Charlie Stats & Guide

Charlie is currently A tier at rank #15 with a meta score of 59.7 and a 53.6% win rate over 595 weighted Ranked battles (high confidence). See the full tier list for the surrounding context.

Over the last 21 days, Charlie wins clearly more often than it loses in Ranked: a 54% win rate across 595 matches of top players (reliable).

Charlie is slipping: 49% over the last 7 days (184 matches) against 55% in the 14 days before (411 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 Charlie into Brawl Ball most often: 30% of its matches are played there, where it wins 57% (177 matches, fairly reliable). Charlie wins far more often than it loses in Knockout: 59% over 123 matches (fairly reliable), 5 points above its overall win rate. Charlie loses far more often than it wins in Bounty: 44% over 98 matches (fairly reliable), 10 points below its overall win rate.

Charlie's strongest measured map is New Horizons (Knockout): 65% over 40 matches (early signal). Its weakest is Hideout (Bounty): 35% over 34 matches (early signal). 5 maps have at least 30 Charlie matches; maps with fewer are left out.

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

Gadget: Spiderling — Spiders that chase the enemy: free chip damage and vision.

Star Power: Caretaker — Your cocoon holds longer, guaranteeing your team can finish the target.

Gears: Gadget Charge + Damage — Your cocoon uptime is the reason you win.

Cocoon the most important enemy right before your team engages.

More builds: Best Brawl Stars builds

As a controller, Charlie is favoured into assassin, fighter, tank.

• With your cocoon super that disables him for a few seconds you focus Shelly: fighters lose once you keep them outside their effective range.
• With your cocoon super that disables him for a few seconds you focus Nita: Nita is vulnerable without her bear.
• With your cocoon super that disables him for a few seconds you focus Rosa: Rosa does little damage outside her shield.
• With your cocoon super that disables him for a few seconds you focus Carl: fighters lose once you keep them outside their effective range.

Charlie struggles against marksman, thrower and on maps that do not support the controller role.

BarleyDynamikePennyTickRosaJacky

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

ShellyNitaRosaCarlBibiJackySurgeColette

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

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

Map fit from the coaching model, next to the measured best maps above. When the two disagree, trust the one with more matches behind it.

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

Works well alongside Larry & Lawrie.

Learn the pick-order logic in the drafting guide.

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