Willow Stats & Guide

Willow is currently B tier at rank #38 with a meta score of 52.8 and a 51.2% win rate over 723 weighted Ranked battles (high confidence). See the full tier list for the surrounding context.

Over the last 21 days, Willow wins slightly more often than it loses in Ranked: a 51% win rate across 723 matches of top players (reliable).

Willow is on the way up: 56% over the last 7 days (251 matches) against 49% in the 14 days before (472 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 Willow into Brawl Ball most often: 77% of its matches are played there, where it wins 52% (559 matches, reliable). Willow wins clearly more often than it loses in Brawl Ball: 52% over 559 matches (reliable), in line with its overall win rate. Willow loses far more often than it wins in Hot Zone: 44% over 117 matches (fairly reliable), 7 points below its overall win rate. Too few matches to show a win rate: Knockout (25 matches), Bounty (17 matches), Heist (4 matches), Gem Grab (1 matches).

Willow's strongest measured map is Pinball Dreams (Brawl Ball): 58% over 207 matches (reliable). Its weakest is Parallel Plays (Hot Zone): 44% over 109 matches (fairly reliable). 4 maps have at least 30 Willow matches; maps with fewer are left out.

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

Gadget: Bubble Ring — Protection around you while you attack from range.

Star Power: Love Is Blind — Your mind control lasts longer, often earning a free kill.

Gears: Gadget Charge + Shield — You're fragile and need your gadget to survive.

Mind-control whoever has the most dangerous super.

More builds: Best Brawl Stars builds

As a controller, Willow is favoured into assassin, fighter, tank.

• With your mind-control super you focus Shelly: fighters lose once you keep them outside their effective range.
• With your mind-control super you focus Nita: Nita is vulnerable without her bear.
• With your mind-control super you focus Rosa: Rosa does little damage outside her shield.
• With your mind-control super you focus Carl: fighters lose once you keep them outside their effective range.

Willow struggles against marksman, thrower and on maps that do not support the controller role.

BarleyDynamikePennyTickRosaJacky

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

ShellyNitaRosaCarlBibiJackySurgeColette

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

• Knockout — fit 6/10
• Gem Grab — fit 5/10
• Brawl Ball — fit 5/10

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

Learn the pick-order logic in the drafting guide.

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