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An example of the collective playerbase's metagame affecting the tier lists be seen in ''Brawl's'' tier list and its evolution over the years; on the first tier list, {{SSBB|R.O.B.}} was considered among ''Brawl's'' best fighters, ranking sixth, owing to his long, safe recovery, powerful projectile game, and a number of excellent edgeguarding options. As ''Brawl's'' metagame began to advance, however, {{SSBB|Meta Knight}}'s incredible potential led to him becoming arguably the most used characters in the game's tournament scene, with a notable part of each character's metagames involving how well they could handle the near-ubiquitous character. R.O.B. was later noted for having a very unfavourable matchup against Meta Knight, due to being too slow to allow his projectile game to take hold, as well as Meta Knight having an extremely long, safe recovery that is notoriously difficult to intercept. R.O.B. now ranks as 18th on the tier list, with his lowest position being 20th out of a pool of 38 to 39 characters. The increasing prominence of Meta Knight in ''Brawl'' tournaments also affected numerous other characters beyond R.O.B., such as {{SSBB|Pit}} and {{SSBB|Mr. Game & Watch}}, both of whom also struggle in the Meta Knight matchup and fell in the tier lists owing to this poor matchup. | An example of the collective playerbase's metagame affecting the tier lists be seen in ''Brawl's'' tier list and its evolution over the years; on the first tier list, {{SSBB|R.O.B.}} was considered among ''Brawl's'' best fighters, ranking sixth, owing to his long, safe recovery, powerful projectile game, and a number of excellent edgeguarding options. As ''Brawl's'' metagame began to advance, however, {{SSBB|Meta Knight}}'s incredible potential led to him becoming arguably the most used characters in the game's tournament scene, with a notable part of each character's metagames involving how well they could handle the near-ubiquitous character. R.O.B. was later noted for having a very unfavourable matchup against Meta Knight, due to being too slow to allow his projectile game to take hold, as well as Meta Knight having an extremely long, safe recovery that is notoriously difficult to intercept. R.O.B. now ranks as 18th on the tier list, with his lowest position being 20th out of a pool of 38 to 39 characters. The increasing prominence of Meta Knight in ''Brawl'' tournaments also affected numerous other characters beyond R.O.B., such as {{SSBB|Pit}} and {{SSBB|Mr. Game & Watch}}, both of whom also struggle in the Meta Knight matchup and fell in the tier lists owing to this poor matchup. | ||
For rulesets determining a character's viability, custom movesets in ''Smash 4'' have demonstrated this in the game's tier list. With custom moves enabled, several characters gained powerful benefits, with {{SSB4|Mii Brawler}} and {{SSB4|Palutena}} especially benefiting due to their ordinarily | For rulesets determining a character's viability, custom movesets in ''Smash 4'' have demonstrated this in the game's tier list. With custom moves enabled, several characters gained powerful benefits, with {{SSB4|Mii Brawler}} and {{SSB4|Palutena}} especially benefiting due to their ordinarily lackluster movesets; some smashers even thought Mii Brawler was a top-tiered character with custom movesets enabled, as some custom moves allowed the Mii Brawler's approach and combo games to become much safer and stronger compared to its regular moveset. The ban on custom movesets starting after [[EVO 2015]], however, has prevented the full potential of either character from being explored in ''Smash 4'' tournaments. Both characters have thus far ranked poorly in ''Smash 4's'' tier lists, with Mii Brawler notably ranking 56th out of a pool of 58 characters in the game's third tier list. | ||
===The character's individual metagame=== | ===The character's individual metagame=== | ||