List of SSBU tier lists: Difference between revisions

The [[UltRank]] ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' [[tier list]] was published more than one year after the end of the final balance patch, [[List of updates (SSBU)/13.0.1 changelog|patch 13.0.1]]. All versions of the list are as follows.

{{UltimateTiers/1}}

This is the first tier list released by [[LumiRank]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/UltRankSSB/status/1629218378182279168]</ref><ref>[https://blog.start.gg/ultranks-first-official-ssbu-tier-list-4a35bf3dcfc3]</ref> Players were eligible to be a panelist if they were ranked in the Top 101 of six global rankings for the majority of 2022: [[UltRank 2022]], [[OrionRank 2022]], [https://ssbdatarankings.wordpress.com/2023/01/05/echorank-ultimate-2022-final-ranking-and-analysis/ EchoRank 2022], [https://omegarank.com/ ΩRank 2022], [https://omegarank.com/category/2022-full-year/ 1000Rank 2022], and [https://raccoonstats.wordpress.com/category/rankings/raccrank-22-v-3/ RaccRank 2022]. Out of 155 eligible players, 71 players participated as panelists, with panelists from every major ''Ultimate'' region around the world. Panelists were asked to rate characters from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest and 1 being the lowest. Panelists were also asked to give an ordered list of their Top 5 characters, and after panelist responses were normalized, their Top 5 would be scored from as 10.X (from 10.5 to 10.1). Each character's highest and lowest 3 responses were then removed. To avoid higher or lower participation from different regions from biasing the list, responses were weighted by region according to each region's representation on OrionRank 2022. Finally, tiers were split up by {{s|wikipedia|K-means clustering}}. Interestingly, the numerical ordering has been inverted from the tier lists of previous games, as the best characters now have the highest numbers instead of the lowest numbers.

{{SSBU|Steve}} was ranked as the #1 character by 41 out of 71 panelists, with multiple other panelists ranking {{SSBU|Sonic}}, {{SSBU|Joker}}, Pyra and Mythra, or {{SSBU|Fox}} as #1. Pyra and Mythra were ranked as the #2 character the most, and was the most agreed upon among panelists, having the lowest standard deviation. {{SSBU|Ganondorf}} was given the lowest score by 54 out of 68 panelists, and {{SSBU|Little Mac}} and Ganondorf had the largest gap between two consecutive characters on the tier list. Pyra and Mythra, Steve, Joker, {{SSBU|Ryu}}, and {{SSBU|Captain Falcon}} had the lowest standard deviations, while {{SSBU|Pikachu}}, {{SSBU|Mii Swordfighter}}, {{SSBU|Piranha Plant}}, {{SSBU|Luigi}}, and {{SSBU|Lucario}} had the greatest standard deviations.

Data aggregation organization [[PG Stats]] was the first to announce they would be making a tier list, as they did with the official ''Melee'' tier list starting in 2021, and promised to present what they created at some point in late 2022 to early 2023. However, several controversies and a company-wide exodus from parent company {{Team|Panda}} caused these plans to be canceled. LumiRank then stepped in a few months later and is now considered the official tier list maker for ''Ultimate'' going forward.

==Second tier list (February 15th, 2024)==

{{UltimateTiers}}

The largest rise on the tier list was Bayonetta, who rose 19 spots due to the character's consistent popularity in the metagame and the success of players such as {{Sm|Bloom4Eva}}, {{Sm|Lima}}, and {{Sm|TamaPDaifuku}}. In addition, Corrin rose 15 spots due to a renaissance period in 2023 spearheaded by {{Sm|Neo|p=Japan}} and {{Sm|SHADIC}}; {{SSBU|Sora}} rose 13 spots as he finally gained more recognition in top level play; and {{SSBU|Snake}} and both {{SSBU|Samus}} and {{SSBU|Dark Samus}} rose double digits due to being some of the most popular characters in the current metagame. Two characters that defined the current metagame and were mains of one of the [[Four Horsemen]] &mdash; Sonic and {{SSBU|Mr. Game & Watch}} &mdash; rose into the top 3, and 9 panelists notably listed Sonic as first instead of Steve. In the lower tiers, {{SSBU|Lucario}}, {{SSBU|Incineroar}}, and [[Pit (SSBU)|the]] [[Dark Pit (SSBU)|Pits]] all rose double digits due to improving results, thanks to the efforts of both {{Sm|Armadillo}} and {{Sm|Gachipi}} for Lucario, {{Sm|Skyjay}} for Incineroar, and {{Sm|Zackray}} and a slew of Japanese players for the Pits.

On the other hand, the biggest drops were from characters that either lost their best players to other characters (such as {{SSBU|Byleth}} and {{SSBU|Mega Man}}) or had noticeably worse performances in the current metagame (such as {{SSBU|Bowser}} and {{SSBU|Young Link}}). In the higher tiers, the most notable drops were {{SSBU|Roy}}, who fell 11 spots due to the decline, retirement, or hiatus of his best players that year; {{SSBU|Wolf}}, who fell 10 spots due to the character's weaknesses being more exploitable (such as his recovery) and growing opinions that the character was overrated despite his popularity; and {{SSBU|Joker}}, who fell out of the top 3 due to {{Sm|MkLeo}}'s decline and {{Sm|Zackray}}'s greater focus on the Pits, with newer Joker players not being as strong as the two.

==Tier list chart==

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|{{SSBU|Lucario}}||71||+14||57||57||71||14||'''+14'''

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|{{SSBU|Lucina}}||22||-6||28||22||28||6||'''-6'''

|{{SSBU|Mr. Game & Watch}}||18||+15||3||3||18||15||'''+15'''

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|{{SSBU|Olimar}}||28||-5||33||28||33||5||'''-5'''

|{{SSBU|Pichu}}||55||+2||53||53||55||2||'''+2'''

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|{{SSBU|Piranha Plant}}||77||±0||77||77||77||0||'''±0'''

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|{{SSBU|Ridley}}||60||-4||64||60||64||4||'''-4'''

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|{{SSBU|Robin}}||62||-5||67||62||67||5||'''-5'''

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|{{SSBU|Roy}}||8||-11||19||8||19||11||'''-11'''

|{{SSBU|Snake}}||15||+11||4||4||15||11||'''+11'''

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|{{SSBU|Sora}}||31||+13||18||18||31||13||'''+13'''