11 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.

56.0% adjusted win rate on just 0.3% of picks — one of the strongest records on the roster, from a brawler most drafts never consider.

From 440 sampled battles.

See the full record

56.0%

adjusted win rate

Griff

The meta trap

Griff is everywhere, and losing.

Picked in 3.9% of sampled battles and returning 48.1% adjusted — below the average of the very players picking it.

From 6,558 sampled battles.

See why it underperforms

3.9%

of all picks

Wendy
Shelly

The giant killer

Wendy owns Shelly.

91.7% against Shelly specifically, +26.5 pts above Wendy's own record. The most lopsided matchup in the sample.

From 617 sampled battles.

See every matchup

+26.5 pts

vs its usual form

Nori
Bolt

The secret duo

Nori and Bolt belong together.

Teamed up, Nori wins 92.0% — +24.7 pts better than it does otherwise. Neither is picked for the other.

From 436 sampled battles.

See who else pairs well

+24.7 pts

when paired

Meg

The map surprise

Meg is a different brawler on Hideout.

59.6% here against 47.7% across every other map — the widest gap between a brawler and one piece of terrain.

From 64 sampled battles.

See the map

+12.0 pts

on Hideout

Starr Nova

The overnight rise

Starr Nova moved more than anything else since yesterday.

Meta score 3.9 to 5.8 in a single day, on enough battles for the move to be real rather than noise.

From 786 sampled battles.

See what changed

+1.9

meta score, 1 day