Even though I believe There are tiers, Some characters can handle more than others. But ultimately, I still believe It's just who's better than who.
I have done BETTER against people with Zelda, Than I have with my high tier mains. And believe me when I say, I play my high tier characters ALOT more than Zelda.
Uuaa Is often Hungrybox's Team partner. I faced him in singles. He 2 stocked my Marth with Fox. So I thought man, I'll just try Zelda. It came down to last stock last life. I still lost, But I had him on his toes.
I have played people who play my high tiers. Then I switch to Zelda and some how do better, and they ask me "What the hell, why don't you just play Zelda?"
I tell them, "Because she sucks, And I like winning"
Sure sometimes My Zelda gets handled like no other. Which puts me down. But when I bring her out for fun, or at a time I seem to care the least. She does A LOT better.
I give all my high tiers equal attention (Marth, Fox, Falcon, occasionally falco), and VERY little Zelda as of late. But i'd say all 5 of these characters play on a equal level(For ME). It's all dependant on my opponents play style.
Stop looking at the tiers so hard.
I mean look at all the Melee players now? 2 years ago people were not questioning Marth/Fox/Shiek as Equal Falco wasn't even in the top 3 with them.
But now look at it. People are throwing Jiggs and falco in the top 3 group and making all 5 of them equal. Have you seen what the Ganons have been doing? A Ganon player made top 3 At RoM2.
I know of falcon mains like GAWes, who picked up marth just for Foxes/Falcos. Jeff(Silent Spectre) Just fights them as Falcon regardless. And I'd say he handles top space animals Very well. Sure They are probably still better(character wise), But this is what I mean by I think it's ultimately the better player who wins.
When I fought Eggz, Chaddd, Hungrybox, M2K.
I did better with Zelda, than I did with my high tier mains.
And I'm torn because I keep telling myself Maybe, But then the Release never comes.
I only get to the last stock against all these pros, and Zelda never quite makes it.
But i'd be a fool to tell you my high tiers make it farther. They tend to do much worse.
Probably only from the lack of their knowledge vs Zelda. But if she's so bad, shouldn't it be excessively Easy?
Zelda is very good at punishing very aggressive players. She has very high priority moves, Unlike most of the characters around her. So maybe she just counters a style. The aggressive Style.