As members of the Smash 4 Back Room, there is a role we must all fulfill that is highly recognized amongst the community as not just an expectation of the Back Room, but a standard for the entire scene: we are going to create a tier list for our game, as several SBRs have done before. A tier list is a staple of every competitive fighting game and we have several of the Sm4sh community’s greatest minds back here to make it as accurate as possible. On behalf of the 4BR leadership and SmashBoards Senate, I am glad to get the ball rolling on this.
It took us a while to get started on this project, or even create this room for that matter, because this Smash instalment is unlike any we’ve seen before. Frequent patches, DLC and a large variety of rulesets have made for an unstable metagame up to this point. With Cloud and one of the last patches just released, now seems a good time work on a tier list that is to be released late January, ideally.
Important things to note:
We acknowledge that it is difficult to strictly order this many characters, some of which recently underwent significant changes. As such, we have come up with a ballot system for the voting process. You are to assign the entire cast to 20 different tiers, highest to lowest. You can place gaps wherever you want and have as many characters ranked the same as you want, just be aware that there is no differentiation within a group. Note that we will still end up with a traditional tier list, this is simply the process of assigning values to characters.
An example vote:
You can vote by responding in this thread. Feel free to provide reasoning and argue your opinion in a civil manner. You can keep editing your vote until the deadline, which is currently placed on January 4th, 2016. Don't hesitate to put forward any questions or remarks you might have at this point.
It took us a while to get started on this project, or even create this room for that matter, because this Smash instalment is unlike any we’ve seen before. Frequent patches, DLC and a large variety of rulesets have made for an unstable metagame up to this point. With Cloud and one of the last patches just released, now seems a good time work on a tier list that is to be released late January, ideally.
Important things to note:
- Custom moves are generally banned across the world. Assume they are banned with your vote.
- As of now, the majority of (major) tournaments follows the rules of Miis being legal, but limited to a 1111 moveset. Regardless of your opinion on this, we need to adhere to a standard and have chosen to go with this.
- Consider the most recent patch.
- Your tier list vote needs to include all 56 characters that are currently released. Incomplete votes will not be accepted. For reference:
Bowser
Bowser Jr.
Captain Falcon
Captain Olimar
Charizard
Cloud
Dark Pit
Diddy Kong
Donkey Kong
Dr. Mario
Duck Hunt Duo
Falco
Fox
Ganondorf
Greninja
Ike
Jigglypuff
King Dedede
Kirby
Link
Little Mac
Lucario
Lucas
Lucina
Luigi
Mario
Marth
Mega Man
Meta Knight
Mewtwo
Mii Brawler
Mii Gunner
Mii Swordfighter
Mr. Game & Watch
Ness
Pac-Man
Palutena
Peach
Pikachu
Pit
R.O.B.
Robin
Rosalina
Roy
Ryu
Samus
Sheik
Shulk
Sonic
Toon Link
Villager
Wario
Wii Fit Trainer
Yoshi
Zelda
Zero Suit Samus
Bowser Jr.
Captain Falcon
Captain Olimar
Charizard
Cloud
Dark Pit
Diddy Kong
Donkey Kong
Dr. Mario
Duck Hunt Duo
Falco
Fox
Ganondorf
Greninja
Ike
Jigglypuff
King Dedede
Kirby
Link
Little Mac
Lucario
Lucas
Lucina
Luigi
Mario
Marth
Mega Man
Meta Knight
Mewtwo
Mii Brawler
Mii Gunner
Mii Swordfighter
Mr. Game & Watch
Ness
Pac-Man
Palutena
Peach
Pikachu
Pit
R.O.B.
Robin
Rosalina
Roy
Ryu
Samus
Sheik
Shulk
Sonic
Toon Link
Villager
Wario
Wii Fit Trainer
Yoshi
Zelda
Zero Suit Samus
We acknowledge that it is difficult to strictly order this many characters, some of which recently underwent significant changes. As such, we have come up with a ballot system for the voting process. You are to assign the entire cast to 20 different tiers, highest to lowest. You can place gaps wherever you want and have as many characters ranked the same as you want, just be aware that there is no differentiation within a group. Note that we will still end up with a traditional tier list, this is simply the process of assigning values to characters.
An example vote:
20: Whis
19: Beerus, Champa, SSJ4 Gogeta
18: SSGSS Goku, SSGSS Vegeta, Golden Freeza, Omega Shenron
17: SSJ3 Gotenks, SSJ Gogeta, Super Vegito, Super Buu
16:
15: Gohan, Broly, Perfect Cell, Dabura, Super #13, Uub
14: Piccolo, Future Trunks, #17, #18, Meta-Cooler
13: #19, #20, SSJ Bardock
12: Goten, Kid Trunks, King Cold, Cooler
11:
10: Tenshinhan, Krillin, Captain Ginyu
9: Burter, Jeice, Recoome
8: Guldo, Zarbon, Dodoria
7: Bardock, Nappa, Turles
6: Raditz
5:
4: Master Roshi, Jackie Chun, Tao Pai Pai, Yajirobe
3: Chaosu, Yamcha, Chi-Chi, Dende
2: Mr. Satan, Videl
1: Mii Farmer with a Shotgun
19: Beerus, Champa, SSJ4 Gogeta
18: SSGSS Goku, SSGSS Vegeta, Golden Freeza, Omega Shenron
17: SSJ3 Gotenks, SSJ Gogeta, Super Vegito, Super Buu
16:
15: Gohan, Broly, Perfect Cell, Dabura, Super #13, Uub
14: Piccolo, Future Trunks, #17, #18, Meta-Cooler
13: #19, #20, SSJ Bardock
12: Goten, Kid Trunks, King Cold, Cooler
11:
10: Tenshinhan, Krillin, Captain Ginyu
9: Burter, Jeice, Recoome
8: Guldo, Zarbon, Dodoria
7: Bardock, Nappa, Turles
6: Raditz
5:
4: Master Roshi, Jackie Chun, Tao Pai Pai, Yajirobe
3: Chaosu, Yamcha, Chi-Chi, Dende
2: Mr. Satan, Videl
1: Mii Farmer with a Shotgun
You can vote by responding in this thread. Feel free to provide reasoning and argue your opinion in a civil manner. You can keep editing your vote until the deadline, which is currently placed on January 4th, 2016. Don't hesitate to put forward any questions or remarks you might have at this point.