Dueling Beetles (Hot Zone): 9,675 trophy and Ranked battles were counted on this map, 0.03% of them were draws, the average game lasted 100.2 seconds, the cache saw it on 109 days since 18 May 2026. Checked 2026-10-19; picks are counted, win rates are being measured (gate G-M).
On this map2026-10-16 · Last day the counted cache saw this map in rotation.2024-02-27 · Wiki status: active on its last change.2026-09-16 · Counted window starts at the 16 Sep 2026 balance patch.
Hot Zone · 79 brawlers counted
In the game · wiki 2024-02-27 · checked 2026-10-19
In the Season 50 Ranked pool — the rotation panel below counts its battles.
Our drawing of what Hot Zone asks for — not the in-game map, and no tile counts.
This is the counted order, not a “best” claim: win rates are being measured (gate G-M).
Window
Queue
Row order
Queues are never mixed. Trophy and Ranked win rates are being measured (gate G-M); the rows below show the counted games.
About this dataWindow Rotation · 2026-05-18–2026-10-16Played in Hot Zone · how the mode plays21 weeks · 10,291 battles · 7,103 ranked battles all-timeEvery week the cache saw this map since 18 May 2026 (M10 buckets).Ranked (solo) battles of the global top 49601 trophy players · 2026-09-16–2026-10-16 · n = 197495 battles · Preview sampleCollected 2026-10-19 · checked 2026-10-19 · win rates are being measured (gate G-M).
10,291Battles · Rotation
0.03%Draw share · since the 16 Sep patch
79Brawlers with a counted row
≥ 300Decided battles a map needs for a page
How these four numbers were counted
Battles by queue:Recent battles of the global top 49601 trophy players · 2026-09-16–2026-10-16 · n = 2,572 battles · Preview sample
Ranked battles on this map:Ranked (solo) battles of the global top 49601 trophy players · 2026-09-16–2026-10-16 · n = 7,103 battles · Preview sample
Picks and decided games per brawler:GamGem calculation from BS_MATCH_MAPS + BS_MATCH_SHARE
Most-faced opponent per pick:GamGem calculation from BS_MATCH_VS
Picks · Rotationtrophy and Ranked counted together
Window 2026-05-18–2026-10-16 · 21 weeks · 10,291 battles. Win rate, share of picks and adjusted win rate are being measured (gate G-M); this table shows the counted games.
Battles counted here: 2,811Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: ControllerWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 2,618Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: ControllerWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 2,617Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: ControllerWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 2,254Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: AssassinWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 2,036Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: ArtilleryWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 1,807Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: AssassinWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 1,592Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: AssassinWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 1,545Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: ArtilleryWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 1,459Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: SupportWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 1,417Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: ControllerWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 1,390Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: ControllerWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 1,386Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: TankWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 1,343Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: Damage DealerWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 1,257Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: Damage DealerWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 1,234Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: ControllerWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 888Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: SupportWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 824Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: ControllerWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 818Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: Damage DealerWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 817Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: Damage DealerWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 723Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: Damage DealerWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 711Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: MarksmanWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 689Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: ArtilleryWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 682Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: TankWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 680Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: TankWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 678Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: ControllerWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 651Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: AssassinWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 651Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: SupportWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 597Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: AssassinWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 571Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: AssassinWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Battles counted here: 570Window: the one chosen above · trophy and Ranked togetherClass: Damage DealerWin rate, share of picks, adjusted: Being measured (gate G-M)
Stops the tankEdgar37,630 games vs TankWin rate: Being measured
Checks the diveMortis47,729 games vs AssassinWin rate: Being measured
Answers the long laneGus30,287 games vs MarksmanWin rate: Being measured
Breaks the supportGriff22,271 games vs SupportWin rate: Being measured
Each row is one of this map’s most-played picks that has met that class the most on all maps counted; one brawler is named once. Win rates against the class are being measured (gate G-M).
GamGem calculation from BS_MATCH_VSGamGem calculation from BS_MATCHX_CLASS_VS + BS_WIKI_BRAWLERS
Best counted trios
No three-brawler team cleared the 25-game floor on each side of this map yet. Build one from the most-played picks above in the draft tool.
GamGem calculation from BS_MATCH_COMPS
Lane assignments
Hold the zone on the clock, not the kill feed: stepping out of the circle is losing it.
Left laneBo — zone: deny the bush and the choke
MidEmz — zone: deny the bush and the choke
Right laneGriff — zone: deny the bush and the choke
GamGem editorial — not measured
Map fingerprint
Draw share0.03%
Top-5 pick share25.7%
Average length100.2s
9,747 team battles since 16 Sep 2026 · 3 draws · duration from 7,077 timed games.
Star-player share by class — Being measured (M6, gate G-M).
GamGem calculation from BS_MATCHX_ROTATION + BS_MATCHX_SAMPLEGamGem calculation from BS_MATCHX_RANKED_POOL
Data checks
Wiki says active, last change 2024-02-27.Sourced
Season 50 Ranked pool: 5665 counted battles.Counted
Fingerprint above its floor: draw share and length are printed.Counted
Win rate, share of picks and adjusted win rate come from gate G-M.Being measured
Star-player share by class (M6) is not in the fixtures this page reads.Being measured
The schematic is our drawing, not the in-game map; no tile counts exist.Editorial
Status words describe our check, not the game’s own state.
Draft rehearsal
Tap brawlers for your trio (3) and the enemy (up to 3). Coverage uses counted matchups from all maps; win rates are being measured.
You: —
Enemy: —
Pick your trio and the likely enemy: the check uses counted matchups from all maps.
First pickEmz · 2,811 gamesSecondBo · 2,618 gamesLast pickGriff · third by counted games
Share card
GamGem · Dueling Beetles · Hot Zone · Ranked
Window: Rotation (2026-05-18–2026-10-16) · 10,291 battles in 21 weeks
Most played here: Emz 2,811 · Bo 2,618 · Griff 2,617
Your trio: — · Enemy: —
Draws 0.03% · average 100.2s
Schematic is a GamGem drawing, not the in-game map.
Sources (13)
What
Source
Date
How we count
Battles by queue
Recent battles of the global top 49601 trophy players · 2026-09-16–2026-10-16 · n = 2,572 battles · Preview sample
2026-10-19
Collected 2026-10-19
Ranked battles on this map
Ranked (solo) battles of the global top 49601 trophy players · 2026-09-16–2026-10-16 · n = 7,103 battles · Preview sample
2026-10-19
Collected 2026-10-19
Picks and decided games per brawler
GamGem calculation from BS_MATCH_MAPS + BS_MATCH_SHARE
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Decided games summed per brawler over this map’s event ids, trophy and Ranked together; mirrors out. Win rate and share of picks wait for gate G-M.
Most-faced opponent per pick
GamGem calculation from BS_MATCH_VS
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The opposing brawler with the most decided games against it, all maps together; the win-rate edge waits for gate G-M.
Counted trios
GamGem calculation from BS_MATCH_COMPS
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Three-brawler teams with decided games on this map, most-counted first; their win rates wait for gate G-M.
Rotation history and weekly buckets
GamGem calculation from BS_MATCHX_ROTATION + BS_MATCHX_SAMPLE
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First and last day the cache saw each event id, days seen, and battles per Monday-start week.
Ranked pool per season
GamGem calculation from BS_MATCHX_RANKED_POOL
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Battles counted per Round season and event id; a row seen only in the season’s first six hours is marked as an edge.
Map fingerprint and twins
GamGem calculation from BS_MATCHX_MAP_SHAPE
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Draw share and top-5 pick concentration since the 16 Sep 2026 patch; duration from the v2 duration field; twins = Jaccard of the top-10 picks in the same mode.
Brawlers that meet a class
GamGem calculation from BS_MATCHX_CLASS_VS + BS_WIKI_BRAWLERS
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Each non-mirrored brawler counted against every opposing class; the wiki infobox supplies the class.
Official Brawl Stars API · /v1/gamemodes · 2026-10-19
2026-10-19
Lanes, first 20 s, comeback
GamGem editorial — not measured
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GamGem reading of the mode; it measures nothing and prints no number.
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Emz2,811 decided gamesControllerMost playedWin rateBeing measured
Bo2,618 decided gamesControllerSecond mostWin rateBeing measured
Griff2,617 decided gamesControllerThird mostWin rateBeing measured
Emz
Bo
Griff
Edgar
Tick
Shade
Mortis
Dynamike
Gus
Amber
Sirius
Bibi
Surge
Colette
Penny
Poco
Jessie
Spike
Pearl
Rico
Brock
Barley
El Primo
Frank
Lou
Stu
Wendy
Kenji
Nori
Mina
Emz
Bo
Griff
Edgar
Tick