Template:Simon and Richter in competitive play (SSBU)
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Most historically significant players
See also: Category:Simon players (SSBU); Category:Richter players (SSBU)
Noxumbra 
- The best Belmont player in Europe and a top 50 player in Europe the early years of the post-pandemic metagame. His 4th place at Ultimate WANTED 3 is considered one of the best tournament runs of either character, defeating some of Europe's best players at that time including eMass, Mezcaul, and Homika. He is also known for finishing 5th at KRBanger 02, where he defeated eMass and Homika yet again, and for being one of the few Belmont players recognized globally, ranking 123rd on the OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse.
Riddles - Although more widely known today for being the best Terry and Kazuya player of all time, Riddles was first known for using Richter, playing the character until around September 2019, and was considered the best Richter player in the early metagame. With Richter, he is best known for placing 13th at Super Smash Con 2019 where he eliminated Dabuz. This performance, alongside his 13th-place finish at Get On My Level 2019, was the best major placement from a Belmont player for many years. He was eventually ranked 47th on the Fall 2019 PGRU; although primarily ranked with Terry, it remains the only time a Belmont main was ranked in the top 50.
T3 DOM - The best Belmont player in the post-pandemic metagame and the only Belmont player with comparable results to Riddles, ranking in the top 100 in 2021 and 2022 and peaking at 59th in the former season, the only Belmont player to rank in the top 100 in this metagame. He is best known for his performances in 2022, where he defeated Dabuz at Smash Ultimate Summit 5 and placed 13th at Glitch - Infinite, defeating Ned and becoming the only player to tie Riddles' placement during this time, and 17th at Double Down 2022, defeating Jakal along the way.
TRIGGER 
- The best Belmont player in Japan, one of the longest-active Belmont players, and one of the few prominent Belmont players who only plays Simon. He was first known for defeating T to place 33rd at EVO Japan 2020, and has since placed well at several other majors, such as 17th at DELTA 7 and 33rd at both Kagaribi 5 and Umebura SP 10, defeating alice and Ryuoh in the latter event. At smaller events, he has notably placed 5th at both DELTA 3 and FlyHigh!! 21, defeating Noi at the former event, and defeated KEN at WINNER! 10.- YoseFu - A hidden boss in the Southeast who is one of the best Belmont players in North America in the post-pandemic metagame and one of the few known for using Simon instead of Richter. He is known for having some of the best offline wins out of all Belmont players during this time, defeating MuteAce to place 9th at CEO 2023 and KEN to place 25th at Mainstage 2022.
Tier placement and history
For the entirety of the game's existence, Richter has been by far more popular than Simon. As such, unlike other Echo Fighters, there have been far fewer crossovers between Simon and Richter players.
When the game was initially released, Simon and Richter attracted interest due to their unique attributes, including extremely long reach, an array of powerful projectiles, and ledge-trapping potential; many players initially viewed the Belmonts as high-tier, or potentially top-tier characters, because of their spacing and zoning ability, allowing them to play an effective defensive game. Simon and Richter were also notable counterpicks against certain characters, such as Olimar, who struggled with their zoning game. These positive attributes granted the Belmonts strong representation in the early metagame, with Riddles being their highest-level representative, Brood seeing some success in the early months, and Shuton using them as an occasional secondary. However, their weaknesses were soon discovered to be perhaps too significant to overcome, most notably a notoriously poor recovery due to short-distance recovery moves with mediocre protection that left them severely vulnerable to gimping, but they also suffered from significant KOing inconsistency, mediocre frame data, vast difficulty in hitting small characters, and very poor all-around mobility. Thus, most of their playerbase, including Riddles, eventually dropped them for other characters, and their results fell off as a result. Because of this, the consensus about the Belmonts shifted, with most players viewing them as mid-tier or low-tier characters.
During and after the COVID-19 pandemic, the Belmont playerbase experienced a small resurgence, with players such as T3 DOM, Noxumbra, and TRIGGER rising to prominence with decent results both online and offline. The Belmonts have also received buffs in update 9.0.0. However, these buffs made little to no impact in fixing the main weaknesses of the characters, ultimately leaving them placing 68th on the first tier list. As the post-pandemic metagame went on, the Belmonts' results and playerbases began to dwindle as their weaknesses continued to be exploited, and as such, their reputation became increasingly dismal. They gradually fell to 74th on the second tier list, 79th on the third, before finally hitting 80th on the most recent revision, cementing the Belmonts as the third-lowest-ranked characters in the game. As it stands, the Belmonts have lacked high-level representatives for many years, and even similarly and lower-ranked characters have globally ranked players. As of late 2026, they were the last characters to reach Top 12 at a major, with French player Xenesic placing 9th at Ultimate Fighting Arena 2026 using solo Richter, marking the best performance for either of them in the modern metagame. Regardless, they serve little relevance in today's metagame.
