Ranked mode guides
Brawl Stars Ranked rotates across six modes, and each one rewards a different draft. These guides cover the fundamentals that don’t change with the patch: what actually wins each mode, how to structure a draft for it, and how its maps split into archetypes.
For live, patch-aware numbers on any specific map — win rates, synergies, counters, and suggested bans — bring the map to the draft board. For the draft format itself — bans, blind pick vs the snake, seat position — see the draft guide.
Gem Grab
Control the mine, count to ten, survive the countdown.
22 competitive maps →
Brawl Ball
Two goals wins. The ball doesn't care about your K/D.
21 competitive maps →
Knockout
No respawns. Every death is a round-sized mistake.
23 competitive maps →
Hot Zone
Stand in the circle. No, really — that's the whole mode.
17 competitive maps →
Heist
Crack their safe before they crack yours.
18 competitive maps →
Bounty
Every death hands them stars. Play like yours are worth something.
13 competitive maps →
How these guides fit the tool
The guides are the stable layer: draft principles that hold across balance patches. The draft board is the live layer — a win-probability model and per-map statistics rebuilt continuously from over a million real ranked matches, which is where you should look for “who do I actually pick on this map, today.” The principles tell you why the numbers look the way they do; the numbers tell you which brawler executes the principle best this patch. See how it works for what’s behind the numbers.