Nid's pissed. Ike's not that good, Lucas + Ness are. That's their rationale.
Tourney rankings and raw character development? Forget about it.....
As long as there's a super good player repping your character, then he'll rise.
Why else do you think I'm currently trying to talk Kirk out of semi-retirement and to host a tournament against a bunch of little kids every month until the next tier list?
Well known player of that character + good looking results (who cares about the other peoples' skill levels?) = rise! :D
Have you ever thought of the fact that certain characters STOPPED growing or maybe got worse while other got SLIGHTLY better? Look at first tier list and then read the 2nd and 3rd and then read this one. Its CONSTANTLY getting better.......thats obvious.
Dont be mad about where Ike places. Hes good in LT but no where else. if you want him out, i recommend you actually GO to tournaments and do well.
1) Sure, that explains Zelda dropping (I was more surprised at how much she dropped in one list rather then the fact she dropped BTW)...but Ike is constantly getting slightly better every tier list and yet randomly dropping a spot everytime, while characters who's only change is tournament results and how many people are reping them are moving up. If he isn't good out of LT, how did Kirk get 9th at that one huge tournament, outplacing people like Hylian? And Ike was the highest placing solo character that wasn't in A tier, possibly the highest ranking solo character not in S tier, I'd have to double check. I'm smelling a whole lot of bull.
2) I don't have the reflexes to move up a character on my own in a normal tournament. Why do you think I've been calling myself the Worse Ike in Texas for so long? My reflexes are like, half as much again slower than most people who play this game. lol