Oh boy, the Smash community sure does love tier lists! In an update to their previous tier list which was released back in February of this year, the Smash 4 backroom has held another vote among their selected panel and decided on a new tier list for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. The panel contains both top players, community leaders and tech specialists from all around the world in order to provide a list which accounts for regional metas, not just the one prevalent in the US. You can find all of the reasoning, data and the panel list over on the Smashboards thread but here is the text form of the tier. Note that the tiers are ordered:
————TOP————
S: Diddy Kong, Cloud, Sheik, Rosalina, Mario, Sonic, Fox
A: Zero Suit Samus, Ryu, Mewtwo, Bayonetta
————HIGH————
B: Pikachu, Meta Knight, Villager, Mega Man, Ness
C: Toon Link, Corrin, Marth, Captain Falcon, Greninja, Lucario
————MID————
D: Yoshi, Pit, Donkey Kong, Peach, Dark Pit, R.O.B., Luigi
E: Olimar, Robin, Bowser, Lucas, Wario, Ike, Lucina
————LOW————
F: Mr. Game & Watch, Pac-Man, Little Mac, Palutena, Kirby, Duck Hunt, Link
G: Shulk, Samus, Wii Fit Trainer, Bowser Jr., Dr. Mario, Falco, Roy
————BOTTOM————
H: Charizard, King Dedede, Zelda, Ganondorf, Jigglypuff
Already, Twitter has come alive with people debating the order of the top and high tiers, meaning that we’re still in a position in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U’s meta where there is still no hard and fast top five or top ten. Arguably, Zero Suit Samus, Samus and Duck Hunt are underrated, while Cloud is (yet again) overrated in second place–despite having no major tournament victories to speak of. Debates over the minutiae of tier lists will rage to the end of time among Smashers–so leave your own thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Smashboards