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:''See also: [[:Category:Sheik players (SSBM)]]'' | :''See also: [[:Category:Sheik players (SSBM)]]'' | ||
*{{Sm|Amsah|Netherlands}} - | *{{Sm|Amsah|Netherlands}} - Best player in the Netherlands and one of the best players in Europe. Placed 1st at {{Trn|Epita Smash Arena 2}}, 5th at {{Trn|HFLAN Melee Edition 2019}}, 7th at {{Trn|B.E.A.S.T 6}}, and 33rd at {{Trn|EVO 2018}}. Has taken sets off {{Sm|Armada}}, {{Sm|bobby big ballz}}, and {{Sm|Professor Pro}}. | ||
*{{Sm|Captain Jack|Japan}} - | *{{Sm|Captain Jack|Japan}} - Formerly one of the best Sheik players in the world as well as best player in Japan. Placed 1st at {{Trn|MLG San Francisco 2004}}, 2nd at {{Trn|Tournament Go 6}}, and 7th at {{Trn|Jack Garden Tournament}}. | ||
*{{Sm|Drephen|USA}} - One of the best Sheik players in the world. Placed 9th at {{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 5}}, 17th at {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019}}, and 25th at {{Trn|Pound 2019}}. Has wins over {{Sm|n0ne}}, {{Sm|Westballz}}, and {{Sm|KJH}}. | |||
*{{Sm|Druggedfox|USA}} - Known for his strong tech chasing with Sheik and was ranked 18th on the [[2015 SSBMRank]]. Placed 4th at {{Trn|HTC Throwdown}}, 9th at {{Trn|EVO 2015}}, and 17th at {{Trn|The Big House 5}} with wins over {{Sm|S2J}}, {{Sm|Duck}}, and {{Sm|Colbol}}. Switched to Fox. | |||
*{{Sm|Faceroll|USA}} - | *{{Sm|Faceroll|USA}} - Best Sheik player in SoCal. Placed 1st at {{Trn|DreamHack Atlanta 2019}}, 3rd at {{Trn|GENESIS: BLACK}} and 9th at {{Trn|GENESIS 7}}. Has wins on {{Sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|iBDW}}, and {{Sm|Wizzrobe}}. | ||
*{{Sm|Ice|Germany}} - Formerly a triple-main of Sheik, Marth, and Fox, he became one of the best Sheik players in the world in 2013 after focusing on her, being ranked 13th on the [[2013 SSBMRank]], and by far the best in Europe. Placed 2nd at {{Trn|B.E.A.S.T 3}} and 3rd at {{Trn|B.E.A.S.T 4}}, and went undefeated in European tournaments between those events. Internationally, he placed 7th at {{Trn|EVO 2013}} and 9th at {{Trn|Apex 2014}}. Has wins over {{Sm|Zhu}}, {{Sm|Leffen}}, and {{Sm|Overtriforce}} with Sheik. Later switched to Fox as his primary main and slowly phased out his other characters, including Sheik. | |||
*{{Sm|Jmook|USA}} - The best solo Sheik player in the world post-pandemic. Placed 1st at {{Trn|GENESIS 9}}, 2nd at {{Trn|GENESIS 8}}, {{Trn|Get On My Level 2022}}, and {{Trn|Shine 2022}}, 4th at {{Trn|Smash Summit 13}}, and 5th at {{Trn|Battle of BC 4}}. | |||
*{{Sm|KDJ|USA}} - One of the best players from 2006-2008; triple-mained Sheik, Marth and Fox before retiring. Placed 2nd at {{Trn|MLG Las Vegas 2006}}, 4th at {{Trn|MLG Dallas 2006}}, 7th at {{Trn|MLG Chicago 2006}}, and 17th at {{Trn|Apex 2012}} with wins over {{Sm|Ken}}, {{Sm|PC Chris}}, and {{Sm|Mew2King}}. | |||
*{{Sm| | *{{Sm|KirbyKaze|Canada}} - The best Sheik player in Canada. Placed 3rd at {{Trn|Battle of BC 2}}, 9th at {{Trn|The Big House 6}} and {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2017}} with wins over {{Sm|SFAT}}, {{Sm|Gahtzu}}, and {{Sm|MikeHaze}}. Ranked 29th on the [[2017 SSBMRank]]. | ||
*{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}} - One of the best Sheik players in the world prior to his hiatus and one of the [[Five Gods]]. Usually plays her for a matchup advantage and has used her to beat {{Sm|Axe}}, {{Sm|Plup}}, and {{Sm|Leffen}}. | |||
*{{Sm| | *{{Sm|Overtriforce|Spain}} - The best Sheik player in Spain. Placed 5th at {{Trn|Valhalla III}}, {{Trn|DreamHack Rotterdam}}, and {{Trn|Syndicate 2019}}. Has wins on {{Sm|S2J}}, {{Sm|Trif}}, and {{Sm|KJH}}. Has been permanently banned from tournament play. | ||
*{{Sm|Plup|USA}} - One of the two best Sheik players in the world. Placed 1st at {{Trn|GENESIS 5}}, 2nd at {{Trn|Smash Summit 9}}, 3rd at {{Trn|EVO 2018}}. Has beaten all [[Five Gods]] with Sheik. | |||
*{{Sm|Shroomed|USA}} - One of the best Sheik players in the world. Placed 5th at {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2016}}, 7th at {{Trn|GENESIS 7}}, 9th at {{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 5}}, 17th at {{Trn|Get On My Level 2019}}. Has wins over {{Sm|Ginger}}, {{Sm|ChuDat}}, and {{Sm|Lucky}}. | |||
*{{Sm|Spark|USA}} - One of the best Sheik players in the world. Placed 4th at {{Trn|Smash Camp 2019}}, 13th at {{Trn|Shine 2019}}, and 17th at {{Trn|The Big House 8}}. Has wins over {{Sm|Mang0}}, {{Sm|aMSa}}, and {{Sm|ARMY}}. | |||
*{{Sm|Swedish Delight|USA}} - One of the most improved players in the world, thus became one of the best Sheik players in the world. Placed 2nd at {{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 2}}, 5th at {{Trn|CEO 2017}}, and 7th at {{Trn|EVO 2018}} and {{Trn|Shine 2019}}. Has taken a set off {{Sm|Armada}}, {{Sm|Mew2King}}, and {{Sm|Zain}}. | |||
===Tier placement and history=== | ===Tier placement and history=== | ||
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Sheik's dominance as a character was faltered with the discovery of the incredible potential of Fox and Falco. With these characters now perceived as having much higher skill caps while still being good against relevant top tiers, they took the top two spots while Sheik dropped to third place. With these developments in place and the growing skill of the playerbase, players soon found that Fox had an advantage over Sheik, as did the {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}}, both of which were growing in prevalence in the metagame. Soon after, {{Sm|Mang0}} and {{Sm|Hungrybox}} took {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} to the next level, and demonstrated that it, too, was a very poor matchup for Sheik and possibly her worst, largely due to Jigglypuff's ability to exploit Sheik's laggy recovery by landing [[Rest]] KOs at extremely low percents. With three bad matchups and the meta being more adapted against its strengths, Sheik was no longer considered even a contender for the best in the game. Other top-tiered characters started improving their Sheik matchups as well (most notably Marth and Peach), causing less of an incentive for players to pick up Sheik just to deal with those characters. Due to this, and opinions on Marth improving further due to his better matchups against Fox and Falco, Sheik dropped to 4th in the twelfth tier list, and further to 5th on the thirteenth and current tier list due to the rise of Jigglypuff. | Sheik's dominance as a character was faltered with the discovery of the incredible potential of Fox and Falco. With these characters now perceived as having much higher skill caps while still being good against relevant top tiers, they took the top two spots while Sheik dropped to third place. With these developments in place and the growing skill of the playerbase, players soon found that Fox had an advantage over Sheik, as did the {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}}, both of which were growing in prevalence in the metagame. Soon after, {{Sm|Mang0}} and {{Sm|Hungrybox}} took {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} to the next level, and demonstrated that it, too, was a very poor matchup for Sheik and possibly her worst, largely due to Jigglypuff's ability to exploit Sheik's laggy recovery by landing [[Rest]] KOs at extremely low percents. With three bad matchups and the meta being more adapted against its strengths, Sheik was no longer considered even a contender for the best in the game. Other top-tiered characters started improving their Sheik matchups as well (most notably Marth and Peach), causing less of an incentive for players to pick up Sheik just to deal with those characters. Due to this, and opinions on Marth improving further due to his better matchups against Fox and Falco, Sheik dropped to 4th in the twelfth tier list, and further to 5th on the thirteenth and current tier list due to the rise of Jigglypuff. | ||
Despite being considered one of the best characters in the game, Sheik was well known in the ''Melee'' community for her lack of success as a solo main. Prior to 2023, solo Sheik had won only a single major level | Despite being considered one of the best characters in the game, Sheik was well known in the ''Melee'' community for her lack of success as a solo main. Prior to 2023, solo Sheik had won only a single major level tournament ({{Sm|Captain Jack}}'s victory at {{Trn|MLG San Francisco 2004}}), and had never won a supermajor, even behind lower-tiered characters such as {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}, {{SSBM|Pikachu}}, and {{SSBM|Yoshi}}. This was largely due several factors: the first being that her most prominent top level players, {{Sm|Mew2King}} and {{Sm|Plup}}, switched to other characters in certain matchups, particularly against Hungrybox's Jigglypuff; as a result, her metagame advancements stagnated compared to those of the other top tiers. Most ''Melee'' community members believed that winning a supermajor as solo Sheik required a lucky bracket that avoided running into Hungrybox (the #1 ranked player from 2017 to 2019), as well as extremely optimized play versus the multitude of Fox players that was considered unfeasible at the time. | ||
However, perceptions of Sheik's competitive viability were completely revived following the rise of {{Sm|Jmook}}, who burst onto the world stage in 2022. His breakout performance came at {{Trn|GENESIS 8}}, where he defeated Plup and {{Sm|iBDW}}, two Fox players who were known for hardly ever losing sets to Sheik, en route to a 2nd place finish, only falling to {{Sm|Zain}}, the number one ranked player, in grand finals. Jmook became a consistent tournament threat throughout the rest of 2022, boasting strong records against almost all the other top ten players, and continued to develop solo Sheik even against her most difficult matchups. Many believed that his first tournament victory, and solo Sheik's first supermajor win, was coming in a matter of time. Jmook pushed Sheik's defensive and punish game to never before seen levels. He became well known for utilizing Sheik's incredible [[crouch cancel]]ing abilities, [[Needle Storm]] edgeguards, and landing grabs at significantly higher rates than other Sheik players. In particular, Jmook was the first player to truly optimize Sheik's reaction [[tech chasing]] versus the space animals, being able to consistently convert [[zero-to-death]]s vs. Fox and Falco and off of a single grab. With these advancements, many players began to rethink the Sheik-Fox matchup, arguing that Jmook's unforgiving punish game vs. Fox was enough to tilt the matchup more in Sheik's favor. Jmook finally won his first major at {{Trn|GENESIS 9}}, nine months after his breakout performance, becoming the | However, perceptions of Sheik's competitive viability were completely revived following the rise of {{Sm|Jmook}}, who burst onto the world stage in 2022. His breakout performance came at {{Trn|GENESIS 8}}, where he defeated Plup and {{Sm|iBDW}}, two Fox players who were known for hardly ever losing sets to Sheik, en route to a 2nd place finish, only falling to {{Sm|Zain}}, the number one ranked player, in grand finals. Jmook became a consistent tournament threat throughout the rest of 2022, boasting strong records against almost all the other top ten players, and continued to develop solo Sheik even against her most difficult matchups. Many believed that his first tournament victory, and solo Sheik's first supermajor win, was coming in a matter of time. Jmook pushed Sheik's defensive and punish game to never before seen levels. He became well known for utilizing Sheik's incredible [[crouch cancel]]ing abilities, [[Needle Storm]] edgeguards, and landing grabs at significantly higher rates than other Sheik players. In particular, Jmook was the first player to truly optimize Sheik's reaction [[tech chasing]] versus the space animals, being able to consistently convert [[zero-to-death]]s vs. Fox and Falco and off of a single grab. With these advancements, many players began to rethink the Sheik-Fox matchup, arguing that Jmook's unforgiving punish game vs. Fox was enough to tilt the matchup more in Sheik's favor. Jmook finally won his first major at {{Trn|GENESIS 9}}, nine months after his breakout performance, becoming the second solo Sheik player to win a major, the first ever solo Sheik to win a supermajor, and the only solo Sheik to win a major in the modern era. He then won his second major at {{Trn|Collision 2023}} two months later. | ||
Although Sheik's perceived competitive viability has continued to rise, she is still considered a step below the other top tiers. While her viability has been aided by the relative scarcity of Ice Climbers players following the [[wobbling]] ban, her extremely difficult matchup vs. Jigglypuff is what holds her back from the highest tiers. Hungrybox still maintains a lopsided record over Jmook, and Jmook has been able to dodge Hungrybox through both his major victories so far. As such, it remains to be seen whether Sheik mains will be able to overcome their challenges in the Jigglypuff matchup. Sheik still remains popular as a secondary character, especially among spacie mains, as many Fox and Falco players (most notably {{Sm|Leffen}}) have started using her as a counterpick against Marth; she is also known for excelling against mid-tiers like {{SSBM|Yoshi}} and {{SSBM|Pikachu}} that other top tiers, in particular Marth, can struggle with. | Although Sheik's perceived competitive viability has continued to rise, she is still considered a step below the other top tiers. While her viability has been aided by the relative scarcity of Ice Climbers players following the [[wobbling]] ban, her extremely difficult matchup vs. Jigglypuff is what holds her back from the highest tiers. Hungrybox still maintains a lopsided record over Jmook, and Jmook has been able to dodge Hungrybox through both his major victories so far. As such, it remains to be seen whether Sheik mains will be able to overcome their challenges in the Jigglypuff matchup. Sheik still remains popular as a secondary character, especially among spacie mains, as many Fox and Falco players (most notably {{Sm|Leffen}}) have started using her as a counterpick against Marth; she is also known for excelling against mid-tiers like {{SSBM|Yoshi}} and {{SSBM|Pikachu}} that other top tiers, in particular Marth, can struggle with. | ||
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===In {{SSBM|Classic Mode}}=== | ===In {{SSBM|Classic Mode}}=== | ||
[[File:SheikIntro.png|thumb|Sheik's unused intro image.]] | [[File:SheikIntro.png|thumb|Sheik's unused intro image.]] | ||
Like {{SSBM|Ganondorf}} and {{SSBM|Roy}}, Sheik does not appear as an opponent in the game's Classic Mode. However, Sheik can be fought if the opponent is {{SSBM|Zelda}} and transforms into Sheik. Despite this, Sheik does have an introduction image for the "Now Loading..." screen between matches | Like {{SSBM|Ganondorf}} and {{SSBM|Roy}}, Sheik does not appear as an opponent in the game's Classic Mode. However, Sheik can be fought if the opponent is {{SSBM|Zelda}} and transforms into Sheik. Despite this, Sheik does have an introduction image for the "Now Loading..." screen between matches programmed into the disc. | ||
===In [[Adventure Mode]]=== | ===In [[Adventure Mode]]=== | ||
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*Sheik is the only playable character in ''Melee'' to not appear on the character selection screen. | *Sheik is the only playable character in ''Melee'' to not appear on the character selection screen. | ||
**As {{SSBB|Sheik}} shares a character selection screen portrait with {{SSBB|Zelda}} in ''Brawl'', and ''Smash 4'' onwards splits {{SSB4|Zelda}} and {{SSB4|Sheik}} into separate characters, this marks the only time Sheik does not appear on the character selection screen. | **As {{SSBB|Sheik}} shares a character selection screen portrait with {{SSBB|Zelda}} in ''Brawl'', and ''Smash 4'' onwards splits {{SSB4|Zelda}} and {{SSB4|Sheik}} into separate characters, this marks the only time Sheik does not appear on the character selection screen. | ||
* All the unplayable characters have their name | * All the unplayable characters have their name default to Sheik in the results screen. | ||
* In the Japanese version of ''Melee'', Sheik is the only ''Legend of Zelda'' series character to speak (albeit only one phrase) outside of mainly various shouts and grunts like the other characters who represent the same series in-game. She shares this trait with, coincidentally, {{SSBU|Zelda}} in ''Ultimate''. | * In the Japanese version of ''Melee'', Sheik is the only ''Legend of Zelda'' series character to speak (albeit only one phrase) outside of mainly various shouts and grunts like the other characters who represent the same series in-game. She shares this trait with, coincidentally, {{SSBU|Zelda}} in ''Ultimate''. | ||
*Sheik and {{SSB4|Diddy Kong}} are the only characters to have been ranked 1st on the tier list for a ''Smash'' game that have lost the position in a later tier list. This also happened to her in ''Smash 4''. | *Sheik and {{SSB4|Diddy Kong}} are the only characters to have been ranked 1st on the tier list for a ''Smash'' game that have lost the position in a later tier list. This also happened to her in ''Smash 4''. | ||
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**Because of this, ''Brawl'' had her canonical design appear as a sticker, while ''Ultimate'' has this appear as a spirit. This leaves ''SSB4'' as the only game where Sheik's canonical design is not directly referenced. | **Because of this, ''Brawl'' had her canonical design appear as a sticker, while ''Ultimate'' has this appear as a spirit. This leaves ''SSB4'' as the only game where Sheik's canonical design is not directly referenced. | ||
*Tuesday, February 22, 2022 was declared Sheik Day by the community, due to the "tu" noise Sheik provides every time she jumps (and wavedashes). | *Tuesday, February 22, 2022 was declared Sheik Day by the community, due to the "tu" noise Sheik provides every time she jumps (and wavedashes). | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/flash/1030/index.html Sheik's page at Smabura-Ken] | *[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/flash/1030/index.html Sheik's page at Smabura-Ken] |