Lou Brawl Stars Guide
Lou can be a great pick when the map and matchup fit. This guide combines current meta information with BrawlBetter’s match and draft data to show when to pick Lou — and when not to.
- Tier
- A
- Class
- controller
- Blind-pick safety
- 7/10
Current meta status
Lou sits in A tier in the current meta (2026-07 Balance Update) with a blind-pick safety of 7/10. See the full tier list for the surrounding context.
Best build
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
Strengths
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 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.
- With your freeze super you focus Jacky: Jacky only has close range and no answer at distance.
Weaknesses
Lou struggles against marksman, thrower and on maps that do not support the controller role.
Counters to watch
Strong against
Best modes
Best maps
Draft advice
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.
When not to pick
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.