DRACO

Who is DRACO

DRACO is a brawler of Legendary 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, DRACO has shown up in 1,304 battles with a global win rate of 70.1%. 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, DRACO has a pick rate of 0.7%. That pick rate is the share of matches where a top-PRO player chose DRACO 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, DRACO's trend is among the weakest: their win rate is falling below 7% of brawlers with a measurable trend this week. That signal often foreshadows the meta turning against the brawler before it even shows in their global win rate.

The two figures for DRACO tell different things. The observed win rate, 70.1%, measures how often it wins in the hands of a top 200 player from its country. The discounted strength, 56.6%, 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, DRACO takes rank 27 of 107, inside the top third of the roster. Its observed win rate also holds up against the opponents that suit it worst.

DRACO is a Legendary brawler, one of the most coveted rarities in the game because it blends a unique identity with low box drop chance. The kit is usually built to define entire matches: hypercharges with critical timing, supers that zone whole maps off, or gadgets that break the standard logic of the mode. In PRO tournaments they show up when the draft calls for a specific piece no other brawler can cover the same way.

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 DRACO

The best map for DRACO is Net Presence in Brawl Hockey, with a Bayesian-adjusted win rate of 87.0% over 67 battles. That puts them above their class average in this mode, so it's worth picking DRACO when that rotation is live. A strong run on Net Presence usually combines favorable geometry (short ranges or cover) and a mode whose objective plays into the brawler's kit.

DRACO's performance is highly map-dependent: there are 29.1 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, DRACO also performs well on Nutmeg (Brawl Ball) with a 83.4% win rate, only 3.6 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, DRACO holds a 82.0% win rate on Raging Ocean (Brawl Hockey) over 51 battles. Having three competitive maps widens the rotation windows worth bringing them in for, not just their signature map.

Just above their worst result, DRACO also struggles on Let Me Dance, where their win rate sits at 59.0%. Keep this map on your radar as a second warning sign when deciding the pick.

On the opposite end, Sneaky Fields (Brawl Ball) drops DRACO's win rate to 58.0%. That's the bottom tail of a 29.1-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

DRACO clearly dominates the matchup against CROW: across the 59 recorded battles for that pairing, their win rate climbs to 81.4%. If you spot CROW on the enemy team in draft, that lane is an edge for DRACO — seek the duel out rather than avoid it.

Their second-best matchup is against COLT, where DRACO holds a 81.2% win rate over 175 battles. Two strong favorable counters like these give DRACO real value as a targeted pick against comps that lean on those two brawlers.

Where DRACO has a clear disadvantage is against AMBER: their win rate drops to 55.9% across the 78 battles recorded for that matchup. If AMBER shows up on the enemy team, consider not picking DRACO or changing the game plan to avoid the shared lane, because AMBER wins that exchange.

Per-brawler matchups are the smallest-sample metric on the page: for DRACO the samples range from 51 to 175 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 DRACO 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 DRACO, and battle sample. The larger the sample, the more reliable the number.

Loses most against

Brawler	WR	Battles
AMBER	55.9%	78
BO	58.6%	68
SHADE	59.7%	113
COLETTE	60.4%	75
GUS	61.6%	99

Dominates

Brawler	WR	Battles
CROW	81.4%	59
COLT	81.2%	175
TICK	79.8%	77
DYNAMIKE	79.7%	81
KENJI	77.1%	51

Star Powers, Gadgets and Hypercharge

To get the most out of DRACO 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 DRACO 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, DRACO performs best in Brawl Ball, with a 73.9% win rate over 1,436 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 DRACO 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, DRACO's win rate dropped from 72.4% to 66.8%, a fall of −5.6 points versus the previous half of the window. With both halves above the sample minimum, that drop is a real signal: the meta is moving against DRACO, usually from a rotation of maps or a rising counter.

Compared with the rest of the roster, that move leaves DRACO falling below 7% of brawlers with a measurable trend this week — they're at the bottom end of those losing ground. It doesn't mean they're unplayable, but it's worth waiting for the next map rotation before prioritizing their investment.

Every percentage on the DRACO 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.