Byleth (SSBU)

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==In [[competitive play]]==

===Tier placement and history===

Initial opinions on Byleth, shortly after release, were mostly lukewarm, if not negative. Most players believed Byleth was a mid tier or even low tier fighter, citing his poor frame data, slow mobility, limited landing options, and difficult matchups against faster characters (such as {{SSBU|Fox}}, {{SSBU|Zero Suit Samus}}, and {{SSBU|Sonic}}). An early success for Byleth came at {{Trn|Frostbite 2020}}, where {{Sm|MkLeo}} used him to defeat {{Sm|Maister}} in grand finals; despite this, most players remained unimpressed, citing how MkLeo used {{SSBU|Joker}} until the very last game of the tournament, Maister's poor record against him and {{SSBU|Mr. Game & Watch}} struggling against long ranged characters, in addition to matchup inexperience due to Byleth's then-recent release. A few weeks afterwards, the [[COVID-19]] pandemic hit North America, forcing a halt of tournament activity and leaving most of Byleth's early metagame development to proceed online.

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Despite MkLeo's overwhelming success, however, other players have failed to achieve comparable results with Byleth. Data collected by [[OrionRank]] curator {{Sm|Barnard's Loop}} showed that MkLeo made up roughly 66% of all results obtained by Byleth (an amount second only to {{Sm|BassMage}} with {{SSBU|Jigglypuff}}).<ref>https://twitter.com/LoopBarnard/status/1461497570925101058</ref> In Japan, Byleth is primarily represented by {{Sm|Rizeasu}} and {{Sm|Ly}}, with the former being notorious for having a very large roster of characters and the latter co-maining the character. Online, Byleth was also represented by {{Sm|Pelupelu}} and {{Sm|Sparg0}}, with both have achieving respectable results. However, neither of them retained Byleth in the transition to offline play, with Sparg0 sticking to the [[Aegis]] and {{SSBU|Cloud}} in offline majors.

While Byleth is widely agreed to have been initially underestimated, his definitive standing is still debatable. The more skeptical players tend to attribute his results to a perceived wide skill gap between MkLeo and other top level players instead of any particularly dominant strength that Byleth possesses.

While Byleth is widely agreed to have been initially underestimated, his definitive standing is still debatable. The more skeptical players tend to attribute his results to a perceived wide skill gap between MkLeo and other top level players instead of any particularly dominant strength that Byleth possesses. However, he is ranked 32nd on the first and current tier list.

===Most historically significant players===

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 ==In [[competitive play]]==
+===Tier placement and history===
 Initial opinions on Byleth, shortly after release, were mostly lukewarm, if not negative. Most players believed Byleth was a mid tier or even low tier fighter, citing his poor frame data, slow mobility, limited landing options, and difficult matchups against faster characters (such as {{SSBU|Fox}}, {{SSBU|Zero Suit Samus}}, and {{SSBU|Sonic}}). An early success for Byleth came at {{Trn|Frostbite 2020}}, where {{Sm|MkLeo}} used him to defeat {{Sm|Maister}} in grand finals; despite this, most players remained unimpressed, citing how MkLeo used {{SSBU|Joker}} until the very last game of the tournament, Maister's poor record against him and {{SSBU|Mr. Game & Watch}} struggling against long ranged characters, in addition to matchup inexperience due to Byleth's then-recent release. A few weeks afterwards, the [[COVID-19]] pandemic hit North America, forcing a halt of tournament activity and leaving most of Byleth's early metagame development to proceed online.
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 Despite MkLeo's overwhelming success, however, other players have failed to achieve comparable results with Byleth. Data collected by [[OrionRank]] curator {{Sm|Barnard's Loop}} showed that MkLeo made up roughly 66% of all results obtained by Byleth (an amount second only to {{Sm|BassMage}} with {{SSBU|Jigglypuff}}).<ref>https://twitter.com/LoopBarnard/status/1461497570925101058</ref> In Japan, Byleth is primarily represented by {{Sm|Rizeasu}} and {{Sm|Ly}}, with the former being notorious for having a very large roster of characters and the latter co-maining the character. Online, Byleth was also represented by {{Sm|Pelupelu}} and {{Sm|Sparg0}}, with both have achieving respectable results. However, neither of them retained Byleth in the transition to offline play, with Sparg0 sticking to the [[Aegis]] and {{SSBU|Cloud}} in offline majors.
-While Byleth is widely agreed to have been initially underestimated, his definitive standing is still debatable. The more skeptical players tend to attribute his results to a perceived wide skill gap between MkLeo and other top level players instead of any particularly dominant strength that Byleth possesses.
+While Byleth is widely agreed to have been initially underestimated, his definitive standing is still debatable. The more skeptical players tend to attribute his results to a perceived wide skill gap between MkLeo and other top level players instead of any particularly dominant strength that Byleth possesses. However, he is ranked 32nd on the first and current tier list.
 ===Most historically significant players===