The Official SBR-B Brawl Tier List v3.0

[Dawei]

It's been a little under half a year since the last tier list, and though the top two have retained their overall rankings, practically everyone below them's been shaken up a bit. For this version of the tier list, I headed up the project using an experimental method to organize the ordering.

First, votes were tallied for each character to belong to one of three "super tiers" - High, Middle, and Low. From there, more specific voting was made in each of the "super tiers" and then divided into smaller tiers as necessary. The ones originally in High have been distributed among S and A Tiers, the ones in Middle went to B, C, and D, and the ones in Low were placed in E and F.

In particular, the voting on High was on specific ordering of character-by-character, while the Middle and Low were done by categorical sorting. To that end, while characters in Tiers B through F may be, to some point, considered near each other in level when in the same tier, the same should not be applied to those in Tiers S and A. Meta Knight was overall voted better than Snake, who was overall voted above Wario, who was overall voted over Falco, and so on.

Further discussion was done at the end of the fourth week, when the entire list had been voted on and put together, on any post-creation changes. Pokémon Trainer and Ike were bumped up from E Tier to D Tier, and Wario, Falco, Diddy Kong, and Dedede were deemed strong enough characters to join S Tier. Actual individual ordering of characters was left unchanged, though there was quite a bit of discussion regarding Kirby and Lucario (FORESHADOWING FOR VERSION 4?!?!).

ADDENDUM: Also, D Tier may be considered a borderline Middle/Low Tier. We leave it up to the Tournament Organizer's discretion on deciding whether or not to include D Tier for low tier events.

Any specific questions regarding the voting process of this tier list I will try to answer as soon as I am able. The following is the final copy of the third SBR-B created Brawl Tier List.

Meta Knight
Snake
Wario
Falco
Diddy Kong
King Dedede


Marth
Mr. Game & Watch
Pikachu
Olimar
Ice Climbers
R.O.B.
Kirby


Lucario
Zero Suit Samus
Toon Link
Pit
Donkey Kong


Peach
Luigi
Fox
Wolf
Sonic
Sheik


Bowser
Zelda
Pokémon Trainer
Ike


Lucas
Mario
Ness
Yoshi
Samus


Jigglypuff
Captain Falcon
Link
Ganondorf
Sadaharu Inui

Condensed Version
S: Meta Knight, Snake, Wario, Falco, Diddy Kong, King Dedede
A: Marth, Mr. Game & Watch, Pikachu, Olimar, Ice Climbers, R.O.B., Kirby
B: Lucario, Zero Suit Samus, Toon Link, Pit, Donkey Kong
C: Peach, Luigi, Fox, Wolf, Sonic, Sheik
D: Bowser, Zelda, Pokémon Trainer, Ike
E: Lucas, Mario, Ness, Yoshi, Samus
F: Jigglypuff, Captain Falcon, Link, Ganondorf


TIER LIST PLACE MOVEMENT


Meta Knight
=
1. to 1.


Snake
=
2. to 2.

Wario
+ 5
8. to 3.

Falco
- 1
3. to 4.

Diddy Kong
+ 2
7. to 5.

King Dedede
- 2
4. to 6.

Marth
- 1
6. to 7.


Mr. Game & Watch
- 3
5. to 8.

Pikachu
+ 3
12. to 9.

Olimar
=
10. to 10.

Ice Climbers
+ 4
15. to 11.


R.O.B.
- 3
9. to 12.

Kirby
=
13. to 13.

Lucario
- 4
10. to 14.

Zero Suit Samus
+ 1
16. to 15.

Toon Link
+ 1
17. to 16.

Pit
+ 1
18. to 17.

Donkey Kong
- 4
14. to 18.

Peach
=
19. to 19.

Luigi
+ 1
21. to 20.

Fox
+ 3
24. to 21.

Wolf
- 2
20. to 22.

Sonic
+ 8
31. to 23.

Sheik
+ 1
25. to 24.

Bowser
- 2
23. to 25.

Zelda
- 4
22. to 26.

Pokémon Trainer
+ 5
32. to 27.

Ike
- 2
26. to 28.

Lucas
- 1
28. to 29.

Mario
- 3
27. to 30.

Ness
- 3
28. to 31.

Yoshi
+ 1
33. to 32.

Samus
- 3
30. to 33.

Jigglypuff
+ 1
35. to 34.

Captain Falcon
+ 2
37. to 35.

Link
- 2
34. to 36.

Ganondorf
- 1
36. to 37.


Older Tier Lists
v1.0 (September 1, 2008)
v2.0 (January 1, 2009)

[DededeCloneChris]

Question: Who's Sadaharu Inui?

[StarWindWizard7]

Ahhh! Pit should be S Tier! :P
but yeah, who is the last name on this list?

.....it's 3:03..................... I need sleep.
X_x;;

[HTA!]

Wario rapes.

Anyway, I like this tier much more than the last two.
Seems more accurate to me.

Although, Lucario took a big hit for some reason.
Not that I use him, but I assumed he was decent. D:

[Dawei]

Question: Who's Sadaharu Inui?

I saw this post coming from a mile away.

It's just a joke. He's a guy in the smash community that everyone makes fun of. Don't worry about it.

[Depster]

Haha I think I was the first person to reply on the SWF post asking who it was XD

YOSHI WENT UP WOOT

[Magnum]

Bottom of A Tier and...
D Tier :'(

Zelda needs more love

[Kierou]

...Link is F Tier...

[FruitFlow]

Pikachu A rank?

And Link's still Bottom Tier?
Somethings not right. Hmmm.

I do agree though, this sounds more accurate than the previous versions.

Great to see the old A ranks bumped to S rank.

And whoooaa, Sonic went up a lot.

[HTA!]

Link is really easy to gimp if you have a strong recovery.
Someone like Wario can jump down and gimp you with an aerial and recover no sweat.

Pikachu has amazing smashes.

[Dawei]

It has nothing to do with Pikachu's smashes. It's all the new buffer CG's he has.

[HTA!]

It has nothing to do with Pikachu's smashes. It's all the new buffer CG's he has.

Buffer CG's suck ass.
I can't do them consistently. :(

[FruitFlow]

What about Sonic though?
He used to be real low.
But now he's mid.

[HTA!]

What about Sonic though?
He used to be real low.
But now he's mid.

Not entirely sure.
Don't think he can buffer CG, but if he can that drastically raises his placement.

Sonic was never really bad... just average.
After a year, people really learn how to use him.

[FruitFlow]

LOL.
I always considered Sonic decent.
I'm just not certain how he sky rocketed up there so fast.

Also I think Ganondorf is deserving of at least D Rank.