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Attila_

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just got my hands on a current japanese tier list. basically they dont have anything that covers all of japan, but certain groups of friends and players come to a consensus. not all governing, but this list was complied by some of japans best.

http://www.sekieigym.com/rankingX.html

S+: Metaknight
S: Snake
A: Falco, Pit, Marth, Fox, Wario, Diddy, King Dedede
B: Olimar, Game and Watch, Zelda/Shiek, Wolf, Zero Suit Samus, ROB
C: Ice Climbers, Toon Link, Kirby, Lucario, Pikachu
D: Donkey Kong, Peach, Ike, Lucas, Mario
E: Bowser, Pokemon Trainer, Link, Yoshi, Ness, Luigi
F: Ganon, Samus, Falcon, Sonic, Jigglypuff

so many things about this list make me lol... thoughts?
 

Splice

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Jigglypuff is not as bad as is written. Middle of E tier, imo. Defs above Ness.
I Agree with everything else except

Luigi - higher,
IceClimbers - higher (unless the cgs are malpractice in Japan)
and also Pit - under GaW
and also Zelda/Sheik - under ROB
Fox - right behind GaW

Otherwise it has my full support.
 

Browny

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could be worse

could be australias rankings list LOL

however that list does look VERY similiar to a rankings list (as in, tourney results only) since it has some of the same bizarre trends as the aussie one. Do you know how much of it was influenced by tourney results? i know some purists will say thats exactly how a tier list should be made, but that just turns it into a popularity contest etc :/
 

Attila_

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i was talking to one of the contributors (thats how i found it) and he said it was all from voting and discussion. no tournament results were used, apparently. although i dont see how they couldnt affect it in some way at least...

they think pit is amazing namely because ledge camping isnt despised as much there, and fox is amazing because... unless his opponents name is pikachu, he is amazing. and ics cgs are allowed, but most people are good enough to avoid grabs properly.
 

Attila_

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my main issue with the list is that fox has an unwinnable mu, pikachu, while no one else in the high/top tiers do. sure they have difficult ones, but fox v pika is like 95:5. a joke mu.

but they think he does well against mk and snake, which is handy considering they make up most tourney competitors and mk/marth/gw **** pikachu's before they can get to fox.
 

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Are the chars ordered left (being higher) to right (being lower)? or no? Could make your own 'Japanese information thread' like Kel did attila :p. (for reference: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=231731)

Sheik ***** fox apparently (is listed as 80:20 matchup).
Sheik guides said:
"Sheik can ftilt lock Fox from 30% to death (finish with an up smash)."
ZeroSuitSamus also has a 0-death on fox if she lands a D-smash. So i dont see why he's THAT high.{unless both of those things are banned}. Fox is however one of the few characters that can kill early, and reliably... especially against MK, which would be a huge boon in a very defensive/campy metagame, so that might justify his placing. Fox is much higher in the mexican tier list aswell.

It's unusual for tier lists to have such an even spread of characters (should be more of a bellcurve in an ideal game). besides S and S+... goes 7, 6, 5, 5, 6, 5. Most of the official SBR ones have been similar though so idk.

Main things i disagree with on the list are: Icies, luigi, dk and sonic i think should be higher. Ive watched a lot of vids of japanese pits (masashi mainly) going even with all the high and top tiers, so that placement makes sense to me.
Conclusively, thanks alot for posting that attila, was interested to see a more recent japanese tier list.
 

Attila_

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fox can camp shiek quite well. pika is too short and his projectile is too gay to camp that efficiently imo

@pirate: i may make one of those threads. maybe on the weekend (uni is crazy busy)
 

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ness should be higher =P

haven't seen a good brawl fox lol
imo opinion the matchup seems even for fox but i know nothing..
so fox cant shine back the spam and the thunder?
 

luke_atyeo

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you reckon? shiek has needles and moves quite fast, I would imagine it to be quite difficult to camp shiek.

and its not so much the matchup itself arrow (well it is and isnt) but its that 1 grab on fox is pretty much a kill right there that requires no tech skill whatsoever
 

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Not much to say this month.
Next major is coming up with a huge platoon of Perth players reaching the East Coast. **** NEEDS HYPE.
Will the East Coast be unprepared or arrogant?
Or will we wipe the floor due to all those coming over not using a mostly unknown character? :O
TENGEN TOPPA TRASHAN TALKAN.
WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?

November 2009 (6 tournaments)

= We're Starfox 2 - Sector Y 08/11/09 =
http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=8806863&postcount=8062
Entrants: 20. Entry: $5.

1. Corpsecreate (Toon Link)
2. Ric (Wario, ROB)
3. Romant1k (Meta Knight)
4. Vlade (Falco)
5. Glenn (Ice Climbers, Falco)
5. Alex (Peach)
7. Trill (ROB)
7. Lord Bowser (Meta Knight)

= Boost VI 08/11/09 =
http://allisbrawl.com/ttournament.aspx?id=7836
Entrants: 37. Entry: $10.

1. Shaya (Marth)
2. tedeth (Wolf/Wario)
3. swordsaint (Falco)
4. D0N (Donkey Kong)
5: Toby. (Pokemon Trainer)
5: luke_atyeo (Snake)
7: Jbirds (Snake)
7: S.D (Diddy Kong)

= Stigma-B Final 22/11/09 =
http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=8933493&postcount=6154
Entrants: 42. Entry: $7.

1. Tedeth [Wario/Wolf]
2. Tibs [Diddy Kong]
3. D0N [Donkey Kong/Fox]
4. Attila [Snake/Ice Climbers]
5. Earl [Metaknight]
5. Shaya [Marth]
7. Afropony [Metaknight/Pit]
7. Dekar [Mr. Game & Watch/Marth]

= Stigma-Bryan (28/11/09) =
http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=8957685&postcount=6635
Entrants: 17. Entry: $10.

1. Tibs (Diddy Kong)
2. Earl (Meta Knight)
3. Afropony (Meta Knight)
4. Nicks (Wario/Meta Knight)
5. Ledge (Olimar/Lucario/Snake)
5. Tanman (Sonic)
7. Viva (Mario)
7. Jei (Pit)

= PMS III (28/11/09) =
http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=8979399&postcount=1423
Entrants: 12. Entry: $15.

1: Amaterasu (Meta Knight, Pikachu)
2: Sirias (Falco)
3: Vyse (Diddy, Dedede)
4: Toki (Marth, Jigglypuff)
5: Arrow (Snake, Mr. Game & Watch)
5: Emery (Lucario, Pit)
7: J-Birds (Ice Climbers/Pokemon Trainer)
7: Kickflip (Lucas)

= We're Starfox 3 29/11/09 =
http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=8966901&postcount=9321
Entrants: 21. Entry: $10.

1. Corpsecreate (Toon Link)
2. Vlade (Falco)
3. Romant1k (King Dedede)
4. Proxy (Snake)
5. Trill (ROB)
5. Muzga (Meta Knight)
7. Nasch (Diddy, Ganondorf)
7. Alzi (Toon Link)

-

STUPID HYPE STUPID LIST OF TOP 10 PLAYERS WHO MADE THE POINTS FOR THIS 3 MONTH PERIOD. RAGE.

1. Corpsecreate - 131.0 (WA)
2. Tibs - 112.88 (VIC)
3. tedeth - 94.1 (NSW)
4. Shaya - 91.88 (NSW)
5. Amaterasu - 75.6 (QLD)
6. D0N - 43.36 (NSW)
7. Earl - 32.78 (VIC)
8. Vlade - 29.90 (WA)
9. JBirds - 20.5 (QLD)
10. luke_atyeo - 20.20 (NSW)
 

Splice

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Wait so this doesnt count the Stigma-B tourney where I came 2nd?
EDIT : nevermind i got confused for no reason.

Also guys you will notice that overall, Toon Link isn't at the top (see the all time thing) and doesnt it get reset every now and then? like at the end of November?

Either way Toon Link wouldnt be so high if you guys down in Perth did your job and maybe made Corpse come 2nd a few times, that wouldnt hurt.
 

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Either way Toon Link wouldnt be so high if you guys down in Perth did your job and maybe made Corpse come 2nd a few times, that wouldnt hurt.
Toon Link wouldn't be so high if the east did their job at Rocky :)

Jokesssss. I'm happy with being 8th in those top 10 players :D
 

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3 month time period Splice.
Even though throughout the rest of December there's a good chance that Tink will drop from no1,
he surely won't remain no.1 from January onwards (once October's/Rocky's results expire).

84 points came from Corpse winning Rocky. His average first placement in Perth is only bringing in 20~ish. So he was able to compile 3 or so months worth of tournament points he'd usually get in Perth at once.
DANG SON.

Yeah, ZSS stopped getting used... I guess.
 

Splice

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Yeah Vlade your kinda right, 'cept he's your monster. Keep your cronies in line. Even we dont let Tibs win EVERY month.

3 month time period Splice.
Even though throughout the rest of December there's a good chance that Tink will drop from no1,
he surely won't remain no.1 from January onwards (once October's/Rocky's results expire).

84 points came from Corpse winning Rocky. His average first placement in Perth is only bringing in 20~ish. So he was able to compile 3 or so months worth of tournament points he'd usually get in Perth at once.
DANG SON.
Bwahaha!
And Corpse won't even be going to SQUAT!

Looks like it was just a trend ;)

So it's not taken the wrong way, Corpse is still hella legit
 

Vlade

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I'm also happy with the +6 rise for falco

Go Kas (WTF melee player? good ****) and scoot ^_^

Yeah it's pretty unlikely toon link will stay at #1 next time
 

Splice

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Yeah sometimes they invite me down. :p
As much as I want to deny it, it's irresistably, hilariously, true.
Alternatively, we send Tibs to you sometimes.

@Viva : It's up to you ; all the firey energy of the Nintendo mascot is stored away inside you. You alone must carry your main to the top of the mystic power rankings...
 

Jupz

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Lol at Dedede. I haven't been to tournaments for too long. Me and trav gonna be powering up boozer so watch out. He's getting up to E tier, mark my words!!
 

Richard7

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Maybe I'll pull one of my "playing characters that I know hardly anything about and still somehow beating people with them". Although I doubt that'll happen, especially since I won't be used to eastern state players playstyles AT ALL.
 
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