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Official 4BR Tier List V4 - Competitive Insight & Analysis

Krysco

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I am very, very interested in seeing what you have thus far.
Keep in mind that as my signature shows, I've only gotten to post 190 so far and I've only saved what I personally found interesting. I'll put it all in a spoiler and I'll direct quote what I've saved rather than reword it to avoid misconstruing what the original posters meant. Anything without quotes will be clarification from me.
"Rosa should not be in the top tier, she is in the 2nd highest.
Sonic is Top 5, replace Pika with him"

"I think MK is fine there, him having a powerful punish game does not over compensate for his average neutral, not as much as ZSS."

"I think Meta Knight should be higher, but jsut outside of top 5. Sonic should swap Pikachu easily because he has more results in general and vs sheik. but that is just me and it may seem like bias."

"Bowser and Lucas should probably switch places"

"Ike simply has more proven things than a large chunk of the characters above him. He's a good 9-10 spots too low. He should be right around the Pit/Peach area, with Luigi knocked down past him. "

"I honestly believe Ike should be at least above Olimar. This would put him at 23rd, which is basically what everyone has put him at that isn't a Japanese player, ~20th."

"Ness is another character with a massive MU flaw...but his strengths are so big it makes up for in, basically. His spot is okay in my book. Not a top 10, definitely a top 15 character."

"I can see Falcon drop more and more, going into mid tier once people get down their strings and improve edgeguarding. Pikachu honestly will start dropping towards ~10th, IMO. Villager probably will stay around the same."

"I'm satisfied with Megaman's placment. Its pretty perfect but I'll be honest I don't see how Pacman is worse than him. I guess Megaman has better results kinda(??) but other than that Pacman is all around alot better and shouldn't be under him."

" If I was to put a supposed trio in the C tier they made, it'd have prolly Peach Wario and Luigi in there over Falcon/Yoshi (or even both)"

"So what's the deal with Lucario being above Greninja and Ike?"

"I'm kind of iffy on Pacman, on one hand, you got his best player Abadango drop him, and on the other hand, you got new age Pacmen like Tea show the world that he's practically untouchable. I think over the course of this meta, he will rise very slowly and kind of settle around/just under high tier assuming no patches change him or his MUs."

"You know, as a person who plays a pretty good Samus, I can say that she could be about 4 to 5 characters higher than she currently is, maybe even up to 10 total spots."

"Falcon and Yoshi are not top 15. Falcon in particular gets hard countered by Sheik. The Pits should probably be in those spots. Ike probably belongs around there as well."

"Don't get me wrong, i know zard is not secretly mid tier or something. But i do think that he should at least be at the top of bottom tier."

"Falcon and Yoshi are not noticeably better than most of the characters in D. In fact, I think most of the characters in D are better than them."

"I'm hoping people will place Ganondorf somewhere higher in the future, because he's not ALL that bad."

"I find it hard to believe people put characters like Roy and Lucas, who are almost nonexistent in the meta, above her (Wii Fit Trainer) when she could almost be considered a national threat with how many appearances she makes."

"IMO, :4falcon::4yoshi: should just meld into D. In fact, :4pit::4darkpit::4wario: are probably better than those two."

"Meta Knight is unshakably top 5 in my opinion."


"My take on the order of the tier list:

:4sheik: :4zss::rosalina::4sonic::4diddy::4metaknight::4fox::4ryu::4pikachu::4mario::4villager::4ness::4cloud:"

"Wii Fit is laughably low."

"3: Doc below Mac

I disagree with this a lot; Both have similar weaknesses in recovery, but Dr. Mario has stellar frame data and a workable aerial game. IMO, he should be above Shulk or Link. Definitely not Bottom 10 (when you factor out Mii Fighters)"

"5: Donkey Kong a bit low

DK has done far too well at this point in tournies for me to consider him the halfway-point character on the list. Definitely think he belongs above Olimar and Greninja right now, maybe even Lucario. Same with Ike. They have results, but Olimar/Greninja/Lucario really don't. DK should be at the bottom of D, I think."

"8: WFT probably belongs a little bit higher in F

Top 32 at Genesis has had 2 place in Top 32 at EVO. Clearly a Borderline character, but she's had a better history than Falco, Mewtwo, or Roy. "

"...I'm really shocked how so many people are saying Captain Falcon isn't top 15..."

"but he (Captain Falcon) is top 15 I think."

"Zelda is higher than I expected."
She was ranked as the worst character in the first tier list so just a fun joke post.

""potentially better than robin, but not better than ike (first impression)""
In regards to Corrin and while the originally poster wasn't Nairo, it was a post about what Nairo thought of Corrin and Bayo before they came out.

"bullet arts (after attacks if you hold button) are funny/interesting but not too useful and often don't even hit"
Same as the Corrin comment

"I also think that at least Villager, Diddy and MK should have been placed above Mario."


"It's the same list that ranks Ganondorf bottom 3, even though there's evidence supporting he's low tier at worst.

The lack of results on a character doesn't equal automatic low placing, too. "

"Honestly Zelda is probably ranked too high on this list."
Different poster, same joke.

"Ganondorf has some pretty great MUs against characters who are above him, especially the likes of :4charizard: and :4dedede: for bottom tiers who he can beat, :4littlemac::4kirby::4gaw::4feroy: are low tiers he can soft counter, :4bowser: and :4lucario: are the middle tiers he can beat, and there's solid evidence with his massive KO prowess, ability to force some characters to counter (Roy and Mac), and the ability to Flame Choke > F-Tilt everyone above, but Roy, who can just simply be F-Tilted. :4drmario: might be another example of someone he soft counters; yeah, Doc has good combo follow ups, but he's also a victim of low mobility, a poor recovery and Flame Choke > F-Tilt, as well as light weight and easy to edge guard.

There are characters I can tell could go even with Ganondorf, such as :4shulk::4mewtwo::4falco::4bowserjr::4wario: and :4dk:. I'm a bit iffy on :4olimar:, but maybe he's an even to Ganondorf as long as Ganondorf doesn't manage to find his way around him. Yeah, Ganondorf does have a lot of counters who can beat him like :4mario::4luigi::4ryu::4link::4myfriends::4greninja: and :4rob: as examples, but most of his counters are often 45:55 to 40:60 in the opponent's favor, maybe 35:65 in the favor of :4zss::4metaknight::rosalina: and :4sheik:, but those are given.

But Ganondorf having good MUs (and this is from my experience against other decent players from offline tournaments and Anther's) can mean he's better than bottom 3. He's always going to be, to me at least, a low tier, maybe a possible bottom 20, but never really bottom 3, 5, 8 over 2"

http://prntscr.com/ifel4h
Screenshot of someone's personal top tier. If it doesn't work properly, I'll add it as an attachment to this post

"The meta might change for the better when the patch comes."
Pretty sure that was the patch that gave us Bayo and Corrin that was being referred to

"He (1111 Brawler) is still pretty "ok" overall, because his normals are insanely good."

"Finally, he also says that he believes Umbra Clock Tower should be a counterpick. "
More posts referring to stuff Nairo said

"(Zelda and Jiggs are clearly too high)"
More jokes!

""Massive" is a really exaggerated way of describing Mewtwo's buffs.

He's still stuck with the same crippling issues from before. He's still bad and will most likely never win anything noteworthy with such stark errors in his overall character design."

"...Luigi should be far lower..."

http://prntscr.com/ifenv5
Another screenshot of an image.

And just for the sake of convenience, here's what the first tier list looked like
Top
S::4sheik::4zss::rosalina:

High
A::4ryu::4pikachu::4sonic::4fox::4mario::4diddy::4metaknight:
B::4villager::4cloud::4ness:

Middle
C::4falcon::4yoshi:
D::4luigi::4darkpit::4pit::4peach::4rob::4wario2::4tlink::4lucario:
E::4olimar::4greninja::4myfriends::4dk::4megaman::4pacman::4bowser::4robinm:

Low
F::4feroy::4kirby::4bowserjr::4gaw::4lucas::4mewtwo::4falco::4wiifit:
G::4shulk::4marth::4link::4duckhunt::4littlemac::4drmario:

Bottom
H::4dedede::4lucina:
I::4miibrawl::4charizard::4palutena:
J::4samus::4miigun::4miisword::4ganondorf::4jigglypuff::4zelda:
Didn't bother to save who said what but for anyone who hung around back then, you may have an idea of who said what. This also isn't meant to be making fun of anyone for their thoughts back then but rather a look back to see how much opinions have changed from then and now.
Edit: added another link to a screenshot at the end of the first spoiler
 
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WiFi

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Nobody talkin' 'bout my boi Mewtwo. I think he's deserving of top tier though. Only loses to Sheik and Cloud, and not even that badly. Also loses to Bayo, but that matchup is more than overcomable. Mostly unexplored character, until very recently, and WaDi himself only started to use perfect pivots recently. Although my profile picture says Fox, I also main Mewtwo, and I can say that Mewtwo has the best damage output in the game, with 4-5 neutral wins taking a stock, or 3 big neutral wins taking a stock. Best upthrow in the game aside from Charizard's, great combos. The only glaring flaw Mewtwo has is his "meh" framedata, and being way too light. If Mewtwo was Cloud's weight, he would be top five and would only lose to maybe Cloud. But anyway, Mewtwo still has vast amounts of untapped potential, too bad he dies too fast for rage. I've gotten rage Mewtwo a couple of times, and killing at 60-70% with his Fair feels overpowered. Sadly, without that weight buff, Mewtwo will forever be slightly worse than Sonic, and slightly better than Mario/Corrin/Ryu.

Edit: I'm going to sleep, so don't expect me to answer your comments until tomorrow.
 
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Lord Dio

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Keep in mind that as my signature shows, I've only gotten to post 190 so far and I've only saved what I personally found interesting. I'll put it all in a spoiler and I'll direct quote what I've saved rather than reword it to avoid misconstruing what the original posters meant. Anything without quotes will be clarification from me.
"Rosa should not be in the top tier, she is in the 2nd highest.
Sonic is Top 5, replace Pika with him"

"I think MK is fine there, him having a powerful punish game does not over compensate for his average neutral, not as much as ZSS."

"I think Meta Knight should be higher, but jsut outside of top 5. Sonic should swap Pikachu easily because he has more results in general and vs sheik. but that is just me and it may seem like bias."

"Bowser and Lucas should probably switch places"

"Ike simply has more proven things than a large chunk of the characters above him. He's a good 9-10 spots too low. He should be right around the Pit/Peach area, with Luigi knocked down past him. "

"I honestly believe Ike should be at least above Olimar. This would put him at 23rd, which is basically what everyone has put him at that isn't a Japanese player, ~20th."

"Ness is another character with a massive MU flaw...but his strengths are so big it makes up for in, basically. His spot is okay in my book. Not a top 10, definitely a top 15 character."

"I can see Falcon drop more and more, going into mid tier once people get down their strings and improve edgeguarding. Pikachu honestly will start dropping towards ~10th, IMO. Villager probably will stay around the same."

"I'm satisfied with Megaman's placment. Its pretty perfect but I'll be honest I don't see how Pacman is worse than him. I guess Megaman has better results kinda(??) but other than that Pacman is all around alot better and shouldn't be under him."

" If I was to put a supposed trio in the C tier they made, it'd have prolly Peach Wario and Luigi in there over Falcon/Yoshi (or even both)"

"So what's the deal with Lucario being above Greninja and Ike?"

"I'm kind of iffy on Pacman, on one hand, you got his best player Abadango drop him, and on the other hand, you got new age Pacmen like Tea show the world that he's practically untouchable. I think over the course of this meta, he will rise very slowly and kind of settle around/just under high tier assuming no patches change him or his MUs."

"You know, as a person who plays a pretty good Samus, I can say that she could be about 4 to 5 characters higher than she currently is, maybe even up to 10 total spots."

"Falcon and Yoshi are not top 15. Falcon in particular gets hard countered by Sheik. The Pits should probably be in those spots. Ike probably belongs around there as well."

"Don't get me wrong, i know zard is not secretly mid tier or something. But i do think that he should at least be at the top of bottom tier."

"Falcon and Yoshi are not noticeably better than most of the characters in D. In fact, I think most of the characters in D are better than them."

"I'm hoping people will place Ganondorf somewhere higher in the future, because he's not ALL that bad."

"I find it hard to believe people put characters like Roy and Lucas, who are almost nonexistent in the meta, above her (Wii Fit Trainer) when she could almost be considered a national threat with how many appearances she makes."

"IMO, :4falcon::4yoshi: should just meld into D. In fact, :4pit::4darkpit::4wario: are probably better than those two."

"Meta Knight is unshakably top 5 in my opinion."


"My take on the order of the tier list:

:4sheik: :4zss::rosalina::4sonic::4diddy::4metaknight::4fox::4ryu::4pikachu::4mario::4villager::4ness::4cloud:"

"Wii Fit is laughably low."

"3: Doc below Mac

I disagree with this a lot; Both have similar weaknesses in recovery, but Dr. Mario has stellar frame data and a workable aerial game. IMO, he should be above Shulk or Link. Definitely not Bottom 10 (when you factor out Mii Fighters)"

"5: Donkey Kong a bit low

DK has done far too well at this point in tournies for me to consider him the halfway-point character on the list. Definitely think he belongs above Olimar and Greninja right now, maybe even Lucario. Same with Ike. They have results, but Olimar/Greninja/Lucario really don't. DK should be at the bottom of D, I think."

"8: WFT probably belongs a little bit higher in F

Top 32 at Genesis has had 2 place in Top 32 at EVO. Clearly a Borderline character, but she's had a better history than Falco, Mewtwo, or Roy. "

"...I'm really shocked how so many people are saying Captain Falcon isn't top 15..."

"but he (Captain Falcon) is top 15 I think."

"Zelda is higher than I expected."
She was ranked as the worst character in the first tier list so just a fun joke post.

""potentially better than robin, but not better than ike (first impression)""
In regards to Corrin and while the originally poster wasn't Nairo, it was a post about what Nairo thought of Corrin and Bayo before they came out.

"bullet arts (after attacks if you hold button) are funny/interesting but not too useful and often don't even hit"
Same as the Corrin comment

"I also think that at least Villager, Diddy and MK should have been placed above Mario."


"It's the same list that ranks Ganondorf bottom 3, even though there's evidence supporting he's low tier at worst.

The lack of results on a character doesn't equal automatic low placing, too. "

"Honestly Zelda is probably ranked too high on this list."
Different poster, same joke.

"Ganondorf has some pretty great MUs against characters who are above him, especially the likes of :4charizard: and :4dedede: for bottom tiers who he can beat, :4littlemac::4kirby::4gaw::4feroy: are low tiers he can soft counter, :4bowser: and :4lucario: are the middle tiers he can beat, and there's solid evidence with his massive KO prowess, ability to force some characters to counter (Roy and Mac), and the ability to Flame Choke > F-Tilt everyone above, but Roy, who can just simply be F-Tilted. :4drmario: might be another example of someone he soft counters; yeah, Doc has good combo follow ups, but he's also a victim of low mobility, a poor recovery and Flame Choke > F-Tilt, as well as light weight and easy to edge guard.

There are characters I can tell could go even with Ganondorf, such as :4shulk::4mewtwo::4falco::4bowserjr::4wario: and :4dk:. I'm a bit iffy on :4olimar:, but maybe he's an even to Ganondorf as long as Ganondorf doesn't manage to find his way around him. Yeah, Ganondorf does have a lot of counters who can beat him like :4mario::4luigi::4ryu::4link::4myfriends::4greninja: and :4rob: as examples, but most of his counters are often 45:55 to 40:60 in the opponent's favor, maybe 35:65 in the favor of :4zss::4metaknight::rosalina: and :4sheik:, but those are given.

But Ganondorf having good MUs (and this is from my experience against other decent players from offline tournaments and Anther's) can mean he's better than bottom 3. He's always going to be, to me at least, a low tier, maybe a possible bottom 20, but never really bottom 3, 5, 8 over 2"

http://prntscr.com/ifel4h
Screenshot of someone's personal top tier. If it doesn't work properly, I'll add it as an attachment to this post

"The meta might change for the better when the patch comes."
Pretty sure that was the patch that gave us Bayo and Corrin that was being referred to

"He (1111 Brawler) is still pretty "ok" overall, because his normals are insanely good."

"Finally, he also says that he believes Umbra Clock Tower should be a counterpick. "
More posts referring to stuff Nairo said

"(Zelda and Jiggs are clearly too high)"
More jokes!

""Massive" is a really exaggerated way of describing Mewtwo's buffs.

He's still stuck with the same crippling issues from before. He's still bad and will most likely never win anything noteworthy with such stark errors in his overall character design."

"...Luigi should be far lower..."

http://prntscr.com/ifenv5
Another screenshot of an image.

And just for the sake of convenience, here's what the first tier list looked like
Top
S::4sheik::4zss::rosalina:

High
A::4ryu::4pikachu::4sonic::4fox::4mario::4diddy::4metaknight:
B::4villager::4cloud::4ness:

Middle
C::4falcon::4yoshi:
D::4luigi::4darkpit::4pit::4peach::4rob::4wario2::4tlink::4lucario:
E::4olimar::4greninja::4myfriends::4dk::4megaman::4pacman::4bowser::4robinm:

Low
F::4feroy::4kirby::4bowserjr::4gaw::4lucas::4mewtwo::4falco::4wiifit:
G::4shulk::4marth::4link::4duckhunt::4littlemac::4drmario:

Bottom
H::4dedede::4lucina:
I::4miibrawl::4charizard::4palutena:
J::4samus::4miigun::4miisword::4ganondorf::4jigglypuff::4zelda:
Didn't bother to save who said what but for anyone who hung around back then, you may have an idea of who said what. This also isn't meant to be making fun of anyone for their thoughts back then but rather a look back to see how much opinions have changed from then and now.
Edit: added another link to a screenshot at the end of the first spoiler
God how I wish ganon was as good that post thought he was.
 

FeelMeUp

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Strange to think that the top 3 would most likely return to :rosalina::4sheik::4zss: if :4bayonetta::4cloud2:suddenly disappeared.
Interesting data, thanks for sharing. I'll review it and post thoughts if necessary some time soon.
 

Rizen

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I got some for free:

- Is Pikachu a top tier?
- Is Marth or Lucina better?
- Is X a hidden boss?

That's like half the thread
No, Marth, and yes, X is a hidden boss ;)

IMO it's not that smash players have bad mindsets so much as social media has complaints about everything. Even games done quick, a cancer prevention charity marathon, has toxic comments and chat. :dizzy:
 

TDK

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I got some for free:

- Is Pikachu a top tier?
- Is Marth or Lucina better?
- Is X a hidden boss?

That's like half the thread
No, Marth, and yes, X is a hidden boss ;)

IMO it's not that smash players have bad mindsets so much as social media has complaints about everything. Even games done quick, a cancer prevention charity marathon, has toxic comments and chat. :dizzy:
In the great words of @Zelder:
I will start taking hostages if this somehow leads back to a Marth vs Lucina discussion.
 
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Routa

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Didn't Melee almost die at one point? I wasn't part of the community back in the Brawl days, but I have heard stories about the community almost withering away at one point (at least in europe).

Also from a TO perspective I would not legalize Palu customs for 1 reasons: unlike Miis you have to have customs-on and that will open the discussion of bringing other customs back.
While I am huge fan of customs, I do not think that they should come back to competitive play. Why? There are already a lot of stuff TOs need to make sure that work on the venue. Making sure that you have enough setups in general can be troublesome in some places. Now add to that making sure that they have all customs on them... Yeah... Yes the 3DS is a option, but... Shortly said too much work on top of the other stuff TOs have to deal with. If only other customs were implemented like Miis.
 

Minordeth

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Huh, that is a nice way to learn. The only character I struggle fighting against truly is Bayonetta. As a Cloud main, how can I work this out? Can I use Sheik more often against Bayonetta? If I do not want to work with Sheik, how can Cloud punish Bayonetta hard, do I read the Witch-Times? Bayo is good at gimping and carrying me to death.
1. Read the section on Cloud in the Discord download in the Bayo-Counter thread.

2. Watch the Rush Hour Smash vid since Tweek gives Cloud specific stuff on it, if you haven't already.

3. You can use Sheik more, but Cloud really, really does just fine against Bayo. And everyone else.

4. Cloud is made out of frame traps, they really help. Watch some of Tweek's sets, especially from the tail end of last year.

5. Work on your ledge trap game. Once Bayo burns some specials, she will usually retreat to the ledge. Watch MKLeo at the ledge and figure out why he is doing what he is doing.

6. Cloud can live a really, really long time against Bayo with SDI/DI and playing smart. Check out Myollnir's thread or alternatively check out Keitaro's twitter, as he has retweeted a general, but succinct step-by-step flowcharty guide that is easy to remember.


Nobody talkin' 'bout my boi Mewtwo. I think he's deserving of top tier though. Only loses to Sheik and Cloud, and not even that badly. Also loses to Bayo, but that matchup is more than overcomable. Mostly unexplored character, until very recently, and WaDi himself only started to use perfect pivots recently. Although my profile picture says Fox, I also main Mewtwo, and I can say that Mewtwo has the best damage output in the game, with 4-5 neutral wins taking a stock, or 3 big neutral wins taking a stock. Best upthrow in the game aside from Charizard's, great combos. The only glaring flaw Mewtwo has is his "meh" framedata, and being way too light. If Mewtwo was Cloud's weight, he would be top five and would only lose to maybe Cloud. But anyway, Mewtwo still has vast amounts of untapped potential, too bad he dies too fast for rage. I've gotten rage Mewtwo a couple of times, and killing at 60-70% with his Fair feels overpowered. Sadly, without that weight buff, Mewtwo will forever be slightly worse than Sonic, and slightly better than Mario/Corrin/Ryu.

Edit: I'm going to sleep, so don't expect me to answer your comments until tomorrow.
Mewtwo also has issues with crossups, but really, he is otherwise stupid strong. I don't think he loses to Bayo, either. At this point, he probably has highest damage output that is "true" - as in, it is more dependent on mechanical execution and situation rather than the opponent being able to DI out.

There is counterplay to a lot of his Nair shenanigans, but most people don't know it yet, and it also requires SDI, and it still has counterplay to the counterplay, even now. WaDi still doesn't know how to manipulate Nair completely yet, so he is far from playing optimally, too.

No, Marth, and yes, X is a hidden boss ;)

IMO it's not that smash players have bad mindsets so much as social media has complaints about everything. Even games done quick, a cancer prevention charity marathon, has toxic comments and chat. :dizzy:
I uh, really can't believe 2GG is running a public poll on both Twitter and reddit. It blows my mind. And without a neutral option either. Like, what is life.
 

Rizen

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Q for the Cloud players (or anyone) : what's your worst stage? I was trying to think where the heck to CP cloud earlier tonight. Do I go against Uair juggles on BF or free limit on TnC? I am thinking Lylat or SV if they strike that.

Link doesn't have bad stages but can be put at a disadvantage if the opponent is better on a stage. It's very MU dependent. For high mobility critters like Sonic I'd ban FD and go BF/Lylat but vs Marth I'd want a big stage like TnC. I've warmed up to Lylat; Link often uses it better due to his curving projectiles as opposed to say Grenenja's shurikuns. Overall FD is probably Link's worst stage. He loves platforms and has poor horizontal mobility.
 

The-Technique

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Never go Battlefield vs Cloud imo, same reason you'd avoid Battlefield against Fox. Comfiest stages are Lylat, Smashville, or FD.
 

PURGE THEM LIKE THE

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Mewtwo also is weak to stuff like jab mixups because of his slow double jump. He also can't use his double jump for landing the way other characters would because it puts him up too high. He has to rely quite a bit on shadow ball/confusion b reversing to land or just going to the ledge. Being large also makes ledge trapping more effective on him.
 
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Strange to think that the top 3 would most likely return to :rosalina::4sheik::4zss: if :4bayonetta::4cloud2:suddenly disappeared.
Interesting data, thanks for sharing. I'll review it and post thoughts if necessary some time soon.
1000th post from you! :happysheep:
Funny how you did not say Diddy Kong, as that is most of the player's top three picks if Cloud and Bayonetta were gone. As time progresses, I am thinking Diddy Kong is going to be fine more and more, because he even had better representation than Sheik. Diddy may no longer have a top player on his side, but at least his representation is still good non-of-the-less. A good reason why Diddy could be left behind in your list is that Rosa, ZSS and Sheik all have a meta that needs more development than Diddy, and they might have a few untapped skill while almost all of Diddy's skill was found ( more skill found than Sheik, Rosa and ZSS at least ). Diddy was such a popular character back then ( even more than Sheik ) that players rushed to find tricks from Diddy, and they did. This thankfully led to his results increasing and patches to nerf Diddy. Either way even if Diddy's results rapidly drop somehow, Diddy should never leave top five because his neutral is amazing ( neutral could be becoming less relevant as ZeRo once stated ). I do think Diddy's placement should be around 3-5 ( Personally I would put him in fifth ).
 
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1000th post from you! :happysheep:
Funny how you did not say Diddy Kong, as that is most of the player's top three picks if Cloud and Bayonetta were gone. As time progresses, I am thinking Diddy Kong is going to be fine more and more, because he even had better representation than Sheik. Diddy may no longer have a top player on his side, but at least his representation is still good non-of-the-less. A good reason why Diddy could be left behind in your list is that Rosa, ZSS and Sheik all have a meta that needs more development than Diddy, and they might have a few untapped skill while almost all of Diddy's skill was found ( more skill found than Sheik, Rosa and ZSS at least ). Diddy was such a popular character back then ( even more than Sheik ) that players rushed to find tricks from Diddy, and they did. This thankfully led to his results increasing and patches to nerf Diddy. Either way even if Diddy's results rapidly drop somehow, Diddy should never leave top five because his neutral is amazing ( neutral could be becoming less relevant as ZeRo once stated ). I do think Diddy's placement should be around 3-5 ( Personally I would put him in fifth ).
Again, what threshold are you using for “top player?” Diddy definitely has at least one.
 

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You could try taking him to Battlefield. I prefer fighting him there since it is where I have fought him the most, so I am comfortable with it.

For worst stage, I would say Smashville since players like to default to it as a Brawl tradition. So I auto-ban it to break that tradition. I feel like players would have an advantage over me since I assume that they have more experience on that stage than me. Also I am still not comfortable with moving platforms.

Do you guys want to talk about stages and rulsets again? Found these two videos today.


Edit: RK's article may be getting popular. Found it from a retweet earlier and Coney just shared the Reddit link of it.

Article: https://medium.com/@TNG_RK/bayonetta-why-the-just-sdi-argument-is-flawed-11fba93952c3

Reddit link from Coney's tweet: https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/7xkzwl/bayonetta_why_the_just_sdi_argument_is_flawed/
 
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Q for the Cloud players (or anyone) : what's your worst stage? I was trying to think where the heck to CP cloud earlier tonight. Do I go against Uair juggles on BF or free limit on TnC? I am thinking Lylat or SV if they strike that.

Link doesn't have bad stages but can be put at a disadvantage if the opponent is better on a stage. It's very MU dependent. For high mobility critters like Sonic I'd ban FD and go BF/Lylat but vs Marth I'd want a big stage like TnC. I've warmed up to Lylat; Link often uses it better due to his curving projectiles as opposed to say Grenenja's shurikuns. Overall FD is probably Link's worst stage. He loves platforms and has poor horizontal mobility.
Worst stage is FD by far, best stages by FAR are Lylat and Triplats. Free Limit and platform camping. Nowhere to camp as easily on FD, not to mention some of the the losing or even MUs do very well on stages with less platforms. Bayo is debatably better on Lylat, but tbh since Cloud's almost as good on Lylat it's preferable to fighting bayo or sheik on fd.

Actually, this is VERY important. If you play Cloud and are ever forced to go FD, take them to Wily Castle so you can wall jump. If I'm being 100% honest, Tsu picking Wily against Shuton at Tokaigi is the only time I've seen a top 50 player pick an FD variant that's currently legal (I say that because I just remembered sometimes ZeRo would take people to Midgar or Gaur). Also Esam vs istudying but idk who picked it.

For CP advice, I'd say if your character sucks on FD, take him to Town, maybe a triplat if you're feeling extra gutsy. FD and Town should usually be the go-to cp stages against cloud imo.
 

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Most clouds auto ban FD from what I have seen, but Cloud doesn’t really have a bad stage. Some Clouds love Lylat for the pressure they can apply on that stage, but some absolutely hate it. Town is a solid Cloud stage in general, Smashville is also a really good Cloud stage as it allows him to retreat to the platform to alleviate pressure and charge limit whenever he sees fit. But vs some characters Smashville can be pretty terrible, mostly against characters that are really good at comboing horizontally (Sheik and Pika immediately come to mind). But pretty sure every Cloud loves tri plat lol, I would usually try to avoid going there against him
 
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As a Cloud main myself, I see that Cloud does do a lot better with platforms. When you go to places like For Glory, it is more easy for Cloud to get juggled than in stages with platform. And you know that Cloud is easy combo food. Cloud can still function in flat stages, but I prefer platform stages with Cloud.
I am going to make a list on what I think the top tiers ( V4 format ) benefit from the most ( Not saying anything but for example )
:4bayonetta:: Lylat
:4cloud2:: Battlefield
:4diddy:: Final Destination
:4sheik:: Final Destination
:rosalina:: Battlefield
:4zss:: Town and City
:4fox:: Battlefield
:4sonic:: Lylat
:4mario:: Town and City
:4mewtwo:: Smashville
:4marth:: Smashville
:4ryu:: Town and City
I apologize if I got anything wrong.
Again, what threshold are you using for “top player?” Diddy definitely has at least one.
Should of mentioned that. Like a high top representative who places consistently ( Diddy's second highest is MVD, who is 25th. ZeRo was 1st, but he is retired now as you already know ).
 

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Nobody talkin' 'bout my boi Mewtwo. I think he's deserving of top tier though. Only loses to Sheik and Cloud, and not even that badly. Also loses to Bayo, but that matchup is more than overcomable.
Yeah, Mewtwo is good. Do you think Diddy Kong - Mewtwo is even, then?
Strange to think that the top 3 would most likely return to :rosalina::4sheik::4zss: if :4bayonetta::4cloud2:suddenly disappeared.
Remove Corrin as well and Rosalina is suddenly a strong contender for #1 in the game (she might still be with Corrin around though).

Funny how you did not say Diddy Kong, as that is most of the player's top three picks if Cloud and Bayonetta were gone.
Diddy Kong is not really held back by DLC, he goes even or beats all DLC characters. Sheik even wins the Cloud MU, so she wouldn't be happy with DLC gone. Meanwhile, Rosalina loses to 2 or 3 DLC characters, so she would have reason to celebrate if DLC were gone. With DLC gone she'd only really lose to Meta Knight (and maybe Peach, Greninja, and/or ZSS if we are to believe Dabuz, but he put those at -0.5). Fox would also be really happy in a DLC-less meta, losing three of his worst MUs (Cloud, Bayonetta, and Ryu). Sonic and ZSS would also benefit.

As time progresses, I am thinking Diddy Kong is going to be fine more and more, because he even had better representation than Sheik.
He was essentially tied for 2nd on the latest tier list, he's not going to drop to 8th or anything. I don't think he'll drop lower than 4th, unless some MUs turn out to be worse than people think they are. Diddy's MU spread against top tiers is really impressive though, although he (interestingly enough) has some even (perhaps even potentially losing) MUs against some high/high-mid tiers, like Lucario and Olimar.

( Personally I would put him in fifth ).
Who would you put above him? Sheik and Fox?
 

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Ended up passing out last night but I just got done going through 300 more posts from V1. May as well just start posting these here as little glimpses to the past whenever I actually go back to the V1. Not gonna bother to make a thread dedicated to this stuff until I'm done the V1 and even then, the thread will be for useful information that was posted in the tier list threads and is too much of a pain to go looking for. Will make it easier to avoid more 'Roy's tippers are useless' situations since you'll just be able to go to the thread I make, click on the spoiler below the character head and find what you're looking for. Anyways! Here's what I've found from posts 190 to 492:
"For instance, like many have already said. Ike is a solo viable character who has results."

"Mario literally has no bad points and does very well all the time, yet I feel everyone wants to put him down. Is it that we just don't want to consider Mario a top tier because he's Mario?"

"Bowser finally has the grab reward he deserves. But he still has trouble landing. Many of the worse off characters fit this description. It not only gives you a bad disadvantage, but it gives your opponent an easy gameplan against you (get him above me). Every single character can do that with uthrow, and the best characters can directly kill you from there. Couple that with a lackluster recovery and you dont have a threatening mid tier."

"Falcon belongs in Greninja tier. You can't be top 15 with a 35-65 Sheik MU."

"Only one that I found a bit surprising was Robin making it to Mid-tier over a lot of the characters in Low-tier. "

"Little Mac is a character that loses to platforms. Stationary, floating floors. As long as Little Mac's opponent is comfortable banning Omegas and disengaging, they win. Period."

"Based on both matchup spread and results, :4myfriends: should at least be above :4rob:. "

"Why would we be discussing MK as top 5 if Sheik wins that badly(unless optimized Sheik really is that dominant, in which case she would endanger the competitive future of the meta)?"

"I think he (Ganondorf) probably is a bit better than bottom 3, but the top Ganons haven't shown up to nationals for a variety of reasons, and so he's put below characters he's either equal to or arguably slightly better than."

"Yeah Ganon's not great, but I'd definitely put him as equal to Marth and the like."

"I think if the top tier get toned down, MK won't need the ladder combo any longer and will start growing into his true niche: a ferocious edgeguard/gimper."

"Villager: Very nitpicky, but i'd say he fits in the A Tier. I think of majority of us think he's among the Top/High tiers rather than the borderline tier, which has Ness in it. I kind of see Villager in the same level as Fox really."

"Samus is low tier but not garbage. I'd estimate there's around 8-11 non-Mii characters worse than her, maybe more. "

" We at the Ganon boards know pretty well what Ganondorf can and can't do, and that while he's probably better than bottom 3, he's also probably still bottom 10 and that won't change barring patches. "

"There is no way Pikachu's matchup spread is worse than a character like Ryu, or Mario, or Fox, or Ness. Ryu is a standout character in terms of being too high on this list (as others have mentioned) -- honestly he probably loses to ~5 top 10ish characters (counting Pikachu/Villager/Sonic/Sheik/Diddy) and tends to struggle vs an effective keepaway game in general, which lends itself to pesky matchups against characters like Mega Man and Toon Link. He doesn't really beat many good characters either. One of the most overrated top chars imo. Mario loses to the top 3 (and Rosa is pretty rough at that) as well as Meta Knight and Luigi. Fox has really rough matchups against Sheik, Rosa, and Ryu that kind of hold him back at the top level. Ness is invalidated by Rosa and also has pretty solid losing matchups to Villager, Sheik, and MK. This leaves Sonic, MK, Cloud, Villager, and Diddy. I'm pretty hard-pressed to put Pikachu below Diddy when you look at how Diddy does against the top 3 compared to Pikachu (he loses all 3 matchups, Rosa is very rough though ZSS and Sheik win rather slightly). I think the group after the top 3 based on this is Sonic/MK/Cloud/Pika/Villager, maybe drop off Villager but in general I think tof what these characters are pretty much interchangeable in terms of where you place them."

"Greninja is clunky, no doubt about it.
He has some fantastic traits but nothing about his kit is exceptional or even really notable.

People could've perhaps said the same thing about Marth in Brawl, but ***** please Dolphin Slash, Fair, Nair, Dancing Blade were monsters in their own way.
Can't think of anything that's a monster in greninja's kit. "

""Did shaya just insinuate Diddy's fair is better than Greninja's entire kit?"
Maybe."

"...I think Falcon will hit D eventually due to sheer overplay."

"Seriously, this. You are setting yourself up for heartbreak if you or anyone else is waiting for a miracle patch. "

"Is anyone going to talk about how from the videos, it looks like Bayonettas combo starting moves are all pretty punishable on block and her throws dont seem to start any.

That's not exactly a 'top 10 trait' when your damage per hit is poor and youre a lightweight character.

I'm not implying anything, just wondering why people seem to be ignoring that she honestly seems to lack a safe poke to start up her combos, the entire reason why she is considered good. "

" I honestly think Doc and Roy should switch places because at least Doc is a confirmed pocket of several top level players. Seriously though, who's ranking with Roy? "

"Hardly anyone. There's still the perception of him (Roy) being decent from back when he was FOTM, but he really isn't all that great. Doc is definitely better. "

"In my personal opinion, he's basically Little Mac with a sword and I'm hard pressed to believe he's better than Link, Marth, or Shulk because all three of them have better tools. Part of the issue with the low tier though is that a lot of the characters don't have a ton of representation so I almost feel like a lot of it was guess work. For example, with all the tools Wii Fit and Lucas have, there's no way in hell that either of them are low tier. "

"I am of the firm belief that Doc is better as well. I believe Doc should be about where Roy is (dunno if they should swap places, but Doc should be above Marth and Roy respectively IMO).

That being said Doc is still not a good character despite being very close to one, but I'm unsure about Roy's placement on there as well despite me believing at this point that he may or may not be marginally better than Marth (I tend to fluctuate because they're both bad but have things the other wants in a lot of instances, it's weird). I don't think the difference is enough to really matter though. "

"Like I said before, Rosalina has received 15 nerfs since the game came out so that kind of gives you an idea of how broken her current concept as a character is in Smash. To put this even more in perspective, Diddy received half a dozen nerfs in one patch and fell off the top and Luigi received three nerfs in one patch and fell so much that some people question if he's standalone viable anymore."

"The biggest problem with Sheik is still that she doesn't have to commit to anything to get everything she needs to do done.

She needs some lag, SOMEWHERE, or she's always going to overwhelm the majority of the cast with relative ease.

Even removing needles outright isn't going to fix it."

"Bayonetta is really disappointing."

"She (Bayonetta) does seem a bit awkward and I can imagine raw rushdown characters like the mario bros giving her trouble, but she's definitely very comparable to sheik in many ways I feel. "

"When are we going to discuss banning bayonetta? :happysheep::cheep::halfsheep::emptysheep:" -Dabuz

"She's (Bayonetta) got literally everything else to compete but I'd need to see some seriously good play with her before I even consider her to be even mid tier. Actually doesn't seem incredibly polarizing so far."

"Also, no bias, Pit beats Corrin since Corrin can't spam Bairs to recover because arrows are a thing. *sorta serious* "

"Greninja's shadow sneak cancel is STILL. IN. THE. GAME. and is the perfect counter to her most devastating combos. He will probably have one of the best MUs against her if not the best, as he seems to hold his own in neutral and advantage (Hydro Pump can really screw up her recovery) with a significantly better disadvantage state than anyone else in that MU."

"I don't see why people are saying Bayonetta is good. I understand that, at the least, she has a learning curve, but I don't understand why she's seen as so incredible already. Damage output sucks, her combos are repetitive and her mixups are awkward. Maybe it's because I suck or because I'm playing online, but I haven't really gotten a lot of combos. As soon as I try something, the opponent just jumps and there's not really crap Bayonetta can seem to do in time.

Haven't played Corrin but they seem obviously the better DLC fighter."

"I dunno.

I'm not feeling the Bayonetta Ban thing.

Like... She strikes me as another Ryu.

Really good and has amazing combos, but not as good.

Like... her combos don't chain as well and get no where near the amount of reward that Ryu's do.

Witch Time is a thing yes, but it requires the hardest of reads. I think it's actually the strictest of the counters. "

"What's so bad about Bayo that she needs to be banned? She's good, but I don't see her overpowering Sheik or ZSS."

"Pretty sure Dabuz's comment was tongue in cheek.

Lets judge when bayonetta is fully optimised, but day one 0-death combos being shown is.. scary to say the least "

"I haven't actually played the patched version yet but Bayo's frame data looks comparable to Link's. If it is she might not be as good as she first seems."
My apologies if this brings up more unwanted ban talk but Bayo and Corrin DID come out shortly after the V1 so people of course talked about them and I find it interesting to look at thoughts about them from back then, compared to now, especially with Bayonetta.
 

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Yeah, Mewtwo is good. Do you think Diddy Kong - Mewtwo is even, then?
Remove Corrin as well and Rosalina is suddenly a strong contender for #1 in the game (she might still be with Corrin around though).

Diddy Kong is not really held back by DLC, he goes even or beats all DLC characters. Sheik even wins the Cloud MU, so she wouldn't be happy with DLC gone. Meanwhile, Rosalina loses to 2 or 3 DLC characters, so she would have reason to celebrate if DLC were gone. With DLC gone she'd only really lose to Meta Knight (and maybe Peach, Greninja, and/or ZSS if we are to believe Dabuz, but he put those at -0.5). Fox would also be really happy in a DLC-less meta, losing three of his worst MUs (Cloud, Bayonetta, and Ryu). Sonic and ZSS would also benefit.

He was essentially tied for 2nd on the latest tier list, he's not going to drop to 8th or anything. I don't think he'll drop lower than 4th, unless some MUs turn out to be worse than people think they are. Diddy's MU spread against top tiers is really impressive though, although he (interestingly enough) has some even (perhaps even potentially losing) MUs against some high/high-mid tiers, like Lucario and Olimar.

Who would you put above him? Sheik and Fox?
Diddy-Mewtwo is even. Watch WaDi. Even Abadango says Mewtwo-Diddy is even now. Remember, out of all of the top tiers, Mewtwo is the least explored or optimized.
 

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Not looking forward to the Pika uthrow Thunder and Marcina debates quite as much though...
please at least grab a handful of lines from those though

the Great Marcina Wars and the The Battle of Pika Uthrow-Thunder need to be recorded in the annals of history
 

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Don't know what to post, so I decided to do this, since I did the same with PM Rankings 2017.
PGR v4 (And v5's current changes in comparison to v4)
(Main characters are in v5's current state.)

1. ZeRo :4diddy: 0
2. Salem :4bayonetta: +9
3. Nairo :4zss: 0 | (Second: :4bowser::4cloud2:)
4. MKLeo :4cloud2::4marth::4metaknight: -2 | (Second: :4corrinf:)
5. Tweek :4cloud2: +7 | (Second: :4bayonetta::4dk:)
6. Dabuz :rosalina: -2 | (Second: :4olimar:)
7. Larry Lurr :4fox: -1 | (Second: :4dk:)
8. KEN :4sonic: +8
9. VoiD :4sheik: +4 | (Second: :4fox:)
10. Mr. R :4sheik: -1 | (Second: :4cloud:)
11. Elegant :4luigi: +14
12. WaDi :4mewtwo: +34 | (Second: :4rob:)
13. Mistake :4bayonetta2: New | (Second: :4zss:)
14. Ally :4mario: -9
15. Abadango :4mewtwo::4bayonetta:-5 | (Second: :4metaknight:)
16. komorikiri :4cloud2::4sonic: -8 | (Second: :4feroy:)
17. Cosmos :4corrinf: New
18. Captain Zack :4bayonetta2: -11 | (Second: :4peach:)
19. Marss :4zss: -5 | (Second: :4falcon:)
20. ANTi :4mario::4zss::4cloud:+1
21. ESAM :4pikachu: -3 | (Second: :4samus:)
22. Samsora :4peach: +2
23. Manny :4sonic: +17
24. Lima :4bayonetta2: New
25. MVD :4diddy: +4
26. Darkshad :4ryu: New
27. Shuton :4olimar: +6 | (Second: :4shulk:)
28. Mr. E :4lucina::4marth: +2
29. Kirihara :rosalina: -10
30. Konga :4dk: New
31. Zinoto :4diddy: -11
32. Raito :4duckhunt: +2
33. NAKAT :4fox::4ness: +9 | (Second: :4dk::4lucina:)
34. Tsu- :4lucario: -8 | (Second: :4ryu:)
35. Charliedaking :4fox: New
36. Choco :4zss: +13
37. JK :4bayonetta: +11
38. Fatality :4falcon: -23
39. dyr :4diddy: New
40. Tyroy :4bayonetta: New | (Second: :4metaknight:)
41. falln :rosalina: -13
42. Shoyo James :4diddy::4luigi: +9
43. 6WX :4sonic: -12
44. Kameme :4megaman::4sheik: -17 | (Second: :4cloud:)
45. Ryuga :4corrinf: New | (Second: :4myfriends:)
46. Vinnie :4sheik::rosalina: New
47. Light :4fox: New
48. K9sbruce :4diddy::4sheik: +3
49. Zenyou :4mario: New
50. AC :4metaknight: -5 | (Second: :4falco:)
HM. Eon :4fox: New
HM. Javi :4sheik::4cloud: Previously 44th
HM. Locus :4ryu: Previously 22nd | (Second: :4bayonetta:)
HM. Luhtie :4zss: New
HM. Stroder :4greninja: New | (Second: :4feroy:)


Character Representation (by mains)
7- :4bayonetta:
6- :4diddy::4sheik:
5- :4cloud::4zss::4fox:
4- :rosalina::4sonic:
3- :4mario:
2- :4mewtwo::4marth::4ryu::4corrinf::4metaknight::4luigi:
1- :4lucina::4pikachu::4lucario::4falcon::4peach::4olimar::4dk::4greninja::4megaman::4ness::4duckhunt:

Character Representation (secondaries included)
8- :4bayonetta::4cloud:
6- :4diddy::4sheik::4zss::4fox:
4- :rosalina::4sonic::4metaknight::4dk:
3- :4mario::4ryu::4corrinf:
2- :4mewtwo::4marth::4lucina::4luigi::4falcon::4olimar::4feroy:
1- :4pikachu::4lucario::4peach::4bowser::4greninja::4megaman::4ness::4duckhunt::4shulk::4rob::4samus::4myfriends::4falco:

Secondary Exclusive Characters: :4bowser::4shulk::4rob::4samus::4myfriends::4feroy::4falco:
Completely Absent Characters: :4tlink:(:4villager:*):4lucas:(:4link:*)(:4pit:*):4darkpit::4yoshi::4robinm::4gaw::4wario::4charizard::4littlemac::4palutena::4pacman::4bowserjr::4drmario::4kirby::4wiifit::4dedede::4ganondorf::4mii::4zelda::4jigglypuff:
*Previously in the PGR v3 (as mains).

Notes:
1. ZeRo and JK counts.
2. Tweek didn't use Bayo as a co-main until after the season.
3. Elegant doesn't use ZSS as a secondary until after the season.
4. ZeRo retired his secondaries this season.
4. The Area 51 (HM) counts.


Current v5 state: The top players, particularly MKLeo and Dabuz, are taking the majority of majors in v5. Salem, while still placing high, seems to have faltered a little bit. Most PGR'ed tournaments so far is from Japan (this is posted 2/16/18). The players ZeRo and JK, will no longer compete in tournaments until an unspecified amount of time. Fatality, who dropped in v4 due to a lack of Momocon and Civil War placings, placed very well in Frostbite, which may result in a increase in the future. Mistake seems to be stepping up to his first-half-of-v4-run, with a very strong run in both Genesis and Frostbite, even taking out the current best Bayo Salem. Kameme placed very well in EVO Japan 2018, which may result in an increase in the future. Cosmos' and Samsora's run at Frostbite shows that they are not done placing high.
That is what I got so far.
 
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please at least grab a handful of lines from those though

the Great Marcina Wars and the The Battle of Pika Uthrow-Thunder need to be recorded in the annals of history
I imagine most of the substance fueling those debates came from some form of "annals". Probably belonging to animals from the Bovinae subfamily.
 
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Good article from @|RK|
I got some thoughts, but it’s taking a while.

And that matters, why? He’s still playing really well.
Broski, the context is literally there. I’m not gonna be your Reading Rainbow.

Props to Krysco Krysco for doing God’s work, here.

And Frihetsanka Frihetsanka , you seem to be implying that Corrin is a MK-like disadvantage for Rosa, and I’m gonna need those receipts.
 

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Mewtwo's combo game still has a long way to go, I think. It's not in the realm of "touch of death" type stuff, but he should be able to convert openings into more damage than you typically see. (Though he does have that Nair-footstool infinite.)

The funny thing about the infinite is that it might not actually be that useful. Mewtwo's kill power is so good that if you land the Nair around 50% and convert into the Disable, you'll probably kill them with charged Upsmash anyway, but it still seems like something Mewtwo mains should have in their back pockets. "Whoops, I hit you with Nair facing away from you when you were at 5%, turns out you're just dead." Seems like the kind of thing you'd want, though it's trickier on thin characters and there may be ways to mess with it via SDI.

Honestly, optimizing a ton of little things on Mewtwo like platform canceling teleport, mixing up recovery with specials, and predicting where opponents are going to end up after Nair could make him even stronger than he already is. I don't have high hopes for the Cloud matchup ever being even, but the best way to get close is to wring every little bit of damage you can out of each opening, and Mewtwo's player base has a ways to go in this regard.

One last thing: in this video, ESAM talks a bit in this video at 1:45 that he isn't sure how much Nair is affected by SDI, as Mewtwo himself can also drift during the move, setting up a little minigame of sorts. This video is also an example of the kind of nonsense this character can pull off with regard to taking stocks early off of one opening.

 

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And Frihetsanka Frihetsanka , you seem to be implying that Corrin is a MK-like disadvantage for Rosa, and I’m gonna need those receipts.
I think Meta Knight is slight disadvantage for Rosalina, with Corrin being even or slight disadvantage. So Meta Knight is probably a bit worse than Corrin for Rosa (and Cloud and Bayo are probably worse than Corrin).
 

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Mewtwo's combo game still has a long way to go, I think. It's not in the realm of "touch of death" type stuff, but he should be able to convert openings into more damage than you typically see. (Though he does have that Nair-footstool infinite.)

The funny thing about the infinite is that it might not actually be that useful. Mewtwo's kill power is so good that if you land the Nair around 50% and convert into the Disable, you'll probably kill them with charged Upsmash anyway, but it still seems like something Mewtwo mains should have in their back pockets. "Whoops, I hit you with Nair facing away from you when you were at 5%, turns out you're just dead." Seems like the kind of thing you'd want, though it's trickier on thin characters and there may be ways to mess with it via SDI.

Honestly, optimizing a ton of little things on Mewtwo like platform canceling teleport, mixing up recovery with specials, and predicting where opponents are going to end up after Nair could make him even stronger than he already is. I don't have high hopes for the Cloud matchup ever being even, but the best way to get close is to wring every little bit of damage you can out of each opening, and Mewtwo's player base has a ways to go in this regard.

One last thing: in this video, ESAM talks a bit in this video at 1:45 that he isn't sure how much Nair is affected by SDI, as Mewtwo himself can also drift during the move, setting up a little minigame of sorts. This video is also an example of the kind of nonsense this character can pull off with regard to taking stocks early off of one opening.

You can SDI Nair, but it’s a little weird. The actual multiplier is 1.0. But the hitlag modifier is 0.6, which is balanced out by the electric property of the move which stacks 1.5x on the hitlag modifier, afaik.

It’s easier to SDI FH Nair because you have more time, but because it has so many hits Mewtwo can adjust somewhat. SH Nair and 2 hit Nair aren’t really feasible, iirc. He can also FF it as well to mix up.

Honestly, SDIng Nair is quite a bit more complicated than SDI’ing Bayo stuff, because she can’t drift or fast fall her multihits.

It is there though. As Mewtwo players get better at manipulating it, you are going to want to know what to do against it, because getting caught even in a partial infinite or disable combo is bad news the more likely it becomes.

Unfortunately, unlike Bayo’s dtilt, the part of Mewtwo’s Dtilt that combos is also safe on shield for the most part.
 

The_Bookworm

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Shouldn't Robin and Toon Link also have an asterisk next to them?
The asterisk is showing those who was in v3 specifically. I will fix the description to make it more clear.
Robin and Lucas showed up in only v2 in the form of Dath (32nd) and Taiheita (49th), respectively.
Toon Link was represented in v1 and v2 in the form of Hyuga.
 
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As a Cloud main myself, I see that Cloud does do a lot better with platforms. When you go to places like For Glory, it is more easy for Cloud to get juggled than in stages with platform. And you know that Cloud is easy combo food. Cloud can still function in flat stages, but I prefer platform stages with Cloud.
I am going to make a list on what I think the top tiers ( V4 format ) benefit from the most ( Not saying anything but for example )
:4bayonetta:: Lylat
:4cloud2:: Battlefield
:4diddy:: Final Destination
:4sheik:: Final Destination
:rosalina:: Battlefield
:4zss:: Town and City
:4fox:: Battlefield
:4sonic:: Lylat
:4mario:: Town and City
:4mewtwo:: Smashville
:4marth:: Smashville
:4ryu:: Town and City
I apologize if I got anything wrong.

Should of mentioned that. Like a high top representative who places consistently ( Diddy's second highest is MVD, who is 25th. ZeRo was 1st, but he is retired now as you already know ).
Sheik's best Stage is Smashville, there's a reason why they call it Sheikville. Moving platform gives Sheik needle camping capabilities, while the blast zones alleviate Sheik's problems killing. Fox's best stage is DreamLand 64, imo, but since that's a counterpick stage I'd have to say Battlefield as well. DreamLand 64 allows Fox's up-air to kill 10-20% earlier. Zero Suit Samus, Bayonetta, and Rosalina all have Dreamland 64 as their best stage, as it allows them to kill at ludicrously low percents.
 

Frihetsanka

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Sheik's best Stage is Smashville, there's a reason why they call it Sheikville.
Mr. R seems to prefer FD.


 
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