El Primo Stats & Guide

El Primo is currently S tier at rank #5 with a meta score of 76.0 and a 54.6% win rate over 2817 weighted Ranked battles (high confidence). See the full tier list for the surrounding context.

Over the last 21 days, El Primo wins clearly more often than it loses in Ranked: a 54% win rate across 2,745 matches of top players (reliable).

El Primo is slipping: 52% over the last 7 days (1,282 matches) against 58% in the 14 days before (6,484 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 El Primo into Brawl Ball most often: 37% of its matches are played there, where it wins 57% (1,003 matches, reliable). El Primo wins far more often than it loses in Brawl Ball: 57% over 1,003 matches (reliable), 3 points above its overall win rate. El Primo wins slightly more often than it loses in Knockout: 51% over 154 matches (fairly reliable), 4 points below its overall win rate.

El Primo's strongest measured map is Spiraling Out (Brawl Ball): 65% over 145 matches (fairly reliable). Its weakest is Parallel Plays (Hot Zone): 49% over 164 matches (fairly reliable). Ring of Fire looks even worse at 39%, but 76 matches is only an early signal. 24 maps have at least 30 El Primo matches; maps with fewer are left out.

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

Gadget: Suplex Supplex — Pulls the backline out of position toward your team — a forced kill instead of a chase.

Star Power: Meteor Rush — Speed boost after your super lets you push through or escape safely after diving.

Gears: Health + Gadget Charge — More HP to get in, and more often a free reposition on the opponent.

Jump on the squishy backline, not the tank.

More builds: Best Brawl Stars builds

As a tank, El Primo is favoured into assassin, thrower, controller.

• With your Suplex gadget to pull him out of position you focus Barley: Barley can't shoot directly, so standing on him is free damage.
• With your Suplex gadget to pull him out of position you focus Bo: controllers have low burst and go down fast under focus.
• With your Suplex gadget to pull him out of position you focus Lou: controllers have low burst and go down fast under focus.
• With your Suplex gadget to pull him out of position you focus Jessie: Jessie relies on her turret and is weak herself.

El Primo 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 El Primo; the measured win rates per mode are higher up on this page.

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

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

Learn the pick-order logic in the drafting guide.

Skip El Primo 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.