Carl Stats & Guide

Carl is currently C tier at rank #86 with a meta score of 23.4 and a 45.2% win rate over 1530 weighted Ranked battles (high confidence). See the full tier list for the surrounding context.

Over the last 21 days, Carl loses clearly more often than it wins in Ranked: a 45% win rate across 1,530 matches of top players (reliable).

Carl is on the way up: 47% over the last 7 days (533 matches) against 44% in the 14 days before (997 matches).

Counted from Ranked matches of top players over the last 21 days, last updated 2026-09-28. Matches played before the latest balance change count for less.

Players take Carl into Heist most often: 31% of its matches are played there, where it wins 49% (475 matches, reliable). Carl loses slightly more often than it wins in Heist: 49% over 475 matches (reliable), 4 points above its overall win rate. Carl loses far more often than it wins in Gem Grab: 42% over 182 matches (fairly reliable), 3 points below its overall win rate.

Carl's strongest measured map is Hot Potato (Heist): 53% over 116 matches (fairly reliable). Pinball Dreams looks even better at 62%, but 61 matches is only an early signal. Its weakest is Safe Zone (Heist): 49% over 188 matches (fairly reliable). Beach Ball looks even worse at 21%, but 34 matches is only an early signal. 23 maps have at least 30 Carl matches; maps with fewer are left out.

On these maps Carl 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 Carl is to lock in before you can see the enemy draft. Carl scores 6/10.

Gadget: Flying Hook — Your pickaxe pulls you along: instant reposition through walls.

Star Power: Protective Pirouette — Damage reduction during your spin turns your super into a safe engage.

Gears: Damage + Health — You stay in the fight for a long time and often hit twice.

Play short lines so your pickaxe returns quickly.

More builds: Best Brawl Stars builds

As a fighter, Carl is favoured into assassin, artillery, thrower.

• With your Protective Pirouette gadget while your pickaxe keeps hitting you focus Barley: Barley can't shoot directly, so standing on him is free damage.
• With your Protective Pirouette gadget while your pickaxe keeps hitting you focus Dynamike: Dynamike can't shoot in a straight line and misses everything moving.
• With your Protective Pirouette gadget while your pickaxe keeps hitting you focus Penny: Penny is slow and has no escape.
• With your Protective Pirouette gadget while your pickaxe keeps hitting you focus Tick: Tick has the lowest HP in the game.

Carl struggles against marksman, sharpshooter and on maps that do not support the fighter role.

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

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

• Heist — fit 7/10
• Gem Grab — fit 6/10
• Brawl Ball — fit 6/10

Carl is a reasonable middle pick — check which counters are still open before locking it.

Learn the pick-order logic in the drafting guide.

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