marthsword
Smash Ace
Marthsword's Introduction: Hello all. This thread was originally made by Razed. It was his idea, and he did the first part and most of it. He had every character done except the bottom and low tier. A few members volunteered to write up a brief overview of their character in Razed' format. Then I came in; I wrote up overviews of almost all of the bottom and low tier. Check section 4 for contributers. More contributers are greatly appreciated and will be given credit.
Razed asked me to make this new topic and let the other thread die since he will be gone (I think
) From now on I will be organizing this thread. If you would like to see the old thread, CLICK HERE Also, I have proofread and edited this version to make it into what believe is right, so if you would like to see Razed' take on it, click the link.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Characters
3. Links
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1. Introduction -
Razed' Introduction: Having trouble choosing your main? If you're not sure which character suites you best, then this guide will hopefully help you choose. It won't tell you everything, because only you know who you're good with and who you are completely terrible with, but it may lead you in the right direction. I didn't include the lower tiers because if you chose one of them, it's probably just based on how much you like the character. Enjoy!
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2. Character
Here will give you a brief description of the character's all around ability.
**NOTE** Range does not include projectiles
**NOTE** Grabgame does not include chaingrabs
Fox
Run Speed: Very Fast
General Attack Speed: Fast
Combo Potential: Good
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Shine, Nair, Upsmash, Uair
Killing Moves: Shine, Usmash, Uair, sometimes Fsmash
Tier: Top
Recovery: Middle Tier
Range: Average
Grabgame: Good
Chainthrow: U throw fastfallers
Pro Player: Chillin, Tink, Ken, PC Chris
My Comments: Awesome all around character. Has an awesome infinite shine ability! Great edgehogging
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Falco
Run Speed: Average - Fast
General Attack Speed: Fast
Combo Potential: Insane
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Dair, Shine, Lasers, Nair
Killing Moves: Dair, Fsmash, Dtilt, Bair
Tier: Top
Recovery: Bottom Tier
Range: Average
Grabgame: Average
Chainthrow: No
Pro Player: PC Chris, Bombsoldier, Forward, Fonz, Shiz
My Comments: LOVE FALCO! Awesome combos and an awesome spike. SHL FTW! Good Edgehog. Good Bair
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Shiek
Run Speed: Fast
General Attack Speed: Very Fast
Combo Potential: High
Meteor Smash: No
Best Moves: Fair, Dthrow, Ftilt, Dsmash, Needles
Killing Moves: Fair, Uair, D smash
Tier: High Tier
Recovery: Middle Tier
Range: Good
Grabgame: Amazing
Chainthrow: Yes
Pro Player: DSF, Omar, CJ
My Comments: Jeebus... No one likes going up against a Shiek. She's fast as hell and can chaingrab and is really easy to master! Good Edgehog.
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Peach
Run Speed: Slow
General Attack Speed: Fast
Combo Potential: Good
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Dsmash, Fair, Nair, Bair, Turnips
Killing Moves: D Smash, Fair, Nair
Tier: High Tier
Recovery: Upper Tier
Range: Average
Grabgame: Pretty good
Chainthrow: U throw FFers
Pro Player: Vidjo, Fonz, Cort
My Comments: Peach is GHEY! Very good though >.>. Turnips are good, so is hovering and dsmash o.0
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Marth
Run Speed: Fast
General Attack Speed: Fast
Combo Potential: High
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Fsmash, Fair, Nair, Utilt
Killing Moves: Fsmash. At high % Nair & maybe Up B
Tier: High Tier
Recovery: Middle Tier
Range: Amazazing (not a type-o)
Grabgame: Pretty good
Chainthrow: U throw fast fallers, F throw other Marths
Pro Player: Ken... durrr, Husband, FastLikeTree
My Comments: Just a good character. Try and hit with the tip of the sword, it killz o.o. Use lots of aerials! Especially Fair. No projectile moves though :X
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Captain Falcon
Run Speed: Very Fast
General Attack Speed: Fast Ariels, slow B and smashes
Combo Potential: High
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Fair, Uair, Bair
Killing Moves: Fair!!, Bair, sometimes Dair, Fsmash
Tier: Middle Tier
Recovery: Bottom Tier
Range: Average
Grabgame: Average
Chainthrow: U throw fast fallers... he can tech punish fast fallers with another grab though D throw on normal floatiness characters
Pro Player: Isai (derr), G-Regulate, Darkrain,
My Comments: Awesome character with sweet aerials! Hit them with a knee (fair) at a fairly high percent and they're done! All physical, good edgehog. He takes a lot of tech skill, a good example of why is mastering his Nair.
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Ice Climbers
Run Speed: Average-slow (that why they have an awesome wavedash!)
General Attack Speed: Fast
Combo Potential: High (Chain Grabs FTW!)
Meteor Smash Yes
Best Moves: Dsmash, Dthrow, Bair
Killing Moves: Dsmash, Fsmash, Chaingrab into dsmash, Usmash, sometimes Bair,
Tier: Middle Tier
Recovery: High Tier (with both icys)
Range: Good
Grabgame: Way too good
Chainthrow: Yes
Pro Player: ChuDat Hands down =/
My Comments: Awesome Wavedash, Awesome Dsmash. DeSynching is evil and hard to do but awesome! They can chaingrab well too =) they have an infinite grab! No way to be escaped if done correctly. Also called "wobbling" after an amazing smasher named wobbles.
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Samus
Run Speed: Medium ; WD= as fast as her smash missile
General Attack Speed: Fast
Combo Potential: Low
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Missiles, Dsmash, Bombs, Uair, Nair
Killing Moves: Fsmash, Nair, Bair, Missles, sometimes Dair
Tier: Middle tier
Recovery: Top Tier
Range: Average
Grabgame: Not good (Okay with extended grapple)
Chainthrow: No
Pro Player: Wes, HugS, Aniki
My Comments: This girl has lotsa tricks! Extended Grapple beam, Super wavedash, Bombs+ Grapple recovery, awesome easy wavedash, double missiles... YAY! Fun character. Good Edgehog. CRAPPY Usmash and Fair
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Doctor Mario
Run Speed: Medium-slow
General Attack Speed: Medium-Fast
Combo Potential: Pretty good
Meteor Smash: No =( (not including the up+b thing)
Best Moves: Bair, Nair, Pills, Uair, Dsmash
Killing Moves: Fair, Fsmash, D Smash
Tier: Middle Tier
Recovery: Bottom Tier
Range: Poor
Grabgame: Pretty Good
Chainthrow: Yes
Pro Player: Bob$, CJ
My Comments: Awesome chains+combos with Dthrow. Good Edgehoging. All aerial cept throws+ dsmash and cape. He sacrifices his range for power.
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Jigglypuff
Run Speed: Slow
General Attack Speed: Fast (Well, all the moves you should be using are fast)
Combo Potential: High
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: RESTZORZ!! (down+b), Bair, Fair, Nair <<King of air>>
Killing Moves: Rest, Bair, Fair if spammed
Tier: Middle Tier
Recovery: TOP NOTCH!!
Range: Aerials=amazing hitboxes, otherwise no
Grabgame: Strong, but can't combo well
Chainthrow: No
Pro Player: The King *.*
My Comments: Awesome fun! Uthrow+ Rest on fast falling chars(fox). Great edgehog and aerials! All aerial 'cept pound and rest
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Mario
Run Speed: Medium
General Attack Speed: Medium
Combo Potential: High (beats D. Mario)
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Bair, Uair, Dsmash, Dair, D throw, Cape
Killing Moves: Like... none o_o! Only Fsmash if it's sweetspotted
Tier: Middle Tier
Recovery: Bottom tier (he could make the low tier I think)
Range: Average
Grabgame: Pretty good
Chainthrow: Yes-D throw on most chars, U throw FFers
Pro Player: Eggz, Green Mario
My Comments: Basically a version of Doc, with a little better recovery, and no consistent KO move. He can also combo better than Doc. His performance depends completely on the players skill (as does anyone [Cept shiek =P], but tech skill is very important for mario)
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Ganondorf
Run Speed: Medium-slow
General Attack Speed: SLOW (Aeriels -> Medium
Combo Potential: Low
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Fair, Bair, Uair
Killing Moves: Everything!
Tier: Middle Tier
Recovery: Middle Tier
Range: Great
Grabgame: Great
Chainthrow: D throw on most chars
Pro Player: Tipman, Bushman, Eddie
My Comments: Slow, but packs a punch! you can get roughly 100+ damage with as little as 5-6 attacks! All aerial + Wall of Pain. If you can't shuffle or just don't like to, don't pick Ganon.
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Link
Run Speed: Slow
General Attack Speed: Average (fast aerials)
Combo Potential: High
Meteor Smash Yes
Best Moves: Nair, Dair (ko move), Dtilt, Spin attack (Ko move), U tilt, Bombs, D throw
Killing Moves: Dair, Spin
Tier: Top of the Low
Recovery: High Tier (Only if you can do Bomb Recovery)
Range: Very good
Grabgame: Fair
Chainthrow: Yes, but not worth it
Pro Player: Aniki, The Germ, Azen
My Comments: Link can either be a Tank or a Spammer. He needs a very skilled player to use him though. Not for beginners. He has a mean projectile game, and has sick combos if he gets going. He is easy to combo on though.
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This next section is almost completely done by me. Not completely, like what Razed said.
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DONKEY KONG
DK--- By: Marthsword
Run Speed: Average – Slow
Wavedash: approximately 6th worst
General Attack Speed: Average – Slow
Combo Potential: Amazing but repetitive
Meteor Smash: Dair, Side B
Spike: Dair (upper body,) Fair
Best Moves[:/B] {descending order) Uair, Neutral B, Cargo Throw, Bair
Killing Moves: (descending order) Neutral B, B throw, Uair
Tier: Middle of bottom tier
Recovery: Average
Range: Incredible
Grabgame: Amazing
Chainthrow: U throw on fastfallers, Cargo throw occasionally
Pro Players: Captain Jack, Canada Mike, Bum, AOB
Comments: DK relies heavily on the same combos and moves. His grabgame and Cargo > Uair game are huge. He combos fast fallers incredibly well, especially Fox. Whenever you have a chance, charge his neutral B.
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Ness --By EarthBound360 (The places with *s beside them are things I put in)
Run Speed: Below Average (*You can use WD instead*)
General Attack Speed: *Average-Fast
Combo Potential: Good
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Fair, Dair, Uair, Nair, Bair, PKT
Killing Moves: Fsmash, Bair, YYG sometimes
Tier: Low (Shouldn't be lol) *Yes he should =P*
Recovery: Middle tier *Cept his PKT can be countered by a few chars, leaving him screwed
Range: Very good
Grabgame: Strong
Chainthrow: Don't think so (??)
Pro Players: Simna, Mofo, UmbreonMow
Comments: Ness has a wide range of advanced tactics and can actually be faster than Sheik. Many people recognize him as "underrated".
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Yoshi--- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Surprisingly Fast
Wavedash: 5th Best
General Attack Speed: Pretty Fast
Combo potential: Very good
Attack range: A little above average
Meteor Smash: dair
Spike: Fair, Dair
Best moves: uair, eggs, bair, d tilt, d smash
Killing Moves: D smash, uair, f smash, nair, Down B
Jumping: Insanely good
Tier: Top of the bottom tier (should be higher)
Recovery: Middle
Range: Good
Grabgame: Not good
Chainthrow: Very hard to pull off, don’t recommend using it
Pro player: Gabe, Svampven, Bringer of Death
Comments: Yoshi has great combos with his egg > uair game. He doubles in weight during his double jump, and his double jump is the fastest ledgegrab in the game, because he goes down before up. He has a disadvantage that his shield cannot be JC’ led. He has an amazing CC game.
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Zelda--- By: UmbreonMow
Run speed: VERY slow
Wavedash: Tied with Peach for worst
General Attack Speed: Pretty slow
Combo potential: Not very much
Attack range: Above average
Meteor Smash: D air, D tilt
Spike: None
Best moves: Bair, Fair, D smash, F smash **Wtf@ Dsmash?!?**
Killing Moves: Fair, Bair, F smash
Jumping: Worst
Tier: Top of the bottom tier
Recovery: Very good but difficult
Range: Pretty good
Grabgame: slightly below average
Chainthrow: upthrow on fastfallers to about 40%
Pro player: UmbreonMow, Ryoko Yaksa, Kawn
Comments: Zelda is slow, but her attacks come out surprisingly fast and have very little lag, but her attacks stay out a long time, so they're still slow. She also recovers from stun quicky.
g&w:
run speed-below average
wavedash-8th longest (tied with marios)
general attack speed-fast (but has a lot of lag)
combo potential-average
attack range-below average
meteors-dair
best moves-nair, fair, dtilt, uthrow, dthrow, dair
killing moves-nair, fair, dtilt, forward b, dair, fsmash
jumping-bad
recovery-high
grab game-very good
Chain throw-the same as sheik minus g&w and add fast fallers
pro players-dire
comments- g&w is quite fun to use, his wavedash can help him with his lack of run speed, but beware when using him, his sheild is horrible
YOUNG LINK
Young Link--- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Surprisingly Fast
Wavedash: Below Average
General Attack Speed: Pretty Fast
Combo potential: Good
Attack range: About average
Meteor Smash: d tilt
Spike: Dair
Best moves: Bombs, boomerang, nair, d throw, arrows
Killing Moves: D smash, F smash, Dair, Uair
Jumping: Average
Tier: Bottom of the low tier
Recovery: Almost high tier
Grabgame: Comboes well out of it
Chainthrow: Very hard to pull off, don’t recommend using it
Pro player: Caveman, Chu Dat
Comments: Young Link is faster than his clone in every way. He is a better spammer as well. He can combo out of and into grabs almost as well as Link. Always having a bomb with you is a good idea.
Bowser--- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Exremely Slow
Wavedash: Average, but takes 9 frames till you can airdoge, (that’s a lot)
General Attack Speed: Slow
Combo potential: Not too bad
Attack range: Amazing
Meteor Smash: None
Spike: None
Best moves: Up B, Fair, Forward B, F tilt, Ledge Attack <100
Killing Moves: Everything!
Jumping: Below Average
Tier: Bottom
Recovery: Middle
Grabgame: Not very good
Chainthrow: U throw on Fox, Koopa Claw forward on FF’s
Pro player: Gimpyfish62, Arash, Captain Jack, Magnum
Comments: Bowser has an AMAZING Up B. It has 4 invincibility frames, can be substituted for his dodge, comes out in 5 frames, high priority, and high damage, and a ledgegrab.
I know it seems weird to include his ledge attack, but it has an amazing hitbox, and can be to set up for edgeguarding and has invincibility.
Luigi
Luigi--- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Slow, but doesn’t matter
Wavedash: 1st. Luigi doesn’t need to run. With WDing he is the fastest in the game
General Attack Speed: Average
Combo potential: Good
Attack range: A little above average
Meteor Smash: dair, d tilt
Best moves: Fair, Nair, Dair, D smash, U tilt
Killing Moves: Dair, Fair, Nair
Jumping: Very good
Tier: Bottom of the Low tier
Recovery: Bottom of the Low tier
Grabgame: Average
Chainthrow: U throw fastfallers, D throw semi-floaties
Pro player: Ka-Master, Azen, Thunders, Drephen
Comments: It can be hard to get used to Luigi because of his floatiness. Luigi has great tech chasing and speed with his Wavedash. He can run circles around opponents. What makes him in his tier position is his poor matchups with high tier characters. He would have a good recovery, but his up B sweetspot ruins it, the foe can edgehog.
KIRBY
Kirby--- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Below Average
Wavedash: Around 6th worst
General Attack Speed: Average – Below average
Combo potential: Average – below average
Attack range: Below average
Meteor Smash: dair, up B
Best moves: Bair, Uair, Fair, Dair
Killing Moves: Uair, F smash, Bair
Jumping: Best
Tier: Bottom Tier
Recovery: Great, but too predictable
Grabgame: Below average, but kirbycides bring it up
Chainthrow: None unless you have your foe at ridiculously high %s.
Pro player: Omnigamer, T!mmy, Kirbstir
Comments: Kirby focuses around his aerial games a lot, that is where most of his combos come from. He has a ton of jumps, giving him good aerial maneuverability. He can suicide with swallow, b throw, or f throw, this is called ‘kirbycide.’ Kirby has a strat called “Fence of Pain” with his bair.
ROY
Roy--- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Average
Wavedash: 6th Best
General Attack Speed: At or below average
Combo potential: Below average
Attack range: Amazing
Meteor Smash: Third hit of over B aimed upward, Dair, U smash
Best moves: Fair, U tilt, Uair, F smash, Nair
Killing Moves: F smash
Jumping: Very bad
Tier: Middle of low tier
Recovery: Bottom Tier
Grabgame: Average
Chainthrow: None
Pro player: NEO, Masashi
Comments: Roy focuses on his ground game wheras marth focuses on his aerial game. Newbies tend to pick Roy because he has fire. Try them both and see who you are most comfortable with.
Pikachu
Pikachu--- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Very Fast
Wavedash: Below Average
General Attack Speed: Fast
Combo potential: Good
Meteor Smash: None
Best moves: Nair, Uair, Bair, Thunderjolt, D smash, U smash
Killing Moves: U smash, F smash, Nair, Biar
Jumping: Average
Tier: Middle of low tier
Recovery: High Tier
Grabgame: Average
Chainthrow: U throw on FF’s
Pro player: AK, Azen
Comments: Pikachu has incredible smashes. Pikachu has great recovery as well, though not as good as Pichu’s. It almost makes up for his light weight. Pikachu’s Uair is a semi spike, and can spike an opponent off the edge by sending them behind. If you time if right, you can send them up, send them behind you, or send them in front of you.[/quote]
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Mewtwo --- By: Eaode
Run speed: Slow (wavedash instead= fast)
General Attack Speed: Average (smashes are slow, tilts + some aerials are very fast)
Combo potential: Good
Attack range: Above Average
Meteor Smash:
Best moves: Dthrow, Uthroe, Bair, Nair, Dtilt, Utilt
Killing Moves: Fair
Tier: Bottom Tier
Recovery: Top tier
Range: Good
Grabgame: Strong
Chainthrow: ??
Pro player: Taj
Comments: Mewtwo ***** fastfallers (especially on FD). Unfortunately, Mewtwo is light and a large target
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Mewtwo --- 2nd version by Quak
Run speed: Slow (wavedash instead= fast)
General Attack Speed: Average (smashes are slow, tilts + some aerials are very fast)
Combo potential: sub-par
Attack range: Above Average
Meteor Smash: yes, but small hitbox and slow pitch rate
Best moves: fair, d-tilt, nair
Killing Moves: Fair, Upthrow, Backthrow
Tier: Bottom Tier
Recovery: Top tier
Range: Good
Grabgame: Strong
Chainthrow: None
Pro player: Taj
Comments: Mewtwo combos better fastfallers, but unfortunately, Mewtwo is really light and a huge target. In addition, he has terrible matchups against many characters and therefore, usually loses most of his games.
Pichu --- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Very fast
Wavedash: 6th worst
General Attack Speed: Fast – Very fast
Combo Potential: Pretty good especially against fast fallers
Best Moves: Thunderjolt, Nair, Bair, Up B, Up smash, F smash
Killing Moves: (in descending order) U smash, F smash, Nair, Bair, Dair, B throw, D smash
Jumping: Above average
Tier: Bottom tier
Recovery: high tier; better than Pikachu’s
Range: Awful
Grabgame: Pretty good
Chainthrow: U throw fast fallers, D throw floaties
Pro Players: T0mmy, Chu Dat
Comments: People are turned off because he hurts himself, however, most his best moves don’t. Pichu has especially good combos on fast fallers (uair) and good edgeguarding (TJ, f tilt, f smash.) Many people aren’t used to fighting a good pichu, so won’t know what to do, or how to DI your attacks like F smash. Also, Don’t forget to taunt@ Pichu can taunt cancel by holding shield during the taunt animation. This allows you to SHFFL, WD etc, out of a taunt.[/quote]
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**Note** The "Pro Player" isn't necessarily the best, just a pro
**Note** All Characters that do not have player name beside their name are done by Razed
4. Links
2006-2007 Tier List - http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=81928
Recovery Tier List - http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=78593
Hope you like it!
5. CREDITS!
Thanks to...
Razed: Initial Creator, did most of the work
Me: For helping a lot, you can figure out what I did
Earthbound360: "Nessed it up"
Eaode: Created the "why to play Mewtwo"
Mood4Food: Created "why to play G&W, also had good advice
Quak: Did his take on Mewtwo (created a sequel to Eaode's work)
UmbreonMow: For "how to play Zelda" who did it a million times better than me
...if you would like credit for whatever (giving good advice count) just ask, or if you were forgotten.
Razed asked me to make this new topic and let the other thread die since he will be gone (I think
) From now on I will be organizing this thread. If you would like to see the old thread, CLICK HERE Also, I have proofread and edited this version to make it into what believe is right, so if you would like to see Razed' take on it, click the link.Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Characters
3. Links
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1. Introduction -
Razed' Introduction: Having trouble choosing your main? If you're not sure which character suites you best, then this guide will hopefully help you choose. It won't tell you everything, because only you know who you're good with and who you are completely terrible with, but it may lead you in the right direction. I didn't include the lower tiers because if you chose one of them, it's probably just based on how much you like the character. Enjoy!
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2. Character
Here will give you a brief description of the character's all around ability.
**NOTE** Range does not include projectiles
**NOTE** Grabgame does not include chaingrabs
Fox
Run Speed: Very Fast
General Attack Speed: Fast
Combo Potential: Good
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Shine, Nair, Upsmash, Uair
Killing Moves: Shine, Usmash, Uair, sometimes Fsmash
Tier: Top
Recovery: Middle Tier
Range: Average
Grabgame: Good
Chainthrow: U throw fastfallers
Pro Player: Chillin, Tink, Ken, PC Chris
My Comments: Awesome all around character. Has an awesome infinite shine ability! Great edgehogging
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Falco
Run Speed: Average - Fast
General Attack Speed: Fast
Combo Potential: Insane
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Dair, Shine, Lasers, Nair
Killing Moves: Dair, Fsmash, Dtilt, Bair
Tier: Top
Recovery: Bottom Tier
Range: Average
Grabgame: Average
Chainthrow: No
Pro Player: PC Chris, Bombsoldier, Forward, Fonz, Shiz
My Comments: LOVE FALCO! Awesome combos and an awesome spike. SHL FTW! Good Edgehog. Good Bair
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Shiek
Run Speed: Fast
General Attack Speed: Very Fast
Combo Potential: High
Meteor Smash: No
Best Moves: Fair, Dthrow, Ftilt, Dsmash, Needles
Killing Moves: Fair, Uair, D smash
Tier: High Tier
Recovery: Middle Tier
Range: Good
Grabgame: Amazing
Chainthrow: Yes
Pro Player: DSF, Omar, CJ
My Comments: Jeebus... No one likes going up against a Shiek. She's fast as hell and can chaingrab and is really easy to master! Good Edgehog.
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Peach
Run Speed: Slow
General Attack Speed: Fast
Combo Potential: Good
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Dsmash, Fair, Nair, Bair, Turnips
Killing Moves: D Smash, Fair, Nair
Tier: High Tier
Recovery: Upper Tier
Range: Average
Grabgame: Pretty good
Chainthrow: U throw FFers
Pro Player: Vidjo, Fonz, Cort
My Comments: Peach is GHEY! Very good though >.>. Turnips are good, so is hovering and dsmash o.0
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Marth
Run Speed: Fast
General Attack Speed: Fast
Combo Potential: High
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Fsmash, Fair, Nair, Utilt
Killing Moves: Fsmash. At high % Nair & maybe Up B
Tier: High Tier
Recovery: Middle Tier
Range: Amazazing (not a type-o)
Grabgame: Pretty good
Chainthrow: U throw fast fallers, F throw other Marths
Pro Player: Ken... durrr, Husband, FastLikeTree
My Comments: Just a good character. Try and hit with the tip of the sword, it killz o.o. Use lots of aerials! Especially Fair. No projectile moves though :X
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Captain Falcon
Run Speed: Very Fast
General Attack Speed: Fast Ariels, slow B and smashes
Combo Potential: High
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Fair, Uair, Bair
Killing Moves: Fair!!, Bair, sometimes Dair, Fsmash
Tier: Middle Tier
Recovery: Bottom Tier
Range: Average
Grabgame: Average
Chainthrow: U throw fast fallers... he can tech punish fast fallers with another grab though D throw on normal floatiness characters
Pro Player: Isai (derr), G-Regulate, Darkrain,
My Comments: Awesome character with sweet aerials! Hit them with a knee (fair) at a fairly high percent and they're done! All physical, good edgehog. He takes a lot of tech skill, a good example of why is mastering his Nair.
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Ice Climbers
Run Speed: Average-slow (that why they have an awesome wavedash!)
General Attack Speed: Fast
Combo Potential: High (Chain Grabs FTW!)
Meteor Smash Yes
Best Moves: Dsmash, Dthrow, Bair
Killing Moves: Dsmash, Fsmash, Chaingrab into dsmash, Usmash, sometimes Bair,
Tier: Middle Tier
Recovery: High Tier (with both icys)
Range: Good
Grabgame: Way too good
Chainthrow: Yes
Pro Player: ChuDat Hands down =/
My Comments: Awesome Wavedash, Awesome Dsmash. DeSynching is evil and hard to do but awesome! They can chaingrab well too =) they have an infinite grab! No way to be escaped if done correctly. Also called "wobbling" after an amazing smasher named wobbles.
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Samus
Run Speed: Medium ; WD= as fast as her smash missile
General Attack Speed: Fast
Combo Potential: Low
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Missiles, Dsmash, Bombs, Uair, Nair
Killing Moves: Fsmash, Nair, Bair, Missles, sometimes Dair
Tier: Middle tier
Recovery: Top Tier
Range: Average
Grabgame: Not good (Okay with extended grapple)
Chainthrow: No
Pro Player: Wes, HugS, Aniki
My Comments: This girl has lotsa tricks! Extended Grapple beam, Super wavedash, Bombs+ Grapple recovery, awesome easy wavedash, double missiles... YAY! Fun character. Good Edgehog. CRAPPY Usmash and Fair
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Doctor Mario
Run Speed: Medium-slow
General Attack Speed: Medium-Fast
Combo Potential: Pretty good
Meteor Smash: No =( (not including the up+b thing)
Best Moves: Bair, Nair, Pills, Uair, Dsmash
Killing Moves: Fair, Fsmash, D Smash
Tier: Middle Tier
Recovery: Bottom Tier
Range: Poor
Grabgame: Pretty Good
Chainthrow: Yes
Pro Player: Bob$, CJ
My Comments: Awesome chains+combos with Dthrow. Good Edgehoging. All aerial cept throws+ dsmash and cape. He sacrifices his range for power.
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Jigglypuff
Run Speed: Slow
General Attack Speed: Fast (Well, all the moves you should be using are fast)
Combo Potential: High
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: RESTZORZ!! (down+b), Bair, Fair, Nair <<King of air>>
Killing Moves: Rest, Bair, Fair if spammed
Tier: Middle Tier
Recovery: TOP NOTCH!!
Range: Aerials=amazing hitboxes, otherwise no
Grabgame: Strong, but can't combo well
Chainthrow: No
Pro Player: The King *.*
My Comments: Awesome fun! Uthrow+ Rest on fast falling chars(fox). Great edgehog and aerials! All aerial 'cept pound and rest
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Mario
Run Speed: Medium
General Attack Speed: Medium
Combo Potential: High (beats D. Mario)
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Bair, Uair, Dsmash, Dair, D throw, Cape
Killing Moves: Like... none o_o! Only Fsmash if it's sweetspotted
Tier: Middle Tier
Recovery: Bottom tier (he could make the low tier I think)
Range: Average
Grabgame: Pretty good
Chainthrow: Yes-D throw on most chars, U throw FFers
Pro Player: Eggz, Green Mario
My Comments: Basically a version of Doc, with a little better recovery, and no consistent KO move. He can also combo better than Doc. His performance depends completely on the players skill (as does anyone [Cept shiek =P], but tech skill is very important for mario)
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Ganondorf
Run Speed: Medium-slow
General Attack Speed: SLOW (Aeriels -> Medium
Combo Potential: Low
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Fair, Bair, Uair
Killing Moves: Everything!
Tier: Middle Tier
Recovery: Middle Tier
Range: Great
Grabgame: Great
Chainthrow: D throw on most chars
Pro Player: Tipman, Bushman, Eddie
My Comments: Slow, but packs a punch! you can get roughly 100+ damage with as little as 5-6 attacks! All aerial + Wall of Pain. If you can't shuffle or just don't like to, don't pick Ganon.
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Link
Run Speed: Slow
General Attack Speed: Average (fast aerials)
Combo Potential: High
Meteor Smash Yes
Best Moves: Nair, Dair (ko move), Dtilt, Spin attack (Ko move), U tilt, Bombs, D throw
Killing Moves: Dair, Spin
Tier: Top of the Low
Recovery: High Tier (Only if you can do Bomb Recovery)
Range: Very good
Grabgame: Fair
Chainthrow: Yes, but not worth it
Pro Player: Aniki, The Germ, Azen
My Comments: Link can either be a Tank or a Spammer. He needs a very skilled player to use him though. Not for beginners. He has a mean projectile game, and has sick combos if he gets going. He is easy to combo on though.
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This next section is almost completely done by me. Not completely, like what Razed said.
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DONKEY KONG
DK--- By: Marthsword
Run Speed: Average – Slow
Wavedash: approximately 6th worst
General Attack Speed: Average – Slow
Combo Potential: Amazing but repetitive
Meteor Smash: Dair, Side B
Spike: Dair (upper body,) Fair
Best Moves[:/B] {descending order) Uair, Neutral B, Cargo Throw, Bair
Killing Moves: (descending order) Neutral B, B throw, Uair
Tier: Middle of bottom tier
Recovery: Average
Range: Incredible
Grabgame: Amazing
Chainthrow: U throw on fastfallers, Cargo throw occasionally
Pro Players: Captain Jack, Canada Mike, Bum, AOB
Comments: DK relies heavily on the same combos and moves. His grabgame and Cargo > Uair game are huge. He combos fast fallers incredibly well, especially Fox. Whenever you have a chance, charge his neutral B.
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Ness --By EarthBound360 (The places with *s beside them are things I put in)
Run Speed: Below Average (*You can use WD instead*)
General Attack Speed: *Average-Fast
Combo Potential: Good
Meteor Smash: Yes
Best Moves: Fair, Dair, Uair, Nair, Bair, PKT
Killing Moves: Fsmash, Bair, YYG sometimes
Tier: Low (Shouldn't be lol) *Yes he should =P*
Recovery: Middle tier *Cept his PKT can be countered by a few chars, leaving him screwed
Range: Very good
Grabgame: Strong
Chainthrow: Don't think so (??)
Pro Players: Simna, Mofo, UmbreonMow
Comments: Ness has a wide range of advanced tactics and can actually be faster than Sheik. Many people recognize him as "underrated".
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Yoshi--- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Surprisingly Fast
Wavedash: 5th Best
General Attack Speed: Pretty Fast
Combo potential: Very good
Attack range: A little above average
Meteor Smash: dair
Spike: Fair, Dair
Best moves: uair, eggs, bair, d tilt, d smash
Killing Moves: D smash, uair, f smash, nair, Down B
Jumping: Insanely good
Tier: Top of the bottom tier (should be higher)
Recovery: Middle
Range: Good
Grabgame: Not good
Chainthrow: Very hard to pull off, don’t recommend using it
Pro player: Gabe, Svampven, Bringer of Death
Comments: Yoshi has great combos with his egg > uair game. He doubles in weight during his double jump, and his double jump is the fastest ledgegrab in the game, because he goes down before up. He has a disadvantage that his shield cannot be JC’ led. He has an amazing CC game.
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Zelda--- By: UmbreonMow
Run speed: VERY slow
Wavedash: Tied with Peach for worst
General Attack Speed: Pretty slow
Combo potential: Not very much
Attack range: Above average
Meteor Smash: D air, D tilt
Spike: None
Best moves: Bair, Fair, D smash, F smash **Wtf@ Dsmash?!?**
Killing Moves: Fair, Bair, F smash
Jumping: Worst
Tier: Top of the bottom tier
Recovery: Very good but difficult
Range: Pretty good
Grabgame: slightly below average
Chainthrow: upthrow on fastfallers to about 40%
Pro player: UmbreonMow, Ryoko Yaksa, Kawn
Comments: Zelda is slow, but her attacks come out surprisingly fast and have very little lag, but her attacks stay out a long time, so they're still slow. She also recovers from stun quicky.
g&w:
run speed-below average
wavedash-8th longest (tied with marios)
general attack speed-fast (but has a lot of lag)
combo potential-average
attack range-below average
meteors-dair
best moves-nair, fair, dtilt, uthrow, dthrow, dair
killing moves-nair, fair, dtilt, forward b, dair, fsmash
jumping-bad
recovery-high
grab game-very good
Chain throw-the same as sheik minus g&w and add fast fallers
pro players-dire
comments- g&w is quite fun to use, his wavedash can help him with his lack of run speed, but beware when using him, his sheild is horrible
YOUNG LINK
Young Link--- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Surprisingly Fast
Wavedash: Below Average
General Attack Speed: Pretty Fast
Combo potential: Good
Attack range: About average
Meteor Smash: d tilt
Spike: Dair
Best moves: Bombs, boomerang, nair, d throw, arrows
Killing Moves: D smash, F smash, Dair, Uair
Jumping: Average
Tier: Bottom of the low tier
Recovery: Almost high tier
Grabgame: Comboes well out of it
Chainthrow: Very hard to pull off, don’t recommend using it
Pro player: Caveman, Chu Dat
Comments: Young Link is faster than his clone in every way. He is a better spammer as well. He can combo out of and into grabs almost as well as Link. Always having a bomb with you is a good idea.
Bowser--- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Exremely Slow
Wavedash: Average, but takes 9 frames till you can airdoge, (that’s a lot)
General Attack Speed: Slow
Combo potential: Not too bad
Attack range: Amazing
Meteor Smash: None
Spike: None
Best moves: Up B, Fair, Forward B, F tilt, Ledge Attack <100
Killing Moves: Everything!
Jumping: Below Average
Tier: Bottom
Recovery: Middle
Grabgame: Not very good
Chainthrow: U throw on Fox, Koopa Claw forward on FF’s
Pro player: Gimpyfish62, Arash, Captain Jack, Magnum
Comments: Bowser has an AMAZING Up B. It has 4 invincibility frames, can be substituted for his dodge, comes out in 5 frames, high priority, and high damage, and a ledgegrab.
I know it seems weird to include his ledge attack, but it has an amazing hitbox, and can be to set up for edgeguarding and has invincibility.
Luigi
Luigi--- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Slow, but doesn’t matter
Wavedash: 1st. Luigi doesn’t need to run. With WDing he is the fastest in the game
General Attack Speed: Average
Combo potential: Good
Attack range: A little above average
Meteor Smash: dair, d tilt
Best moves: Fair, Nair, Dair, D smash, U tilt
Killing Moves: Dair, Fair, Nair
Jumping: Very good
Tier: Bottom of the Low tier
Recovery: Bottom of the Low tier
Grabgame: Average
Chainthrow: U throw fastfallers, D throw semi-floaties
Pro player: Ka-Master, Azen, Thunders, Drephen
Comments: It can be hard to get used to Luigi because of his floatiness. Luigi has great tech chasing and speed with his Wavedash. He can run circles around opponents. What makes him in his tier position is his poor matchups with high tier characters. He would have a good recovery, but his up B sweetspot ruins it, the foe can edgehog.
KIRBY
Kirby--- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Below Average
Wavedash: Around 6th worst
General Attack Speed: Average – Below average
Combo potential: Average – below average
Attack range: Below average
Meteor Smash: dair, up B
Best moves: Bair, Uair, Fair, Dair
Killing Moves: Uair, F smash, Bair
Jumping: Best
Tier: Bottom Tier
Recovery: Great, but too predictable
Grabgame: Below average, but kirbycides bring it up
Chainthrow: None unless you have your foe at ridiculously high %s.
Pro player: Omnigamer, T!mmy, Kirbstir
Comments: Kirby focuses around his aerial games a lot, that is where most of his combos come from. He has a ton of jumps, giving him good aerial maneuverability. He can suicide with swallow, b throw, or f throw, this is called ‘kirbycide.’ Kirby has a strat called “Fence of Pain” with his bair.
ROY
Roy--- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Average
Wavedash: 6th Best
General Attack Speed: At or below average
Combo potential: Below average
Attack range: Amazing
Meteor Smash: Third hit of over B aimed upward, Dair, U smash
Best moves: Fair, U tilt, Uair, F smash, Nair
Killing Moves: F smash
Jumping: Very bad
Tier: Middle of low tier
Recovery: Bottom Tier
Grabgame: Average
Chainthrow: None
Pro player: NEO, Masashi
Comments: Roy focuses on his ground game wheras marth focuses on his aerial game. Newbies tend to pick Roy because he has fire. Try them both and see who you are most comfortable with.
Pikachu
Pikachu--- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Very Fast
Wavedash: Below Average
General Attack Speed: Fast
Combo potential: Good
Meteor Smash: None
Best moves: Nair, Uair, Bair, Thunderjolt, D smash, U smash
Killing Moves: U smash, F smash, Nair, Biar
Jumping: Average
Tier: Middle of low tier
Recovery: High Tier
Grabgame: Average
Chainthrow: U throw on FF’s
Pro player: AK, Azen
Comments: Pikachu has incredible smashes. Pikachu has great recovery as well, though not as good as Pichu’s. It almost makes up for his light weight. Pikachu’s Uair is a semi spike, and can spike an opponent off the edge by sending them behind. If you time if right, you can send them up, send them behind you, or send them in front of you.[/quote]
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Mewtwo --- By: Eaode
Run speed: Slow (wavedash instead= fast)
General Attack Speed: Average (smashes are slow, tilts + some aerials are very fast)
Combo potential: Good
Attack range: Above Average
Meteor Smash:
Best moves: Dthrow, Uthroe, Bair, Nair, Dtilt, Utilt
Killing Moves: Fair
Tier: Bottom Tier
Recovery: Top tier
Range: Good
Grabgame: Strong
Chainthrow: ??
Pro player: Taj
Comments: Mewtwo ***** fastfallers (especially on FD). Unfortunately, Mewtwo is light and a large target
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Mewtwo --- 2nd version by Quak
Run speed: Slow (wavedash instead= fast)
General Attack Speed: Average (smashes are slow, tilts + some aerials are very fast)
Combo potential: sub-par
Attack range: Above Average
Meteor Smash: yes, but small hitbox and slow pitch rate
Best moves: fair, d-tilt, nair
Killing Moves: Fair, Upthrow, Backthrow
Tier: Bottom Tier
Recovery: Top tier
Range: Good
Grabgame: Strong
Chainthrow: None
Pro player: Taj
Comments: Mewtwo combos better fastfallers, but unfortunately, Mewtwo is really light and a huge target. In addition, he has terrible matchups against many characters and therefore, usually loses most of his games.
Pichu --- By: Marthsword
Run speed: Very fast
Wavedash: 6th worst
General Attack Speed: Fast – Very fast
Combo Potential: Pretty good especially against fast fallers
Best Moves: Thunderjolt, Nair, Bair, Up B, Up smash, F smash
Killing Moves: (in descending order) U smash, F smash, Nair, Bair, Dair, B throw, D smash
Jumping: Above average
Tier: Bottom tier
Recovery: high tier; better than Pikachu’s
Range: Awful
Grabgame: Pretty good
Chainthrow: U throw fast fallers, D throw floaties
Pro Players: T0mmy, Chu Dat
Comments: People are turned off because he hurts himself, however, most his best moves don’t. Pichu has especially good combos on fast fallers (uair) and good edgeguarding (TJ, f tilt, f smash.) Many people aren’t used to fighting a good pichu, so won’t know what to do, or how to DI your attacks like F smash. Also, Don’t forget to taunt@ Pichu can taunt cancel by holding shield during the taunt animation. This allows you to SHFFL, WD etc, out of a taunt.[/quote]
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**Note** The "Pro Player" isn't necessarily the best, just a pro
**Note** All Characters that do not have player name beside their name are done by Razed
4. Links
2006-2007 Tier List - http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=81928
Recovery Tier List - http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=78593
Hope you like it!
5. CREDITS!
Thanks to...
Razed: Initial Creator, did most of the work
Me: For helping a lot, you can figure out what I did
Earthbound360: "Nessed it up"
Eaode: Created the "why to play Mewtwo"
Mood4Food: Created "why to play G&W, also had good advice
Quak: Did his take on Mewtwo (created a sequel to Eaode's work)
UmbreonMow: For "how to play Zelda" who did it a million times better than me
...if you would like credit for whatever (giving good advice count) just ask, or if you were forgotten.
