14 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.

Bolt

The secret pick

Almost nobody picks Bolt. It is winning anyway.

53.5% 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 7,701 sampled battles.

See the full record

53.5%

adjusted win rate

Max

The meta trap

Max is everywhere, and losing.

Picked in 2.5% of sampled battles and returning 47.9% adjusted — below the average of the very players picking it.

From 98,214 sampled battles.

See why it underperforms

2.5%

of all picks

Wendy
Shelly

The giant killer

Wendy owns Shelly.

86.5% against Shelly specifically, +27.6 pts above Wendy's own record. The most lopsided matchup in the sample.

From 5,931 sampled battles.

See every matchup

+27.6 pts

vs its usual form

Shelly
Cosmo

The secret duo

Shelly and Cosmo belong together.

Teamed up, Shelly wins 77.0% — +43.8 pts better than it does otherwise. Neither is picked for the other.

From 5,455 sampled battles.

See who else pairs well

+43.8 pts

when paired

Glowy

The map surprise

Glowy is a different brawler on Ring of Fire.

58.2% here against 49.7% across every other map — the widest gap between a brawler and one piece of terrain.

From 431 sampled battles.

See the map

+8.4 pts

on Ring of Fire

Glowy

The overnight rise

Glowy moved more than anything else since yesterday.

Meta score 2.6 to 3.6 in a single day, on enough battles for the move to be real rather than noise.

From 922 sampled battles.

See what changed

+1.0

meta score, 1 day