Gus Stats & Guide

Gus is currently S tier at rank #3 with a meta score of 92.5 and a 56.8% win rate over 9666 weighted Ranked battles (high confidence). See the full tier list for the surrounding context.

Over the last 21 days, Gus wins far more often than it loses in Ranked: a 57% win rate across 9,499 matches of top players (reliable).

Gus is slipping: 53% over the last 7 days (3,179 matches) against 60% in the 14 days before (11,413 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 Gus into Brawl Ball most often: 33% of its matches are played there, where it wins 61% (3,092 matches, reliable). Gus wins far more often than it loses in Brawl Ball: 61% over 3,092 matches (reliable), 5 points above its overall win rate. Gus loses slightly more often than it wins in Heist: 49% over 1,283 matches (reliable), 8 points below its overall win rate.

Gus's strongest measured map is Cabin Fever (Brawl Ball): 83% over 98 matches (fairly reliable). Its weakest is Bridge Too Far (Heist): 47% over 305 matches (reliable). 35 maps have at least 30 Gus matches; maps with fewer are left out.

On these maps Gus 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 Gus is to lock in before you can see the enemy draft. Gus scores 7/10.

Gadget: Kooky Popper — Your ghost goes straight to an ally: a guaranteed shield at the right moment.

Star Power: Health Cane — Extra heal makes you a full support instead of just a shield-bot.

Gears: Gadget Charge + Health — Your shield uptime is your value.

Always shield whoever's going to get hit first.

More builds: Best Brawl Stars builds

As a support, Gus is favoured into marksman, assassin.

• With your shield ghosts for your frontline you focus Spike: Spike is fragile and his cactus is easy to dodge.
• With your shield ghosts for your frontline you focus Stu: assassins have low HP once their dash is on cooldown.
• With your shield ghosts for your frontline you focus Crow: Crow has low HP and relies on poke.
• With your shield ghosts for your frontline you focus Leon: Leon is visible as soon as he attacks and has low HP.

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

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

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.

Gus is safe enough to pick early: few open Brawlers punish this pick hard.

Works well alongside Bull, Jacky.

Learn the pick-order logic in the drafting guide.

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