Character Recovery Viability Tier List (Smash Ultimate)

[Mr. Grabs]

Obviously being able to consistently successfully be able to make it back onto the stage is incredibly important in Smash Bros.

What would a character recovery ranking list look like? Who would be near the top, who would be near the bottom?

Factors that would determine strong recovery include the overall viability of the recovery, horizontal recovery, vertical recovery, speed recovering, predictability of recovery, how difficult/easy it is for an opponent to interfere with their recovery etc.

 

[Luigifan18]

I found this video for vertical recovery.

 

[Call_Me_Red]

I'm not going through all 70+ characters, but some notable placements:
-Pikachu and Pichu = S tier
-Dark/Pit = A tier
-K Rool = low A tier
-Pokemon Trainer as a whole = C tier
-Ridley = C tier
-Belmonts = D tier

 

[Mr. Grabs]

Bottom/Low Tier would include the Belmonts and Incinaroar for sure. Probably Doctor Mario also. So disappointing.

Peach/Daisy is A tier, even though she doesn't have perfect vertical recovery, with her floating and parasol her mobility is excellent so her recovery isn't predictable making her difficult to punish.

K Rool's recovery is good, especially for a big heavy character but not quite A tier as it's predictable and not the best horizontally speaking. I'd call it like B+ tier.

 

[Mogisthelioma]

King K. Rool and King Dedede have insane recoveries for superheavies.

 

[R O F L]

I know and have by-far the safest recoveries. The most distance recoveries are and . Snake and Link also have great recoveries if you use their bombs.

Worst recoveries are in terms of how safe they are: and. Worst recoveries distance wise: andwith only one climber.

 

[Mr. Grabs]

I agree with the R O F L shared. Although Cloud's recovery is quite good with limit and you have to keep that in mind because he very frequently recovers via limit when fighting.

I think K Rool's recovery is good but not great. It's horizontal recovery is pretty average, it's vertical recovery is good and it has a hitbox but certainly characters can still punish it (as a K Rool players, I can't tell you how many times I've been spiked by Captain Falcon).

I think Peach/Daisy actually have a pretty safe recovery because her float makes her less predictable and able to stall.

Marth/Luicina have pretty solid recoveries and they are difficult to punish because certain characters will get hit against the stage by their Up-B leading to a free kill if unteched.

 

[MarioMeteor]

S: (Max Aura) (Jump Art)


A: (Limit)

B:
(Smash/Buster/Speed/no Art)

C: (no Limit)(one Climber)(Shield Art)

 

[Deleted member]

Meta Knight is so annoying because ALL of his specials are recoveries, and as a Meta Knight main, I always use Side-B