Wow, this turned political, fast. I'll handle this like I handle all controversial stuff: Data time!
Let's take a look at how Pit compares to the character two slots below him on the current tier list, and two below that, etc. I stop at Sheik because I don't want to sort out the Sheik/SheikZelda/ZeldaSheik/Zelda thing.
As usual, the above chart uses Ankoku's scoring scheme (current as of the end of May, 2010), and shows how
individual players of each character are performing in tournaments. This lets us separate character popularity from character goodness.
Notes on the characters I arbitrarily selected:
- ZSS is probably the best of these characters (Luigi, fittingly, is a bit of an oddball and is hard to analyze, though.)
- Peach is unusually popular at medium skill levels, but ROB has significantly more players showing up in top8's at least once.
- Luigi is mad unpopular, with FAR fewer mains total than any of the others. With only two players doing well with him, I can't really comment on how good he is - too little data. He might be much better than we're giving him credit for, or the top performers might be flukes.
- In terms of actual tournament performance,
Pit is presently overrated in the tier list by a whopping ~8 slots.
That said, this is the tier list and not the tournament performance ranking list. But still, for those who want to pump up his spot on the tier list based on speculation on presently untapped potential, then
you could do this by moving him down merely 4-6 spots; this would still be generous to him, placing him along with characters who are
also presently outperforming him, just not by the absurd degree that his present "peers" do.
So, I revise my previous statement. Pit isn't staying where he is; he's moving DOWN.