Best Knockout 5v5 Brawlers

Updated October 23, 2026 · 432,230 battles analyzed

Knockout 5v5 has its own pace, and the brawlers that thrive here are not always the same ones that top the overall list.

Brawler Tiers: S+ to D

S+ Tier

Vince71.7% WR3,825games

Cosmo68.3% WR2,135games

S Tier

Edgar52.2% WR23,140games

Shade60.4% WR5,744games

Gray62.6% WR3,028games

Amber61.1% WR3,199games

Nori58.5% WR5,689games

Starr Nova60.8% WR3,283games

A Tier

Sirius60.8% WR3,240games

Mandy53.6% WR11,695games

Ash58.2% WR4,907games

Pierce59.1% WR3,299games

Kit57.7% WR4,300games

Wendy60.2% WR2,078games

Gigi60.5% WR1,813games

Colette52.6% WR9,978games

Damian60.7% WR1,585games

Trunk59.7% WR2,204games

Gus55.2% WR6,296games

Lola59.9% WR1,888games

Draco61.1% WR1,219games

Hank60.6% WR1,384games

El Primo50.9% WR10,784games

Alli58.9% WR1,959games

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Full Brawler Rankings

Every brawler in Knockout 5v5, ranked by score

How tiers are calculated →

Rank	Class	Brawler	Tier	Win Rate	Use Rate	Matches	Trend
1		Vince	S+	71.7%	0.88%	3,825	-
2		Cosmo	S+	68.3%	0.49%	2,135	▼ 1
3	Assassin	Edgar	S	52.2%	5.35%	23,140	▲ 1
4	Assassin	Shade	S	60.4%	1.33%	5,744	▼ 2
5	Support	Gray	S	62.6%	0.7%	3,028	-
6	Controller	Amber	S	61.1%	0.74%	3,199	▲ 9
7	Assassin	Nori	S	58.5%	1.32%	5,689	▼ 1
8	Assassin	Starr Nova	S	60.8%	0.76%	3,283	▼ 1
9	Controller	Sirius	A	60.8%	0.75%	3,240	▼ 6
10	Marksman	Mandy	A	53.6%	2.71%	11,695	▲ 3
11	Tank	Ash	A	58.2%	1.14%	4,907	▲ 31
12	Marksman	Pierce	A	59.1%	0.76%	3,299	▲ 11
13	Support	Kit	A	57.7%	0.99%	4,300	▲ 1
14	Support	Wendy	A	60.2%	0.48%	2,078	▼ 4
15	Assassin	Gigi	A	60.5%	0.42%	1,813	▲ 6
16	Damage Dealer	Colette	A	52.6%	2.31%	9,978	▲ 9
17	Tank	Damian	A	60.7%	0.37%	1,585	-
18	Tank	Trunk	A	59.7%	0.51%	2,204	▼ 9
19	Support	Gus	A	55.2%	1.46%	6,296	▼ 7
20	Damage Dealer	Lola	A	59.9%	0.44%	1,888	▲ 8
21	Tank	Draco	A	61.1%	0.28%	1,219	▼ 13
22	Tank	Hank	A	60.6%	0.32%	1,384	▼ 11
23	Tank	El Primo	A	50.9%	2.49%	10,784	▲ 13
24	Assassin	Alli	A	58.9%	0.45%	1,959	▼ 6
25	Support	Glowy	B	59.3%	0.38%	1,659	▼ 6
26	Tank	Bolt	B	58.8%	0.41%	1,790	-
27	Damage Dealer	Lumi	B	59%	0.34%	1,461	▼ 3
28	Damage Dealer	Chester	B	56.8%	0.63%	2,720	▼ 12
29	Assassin	Kaze	B	57.7%	0.46%	1,981	▲ 2
30	Damage Dealer	Mina	B	57.8%	0.42%	1,824	▼ 3
31	Marksman	Piper	B	47.8%	3.11%	13,431	▲ 22
32	Marksman	Nani	B	56.5%	0.6%	2,598	▼ 12
33	Controller	Bo	B	52.8%	1.41%	6,080	▲ 6
34	Marksman	Brock	B	47.1%	3.25%	14,062	▲ 17
35	Controller	Willow	B	57.2%	0.38%	1,659	▲ 5
36	Damage Dealer	Colt	B	48.4%	2.52%	10,905	▲ 12
37	Marksman	Janet	B	56.9%	0.38%	1,657	▼ 4
38	Support	Ruffs	B	57.2%	0.25%	1,082	▲ 3
39	Artillery	Juju	B	57.5%	0.22%	938	▼ 7
40	Controller	Meeple	B	56.2%	0.36%	1,571	▼ 2
41	Assassin	Mortis	B	52.2%	1.09%	4,698	▼ 6
42	Assassin	Mico	B	55.6%	0.39%	1,689	▼ 8
43	Support	Doug	B	54%	0.62%	2,660	▼ 21
44	Marksman	Angelo	B	55%	0.44%	1,891	▼ 14
45	Damage Dealer	Rico	B	47.3%	2.28%	9,840	▲ 7
46	Assassin	Sam	B	55.4%	0.24%	1,048	▲ 4
47	Controller	Finx	B	55.4%	0.24%	1,044	▼ 10
48	Damage Dealer	8-Bit	B	47.3%	1.92%	8,302	▲ 8
49	Artillery	Sprout	B	54.5%	0.29%	1,269	▼ 5
50	Assassin	Stu	B	52.8%	0.49%	2,129	▼ 3
51	Damage Dealer	Shelly	B	45.9%	1.97%	8,526	▲ 4
52	Assassin	Kenji	B	49%	1.07%	4,631	▲ 2
53	Tank	Bull	B	48.6%	1.11%	4,796	▲ 6
54	Tank	Frank	C	47.1%	1.37%	5,925	▲ 4
55	Damage Dealer	Najia	C	51.9%	0.38%	1,624	▼ 9
56	Damage Dealer	Chuck	C	53.3%	0.16%	671	▲ 1
57	Controller	Mr. P	C	48%	1.01%	4,362	▲ 8
58	Damage Dealer	Moe	C	53%	0.17%	754	▼ 9
59	Damage Dealer	R-T	C	52.7%	0.2%	855	▼ 30
60	Controller	Ziggy	C	52.3%	0.23%	978	▼ 15
61	Artillery	Tick	C	42.5%	2.31%	9,972	▲ 12
62	Controller	Griff	C	45.1%	1.47%	6,354	▼ 2
63	Controller	Squeak	C	45%	1.4%	6,048	▲ 6
64	Damage Dealer	Surge	C	45.7%	1.14%	4,927	▼ 2
65	Tank	Rosa	C	46.9%	0.79%	3,398	▲ 5
66	Marksman	Belle	C	46.9%	0.76%	3,292	▼ 5
67	Assassin	Fang	C	44.6%	1.23%	5,298	▼ 1
68	Marksman	Maisie	C	47.1%	0.67%	2,892	▲ 3
69	Tank	Bibi	C	44.8%	1.15%	4,953	▼ 6
70	Controller	Emz	C	41.3%	2.01%	8,704	▼ 3
71	Controller	Otis	C	46.8%	0.58%	2,528	▲ 7
72	Assassin	Leon	C	43.1%	1.34%	5,812	▲ 4
73	Support	Poco	C	42%	1.64%	7,095	▼ 5
74	Damage Dealer	Spike	C	42.6%	1.43%	6,200	▼ 10
75	Support	Byron	C	43.7%	1.14%	4,909	▲ 10
76	Artillery	Dynamike	C	42.4%	1.43%	6,169	▲ 3
77	Assassin	Crow	C	42.4%	1.4%	6,066	▼ 3
78	Artillery	Penny	C	43.1%	0.93%	4,026	▲ 12
79	Artillery	Larry & Lawrie	C	44.3%	0.62%	2,660	▲ 7
80	Marksman	Bea	C	43%	0.85%	3,685	▲ 4
81	Controller	Lou	C	44.5%	0.53%	2,293	-
82	Assassin	Lily	C	42.8%	0.83%	3,588	▼ 10
83	Tank	Darryl	C	41.7%	1%	4,343	▼ 3
84	Assassin	Buzz	C	43%	0.7%	3,043	▼ 9
85	Damage Dealer	Pearl	C	43.2%	0.62%	2,661	▼ 8
86	Support	Jae-Yong	C	46.7%	0.15%	650	▼ 43
87	Controller	Gale	D	43%	0.64%	2,759	▼ 5
88	Damage Dealer	Carl	D	41.1%	0.96%	4,161	▲ 4
89	Artillery	Grom	D	42.6%	0.63%	2,736	▲ 7
90	Damage Dealer	Nita	D	39.1%	1.33%	5,732	▼ 2
91	Assassin	Cordelius	D	42.2%	0.57%	2,447	▼ 8
92	Controller	Jessie	D	39.1%	1.19%	5,123	▲ 2
93	Support	Pam	D	42.8%	0.45%	1,960	▼ 2
94	Artillery	Barley	D	38.4%	1.09%	4,722	▲ 5
95	Assassin	Melodie	D	40.7%	0.48%	2,078	▲ 2
96	Support	Berry	D	40.2%	0.52%	2,262	▼ 1
97	Controller	Charlie	D	40.9%	0.4%	1,711	▲ 3
98	Tank	Meg	D	38.7%	0.69%	2,991	▼ 9
99	Controller	Sandy	D	40.2%	0.38%	1,660	▼ 12
100	Support	Max	D	38.2%	0.64%	2,765	▲ 1
101	Marksman	Bonnie	D	37.3%	0.47%	2,039	▼ 8
102	Damage Dealer	Clancy	D	37.9%	0.35%	1,520	▲ 2
103	Damage Dealer	Tara	D	34.9%	0.7%	3,007	▼ 1
104	Damage Dealer	Eve	D	36.5%	0.42%	1,807	▼ 6
105	Tank	Jacky	D	33.9%	0.77%	3,330	▼ 2
106	Controller	Gene	D	32.5%	0.35%	1,505	▲ 1
107	Tank	Buster	D	32.3%	0.31%	1,338	▼ 2
108	Tank	Ollie	D	31.9%	0.28%	1,229	▼ 2

Best Brawlers in Knockout 5v5 right now

Best Overall

VinceMeta Score 7.9/10

Highest Win Rate

Vince71.7% win rate

Most Used

Edgar5.35% use rate

Biggest Riser

Ashup 31 ranks

In the Knockout 5v5 meta, Vince leads with a Meta Score of 7.9/10. Vince has the highest win rate at 71.7%, while Edgar is the most used at 5.35%. Gray is the most underrated brawler here: it ranks #3 by win rate but only #51 by use rate. That gap suggests its results are stronger than its popularity. Ash moved the most since the last update, climbing 31 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 432,230 recorded brawler appearances across Knockout 5v5.

About this tier list

This is the Knockout 5v5 tier list for October 2026, ranking every eligible brawler by win rate and pick rate in this mode specifically. Knockout 5v5 has its own pace and priorities, and the brawlers that thrive here are not always the same ones that top the overall list. Same no-respawns-per-round rule as standard Knockout, but with five brawlers per side instead of three, so a single bad engage costs less of the team's total strength at once, and drawn-out skirmishes for map control tend to matter more than a single decisive pick. 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 Knockout 5v5 picks that matter for your preferred role without wading through every brawler outside it. The full table further down lists every eligible brawler in Knockout 5v5 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 Knockout 5v5 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 432,230 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 Knockout 5v5?

Same no-respawns-per-round rule as standard Knockout, but with five brawlers per side instead of three, so a single bad engage costs less of the team's total strength at once, and drawn-out skirmishes for map control tend to matter more than a single decisive pick.

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 Knockout 5v5 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 Knockout 5v5, 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.