giant killer
84.5% against Shelly specifically, +26.2 pts above Max's own record. The most lopsided matchup in the sample.
From 413 sampled battles.
See every matchup+26.2 pts
vs its usual form
Max
AmberThe secret duo
Teamed up, Max wins 76.8% — +18.4 pts better than it does otherwise. Neither is picked for the other.
From 2,335 sampled battles.
See who else pairs well+18.4 pts
when paired
NoriThe map surprise
64.9% here against 48.3% across every other map — the widest gap between a brawler and one piece of terrain.
From 790 sampled battles.
See the map+16.6 pts
on Bridge Too Far
TickThe overnight rise
Meta score 2.4 to 3.3 in a single day, on enough battles for the move to be real rather than noise.
From 977 sampled battles.
See what changed+0.9
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.