
Ice Climbers and Donkey Kong dropped to 18th and 22nd respectively, the lowest they have ever been.Īpril Fools' Sixth tier list (March 31, 2004) Super Smash Bros. This remains the only official tier list where Fox is not in the top 2 of the list. In this list, Captain Falcon jumped up four places. The fourth tier list was released only 8 days after the third one.įifth tier list (September 29, 2003) Super Smash Bros. This tier list has an interesting property: had the number of tiers and number of characters in each tier remained the same as the previous list, no characters would have moved from one tier to another. This is the first tier list that officially ranks characters into tiers.įourth tier list (July 1, 2003) Super Smash Bros.

Ken's focus on aerial combat also caused significant movement for some characters Zelda, for instance, fell from 6 to 20. Before Ken, Marth strategy largely encompassed rolling and C-stick smashing symptomatic of low-level play today, but Ken introduced to the community the uses of dash-dancing, chain throwing and aerial attacks, all techniques that largely improved Marth's metagame and moved him to top tier for years to come. This tier list was released soon after Ken Hoang won Tournament Go 4. Third tier list (June 23, 2003) Super Smash Bros. Melee Tier List #2 (Mode)įor the second tier list, the Melee Back Room created two tier lists: one made from the average (mean) of votes, and another from the mode.

Second tier list (December 19, 2002) Super Smash Bros. Many Smashboarders considered Mewtwo a low- or even middle-tier character and were bothered that it, despite its great recovery and powerful throws, was placed at the bottom of the tier list, where most people believed Bowser or Pichu belonged. Members on Smashboards largely contested this tier list's placement of Mewtwo, which they felt to be too low. Members on Smashboards, perhaps in backlash against novice sentiment towards Roy and Link, generally disdained those characters, and generally favored the game's fastest characters. The term "F/F/S" (short for " Falco, Fox and Sheik") was popular as a quick reference to Melee's top tier. Though this was the first tier list, SmashBoards was rife with discussion about tiers long before the Melee Back Room released its "MBR Tier Averages".

