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CaliburChamp's SSBB In depth Tier list. Updated: 1-21-09
posted to the public at 3:50 PM on Saturday Apr 25, 2009
Tier 1 (Galaxy) Top Tier.
Meta Knight 10.0
Snake 9.9 
Diddy Kong 9.8 
Wario 9.6
Falco 9.5
Ice Climbers 9.4
King Dedede 9.3
Marth 9.2 
Pikachu 9.1 

Tier 2 (Sky) High Tier.
Mr. Game & Watch 8.9
Zero Suit Samus 8.8   
Olimar and Pikmin  8.7
Pit 8.5
R.O.B. 8.4
Toon Link 8.3
Lucario 8.2
Kirby 8.1
 
Tier 3 (Mountain) Middle Tier.
Donkey Kong 7.9
Squirtle 7.8 (Independant)
Peach 7.7
Luigi 7.6
Fox 7.5
Wolf 7.4
Zelda/Shiek 7.0 (Used as both)
Shiek 6.7
Ness 6.5
Lucas 6.4 
Sonic 6.3
Yoshi 6.2
Pokemon Trainer 6.0 (Balanced. All 3 pokemon used equally.) 
 
Tier 4 (Earth) Low Tier.
Mario 5.9
Charizard 5.8 (Independent.)
Bowser 5.7  
Ike 5.6
Zelda 5.5
Samus 5.3  
Jigglypuff 5.2 
Ivysaur 5.0 (Independent.)

Tier 5 (Underground) Bottom Tier.
Captain Falcon 4.9 
Link 4.7
Ganondorf 4.5
Popo/Nana 4.0

G Tier (Useless) Underground.
Solo Olimar 1.0

This list was thought of from the following evidence : live tournament results, online ladder rankings, characters performance on starter stages, and overall good match ups against the rest of the cast.
I've been playing all the characters that I have not been familiar
with, to get a better idea about how they would place on the tier list.
This tier list goes further in depth, adding PT's pokemon as separate to make them a hacked independent character, with no respawn switching and fatigue. Then there is the default or Balanced PT that uses all 3 pokemon equally. Then there are specialized trainers who use one pokemon alot, I call these, Squirtle trainers, Ivysaur Trainers, or Charizard trainers, depending on who they use the most. Zelda and Shiek is referenced as "used as both", because they both work around their weaknesses, Sheik for the damage racking, Zelda for the KOing. The
numbers represent a scale from 1-10. 10 Being the best. I have
researched facts to come up with this tier list and did some math. This is what the
current metagame is right now, although it can change slightly. But so
far I'm satisfied with this list.

I'll continually keep updating this.

Condensed Version (My tier list)
Tier 1: Metaknight, Snake, Diddy Kong, Wario, Falco, Ice Climbers, King Dedede, Marth, Pikachu
Tier 2: Mr. G&W, Zero Suit Samus, Olimar, Pit, R.O.B., Toon Link, Lucario, Kirby
Tier 3: Donkey Kong, Squirtle, Peach, Luigi, Fox, Wolf, Shiek/Zelda, Shiek, Ness, Lucas, Sonic, Yoshi, Pokemon Trainer
Tier 4: Mario, Charizard, Bowser, Ike, Zelda, Samus, Jigglypuff, Ivysaur
Tier 5: Captain Falcon, Link, Ganondorf, Popo

Compared to the new tier list 3.0
Condensed Version
S: Meta Knight, Snake, Wario, Falco, Diddy Kong, King Dedede
A: Marth, Mr. Game & Watch, Pikachu, Olimar, Ice Climbers, R.O.B., Kirby
B: Lucario, Zero Suit Samus, Toon Link, Pit, Donkey Kong
C: Peach, Luigi, Fox, Wolf, Sonic, Sheik
D: Bowser, Zelda, Pokémon Trainer, Ike
E: Lucas, Mario, Ness, Yoshi, Samus
F: Jigglypuff, Captain Falcon, Link, Ganondorf

Comments

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TKO727 wrote at 4:28 PM on Apr 25, 2009 :
jiggz being at the bottom already makes this fail

SchizoMango wrote at 4:32 PM on Apr 25, 2009 :
Jiggz isn't at the bottom. fail blog.

Vivid Distortion wrote at 4:33 PM on Apr 25, 2009 :
I've seen better C. Falcon,s Ganons, and Links more so than Jigglypuff. Also, do you know of any Jigglypuff that gets up high on the ladder or in live tournaments? I haven't seen that yet. With less hitstun in brawl it's harder to land a free rest.

Poltergust wrote at 6:05 PM on Apr 25, 2009 :
Yoshi isn't that low. He can't be worse than PT, Samus, and Ike. Fail. >_>

verycoolguy wrote at 6:58 PM on Apr 25, 2009 :
Mario >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fox.
Fox is so bad. He's F Tier imo.

Vivid Distortion wrote at 1:33 PM on Apr 26, 2009 :
I made some changes. Ok, maybe Yoshi is better than Samus, but PT has some different tiers depending on the pokemon, on average PT and Yoshi are pretty much at the same level, Ike has the broken jab game which is why he is slightly above Yoshi. Jabs are easy to hit with and rack up alot of damage quick.
Fox can easily land an Up+Smash with his speed. Fox is definitly not bad, he's a little above average. Any character that has an easy to land KO move, and hard to escape combos, a reflector to discourage projectile camping, and his rapid blaster which recharges move decay with each shot is definitly better than average.

cell wrote at 6:26 PM on Apr 26, 2009 :
Snake should be B tier.

Jamnt0ast wrote at 6:28 PM on Apr 26, 2009 :
MK too low. snake too high.... i.e. separate that into 2 tiers. Lucario Oli IC pika should be below marth wario and rob. mid tier and below doesnt matter

Jamnt0ast wrote at 6:28 PM on Apr 26, 2009 :
oh and put zamus up by oli

Eden wrote at 6:32 PM on Apr 26, 2009 :
Wario and marth are way too low.

Eden wrote at 6:33 PM on Apr 26, 2009 :
Oh ic's are WAY too high.

M.n.M wrote at 6:39 PM on Apr 26, 2009 :
IMO MK should get his own tier at the very top. Snake should get his own tier under MKs'. I don't think DDD should be that high up. Maybe under Olimar considering he gets destroyed by everyone Olimar and up (except Snake).

M.n.M wrote at 6:41 PM on Apr 26, 2009 :
Edit*- Your list changed in literally 2 seconds lol. Maybe DDD at the bottom of A tier?

Vivid Distortion wrote at 1:30 PM on Aug 17, 2009 :
Updated today... put Pit a bit higher than Toon Link, it's easier to KO with Pit than it is with TL, unless TL gets fortunate with a D-air spike. Pit also has longer range attacks, and 2 reflectors to discourage camping and Pit has a better recovery than TL and is heavier. TL has more projectiles options than Pit, more priority on attacks, and a better air game, and that's about it.

Llumys wrote at 8:11 PM on Nov 17, 2009 :
This looks decent.

Solo Olimar is known as Nolimar. Solimar is a scrub term.

Masterdrenin wrote at 2:39 AM on Jan 21, 2010 :
This list... it's so perfect :)

busy. wrote at 2:42 AM on Jan 21, 2010 :
not bad...

Kokaloo wrote at 2:44 AM on Jan 21, 2010 :
This is actually really good

nightzero2x wrote at 2:46 AM on Jan 21, 2010 :
wow first time seen good one while in a blog.

shadow1 wrote at 2:47 AM on Jan 21, 2010 :
Vivid Distortion wrote at 12:30 PM on Aug 17, 2009 :
Updated today... put Pit a bit higher than Toon Link, it's easier to KO with Pit than it is with TL, unless TL gets fortunate with a D-air spike. Pit also has longer range attacks, and 2 reflectors to discourage camping and Pit has a better recovery than TL and is heavier. TL has more projectiles options than Pit, more priority on attacks, and a better air game, and that's about it.



just mentioning tls dair makes this post a failure

Mutha-Fn GangstaKirby wrote at 3:10 AM on Jan 21, 2010 :
on tier 2 kirby is too low.. :/ he shud be above all those chars except for olimar

TantalusIX wrote at 4:49 AM on Jan 21, 2010 :
cell wrote at 6:26 PM on Apr 26, 2009 : Snake should be B tier.

TantalusIX wrote at 4:50 AM on Jan 21, 2010 :
TantalusIX wrote at 4:49 AM on Jan 21, 2010 : cell wrote at 6:26 PM on Apr 26, 2009 : Snake should be B tier.

You gotta be ****ing kidding me

TantalusIX wrote at 4:50 AM on Jan 21, 2010 :
oops...look like i failed XD

Eagleye893 wrote at 7:54 AM on Jan 21, 2010 :
Thanks for showing ness needs to be higher...

Vincenzo wrote at 1:45 PM on Jan 21, 2010 :
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TKO727 wrote at 4:28 PM on Apr 25, 2009 :
jiggz being at the bottom already makes this fail "

DEM STARZ!!! DEM STARZ!!!!!!!!!

lonewolf537 wrote at 4:17 PM on Jan 21, 2010 :
why is marth below the ice climbers?

Vivid Distortion wrote at 6:09 PM on Jan 21, 2010 :
Don't be so biased lonewolf... Marth main. lol. Ice Climbers are better on neutral stages, on CP stages, Marth is the better character, but this metagame revolves around the neutral stages.

Vivid Distortion wrote at 6:10 PM on Jan 21, 2010 :
Because of how the rules are. ^

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