15 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.

Nita

The secret pick

Almost nobody picks Nita. It is winning anyway.

53.8% 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 25,859 sampled battles.

See the full record

53.8%

adjusted win rate

Max

The meta trap

Max is everywhere, and losing.

Picked in 2.5% of sampled battles and returning 48.0% adjusted — below the average of the very players picking it.

From 110,040 sampled battles.

See why it underperforms

2.5%

of all picks

Wendy
Shelly

The giant killer

Wendy owns Shelly.

86.3% against Shelly specifically, +27.0 pts above Wendy's own record. The most lopsided matchup in the sample.

From 7,106 sampled battles.

See every matchup

+27.0 pts

vs its usual form

Shelly
Cosmo

The secret duo

Shelly and Cosmo belong together.

Teamed up, Shelly wins 76.0% — +42.7 pts better than it does otherwise. Neither is picked for the other.

From 5,815 sampled battles.

See who else pairs well

+42.7 pts

when paired

Glowy

The map surprise

Glowy is a different brawler on Ring of Fire.

58.1% here against 49.5% across every other map — the widest gap between a brawler and one piece of terrain.

From 498 sampled battles.

See the map

+8.7 pts

on Ring of Fire

Tick

The overnight rise

Tick moved more than anything else since yesterday.

Meta score 5.8 to 6.6 in a single day, on enough battles for the move to be real rather than noise.

From 7,785 sampled battles.

See what changed

+0.8

meta score, 1 day