The Official SBR Brawl Tier List v1.0

[M3D]

After a full spring and summer of competition, the SBR felt as though it was time to take the first stab at a tier list for Brawl. Before I post it, let me remind you all of a few important things:


1. Tier placement doesn't necessarily reflect your ability to beat your friends with a specific character. You might beat your friend's Metaknight with Sonic, but that doesn't mean Sonic is top tier. It means you win that matchup against your friend. Tiers are not absolute measurements of match outcomes.

2. Instead of measuring match outcomes, tiers are more a measurement of potential of characters against the rest of the cast in a competitive, 1v1 tournament environment. It shows general strength of a character's abilities in a specific tournament environment. So yes, maybe Yoshi is a beast in teams or Ganon is REALLY good with items turned on... but this list measures somethingd different than those things.

3. This list is based on a combination of tournament result data, extensive discussions with top players and tournament hosts and looking at general trends in play in the current competitive metagame. It took a lot of work on the part of some of the best minds in Smash to compile this list.

4. This list might change with time. It is based on how we perceive the game to be and play it competitively NOW. However, if a replacement for l-canceling is discovered or new tactics cause the game to evolve over time, this list could change. So if you main a character that isn't near the top, keep playing and evolving their game. You might be the one, like Chu Dat's Ice Climbers back in Melee, that cause people's opinions to change.

5. That said, don't give up hope! Just because your character isn't ranked at or near the top, doesn't mean you can't do fantastic things with them with enough talent and effort. We do not publish this list to encourage players to change their main tournament character. If anything, it should serve as a challenge to take the game to the next level.

6. In Smash, any character can win in any matchup if you are smarter and better than your opponents by a wide enough margin. So keep playing to win and work hard to be the best player you can be, regardless of which character you use.


And without further ado, I present to you the official SBR Brawl Tier List (v1.0):

Top
Meta Knight
Snake
King Dedede
Mr. Game & Watch
Falco
R.O.B.

High
Marth
Wario
Lucario
Donkey Kong
Diddy
Pikachu
Ice Climbers
Kirby
Pit
Wolf

Middle
Toon Link
Olimar
Fox
Zelda
Zero Suit Samus
Bowser
Luigi
Peach
Ike
Sheik

Low
Lucas
Ness
Mario
Pokémon Trainer
Samus
Yoshi
Sonic
Jigglypuff
Ganondorf
Link
Captain Falcon

[Gimpyfish62]

yeayuhz tier list goooooo

n_n

[M3D]

btw, I don't have an active GameFAQs account anymore, so you guys are welcome to publish this over there, and any other sites you think should hear about the tier list for Brawl. Thanks

[kr3wman]

OMG...

Roflzorz.

[Jump20X6]

But R0y haz F1Re!

[Gimpyfish62]

Originally Posted by M3D

btw, I don't have an active GameFAQs account anymore, so you guys are welcome to publish this over there, and any other sites you think should hear about the tier list for Brawl. Thanks

way ahead of ya ;P

[TWILTHERO]

Originally Posted by M3D

Middle
Ike

You sir have made me a bit more happy that i main Ike

Originally Posted by M3D

Low
Link (second to the bottem)

...But i second main Link

[kr3wman]

Originally Posted by Jump20X6

But R0y haz F1Re!

And M3w2 has powerful grabz!

EDIT : I posted it at SRK.

[full_95]

seems reasonable, though i see fox rising for sure in the future

[undead_saint]

I have a lot of fun with those low tier characters, so I guess theres a chance I'll raise them up one day.
I was having fun with dedede for a while too. Had no idea that he was top tier material.

[Zanoske]

Time to have fun with Captain Falcon for lowest tier!

[XACE-K]

Seems right, for a version 1.0 but why post it in the GBD?

[bigman40]

I see this as pretty well made. I do think that the next tier list might switch a lot of characters seeing as how the metagame is still progressing (except MK >_>).

[.joel]

Originally Posted by Jump20X6

But R0y haz F1Re!

+10 sympathy points.

@Topic:
Hah. I would've expected Wolf a little higher. Considering the fact I had a tournament with at least 50% of the 30 people maining Wolf. <.<
But that may only be my own thoughts. Yeah. I think that list is pretty heads on. *thumbs up*

[Delta_BP26]

Mario?... Low? ;_;