27 October 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.
BoltThe secret pick
53.9% 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 13,428 sampled battles.
See the full record53.9%
adjusted win rate
GriffThe meta trap
Picked in 3.2% of sampled battles and returning 48.3% adjusted — below the average of the very players picking it.
From 207,781 sampled battles.
See why it underperforms3.2%
of all picks
Ruffs
ShellyThe giant killer
78.6% against Shelly specifically, +26.3 pts above Ruffs's own record. The most lopsided matchup in the sample.
From 4,478 sampled battles.
See every matchup+26.3 pts
vs its usual form
Shelly
CosmoThe secret duo
Teamed up, Shelly wins 72.5% — +38.4 pts better than it does otherwise. Neither is picked for the other.
From 6,804 sampled battles.
See who else pairs well+38.4 pts
when paired
JackyThe map surprise
55.4% here against 47.7% across every other map — the widest gap between a brawler and one piece of terrain.
From 2,730 sampled battles.
See the map+7.7 pts
on Triple Dribble
BonnieThe overnight rise
Meta score 4.5 to 5.7 in a single day, on enough battles for the move to be real rather than noise.
From 1,146 sampled battles.
See what changed+1.2
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.