BUSTER

Who is BUSTER

BUSTER is a brawler of Mythic rarity, class Tank. This article summarizes their performance in the current competitive meta: best map, hardest counters, and the weekly trend of their win rate. The numbers come from top-PRO battles over the last 90 days, Bayesian-smoothed so a brawler with a small sample doesn't show a misleading percentage.

Over the 30-day window, BUSTER has shown up in 967 battles with a global win rate of 69.5%. That window belongs to the figure itself and is shorter than the one feeding the rest of the page, because a win rate needs recent data so it doesn't drag along a meta that already moved on.

Across the full 90 days, BUSTER has a pick rate of 0.6%. That pick rate is the share of matches where a top-PRO player chose BUSTER out of every available brawler, so it works as a thermometer for how meta they are right now. It uses the long window on purpose, because a brawler's popularity shifts more slowly than their win rate.

Across the full roster, BUSTER's trend is among the strongest: their win rate is climbing faster than 99% of brawlers with a measurable trend this week. When a brawler rises this fast it's usually because maps or modes rotated in where their kit fits better than average.

The two figures for BUSTER tell different things. The observed win rate, 69.5%, measures how often it wins in the hands of a top 200 player from its country. The discounted strength, 57.5%, estimates how often it would win against a mid-level opponent once the mix of opponents it happened to face is discounted. The first one orders the lists across the site and the second sits beside it, as context.

By discounted strength, BUSTER takes rank 22 of 107, inside the top third of the roster. Its observed win rate also holds up against the opponents that suit it worst.

BUSTER belongs to the Mythics, the rarity where nearly every kit is built around a high skill ceiling. They aren't first-pick brawlers for new accounts because they usually demand map reading, cooldown management and matchup knowledge, but in PRO hands they make the difference between winning and losing a match. Their upgrade investment becomes a priority once you understand the meta.

As a Tank, the job is to absorb damage, create space and start favorable close-range fights. The tank is usually the first to commit to the mode objective, soaking enemy supers so the rest of the team can position without taking them. Defensive gears tend to outperform offensive ones, and matchups against throwers or snipers dictate when and where it's safe to commit the super.

Best maps for BUSTER

The best map for BUSTER is Arabesque in Brawl Hockey, with a Bayesian-adjusted win rate of 79.0% over 92 battles. That puts them above their class average in this mode, so it's worth picking BUSTER when that rotation is live. A strong run on Arabesque usually combines favorable geometry (short ranges or cover) and a mode whose objective plays into the brawler's kit.

BUSTER's performance is highly map-dependent: there are 25.7 percentage points between their best and worst map. That high variance means it pays to check the rotation before locking them in, because the same brawler swings from one of the best options to a clearly unfavorable pick depending on the map.

As a second map option, BUSTER also performs well on Cabin Fever (Brawl Hockey) with a 78.6% win rate, only 0.4 points off their best map. When the gap between the top two maps is this small, picking one over the other comes down to the enemy team more than the brawler itself.

Rounding out the podium, BUSTER holds a 78.1% win rate on Sneaky Fields (Brawl Ball) over 64 battles. Having three competitive maps widens the rotation windows worth bringing them in for, not just their signature map.

Just above their worst result, BUSTER also struggles on Ancestral Roots, where their win rate sits at 56.1%. Keep this map on your radar as a second warning sign when deciding the pick.

On the opposite end, Flaring Phoenix (Knockout) drops BUSTER's win rate to 53.4%. That's the bottom tail of a 25.7-point range between their best and worst map, so if that rotation comes up during a session, consider a different brawler to avoid throwing matches.

Counters and matchups

BUSTER clearly dominates the matchup against FANG: across the 57 recorded battles for that pairing, their win rate climbs to 79.8%. If you spot FANG on the enemy team in draft, that lane is an edge for BUSTER — seek the duel out rather than avoid it.

Their second-best matchup is against STU, where BUSTER holds a 77.9% win rate over 36 battles. Two strong favorable counters like these give BUSTER real value as a targeted pick against comps that lean on those two brawlers.

Where BUSTER has a clear disadvantage is against WENDY: their win rate drops to 58.1% across the 31 battles recorded for that matchup. If WENDY shows up on the enemy team, consider not picking BUSTER or changing the game plan to avoid the shared lane, because WENDY wins that exchange.

Per-brawler matchups are the smallest-sample metric on the page: for BUSTER the samples range from 31 to 125 battles. Read them with the confidence that sample implies — a matchup at the low end says far less than one backed by the high one.

This section lists the matchups where BUSTER performs worst and best over the last 30 days, sampled from top PRO players and smoothed with Bayesian WR to avoid noise.

Read each row left to right: brawler, win rate vs BUSTER, and battle sample. The larger the sample, the more reliable the number.

Loses most against

Brawler	WR	Battles
WENDY	58.1%	31
GUS	59.7%	113
EL PRIMO	60.9%	84
POCO	62.6%	33
BYRON	64.3%	36

Dominates

Brawler	WR	Battles
FANG	79.8%	57
STU	77.9%	36
CROW	77.6%	53
COLT	77.0%	125
DYNAMIKE	76.1%	52

Star Powers, Gadgets and Hypercharge

To get the most out of BUSTER in the current meta, prioritize upgrades by synergy with their kit, not by gem cost. Star powers, gadgets and hypercharge change tiers depending on the meta, so the upgrade priority is dynamic.

As a general rule, the first profitable upgrade for BUSTER is usually the star power with the highest pick rate in PRO tournaments, followed by the gadget that best fits their role (lane, support, or pick). Hypercharge, when it exists, comes last because it costs more Coins and Power Points and only triggers with a full super bar.

By game mode, BUSTER performs best in Brawl Ball, with a 71.5% win rate over 901 battles — the mode with the most recorded sample for this brawler. That makes Brawl Ball the context where their performance is most reliable and where investing in upgrades pays off most clearly.

Beyond the immediate meta, the upgrade path for BUSTER should prioritize what moves the win rate needle the most: power 11 before gears, first star power before second, primary gadget before any hypercharge. Hypercharges cost a lot of coins and power points and only activate with a full super bar, so their real priority drops toward the end of the checklist.

Weekly meta analysis

Over the last 7 days, BUSTER's win rate moved from 63.7% to 76.9%, a climb of +13.2 points versus the previous half of the window. Since each half clears the 3-battle minimum, that move isn't noise: it reflects the meta shifting in BUSTER's favor, usually from a rotation of maps or modes where they perform better.

Compared with the rest of the roster, that move puts BUSTER climbing faster than 99% of brawlers with a measurable trend this week — they're at the top end of the risers. When a brawler lands in that band it's often a good moment to invest in their upgrades before a possible nerf arrives.

Every percentage on the BUSTER page comes from real battles played by the world's top players, aggregated with statistical smoothing and recomputed every six hours. If you want to understand why one map performs better than another or how a rotation affects the win rate, the methodology page covers the technical detail step by step.