Kenji Stats & Guide

Kenji is currently C tier at rank #88 with a meta score of 35.6 and a 46.6% win rate over 470 weighted Ranked battles (medium confidence). See the full tier list for the surrounding context.

Over the last 21 days, Kenji loses clearly more often than it wins in Ranked: a 47% win rate across 470 matches of top players (reliable).

Kenji is slipping: 40% over the last 7 days (135 matches) against 49% in the 14 days before (335 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 Kenji into Hot Zone most often: 45% of its matches are played there, where it wins 51% (211 matches, reliable). Kenji wins slightly more often than it loses in Hot Zone: 51% over 211 matches (reliable), 5 points above its overall win rate. Kenji loses far more often than it wins in Gem Grab: 37% over 89 matches (fairly reliable), 10 points below its overall win rate. Too few matches to show a win rate: Knockout (24 matches), Heist (5 matches).

Kenji's strongest measured map is Parallel Plays (Hot Zone): 51% over 90 matches (fairly reliable). Open Business looks even better at 54%, but 67 matches is only an early signal. Its weakest is Layer Cake (Bounty): 44% over 32 matches (early signal). 5 maps have at least 30 Kenji matches; maps with fewer are left out.

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

Gadget: Ramen Break — Heal during the fight: wins the 1v1 that was a coin flip.

Star Power: Sushi Bar — Heal per hit during your dash makes you incredibly hard to finish.

Gears: Health + Gadget Charge — You're a duelist who needs to stay in the fight.

Dash through multiple enemies for maximum damage and healing.

More builds: Best Brawl Stars builds

As a assassin, Kenji is favoured into marksman, sharpshooter, thrower, artillery, support.

• With your dash super cutting through him you focus Gene: Gene has low HP and a slow attack.
• With your dash super cutting through him you focus Barley: Barley can't shoot directly, so standing on him is free damage.
• With your dash super cutting through him you focus Poco: Poco can barely defend himself.
• With your dash super cutting through him you focus Pam: Pam lacks mobility and her damage falls off at range.

Kenji struggles against tank, controller, fighter and on maps that do not support the assassin role.

BullRosaEmzJackyBusterGenePocoBo

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

GeneBarleyPocoPamTaraSandyMaxGus

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

• Brawl Ball — fit 7/10
• Hot Zone — 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.

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

Works well alongside Kit.

Learn the pick-order logic in the drafting guide.

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