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Tiers will always be a hot topic in the world of fighting games. It's no different in Super Smash Bros., where many players have dedicated time to formulating opinions on who the greatest characters are for competitive play. Last time, we talked about who the best fighters were in Super Smash Bros. Ultimateaccording to top players. Today, we'll be looking at the opposite.

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Like last time, we'll be looking at tier lists from some high ranking players, including ZeRo, MkLeo, Leffen, ESAM, VoiD, Dabuz, Samsora, and Tweek. The below seven characters can be found on a number of tier lists toward the bottom. As always, it's important to remember that tiers are not facts, but opinions based on things like character data, potential, and results.

Piranha Plant

Among the Super Smash Bros. Community, it is common for distinguished groups (such as the SmashBoards Back Room) to create tier lists, rankings of a character's potential in tournaments. The SmashBoards tier list is generally seen as the 'official' tier list, though many other groups have. Who are the best characters in 'Super Smash Bros. Who’ve already seen early tier lists from two of the world’s top players. Now another highly ranked Smasher is chiming in with some. Smash Tier List. Ultimate This is the latest and most widely-accepted tier list for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from Nintendo Switch, produced by ZeRo (who is considered the best SSB4 player in the world) and last updated on March 10th, 2019.

Starting off this list is the first DLC character. Piranha Plant is interesting to discuss. A number of players consider it to be bottom tier. Samsora, for example, lists the plant as the third worst character in the game. Likewise, ZeRo had almost nothing positive to say - according to him, Piranha Plant just 'falls apart' in neutral play. However, VoiD ranks Piranha Plant as high tier, saying that it is a 'good zoner.'

Piranha Plant is still new, so general perception could change if it starts getting good results. Pac-Man, for instance, was ranked low at the onset of Ultimate's release, but thanks to good results, players are starting to rank him higher.

Isabelle

The fan favorite Animal Crossing character has never been considered to be super tough by many players. She is similar to Villager, but most players agree that Villager is just better. ZeRo's opinion is that Isabelle is forced to rely on camping, and her edge guarding isn't as good as Villager's bowling ball. ESAM says that Isabelle generally doesn't have much to offer - her damage output is low, she lacks neutral play, and doesn't have major combos.

King K. Rool

For a little while after Ultimate's release, King K. Rool was extremely popular. He had some super armor, a far-reaching recovery, and a throw that puts the opponent in the ground. Despite all this, the character is now ranked low by many players. A big problem is that he is easy to combo - expert Wolfs, for example, can combo King K. Rool quite a bit.

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The character was also nerfed, with his down throw being downgraded - it is possible to button mash out of it even at high percentages. ZeRo makes the claim that as Ultimate's meta continues to develop, King K. Rool's results will continue to sink.

Bowser Jr.

The son of Bowser has not been treated too kindly by a number of players. Tweek and VoiD rank Bowser Jr. very low. ZeRo has him as the fourth worst character in the game, saying that while he has kill power, he has no setups that lead to that kill. ESAM says Bowser Jr. has linear gameplay, meaning that you'll be doing a lot of the same things, making him predictable.

Mii Brawler

Miis weren't popular in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and they are arguably even less so in Ultimate. Samsora has Mii Brawler ranked as the sixth worst character in the game, and Leffen believes this Mii has no value. ESAM claims that a player has to work especially hard for Mii Brawler to get kills. Although it's rare for Mii Brawlers to be ranked high, Dabuz has Mii Brawler ranked as 'fantastic,' so it's not unheard of. Miis can certainly be unpredictable due to not many players using them. If they can get consistent good results, general perception of them could change.

Kirby

The pink puffball has been ranked consistently on the lower end of the spectrum by players. Leffen, for example, has Kirby in his 'no value' section on his tier list. ESAM notes that Kirby has incredibly low air speed. Although ZeRo puts Kirby a little above the low tiers thanks to solid combos, he does say that Kirby suffers against characters with projectiles and reach. Kirby does not have a wide range, meaning that it will be hard for him to get consistent attacks against a character like Lucina.

Little Mac

Little Mac was a popular character in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U online, as he caught newcomers off guard with his super punches and armor. Still, his recovery was bad in Wii U, which prevented him from being known as a viable character competitively. That poor recovery returns in Ultimate. Although Little Mac can still be tricky to face on ground, the super armor just isn't enough according to players. Both ZeRo and Samsora rank Little Mac as the worst character in Ultimate. ZeRo notes that Mac has no aerial game. Out of over 70 characters, his recovery is probably the worst. This is going to hurt his ranking because there isn't much he can do once he's off stage.

There is some division when it comes to who top players consider the worst. MkLeo has Mii Swordfighter toward the bottom, while ZeRo ranks this Mii as high tier, as an example. Meanwhile, some tier lists rank Mr. Game and Watch toward the extreme bottom; ZeRo has him ranked as the second worst character in the game. So, a list like this can vary. Of course, don't feel discouraged if you see your favorite character ranked low, or feel like you have to switch because others say the character isn't that good. Ultimate is a game where just about every character can be great with the right hands.

Smash Ultimate Tier List Make Your Own Tier Rank

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This page collects community and professional Super Smash Ultimate Tier Lists of the best characters to use in Smash Bros. Ultimate. Over time, pro players and other outlets such as the SSBU Reddit community release their Tier Lists for Smash Ultimate and rankings of all the fighters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, ranking them based on time spent with the fighters and how viable they are believed to be.

Note that these community tier lists are meant to be subjective opinions derived from experts in the fighting game community - but they are not definitive rankings overall, especially for casual players.

Official Rankings and Tier Lists for Smash Ultimate[edit]

The Smash Bros. Ultimate game has little info presented on ranking its own fighters - however there are a few pieces of info given in the tips section that offers definitive confirmations of certain characters abilities - listed below:

Sakurai On Rankings[edit]

In his weekly Famitsu column, Sakurai explained part of his outlook on how fighters are updated and balanced, and why tier lists don't always play a role in this decision:

'player-created estimation of each character's strength...differ pretty greatly from our records.' For fighters like King K. Rool, 'his victory rate was 51.9%, and in Elite Smash it was 48.9%,' so he doesn't really see a need to adjust him.

As far as character usage in a given week, the most used was Cloud, with Ganondorf being the top choice for Elite Smash, even though his 'win-rate was only around 47.9%, which is on the lower end of the rankings.'

r/SmashBros (SSBU) Reddit Tier List[edit]

This Super Smash Ultimate tier list was made by compiling 14,320 votes from the Reddit SSBU community. You can read the entire explanation on how this list was created in the r/SmashBros tier list thread. This list was published Dec 28th, 2018.

RankedBoost Super Smash Ultimate Tier List[edit]

The following list was created by the folks at RankedBoost, who have evaluated their tier based on weight, aerial movement, run speed, and dash - as well as other factors. This list was last updated on January 19th, 2019 See all of their details here.

ZeRo's Updated Super Smash Ultimate Tier List[edit]

The following table was put together by notable Smash 4 eSports player ZeRo, who put together a tier list based on his time with the game after the first day the game was out and based on his time playing characters at preview events. This list was updated on January 19th, 2019.

Leffen's Super Smash Ultimate Updated Tier List[edit]

The following table was put together by Smash Melee eSports player TSM Leffen, who also created his list after spending the day playing as most of the characters and created an early tier list. This list was updated on December 14th, 2018.

Event Hubs Super Smash Ultimate Rankings[edit]

The following is a list of community voted tier rankings for all character in Smash Bros as voted by matchups at the EventHubs website. This list was last updated on January 19th, 2018

1. Marth/Lucina
2. Peach/Daisy
3. Roy
4. Ike
5. Fox
6. Simon/Richter
7. Ken
8. Ryu
9. Mii Swordfighter
10. Pit / Dark Pit
11. Mii Gunner
12. Samus/Dark Samus
13. Mii Brawler