10 October 2026

What we found

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.

Doug

The secret pick

Almost nobody picks Doug. It is winning anyway.

55.9% adjusted win rate on just 0.2% of picks — one of the strongest records on the roster, from a brawler most drafts never consider.

From 366 sampled battles.

See the full record

55.9%

adjusted win rate

Griff

The meta trap

Griff is everywhere, and losing.

Picked in 3.9% of sampled battles and returning 48.2% adjusted — below the average of the very players picking it.

From 6,135 sampled battles.

See why it underperforms

3.9%

of all picks

Max
Tick

The giant killer

Max owns Tick.

86.2% against Tick specifically, +26.7 pts above Max's own record. The most lopsided matchup in the sample.

From 1,166 sampled battles.

See every matchup

+26.7 pts

vs its usual form

Nori
Bolt

The secret duo

Nori and Bolt belong together.

Teamed up, Nori wins 91.7% — +24.5 pts better than it does otherwise. Neither is picked for the other.

From 458 sampled battles.

See who else pairs well

+24.5 pts

when paired

Rosa

The map surprise

Rosa is a different brawler on Center Stage.

64.2% here against 52.0% across every other map — the widest gap between a brawler and one piece of terrain.

From 74 sampled battles.

See the map

+12.2 pts

on Center Stage

Nita

The overnight rise

Nita moved more than anything else since yesterday.

Meta score 7.6 to 8.7 in a single day, on enough battles for the move to be real rather than noise.

From 735 sampled battles.

See what changed

+1.1

meta score, 1 day