I think tiers change as the player get better. For example with only the basic knowledge of moves (smash attacks, rolling, throws, projectiles...) most people think link is the worst character but in my opinion as a player gets better link becomes more of a mid-tier character.
"You've got some big explaining to do if you have Ness below Fox, Falcon, and Jigglypuff.
And Samus above Yoshi, Mario, and Luigi. No "screw explanations" bs."
I agree with Fox, Falcon, and Jigglypuff being better than ness. Ness is a great character as a beginner because of his quick roll, strong throw and strong smash attacks but as a the player's skills gets better Fox, Falcon, and Jigglypuff become better characters because they have better combos than ness which can inflict a huge amount of damage in a short period of time. I guess some people can argue that as you get better you also learn how to use ness's double jump cancel but i think the combos of Fox, Falcon, and Jigglypuff are more useful.
I think Samus is almost as good as Mario and Luigi but, they're just a little better. I think Mario and Luigi's better throw and ability to perform combos better combos makes them just a little bit better than Samus.
"The only things Samus has that are remotely redeemable are her Dair and Bair which have incredible speed and priority, making the quite spammable since she sucks at everything else."
Yeah Samus's roll, throw and combo ability sucks but being good with her involves a lot of mind games. Her up-b also has great priority which makes edge guarding her and dairing her a bit more difficult than other characters. Her down-b (bombs) is underused by most people and this can be used to avoid being thrown or attacked. Her down-b can also be used when coming back to the stage which makes it hard to edge guard off the stage because her bombs are going to be in the way. Her short hop d-air if used properly can be overwhelming at times. Also at around 70-100 damage her d-air (while the other character is one the ground) and b-air combo is one of the best finishing moves in the game.
As i said before I think tiers change as the player get better and there could be three different tier systems.
basic tier (for level 2 to level 3 players)
advance tier (for level 4 players)
elite tier (for level 5 players)
(Go to this thread http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=50864 to learn more about the levels)
"You've got some big explaining to do if you have Ness below Fox, Falcon, and Jigglypuff.
And Samus above Yoshi, Mario, and Luigi. No "screw explanations" bs."
I agree with Fox, Falcon, and Jigglypuff being better than ness. Ness is a great character as a beginner because of his quick roll, strong throw and strong smash attacks but as a the player's skills gets better Fox, Falcon, and Jigglypuff become better characters because they have better combos than ness which can inflict a huge amount of damage in a short period of time. I guess some people can argue that as you get better you also learn how to use ness's double jump cancel but i think the combos of Fox, Falcon, and Jigglypuff are more useful.
I think Samus is almost as good as Mario and Luigi but, they're just a little better. I think Mario and Luigi's better throw and ability to perform combos better combos makes them just a little bit better than Samus.
"The only things Samus has that are remotely redeemable are her Dair and Bair which have incredible speed and priority, making the quite spammable since she sucks at everything else."
Yeah Samus's roll, throw and combo ability sucks but being good with her involves a lot of mind games. Her up-b also has great priority which makes edge guarding her and dairing her a bit more difficult than other characters. Her down-b (bombs) is underused by most people and this can be used to avoid being thrown or attacked. Her down-b can also be used when coming back to the stage which makes it hard to edge guard off the stage because her bombs are going to be in the way. Her short hop d-air if used properly can be overwhelming at times. Also at around 70-100 damage her d-air (while the other character is one the ground) and b-air combo is one of the best finishing moves in the game.
As i said before I think tiers change as the player get better and there could be three different tier systems.
basic tier (for level 2 to level 3 players)
advance tier (for level 4 players)
elite tier (for level 5 players)
(Go to this thread http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=50864 to learn more about the levels)