Best Lou Build
Most picked build across all modes
Best star power for Lou
Among Lou players, Hypothermia leads the star power slot at 51.0%. Star powers unlock at Power 9 and run passively, either always active or triggering by themselves the moment their condition is met. The other option, Supercool, sits at 49.0%.
Best gadget for Lou
The most common gadget is Ice Block at 52.0%. You fire it yourself and can keep using it all match, waiting out the cooldown each time, so players pick the effect they want on hand most often. The other option, Cryo Syrup, sits at 48.0%.
Best gears for Lou
On gear, Lou players favor SHIELD (28.7%), with DAMAGE (28.2%) close behind. Gears offer a smaller boost than a star power or gadget, so this is the fine-tuning slot of the build.
What Lou players unlock
Of the Lou players who have unlocked only one star power, 55.1% chose Hypothermia.
95.2% of maxed Lou owners have unlocked his Hypercharge.
What players who own Lou have unlocked, counted from tracked profiles over the last 30 days. "Unlocked first" is the share among the players who own only one of a pair, which is the closest thing to a preference the game data exposes: Supercell never publishes which build a player equipped in a match, so nothing here is a pick rate or a win rate by build.
Best Modes & Maps for Lou
Best Modes
Brawl Ball59.1%
Knockout57.9%
Brawl Ball 5v557.9%
Lou Counters
Lou Synergies
Popular Comps
Nita + Lou + Edgar12.4%
El Primo + Lou + Edgar42.3%
El Primo + Lou + Meg5.9%Lou Star Powers and Gadgets
Brain Freeze
Barraging opponents with snow cones, Lou can eventually freeze them in place for seconds.
Can-Do
Lou lobs a can of freezing cold syrup that creates an icy, slippery area on the ground that also slowly freezes and damages enemies. Very tough for his opponents' fancy footwork!
Supercool
Star PowerOpponents standing on Lou's Super area get frozen faster.
Hypothermia
Star PowerOpponents lose up to a portion of their damage based on how frozen they are from Lou's attacks.
Ice Block
GadgetLou shields himself with ice, becoming invulnerable.
Cryo Syrup
GadgetInstantly adds freeze meter to opponents inside Lou's Super.
Lou Skins
9 in the catalog
Super StrikerLegendary
RudeMythic
KingEpic
Stone TrollEpic1 Legendary, 1 Mythic, 2 Epic, 2 Super Rare, 1 Rare, 2 more
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What is the most popular Lou build?
The most picked Lou build runs Hypothermia star power (51.0% pick rate) with Ice Block gadget (52.0% pick rate). The top gear picks are SHIELD and DAMAGE. Across all builds combined, Lou holds a 51.5% overall win rate and rates C-tier.
Which Lou star power is better?
Hypothermia. It leads Lou's star power picks at 51.0%, against 49.0% for Supercool. Star powers are passive, so the equipped one works by itself all match and the leader is usually the one whose effect fits how the brawler is played.
How good is Lou in Brawl Stars?
Lou is currently C-tier with a 51.5% overall win rate. Its best mode is Brawl Ball at 59.1%. It sees 0.4% pick rate across all modes. That puts it at #66 out of 108 rated brawlers.
What is the best counter to Lou?
Vince beats Lou 74.7% of the time, the strongest counter in the data. Cosmo (65.8%) and Sirius (63.6%) are also unfavorable matchups to face. On the other side, Lou beats Shelly 69.2% of the time, its best matchup in the data.
What is Lou's best game mode?
Lou performs best in Brawl Ball (59.1% win rate), followed by Knockout (57.9%) and Brawl Ball 5v5 (57.9%). Basket Brawl rounds out its next-best mode at 49.7%. The spread between its best and worst recorded modes is 9.4%, so where you play Lou noticeably changes its odds.
What are Lou's stats at level 11?
At level 11, Lou has 7,000 health and a movement speed of 720. Its basic attack deals 880 damage with 3 ammo at a range of 9.3. It reloads in 1.1s.