Lou Stats & Guide

Lou is currently S tier at rank #10 with a meta score of 66.6 and a 53.8% win rate over 1380 weighted Ranked battles (high confidence). See the full tier list for the surrounding context.

Over the last 21 days, Lou wins clearly more often than it loses in Ranked: a 54% win rate across 1,380 matches of top players (reliable).

Lou is slipping: 44% over the last 7 days (295 matches) against 56% in the 14 days before (1,085 matches).

Counted from Ranked matches of top players over the last 21 days, last updated 2026-09-27. Matches played before the latest balance change count for less.

Players take Lou into Hot Zone most often: 56% of its matches are played there, where it wins 52% (777 matches, reliable). Lou wins far more often than it loses in Knockout: 63% over 68 matches (early signal), 9 points above its overall win rate. Lou loses far more often than it wins in Gem Grab: 44% over 115 matches (fairly reliable), 9 points below its overall win rate. Too few matches to show a win rate: Heist (26 matches).

Lou's strongest measured map is Backyard Bowl (Brawl Ball): 74% over 81 matches (fairly reliable). Cabin Fever looks even better at 90%, but 42 matches is only an early signal. Its weakest is Dueling Beetles (Hot Zone): 49% over 186 matches (fairly reliable). Spiraling Out looks even worse at 33%, but 36 matches is only an early signal. 10 maps have at least 30 Lou matches; maps with fewer are left out.

On these maps Lou 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 Lou is to lock in before you can see the enemy draft. Lou scores 7/10.

Gadget: Ice Block — Briefly invulnerable: you survive a burst or super that would normally kill you.

Star Power: Hypothermia — You cool enemies faster, so your slow and freeze land much sooner.

Gears: Gadget Charge + Damage — Slow uptime is your value.

Place your super on the route to the objective, not on the enemy itself.

More builds: Best Brawl Stars builds

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

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

Lou 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 Lou; the measured win rates per mode are higher up on this page.

• Hot Zone — fit 8/10
• Gem Grab — fit 7/10
• Knockout — fit 7/10

Map fit from the coaching model, next to the measured best maps above. When the two disagree, trust the one with more matches behind it.

Lou is safe enough to pick early: few open Brawlers punish this pick hard.

Works well alongside Emz.

Learn the pick-order logic in the drafting guide.

Skip Lou 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.