Best Hot Zone Brawlers

Updated September 4, 2026 · 1,610,946 battles analyzed

Hot Zone rewards sustained area denial over burst damage, so brawlers who can hold a zone against multiple opponents at once consistently outperform pure duelists.

Brawler Tiers: S+ to D

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Full Brawler Rankings

Every brawler in Hot Zone, ranked by score

How tiers are calculated →

Rank	Class	Brawler	Tier	Win Rate	Use Rate	Matches	Trend
1	Support	Wendy	S+	69.1%	1.22%	19,673	▲ 1
2	Assassin	Nori	S+	63.6%	2.15%	34,686	▲ 1
3	Controller	Bo	S	63.3%	1.94%	31,289	▲ 1
4	Artillery	Tick	S	52.7%	4.76%	76,708	▲ 7
5	Controller	Emz	S	56.5%	3.38%	54,382	-
6	Assassin	Edgar	S	54.5%	3.78%	60,859	▼ 5
7	Support	Gus	S	61.7%	0.83%	13,364	▲ 6
8	Controller	Amber	S	60.8%	0.91%	14,671	▲ 26
9	Tank	Hank	A	61.6%	0.71%	11,435	▲ 30
10	Assassin	Starr Nova	A	60.6%	0.73%	11,769	▲ 7
11	Tank	Trunk	A	62.5%	0.47%	7,548	▲ 5
12	Assassin	Shade	A	59.3%	0.93%	15,060	▲ 26
13	Tank	El Primo	A	52.5%	2.4%	38,671	▼ 7
14	Support	Doug	A	60.5%	0.67%	10,745	▲ 5
15	Controller	Jessie	A	52.8%	2.19%	35,326	▼ 5
16	Damage Dealer	Nita	A	53%	2%	32,181	▼ 7
17	Tank	Bibi	A	52.8%	2.03%	32,756	▲ 10
18	Controller	Griff	A	52.2%	2.19%	35,288	▲ 4
19	Assassin	Mortis	A	54.9%	1.53%	24,657	▲ 16
20	Tank	Frank	A	51.6%	2.04%	32,867	▼ 8
21	Damage Dealer	Chuck	A	56.9%	0.87%	13,986	▲ 16
22	Tank	Damian	A	60.1%	0.38%	6,070	▲ 6
23	Controller	Sirius	A	57.5%	0.7%	11,267	▲ 2
24	Tank	Bolt	B	58.5%	0.44%	7,079	▲ 2
25	Assassin	Kenji	B	51.5%	1.63%	26,333	▲ 15
26	Artillery	Juju	B	58.6%	0.35%	5,627	▲ 20
27	Damage Dealer	8-Bit	B	49.5%	1.92%	30,888	▼ 20
28	Damage Dealer	Shelly	B	49.4%	1.93%	31,154	▼ 14
29	Damage Dealer	Rico	B	50.2%	1.72%	27,686	▼ 21
30	Artillery	Sprout	B	57.9%	0.34%	5,517	▲ 1
31	Support	Poco	B	47.6%	2.2%	35,445	▼ 2
32	Damage Dealer	Mina	B	56.9%	0.41%	6,548	▲ 12
33	Marksman	Pierce	B	55.1%	0.63%	10,118	▲ 15
34	Damage Dealer	Colt	B	48.8%	1.82%	29,386	▼ 19
35	Tank	Draco	B	57.8%	0.29%	4,752	▼ 12
36	Damage Dealer	Chester	B	55.8%	0.5%	8,115	▼ 6
37	Support	Jae-Yong	B	58.6%	0.2%	3,160	▼ 13
38	Damage Dealer	Tara	B	52.6%	0.89%	14,399	▲ 9
39	Damage Dealer	Lumi	B	56.2%	0.38%	6,063	▲ 3
40	Controller	Finx	B	56.8%	0.27%	4,430	▼ 8
41	Damage Dealer	R-T	B	57.1%	0.24%	3,806	▲ 12
42	Artillery	Barley	B	47.3%	1.8%	28,992	▼ 21
43	Artillery	Penny	B	47.4%	1.75%	28,185	▼ 23
44	Damage Dealer	Lola	B	55.8%	0.33%	5,349	▲ 7
45	Artillery	Dynamike	B	46.3%	2.02%	32,579	▼ 27
46	Assassin	Kaze	B	55%	0.35%	5,628	▲ 9
47	Assassin	Gigi	B	55.5%	0.29%	4,648	▼ 2
48	Support	Berry	B	46.8%	1.47%	23,700	▲ 2
49	Damage Dealer	Spike	B	47.2%	1.36%	21,928	-
50	Support	Glowy	B	53.9%	0.29%	4,625	▼ 7
51	Support	Gray	B	52.6%	0.42%	6,714	▲ 15
52	Damage Dealer	Moe	B	54.4%	0.22%	3,492	▲ 15
53	Controller	Meeple	C	53.3%	0.31%	4,964	▲ 9
54	Tank	Meg	C	47.9%	1.05%	16,919	▼ 18
55	Controller	Squeak	C	45%	1.59%	25,597	▲ 22
56	Marksman	Mandy	C	50.3%	0.61%	9,902	▲ 7
57	Assassin	Sam	C	53%	0.28%	4,527	▲ 8
58	Support	Kit	C	50.3%	0.57%	9,233	▼ 2
59	Controller	Ziggy	C	52.7%	0.29%	4,636	▲ 11
60	Assassin	Stu	C	49.5%	0.67%	10,755	▲ 16
61	Marksman	Nani	C	50.6%	0.4%	6,486	▲ 18
62	Tank	Bull	C	45.1%	1.19%	19,161	▲ 9
63	Damage Dealer	Carl	C	45.6%	1.08%	17,383	▼ 30
64	Support	Ruffs	C	52.2%	0.2%	3,264	▲ 9
65	Assassin	Mico	C	51.1%	0.29%	4,636	▲ 9
66	Marksman	Brock	C	42.6%	1.65%	26,648	▼ 2
67	Artillery	Larry & Lawrie	C	47.4%	0.66%	10,684	▼ 15
68	Assassin	Alli	C	50.8%	0.2%	3,202	▲ 14
69	Marksman	Janet	C	50.5%	0.21%	3,340	▲ 15
70	Assassin	Crow	C	42.5%	1.29%	20,845	▼ 2
71	Support	Pam	C	45.3%	0.78%	12,485	▼ 14
72	Tank	Rosa	C	44.5%	0.9%	14,525	▼ 14
73	Controller	Lou	C	44.6%	0.83%	13,351	▼ 13
74	Controller	Willow	C	48.6%	0.29%	4,731	▲ 9
75	Damage Dealer	Najia	C	48.8%	0.19%	3,050	▲ 3
76	Damage Dealer	Colette	C	43.1%	0.86%	13,808	▼ 7
77	Damage Dealer	Surge	C	41.5%	1.13%	18,126	▼ 23
78	Marksman	Angelo	C	47.4%	0.22%	3,495	▲ 8
79	Controller	Gale	C	42.1%	0.78%	12,574	▼ 18
80	Tank	Darryl	C	39.8%	1.17%	18,795	▼ 39
81	Assassin	Buzz	C	43.6%	0.47%	7,499	-
82	Assassin	Fang	C	40.8%	0.76%	12,236	▼ 10
83	Assassin	Leon	C	39.9%	0.8%	12,947	▲ 5
84	Tank	Jacky	C	38%	1.1%	17,761	▼ 25
85	Assassin	Melodie	D	41%	0.5%	8,007	▲ 6
86	Support	Max	D	38.4%	0.76%	12,171	▲ 4
87	Controller	Sandy	D	37.6%	0.78%	12,543	▼ 12
88	Damage Dealer	Pearl	D	38.5%	0.57%	9,125	▼ 3
89	Marksman	Piper	D	36.8%	0.75%	12,149	▲ 7
90	Tank	Ash	D	36.1%	0.69%	11,070	▼ 10
91	Marksman	Maisie	D	37.3%	0.51%	8,296	▼ 2
92	Artillery	Grom	D	36%	0.6%	9,718	▼ 5
93	Support	Byron	D	31.7%	0.69%	11,173	▲ 6
94	Assassin	Cordelius	D	33.3%	0.46%	7,462	▼ 2
95	Marksman	Bea	D	30.8%	0.8%	12,861	▼ 1
96	Damage Dealer	Clancy	D	32%	0.52%	8,302	▼ 3
97	Marksman	Belle	D	31.9%	0.41%	6,527	-
98	Damage Dealer	Eve	D	31.3%	0.46%	7,385	▲ 7
99	Assassin	Lily	D	30.7%	0.43%	6,963	▲ 2
100	Tank	Buster	D	29.8%	0.45%	7,170	▼ 5
101	Marksman	Bonnie	D	29.7%	0.45%	7,294	▼ 1
102	Controller	Otis	D	30.1%	0.36%	5,859	▼ 4
103	Controller	Mr. P	D	27.7%	0.45%	7,199	▼ 1
104	Tank	Ollie	D	26.5%	0.29%	4,646	▼ 1
105	Controller	Gene	D	23.3%	0.58%	9,371	▲ 1
106	Controller	Charlie	D	24.6%	0.4%	6,486	▼ 2

Best Brawlers in Hot Zone right now

Best Overall

WendyMeta Score 8.1/10

Highest Win Rate

Wendy69.1% win rate

Most Used

Tick4.76% use rate

Biggest Riser

Hankup 30 ranks

In the Hot Zone meta, Wendy leads with a Meta Score of 8.1/10. Wendy has the highest win rate at 69.1%, while Tick is the most used at 4.76%. Jae-Yong is the most underrated brawler here: it ranks #13 by win rate but only #103 by use rate. That gap suggests its results are stronger than its popularity. Hank moved the most since the last update, climbing 30 ranks as the rest of the roster shifted around it. Every ranking on this page weighs win rate more heavily than raw popularity, so a widely picked brawler with a mediocre win rate does not automatically outrank one that is rarer but quietly wins more often. This view is built from 1,610,946 recorded brawler appearances across Hot Zone.

About this tier list

This is the Hot Zone tier list for September 2026, ranking every eligible brawler by win rate and pick rate in this mode specifically. Hot Zone rewards sustained area denial over burst damage, so brawlers who can hold a zone against multiple opponents at once consistently outperform pure duelists. Holding the zone here is about numbers advantage in one spot, not about winning individual duels, so a brawler that can threaten an area with sustained damage often outperforms one that only wins a single 1v1. Losing the zone even briefly lets the meter reverse, so area denial that holds up over time matters more than a single big burst. Every brawler here is scored the same way regardless of class, so a support and a tank can be compared directly by how much they win and get picked. A class filter sits below the tier grid too, so you can jump straight to the Hot Zone picks that matter for your preferred role without wading through every brawler outside it. The full table further down lists every eligible brawler in Hot Zone individually with its exact win rate, use rate, and match count, so two brawlers that land in the same tier can still be compared side by side before you settle on a pick. Brawlers with too few recorded matches in Hot Zone are shown separately as Unranked rather than forced into a tier on thin data. Their win rate is hidden rather than shown too, since a rate built on a sample that small is not something you should treat as a real signal, even though the exact number looks precise enough to invite reading it as one.

Computed from 1,610,946 battles BrawlMetrics counted itself over the last 7 days. The rate shown is a Wilson score lower bound, not the raw rate, so a small sample cannot outrank a large one on a hot streak. Composite score is 70% of that plus 30% use rate. Tiers are assigned by percentile of that score (S+ top 2%, S next 6%, A next 15%, B next 27%, C next 30%, D bottom 20%). Brawlers under 300 battles in this slice are marked Unranked rather than tiered on too little data, and a movement arrow is only shown when the previous 7 days also had at least 300 battles for that brawler.

This page pulls fresh battle data on a daily cycle, so tiers shift gradually as the metagame evolves rather than jumping around from a single unusual day of results. The same underlying pipeline feeds every mode, rank, and Showdown variant tier list on this site, so a brawler's tier here and its tier on a mode-specific page are always built from a consistent, comparable methodology, never two different formulas pretending to agree.

Tier List FAQ

What matters most in Hot Zone?

Holding the zone here is about numbers advantage in one spot, not about winning individual duels, so a brawler that can threaten an area with sustained damage often outperforms one that only wins a single 1v1. Losing the zone even briefly lets the meter reverse, so area denial that holds up over time matters more than a single big burst.

Why might this list differ from the overall Brawl Stars tier list?

A brawler can lead the overall tier list and still land lower here, or the other way around, because Hot Zone has its own pace and its own objective. The overall list blends every mode's results together, while this page only counts battles played in Hot Zone, so a kit that is only average in the wider blend can still be one of the best picks for this specific mode.

How is the tier list score calculated?

Each brawler gets a composite score: 70% a Wilson lower-bound win rate plus 30% use rate, both normalized against the rest of the brawlers in that same slice. The Wilson bound stops a brawler with very few games and a lucky streak from outranking one with a huge, reliable sample. Win rate is weighted more heavily than use rate on purpose: a brawler that a lot of players happen to pick is not automatically a strong one, but a brawler that wins consistently almost always deserves the higher tier.

How are S+ through D tiers assigned?

By percentile of the composite score, not fixed cutoffs: S+ is the top 2%, S the next 6%, A the next 15%, B the next 27%, C the next 30%, and D the bottom 20%. Percentiles keep every tier populated even as the numbers shift, so S+ never quietly empties out after a balance patch and D never quietly fills up with half the roster.

What do win rate and use rate mean?

Win rate is the share of recorded battles that brawler won, Wilson-adjusted for sample size. Use rate is how often that brawler was picked relative to every other brawler in the same slice. A brawler can have a great win rate on a small player base or a middling win rate across a huge one, which is exactly why both numbers are shown side by side instead of collapsing everything into one figure.

How often is this tier list updated?

The date at the top of every page is the exact time this data was last refreshed from a new scrape of recorded battles, shown next to the total number of battles that refresh was built from. Judge freshness by that date rather than by a promised schedule: it is the real timestamp of the data on the page, not the time the page was generated.

Why do some brawlers show as Unranked or New?

A brawler needs at least 1,000 recorded matches in a given slice to be tiered. Below that, the sample is too small to trust, so it is shown separately instead of forced into a tier. This most often catches a brawler recently released, or an older brawler that is simply rare in this specific mode or rank.

Best Hot Zone Brawlers

Brawler Tiers: S+ to D

S+ Tier

S Tier

A Tier

B Tier

C Tier

D Tier