JAE-YONG

Who is JAE-YONG

JAE-YONG is a brawler of Mythic rarity, class Assassin. 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, JAE-YONG has shown up in 1,220 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, JAE-YONG has a pick rate of 0.6%. That pick rate is the share of matches where a top-PRO player chose JAE-YONG 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, JAE-YONG's trend is among the strongest: their win rate is climbing faster than 87% 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 JAE-YONG 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, 60.0%, 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, JAE-YONG takes rank 11 of 107, inside the top third of the roster. Its observed win rate also holds up against the opponents that suit it worst.

JAE-YONG 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 an Assassin, the pattern is aggressive burst: lean on the kit mobility to flank, eliminate a priority target and exit before the counter-attack lands. Super economy is critical because most assassins rely on it to escape after the pick. Maps with walls and blind angles amplify the playstyle; open maps punish it severely.

Best maps for JAE-YONG

The best map for JAE-YONG is Nutmeg in Brawl Ball, with a Bayesian-adjusted win rate of 82.1% over 46 battles. That puts them above their class average in this mode, so it's worth picking JAE-YONG when that rotation is live. A strong run on Nutmeg usually combines favorable geometry (short ranges or cover) and a mode whose objective plays into the brawler's kit.

JAE-YONG's performance is highly map-dependent: there are 25.0 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, JAE-YONG also performs well on Beach Ball (Brawl Ball) with a 79.0% win rate, only 3.2 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, JAE-YONG holds a 77.9% win rate on Spiraling Out (Brawl Ball) over 104 battles. Having three competitive maps widens the rotation windows worth bringing them in for, not just their signature map.

Just above their worst result, JAE-YONG also struggles on Shooting Star, where their win rate sits at 58.6%. Keep this map on your radar as a second warning sign when deciding the pick.

On the opposite end, Triple-Double (Basket Brawl) drops JAE-YONG's win rate to 57.1%. That's the bottom tail of a 25.0-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

JAE-YONG clearly dominates the matchup against COLT: across the 160 recorded battles for that pairing, their win rate climbs to 80.8%. If you spot COLT on the enemy team in draft, that lane is an edge for JAE-YONG — seek the duel out rather than avoid it.

Their second-best matchup is against EMZ, where JAE-YONG holds a 79.8% win rate over 52 battles. Two strong favorable counters like these give JAE-YONG real value as a targeted pick against comps that lean on those two brawlers.

Where JAE-YONG has a clear disadvantage is against GUS: their win rate drops to 60.5% across the 159 battles recorded for that matchup. If GUS shows up on the enemy team, consider not picking JAE-YONG or changing the game plan to avoid the shared lane, because GUS wins that exchange.

Per-brawler matchups are the smallest-sample metric on the page: for JAE-YONG the samples range from 33 to 160 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 JAE-YONG 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 JAE-YONG, and battle sample. The larger the sample, the more reliable the number.

Loses most against

Brawler	WR	Battles
GUS	60.5%	159
WENDY	61.1%	46
EL PRIMO	62.0%	53
GRAY	64.7%	51
POCO	65.8%	33

Dominates

Brawler	WR	Battles
COLT	80.8%	160
EMZ	79.8%	52
DYNAMIKE	79.5%	41
STU	75.8%	59
MANDY	74.7%	91

Star Powers, Gadgets and Hypercharge

To get the most out of JAE-YONG 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 JAE-YONG 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, JAE-YONG performs best in Knockout, with a 72.3% win rate over 1,011 battles — the mode with the most recorded sample for this brawler. That makes Knockout 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 JAE-YONG 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, JAE-YONG's win rate moved from 65.5% to 72.8%, a climb of +7.3 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 JAE-YONG's favor, usually from a rotation of maps or modes where they perform better.

Compared with the rest of the roster, that move puts JAE-YONG climbing faster than 87% 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 JAE-YONG 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.