Darryl Stats & Guide

Darryl is currently B tier at rank #62 with a meta score of 45.3 and a 49.9% win rate over 304 weighted Ranked battles (medium confidence). See the full tier list for the surrounding context.

Over the last 21 days, Darryl wins about as often as it loses in Ranked: a 50% win rate across 304 matches of top players (reliable).

Darryl is holding steady: 51% over the last 7 days (176 matches) against 52% in the 14 days before (182 matches).

Counted from Ranked matches of top players over the last 21 days, last updated 2026-11-15. Matches played before the latest balance change count for less.

Players take Darryl into Knockout most often: 59% of its matches are played there, where it wins 50% (179 matches, fairly reliable). Darryl wins far more often than it loses in Heist: 55% over 59 matches (early signal), 5 points above its overall win rate. Darryl wins about as often as it loses in Knockout: 50% over 179 matches (fairly reliable), in line with its overall win rate. Too few matches to show a win rate: Brawl Ball (24 matches), Hot Zone (17 matches), Gem Grab (15 matches), Bounty (11 matches).

Darryl's strongest measured map is Flaring Phoenix (Knockout): 57% over 52 matches (early signal). Its weakest is Goldarm Gulch (Knockout): 41% over 31 matches (early signal). 3 maps have at least 30 Darryl matches; maps with fewer are left out.

On these maps Darryl 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 Darryl is to lock in before you can see the enemy draft. Darryl scores 5/10.

Gadget: Recoiling Rotator — Pushes everything away: you buy a reset in the middle of a losing fight.

Star Power: Steel Hoops — Damage reduction during your roll turns your engage into a safe engage.

Gears: Health + Shield — You roll into the fight and need to survive it.

Only roll once you're within shotgun range, not as a long-range opener.

More builds: Best Brawl Stars builds

As a tank, Darryl is favoured into assassin, thrower, controller.

• With your roll super to close the gap in one go you focus Barley: Barley can't shoot directly, so standing on him is free damage.
• With your roll super to close the gap in one go you focus Bo: controllers have low burst and go down fast under focus.
• With your roll super to close the gap in one go you focus Lou: controllers have low burst and go down fast under focus.
• With your roll super to close the gap in one go you focus Jessie: Jessie relies on her turret and is weak herself.

Darryl struggles against marksman, sharpshooter, support and on maps that do not support the tank 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 tank role of Darryl; the measured win rates per mode are higher up on this page.

• Heist — fit 7/10
• Brawl Ball — fit 6/10
• Gem Grab — fit 5/10

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.

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

Learn the pick-order logic in the drafting guide.

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