I think we're going to be less reliant on the tier lists this time around, since every character has qualities going for them.
Let me put some details into prospective, during the Brawl days practically on day one people found out Meta Knight was the best character in the game no questions asked. This time around, people are having a much harder time finding a particular character that stands out above the rest, the closest being Bowser and even then that character is solid but not game breaking.