Also Mewtwo is better than fox and sheik. When was the last time either of those characters did anything to justify being ahead of Rosalina or ZSS. Note I didn't use a question mark there, because it wasn't a question.
I was going to kind of reflexively disagree with you, but after thinking about it, I’ll just partially disagree. I don’t really care that much how a given character is “doing” in this meta versus what they can actually do against any other character. That’s a bit harder to tease out because our top players frequently play sub optimally.
I can’t see Mewtwo, even optimimistically, being a better character than Sheik. Sheik is as close as we have to broken without real, tangible weaknesses and enough meaningful options to gain continual growth.
I think Mewtwo has flown under the radar though. He is absolutely a top tier character with a massive amount of busted stuff packed into a mercifully wonky frame.
As for being better than Fox, ZSS, and Rosa? I don’t know. I generally think of Mewtwo and Fox in the same region in top tier, whatever useless thing that means. Rosa is weird, because if you can bypass Luma as a natural part of your neutral, then you can actually fight her. If not, you get murdered. She’s so polarizing, even to other top tiers. ZSS, I could see a case for, but I’m not going to make it.
It's been one of those days, huh?
In match ups, tournament results, abilities, and combos Fox and Sheik do much better in those aspects than Mewtwo. Being ahead of Rosalina and ZSS or any character does not justify the full picture of a character. And Fox and Sheik are ahead Rosalina and ZSS. I think you should do your research, you know Sheik and Fox are better than Mewtwo.
Sorry for getting a bit steamed there... now a flame war is going to start...
I don’t know how you measure combos as a thing to do better in, but Mewtwo has some of the highest, quickest damage output in the game and has more ways to seal your stock than maybe any other top tier.
I also don’t think it’s a given that Fox, or Rosa, or ZSS is automatically better than Mewtwo. People assumed Bayo was maybe scratching the bottom of top 10 in the first six months post patch before they realized her tools were still borked.
Elegant is flat out better at the MU, tbh. There's no reason you should be able to camp out Mario and not Luigi. I feel like Elegant's skill is being conflated with the abilities of his character far too often.
Luigi absolutely does better in the Bayo MU than Mario. Yeah, he is also susceptible to platform camping, but Mario can’t garbage can Bayo’s stellar recovery. He also can’t afford single hit potshots on her, while Luigi’s aerials actually hurt individually. And as good as his combo game is, it’s still not quite Luigi’s level, which is some of the highest damage output in the game outside of Bayo herself.