Haydino
Smash Cadet
idk why you say it's more balanced to favour high-tiered characters, it makes no sense (to me) when you just say that high-tier characters should be favoured because they're better characters...
Its not that they will be favoured but that they are "high-tiered" for a reason.
Like C~Dog said we dont want to favour anyone its just that a good character is going to be good anyway.
If a stage affects the match up so much that a top tier character is at a disadvantage to a low tier, if this isnt the case usually, then that stage is unfair.
Edit: Im not saying that if the stage is unfair it should be banned though. Because the Counterpick system is one that purposfully tips the 'fairness' to one side anyway but for starters it should be as 'neutral' as possible.