Penny Stats & Guide

Penny is currently B tier at rank #54 with a meta score of 41.7 and a 48.1% win rate over 1187 weighted Ranked battles (high confidence). See the full tier list for the surrounding context.

Over the last 21 days, Penny loses slightly more often than it wins in Ranked: a 48% win rate across 1,187 matches of top players (reliable).

Penny is holding steady: 48% over the last 7 days (408 matches) against 48% in the 14 days before (779 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 Penny into Heist most often: 38% of its matches are played there, where it wins 51% (451 matches, reliable). Penny wins clearly more often than it loses in Gem Grab: 53% over 72 matches (early signal), 5 points above its overall win rate. Penny loses far more often than it wins in Hot Zone: 42% over 321 matches (reliable), 6 points below its overall win rate.

Penny's strongest measured map is Dry Season (Bounty): 65% over 80 matches (fairly reliable). Its weakest is Dueling Beetles (Hot Zone): 36% over 85 matches (fairly reliable). 9 maps have at least 30 Penny matches; maps with fewer are left out.

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

Gadget: Pocket Detonator — Blows up your own mortar with damage around it — even your death has value.

Star Power: Balls of Fire — Your mortar sets fire to the ground: constant zone pressure from behind cover.

Gears: Damage + Gadget Charge — Your splash from behind cover is your value.

Place your mortar out of the enemy's reach and poke the lane.

More builds: Best Brawl Stars builds

As a artillery, Penny is favoured into tank, fighter, controller.

• With your mortar landing behind cover you focus Bo: controllers have low burst and go down fast under focus.
• With your mortar landing behind cover you focus Lou: controllers have low burst and go down fast under focus.
• With your mortar landing behind cover you focus Shelly: fighters lose once you keep them outside their effective range.
• With your mortar landing behind cover you focus Jessie: Jessie relies on her turret and is weak herself.

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

• Hot Zone — fit 7/10
• Gem Grab — fit 6/10
• Heist — 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.

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

Learn the pick-order logic in the drafting guide.

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