Official BBR Tier List v6

[Shaya]

Introduction
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Here is the Brawl Back Room's sixth release of its tier list. Unlike the past six month release schedule, this list has come [just over] nine months since version five; we feel that the game has reached a certain level of maturity that does not require as frequent updates - this period of time may be lengthened for subsequent releases.
Also unlike our last release, the BBR has 'split' from rule set creation - and with the unity rule set becoming a growing standard voters were requested to take the unity rule set into account. However, as always, votes placed were based on their own opinion.

BBR Match Up Chart | BBR RC Unity Ruleset

European Tier List

Ver.6
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God
S: (±0)

Top
A: (+1) (-1) (±0)
B: (+1) (-1) (±0) (±0) (±0)

High
C: (+2) (-1) (+1) (-2) (±0)

Middle
D: (+1) (+6) (+2)
E: (+2) (-4) (-3) (-3) (+2)
F: (+2) (-1) (-4) (±0) (±0) (+1) (-1)

Low
G: (±0) (±0) (±0) (+1) (-1)
Hyrule++: (+1) (-1) (±0): (±0)​

Condensed Version:
S: Meta Knight
A: Diddy Kong, Snake, Falco
B: Marth, Wario, Ice Climbers, Olimar, Pikachu
C: Lucario, King Dedede, Zero Suit Samus, Mr. Game & Watch, Toon Link
D: Fox, Wolf, Peach
E: Donkey Kong, Kirby, R.O.B., Pit, Sonic
F: Ike, Sheik/Zelda, Luigi, Sheik, Ness, Yoshi, Pokémon Trainer
G: Lucas, Mario, Bowser, Samus, Captain Falcon
H: Link, Jigglypuff, Zelda, Ganondorf

Low tier tournaments have lost Yoshi. Middle tier tournaments have lost Toon Link

Previous Tier Lists
v1 (September 1, 2008)
v2 (January 1, 2009)
v3 (June 5, 2009)
v4 (February 26, 2010)
v5 (September 25, 2010)

Individual Character Movement
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1. Meta Knight ±0


2. Diddy Kong +1


3. Snake -1


4. Falco ±0


5. Marth +1


6. Wario -1


7. Ice Climbers ±0


8. Olimar ±0


9. Pikachu ±0


10. Lucario +2


11. King Dedede -1


12. Zero Suit Samus +1


13. Mr. Game & Watch -2


14. Toon Link ±0


15. Fox +1


16. Wolf +6


17. Peach +2


18. Donkey Kong +2


19. Kirby -4


20. R.O.B. -3


21. Pit -3


22. Sonic +2


23. Ike +2

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24. Zelda/Sheik -1


25. Luigi -4


26. Sheik ±0


27. Ness ±0


28. Yoshi +1


29. Pokémon Trainer -1


30. Lucas ±0


31. Mario ±0


32. Bowser ±0


33. Samus +1


34. Captain Falcon -1


35. Link +1


36. Jigglypuff -1


37. Zelda ±0


38. Ganondorf ±0

Voting Procedure & Data
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Stage one consisted of voting characters in order within three sections (high [1-13], middle [1-15] and low [1-10]). Stage two took the characters which closely bordered High/Middle and Middle/Low and again were voted for in order.

Stage 1

Character	Avg	Mode	Median	Std Dev	Min	Max
Meta Knight	1	1	1	0	1	1
Diddy Kong	2.25	2	2	0.433	2	3
Snake		3.19	3	3	1.025	2	6
Falco		4.07	4	4	0.752	2	7
Marth		5.80	5	6	1.736	3	10
Wario		6.55	6	6	1.425	3	10
Ice Climbers	7.08	7	7	1.526	5	10
Captain Olimar	7.48	8	8	1.017	5	9
Pikachu		7.66	9	8	1.538	3	10
King Dedede	10.78	10	10.5	1.097	8	13
Lucario		10.94	10,11	11	0.914	9	13
Zero Suit Samus	11.92	12,13	12	0.979	9	13
Mr.Game & Watch	12.23	13	13	0.963	10	13
						
						
Character	Avg	Mode	Median	Std Dev	Min	Max
Toon Link	14.78	14	14	1.410	14	21
Fox		15.64	15	15	1.528	14	20
Wolf		17.60	16	17	2.820	14	25
Peach		17.73	16	17	1.875	15	23
Donkey Kong	18.94	18	19	2.090	15	26
Kirby		19.26	21	19	2.279	15	23
R.O.B.		19.32	20	19	3.145	15	28
Pit		19.91	20	20	2.316	15	25
Sonic		20.75	18,22	21	2.301	17	24
Ike		23.05	23	23	1.597	18	27
Luigi		24.07	24	23	1.781	20	28
Sheik / Zelda	24.37	25	25	2.100	18	27
Sheik		26.00	26	26	1.658	19	28
Ness		26.10	27	26	1.175	23	28
Pokémon Trainer	27.42	28	28	1.251	22	28
						
						
Character	Avg	Mode	Median	Std Dev	Min	Max
Yoshi		29.05	29	29	0.293	29	31
Lucas		30.41	30	30	0.921	29	35
Mario		31.19	31	31	1.108	30	36
Bowser		32.69	32	32	1.602	30	37
Samus		33.37	33	33	1.494	31	38
Captain Falcon	33.92	34	34	1.207	32	37
Link		35.30	35	35	1.534	31	38
Jigglypuff	35.66	36	36	1.479	32	38
Zelda		35.73	37	36	1.797	30	38
Ganondorf	37.64	38	38	0.874	34	38

Stage 2

Character	Average
Lucario		1.93
King Dedede	1.96
Zero Suit Samus	2.89
Mr.Game & Watch	4.36
Toon Link	4.59
Fox		5.88
Wolf		6.77
Peach		7.63
	
Character	Average
Ike		1.41
Sheik/Zelda	3.02
Luigi		3.18
Sheik		4.27
Ness		4.64
Yoshi		5.32
Pokémon Trainer	6.66
Lucas		7.66
Mario		8.84

Character Movement Explained
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14. Toon Link ±0 (Middle to High)

Although Toon Link didn't move any spots this time around, he did make the jump from middle tier to high tier. One of the things that contributed to this was his recent success in large US tournaments. His ability to nab top spots in tournaments like MLG, Brainshock, SiiS, Pound, and W/HOBO caught the attention of many. Toon Link is a versatile character that can deal with almost all situations using his abundance of available options, given that the player behind him knows how to mix-up his options. Overall, his moveset is solid, he is generally good in the majority of stages and has an above average MU spread. Combining this with his recent tournament success, members of the backroom feel that he is good enough to receive that minor bump into high tier, eliminating him from mid tier.

16. Wolf +6

Wolf skyrocketed up the tier list in v6, the second biggest rise so far since Sonic's +8. One of the biggest factors that led to this is Wolf’s top-10 MK matchup, which at -1 is something he definitely has over the characters he passed this round. He also has solid matchups overall and results that are fitting for a character in upper-mid *points to Nike’s charts and John#s’ winnings table* While Wolf does have three solid counters (D3, Pikachu, and Wario), they are all relatively uncommon in the current metagame and therefore do not hold his performance back significantly in tournament. As seen from Fox's rise in the last tier list, the general opinion of the BBR is that a good MK matchup and strong results are more important than having three uncommon counters, so we see Wolf getting a similar boost towards the top of mid tier.

18. Donkey Kong +2

Donkey Kong finally achieves his only rise since the first tier list! Two important factors can be attributed to DK for this. The first, arguably being the most significant, is a huge decline in the usage of King Dedede; without that horrid match up baring DKs placements in tournament, he is able to place much higher than ever before. DK also has an improving (but still not great) match up with MK. Not only Will, but other East Coast and Midwest DKs have shown that the match is winnable with enough effort. These two factors, combined with the fact that DK fares well against the rest of top and high tier (such as having an even match up with snake and marth), plus steady results, leads to a warranted rise on this tier list

Come back [for more] later =)

DISCUSS AWAY!​

 

[Browny]

FIRST OMFGOMSGs

Lucario 2g

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bl fox...

Groups of chars per tier looks p. nice although peach a whole one above DK ughhhhh. I cant see that.

 

[Shaya]

Yes, Peach going up in a tier list was seen as so wrong we decided to make Rosalina a playable character instead.

 

[WindMajor]

Woooooo this is good.

 

[Jimmyfosho]

I want to get on the first page.

 

[Ripple]

BBR says something

start caring again

 

[Shaya]

things to note:

Olimar/Pika didn't go up in placement but have joined "top tier".
Toon Link didn't go up in placement either.

D Tier (Fox, Wolf, Peach) would have been cool in high tier. BUT ALAS THEY WERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

 

[Z'zgashi]

Wow, didnt see a new list coming this soon. Good ****, I'll critique in a bit.

 

[The Nameless Wanderer]

Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurk.

Lol at Pikachu link.

LOL LOST HARD AT WOLF VIDEO.

 

[Kantrip]

inb4 salt.

Good stuff btw

 

[Kuraudo]

salt salt salt salt salt wait...

....

oh yeah. idgaf. i'm still playing my char. lol

 

[Shaya]

Forgot to include voting data before.

It's now there

 

[Aibou]

GJ Wolf <3

Also, Pikachu's video afgkjladfgkljdflgkdjfklgjfklgjdfkl

 

[John12346]

OMG FIRST PAGE

Lucario above Dedede
Jigglypuff is a Hyrulian now

Also Random on the Tier List?

Also Olimar and ICs should probably be switched, but other than that this is cool beans.

I'm diggin' this.

 

[V]

MARTH IS 5TH FINALLY YESSSSS!!!!!!!

 

[Spelt]

Look at meta knight's pretty little gold title.

 

[Ripple]

MARTH IS 5TH FINALLY YESSSSS!!!!!!!

just like in melee, which means he's a bad character

 

[Shaya]

Also Random on the Tier List?

Right smack BANG in the middle

 

[Mr. game and watch]

Jiggz went down....
Dang wolf!!!!

I think craziest is diddy passed snake.
Top tier movements legit.

 

[John12346]

Oh wow, MK's got his own Tier now, just as I predicted...

Also Diddy above Snake hype. I still think Snake is 2nd but w/e, hype regardless.

 

[V]

I think the tier separation in top and high is spot on. My only critique is putting fox one tier higher.

 

[Fuujin]

Ganon not in his own tier.

 

[DeLux]

The Competitive Depth of Low Tier Tournaments across the nation just died

 

[John12346]

I guess, for the sake of Hyrule Tier being Hyrule Tier, we can just say that Jigglypuff is Navi?

 

[Fuujin]

The Competitive Depth of Low Tier Tournaments across the nation just died

:Lucas:

Yeah Lucas shouldn't be low.

 

[Shaya]

I guess, for the sake of Hyrule Tier being Hyrule Tier, we can just say that Jigglypuff is Navi?

No, we say Jigglypuff is the guy who carries the map guy who appears in both Majora's Mask and WW.

I forget his name. But you know the one.

 

[DeLux]

ITT: Maining Random is not viable for money

Why does random have a tier placing, is this a joke?

 

[Tesh]

so when is tier list v 7 coming out, I"m getting a little sick of Mario ruining low tier tournaments.

 

[Shaya]

Why does random have a tier placing, is this a joke?

Yes it is.

so when is tier list v 7 coming out, I"m getting a little sick of Mario ruining low tier tournaments.

Consider dropping low tier tournaments altogether and just have Middle Tier events.

 

[John12346]

Protip: Random isn't counted in the numerical placings...

 

[Blacknight99923]

even though I think snake is better than diddy I'm not opposed to diddy being above snake because of the tier separations, they make a lot of sense imo

 

[Kantrip]

People should start having worse than random tournaments. For all characters who fall short of half.

 

[NinjaFoxX]

yay for Yoshi.

and OMG at snake going down.

 

[Metakill]

Snake 3rd ????????
WHAT THAT FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

also.... captain falcon -1 ?? D:!!!
And... Puff is now hylian... a hylian **** like all of TLOZ xDDD

So Wolf +6... someone of BBR tell that on the post of v5 so... not a surprise...
but... SNAKE 3RD!?!?!??!?!?!?!??!
Ally need go back to Snake to put him in 2nd again D:
and MArth... FINALLY!! now if Mhaze win genesis and apex... Marth will be 4th :D

 

[Leaf.]

What caused wolf's jump up so high?

 

[archer.]

Something like +6 Wolfs in the BBR since the last tier list.



He has been doing well though.

 

[Sky Pirate]

(-1)
So close...

Also, surprise, alarm, shock, Snake's third, etc. etc.

 

[Jimmyfosho]

also glad PT isn't low tier. That would be pretty effing ********.

 

[X-FACTOR]

I'm surprised IC haven't gone up since ally, and esam have been beasting with them.

 

[Sky Pirate]

also glad PT isn't low tier. That would be pretty effing ********.

With the current Low Tier, yes.
It just seems that Low-tier is getting less... interesting as characters keep getting cut from it.