Recovery Tier List (Updated 12-3-06)
Green arrow indicates a move up from the previous tier list. Red arrow indicates a move down from the previous tier list. The numbers on the right indicate the character's rank on the previous list.
Top Tier
--1. Jigglypuff
--2. Samus
--3. Mewtwo
Upper Tier
--4. Pikachu
--5. Pichu
--6. Peach
High Tier
7. Fox (8)
8. Link (7)
--9. IceClimbers
Middle Tier
--10. Kirby
--11. Sheik
--12. Young Link
--13. Zelda
--14. Yoshi
--15. Ganon
Low Tier
16. Marth (18) ()
--17. Donkey Kong
18. Game and Watch (16)
--19. Luigi
--20. Bowser
--21. Ness
Bottom Tier
--22. Mario
--23. Falco
--24. Captain Falcon
--25. Roy
--26. Doctor Mario
marth has much better recovery than this... between DI'ing up, DIing back to the stage, Sideb's and upb, marth can survive just about anything as long he doesnt get hit off the level entirely
luigi has a much better recovery than say zelda who has a jump and a moderate distanced upb. luigi can use his sideb and DI to make it back to the stage, similarly to how the pika's can. he can save his jump to the end to give him excelent verticle movement as well. i think he is at least middle tier.
how is yoshi so high? he has a jump, and thats it. the only thing keeping the biggest noob from killing him out of it is the fact that during it he cannot be hit (unless falco shinespikes him :D). the jump is moderately far ill give him that, but u cannot cancel the jump into the edge to save him from anyone taping him to death. i think it is low/bottom tier material.
mario is not bottom tier, maybe low tier. with his cape to help him move sideways, his tornado, and his up b, he can get get back from lots of things
doc > roy. you seem to not calculate DI into the equation. Doc has a lot of DI, and floats a lot. any competant player will DI to the corners, then DI back toward the stage. this allows doc to make it back to the stage almost without his jump or upb. then add in his tornado and he can make it back from many many things.
i think peach should be above the pika's. as long as she does not die off the side, she will make it back. between her float and her upb, she will not die unless u spike her. IMO she should be above samus, as samus (which unless u sweetspot with it, u will get hit away after using it by anyone who knows how to play) will fail to make it back to the stage more often than a peach will. i play samus's all the time, and especially on BF where they can only sweetspot the edge with the grapple, they do not make it back to the stage all the time, even from a simple hit.
i think middle tier needs to be reorganized,
Kirby
Sheik
Ganon
Zelda
YL
YL's hookshot will rarely be used when coming back due to its lack of range, though his upb does cover good distance verticly (more than link's). Ganon can repeatedly use his downb + jump as he loses very little verticle position. Zelda teleports in her recovery which allows her to not be edgeguarded, but there is no DI afterwards, and even before that jump and DI dont get her very far.