Lou Stats & Guide

Lou is currently S tier at rank #4 with a meta score of 72.2 and a 53.4% win rate over 2714 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 53% win rate across 2,714 matches of top players (reliable).

Lou is holding steady: 53% over the last 7 days (1,430 matches) against 53% in the 14 days before (1,490 matches).

Counted from Ranked matches of top players over the last 21 days, last updated 2026-11-15. Matches played before the latest balance change count for less.

Players take Lou into Gem Grab most often: 23% of its matches are played there, where it wins 55% (618 matches, reliable). Lou wins far more often than it loses in Hot Zone: 61% over 419 matches (reliable), 8 points above its overall win rate. Lou loses clearly more often than it wins in Heist: 46% over 241 matches (reliable), 7 points below its overall win rate.

Lou's strongest measured map is Center Stage (Brawl Ball): 61% over 142 matches (fairly reliable). Its weakest is Out in the Open (Knockout): 44% over 102 matches (fairly reliable). 26 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.