Rico Best Build & Counters (Updated Daily)

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Best Rico Build

Most picked build across all modes

Star Power

Robo Retreat

53% Pick

Gadget

Gear 1

SHIELD

37.5% Pick

Gear 2

DAMAGE

34.6% Pick

Best star power for Rico

Robo Retreat is Rico's most-picked star power at 53.0%. A star power is passive: once it is equipped it works on its own all match, with no button to press. Super Bouncy trails behind at 47.0%.

Best gears for Rico

For gear, SHIELD is the top pick at 37.5%, with DAMAGE (34.6%) close behind. A gear only adds a smaller stat boost on top of the kit, so it is more of a fine-tuning choice than a build-defining one.

What Rico players unlock

Of the Rico players who have unlocked only one star power, 57.9% chose Super Bouncy.

ItemUnlocked byUnlocked first

Super BouncyStar Power87.6%57.9%

Robo RetreatStar Power85.8%42.1%

Multiball LauncherGadget80.1%65.1%

MultiballGadget74.5%34.9%

ShieldGear52.2%-

DamageGear50.6%-

VisionGear24.1%-

SpeedGear17.2%-

HealthGear12.8%-

90.5% of maxed Rico owners have unlocked his Hypercharge.

What players who own Rico have unlocked, counted from tracked profiles over the last 30 days. "Unlocked first" is the share among the players who own only one of a pair, which is the closest thing to a preference the game data exposes: Supercell never publishes which build a player equipped in a match, so nothing here is a pick rate or a win rate by build.

Best Modes & Maps for Rico

Best Modes

Brawl Ball 5v555.1%

Brawl Arena52.7%

Wipeout52%

Best Maps

Time FliesWipeout

Double SwooshGem Grab

BrawlerverseKnockout 5v5

Rico Counters

Strong Against

Best matchups: how often Rico wins against each

Crow53.9%

Tick51.3%

Jacky50.7%

Weak Against

Toughest matchups: how often Rico wins against each

Cosmo21.6%

Wendy26.1%

Bolt26.6%

How to counter Rico

Queueing into Rico? These are the picks that beat him most often in our matchup data.

Cosmo wins 78.4% of recorded matchups.
Wendy wins 73.9% of recorded matchups, healing through everything Rico throws out.
Bolt wins 73.4% of recorded matchups, walking through the poke until Rico has nowhere to go.

Rico Synergies

Best Teammates

Bolt64.1%

Cosmo64.5%

Wendy64%

Popular Comps

Colt + Rico + Edgar17.4%

Shelly + Rico + Edgar14.1%

Brock + Rico + Edgar20.4%

Rico Stats

At Level 11

Health6,000

Speed720

Damage600

Reload1.1s

Range9.7

Ammo3

DPS545

Super720

Win Rate by Mode

Brawl Ball 5v555.1%

Brawl Arena52.7%

Wipeout52%

Tag Team51.7%

Wipeout 5v550.9%

About Rico

Rico is definitely a real space bounty hunter who tracks down the galaxy's most wanted criminals, not a gumball machine pretending to be cool.

The data puts Rico at C-tier, strongest in Brawl Ball 5v5 at 55.1%. Rico currently ranks #71 out of 108 rated brawlers in the overall meta. On the class breakdown, Rico falls in the Damage Dealer bucket alongside the rest of that role's picks. Draft Rico into Crow (53.9%) and away from Cosmo (21.6%); on a team, it does its best work alongside Bolt. Beyond its best matchup, Rico holds up against Tick (51.3%) and Jacky (50.7%) too. Cosmo is a solid secondary pairing for Rico too, at 64.5% together. Rico is currently one of the weaker picks in the roster; it can still work on the right map, but it's fighting the meta. The Cosmo matchup is severe enough that Rico players should consider swapping when it appears on the enemy team. The star power choice is genuinely contested, Robo Retreat (53.0%) and Super Bouncy (47.0%) both see serious play, usually split by mode.

Rico Star Powers and Gadgets

Attack

Bouncy Bullets

Rico's bullets bounce off walls, gaining range. They can hit enemies behind cover.

Super

Trick Shot

Rico fires a long burst of bullets that pierce through enemies and bounce off walls, gaining range.

Super Bouncy

Star Power

Rico's bullets, from attack and Super alike, get Supercharged by their first bounce and deal damage!

Robo Retreat

Star Power

Rico runs faster when his health falls low on health.

Multiball Launcher

Gadget

Rico Deploys a vending machine - when destroyed fires bouncing projectiles in all directions.

Multiball

Gadget

Rico fires a big bullet that, on hitting a wall or Brawler, splits into smaller bullets.

Rico Skins

19 in the catalog

Sovereign BlingHypercharge

Sovereign GemHypercharge

SovereignHypercharge

Ghost DiverMythic

3 Hypercharge, 2 Mythic, 8 Epic, 3 Super Rare, 1 Rare, 2 more

View all Rico skins

Rico FAQ

What is the best Rico build in Brawl Stars?

The most picked Rico build runs Robo Retreat star power (53.0% pick rate). The top gear picks are SHIELD and DAMAGE. Across all builds combined, Rico holds a 43.4% overall win rate and rates C-tier.

What star power should you use on Rico?

Robo Retreat. It leads Rico's star power picks at 53.0%, against 47.0% for Super Bouncy. Star powers are passive, so the equipped one works by itself all match and the leader is usually the one whose effect fits how the brawler is played.

Is Rico worth playing in the current meta?

Rico is currently C-tier with a 43.4% overall win rate. Its best mode is Brawl Ball 5v5 at 55.1%. It sees 3.5% pick rate across all modes. That puts it at #71 out of 108 rated brawlers.

Which brawlers beat Rico?

Cosmo beats Rico 78.4% of the time, the strongest counter in the data. Wendy (73.9%) and Bolt (73.4%) are also unfavorable matchups to face. On the other side, Rico beats Crow 53.9% of the time, its best matchup in the data.

What modes is Rico best in?

Rico performs best in Brawl Ball 5v5 (55.1% win rate), followed by Brawl Arena (52.7%) and Wipeout (52.0%). Tag Team rounds out its next-best mode at 51.7%.

What are Rico's stats at level 11?

At level 11, Rico has 6,000 health and a movement speed of 720. Its basic attack deals 600 damage with 3 ammo at a range of 9.7. It reloads in 1.1s.