Rico Stats & Guide

Rico is currently A tier at rank #29 with a meta score of 53.2 and a 48.7% win rate over 8471 weighted Ranked battles (high confidence). See the full tier list for the surrounding context.

Over the last 21 days, Rico loses slightly more often than it wins in Ranked: a 49% win rate across 8,362 matches of top players (reliable).

Rico is holding steady: 50% over the last 7 days (2,322 matches) against 48% in the 14 days before (6,149 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 Rico into Brawl Ball most often: 41% of its matches are played there, where it wins 48% (3,467 matches, reliable). Rico wins slightly more often than it loses in Heist: 51% over 881 matches (reliable), 2 points above its overall win rate. Rico loses far more often than it wins in Hot Zone: 42% over 447 matches (reliable), 6 points below its overall win rate.

Rico's strongest measured map is Bridge Too Far (Heist): 57% over 92 matches (fairly reliable). Its weakest is Backyard Bowl (Brawl Ball): 39% over 171 matches (fairly reliable). 28 maps have at least 30 Rico matches; maps with fewer are left out.

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

Gadget: Multiball Launcher — Fires in all directions: your answer to an assassin right on top of you.

Star Power: Super Bouncy — More damage after a bounce rewards exactly what Rico is meant to do.

Gears: Damage + Gadget Charge — On walled maps, bounces stack damage quickly.

Play maps with lots of walls and never shoot in straight lines.

More builds: Best Brawl Stars builds

As a sharpshooter, Rico is favoured into tank, fighter, artillery.

• With your bouncing shots that get around his wall you focus Shelly: fighters lose once you keep them outside their effective range.
• With your bouncing shots that get around his wall you focus Nita: Nita is vulnerable without her bear.
• With your bouncing shots that get around his wall you focus Penny: Penny is slow and has no escape.
• With your bouncing shots that get around his wall you focus Tick: Tick has the lowest HP in the game, and Rico is considered a direct counter to Tick.

Rico struggles against assassin, thrower and on maps that do not support the sharpshooter role.

StuCrowLeonBuzzFangCordelius

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

ShellyNitaPennyTickRosaCarlBibiJacky

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

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

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

Learn the pick-order logic in the drafting guide.

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