3 tiers coz I feel like it, with some of my reasonings
IN MY OPINION
Top -
Snake
G+W (holy **** anyone can pick up and play G&W and **** face)
MK
TL
Marth
Pikachu (chain grabbing is insane, very few can escape it and QAC means theres no running away from pikachu)
Falco
ROB
Pit
Wolf (idk if he deserves to be here anymore, but he can still camp with the best of them)
High -
Lucario (outranges almost everyone with his tilts, aerials and smashes, can chain grab many characters to ~35%, some to 80%, and aura sphere can KO easily once he gets beyond 100%)
Lucas
Fox
Diddy
Zelda (I would put her lower, but she has far too much KO potential (10 moves that KO <110% lol)
Olimar (I thought he was broken, until I played on battlefield where he cant camp like on FD, much easier to deal with on most stages)
Luigi
Ness (fair and dash attack are still incredible, PKT2 kills as early as 50%)
Kirby
Wario (wow is he underestimated, its very rare you fight a good wario mainer)
Dedede (against characters who he cant CG, who typically tend to be the faster ones, hes got nothing besides his weight going for him)
Zamus
Sonic (Hes won 3 big time tourneys, that’s gotta be worth a lot more than most characters who are considered good but haven’t won anything to prove it)
Mid -
Link (his f-smash is insane :O and watch some of the pro videos in the link boards, he can seriously own in the right hands)
Shiek
Mario
Bowser (same for DK, I know theyre massively buffed from melee, but they still get wasted by camping)
DK
Jigglypuff
Ike (tournament results boards don’t show too many high placed ikes…)
Peach
Samus (KO moves are just so short ranged)
PT (yes they are all good individually, but when you are forced to swap just to keep the fight fair, many characters destroy one or two of the 3, especially charizard)
Yoshi
Ganondorf
Captain falcon (at least ganon aerials which can KO, and are 10x easier to land then the knee)
Left out ice climbers coz with their infinites, imo they’re right up near the top. But if infinites are banned who knows how that’ll change their game.
FLAME AWAY!!
inbe4 emblem lord's essay on why marth is top
and please dont say 'xxx is too high/low' because no one here knows anyones relative positions, including you.
--edit-- i mean you can argue why you think a characters position is wrong, but please dont state anything as a fact