8-Bit Stats & Guide

8-Bit is currently B tier at rank #50 with a meta score of 43.6 and a 47.9% win rate over 2418 weighted Ranked battles (high confidence). See the full tier list for the surrounding context.

Over the last 21 days, 8-Bit loses clearly more often than it wins in Ranked: a 48% win rate across 2,405 matches of top players (reliable).

8-Bit is holding steady: 47% over the last 7 days (594 matches) against 48% in the 14 days before (1,824 matches).

Counted from Ranked matches of top players over the last 21 days, last updated 2026-09-27. Matches played before the latest balance change count for less.

Players take 8-Bit into Heist most often: 53% of its matches are played there, where it wins 52% (1,265 matches, reliable). 8-Bit wins slightly more often than it loses in Heist: 52% over 1,265 matches (reliable), 4 points above its overall win rate. 8-Bit loses far more often than it wins in Hot Zone: 41% over 355 matches (reliable), 7 points below its overall win rate.

8-Bit's strongest measured map is Bridge Too Far (Heist): 55% over 423 matches (reliable). Backyard Bowl looks even better at 61%, but 61 matches is only an early signal. Its weakest is Ring of Fire (Hot Zone): 45% over 207 matches (reliable). In the Liminal looks even worse at 31%, but 75 matches is only an early signal. 19 maps have at least 30 8-Bit matches; maps with fewer are left out.

On these maps 8-Bit loses more often than it wins. The match count tells you how much weight to give each one.

A win rate only means something when enough matches sit behind it. Next to every number we say how sure we are:

• reliable — 200 matches or more: a solid basis for a verdict.
• fairly reliable — 80 to 199 matches: enough to spot a real pattern.
• early signal — 30 to 79 matches: a hint, not a verdict.
• too few matches — fewer than 30 matches, so we do not show a win rate yet.

A 60% win rate over 40 matches can easily be luck; a 54% win rate over 800 matches is a real edge. Maps and modes with fewer than 30 matches are listed without a win rate on purpose.

Blind-pick safety is coaching metadata, not a meta ranking: it says how risky 8-Bit is to lock in before you can see the enemy draft. 8-Bit scores 4/10.

Gadget: Cheat Cartridge — Teleports you to your turret: you escape the dive and stay within the damage aura.

Star Power: Boosted Booster — Your turret also gives speed, making rotations much easier for your team.

Gears: Shield + Damage — You're slow and big: survival first, damage second.

Place your turret safely and shoot from long range.

More builds: Best Brawl Stars builds

As a sharpshooter, 8-Bit is favoured into tank, fighter, artillery.

• With your damage booster at range you focus Shelly: fighters lose once you keep them outside their effective range.
• With your damage booster at range you focus Nita: Nita is vulnerable without her bear.
• With your damage booster at range you focus Penny: Penny is slow and has no escape.
• With your damage booster at range you focus Rosa: Rosa does little damage outside her shield.

8-Bit struggles against assassin, thrower and on maps that do not support the sharpshooter role.

StuCrowLeonBuzzFangCordelius

Read the general counters guide for how to actually win those matchups.

ShellyNitaPennyRosaCarlBibiJackySurge

This is the coaches' view of which modes suit the sharpshooter role of 8-Bit; the measured win rates per mode are higher up on this page.

• Heist — fit 7/10
• Gem Grab — fit 5/10
• Bounty — fit 5/10

8-Bit is a late-pick Brawler. Picking it blind invites a hard counter; take it once the enemy draft is visible.

Learn the pick-order logic in the drafting guide.

Skip 8-Bit when the map layout works against the sharpshooter role, when an unfavourable matchup is still open on the enemy side, or when your team already has the same role covered.