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Throughout 2017, several mains began to return to the scene, with FOW briefly coming out of retirement to place 13th at 2GGC: Nairo Saga and 25th at 2GGC: Civil War respectively. NAKAT, despite using Ness as a secondary in favor of Fox in 2016, began to co-main Ness. With his Ness, NAKAT placed 3rd at [[Smash Factor 6]], 13th at EVO 2017, 17th at [[GameTyrant Expo 2017]], and 17th at [[2GGC: FE Saga]]. The Tristate Ness main, The Great Gonzales, placed 5th at Royal Flush and 17th at Smash 'N' Splash 3 respectively. Most recently, a Japanese Ness player, Gackt, made a breakout performance at [[The Big House 7]] by claiming wins against {{Sm|ANTi}}, {{Sm|Locus}}, {{Sm|Mistake}} and secured 17th place. Regardless of these improved results, opinion from Ness worsened and many Smashers, including {{Sm|ZeRo}}, {{Sm|Dabuz}}, {{Sm|MkLeo}}, and {{Sm|Nairo}}, widely believed that Lucas is superior to Ness, despite Ness' accomplishments. From this, Ness dropped once again on the fourth and current tier list, at 28th, now sharing the spot with his Earthbound representative {{SSB4|Lucas}} though due to the expansion of the tiers, he is now considered a high tier character rather than a mid tier character. | Throughout 2017, several mains began to return to the scene, with FOW briefly coming out of retirement to place 13th at 2GGC: Nairo Saga and 25th at 2GGC: Civil War respectively. NAKAT, despite using Ness as a secondary in favor of Fox in 2016, began to co-main Ness. With his Ness, NAKAT placed 3rd at [[Smash Factor 6]], 13th at EVO 2017, 17th at [[GameTyrant Expo 2017]], and 17th at [[2GGC: FE Saga]]. The Tristate Ness main, The Great Gonzales, placed 5th at Royal Flush and 17th at Smash 'N' Splash 3 respectively. Most recently, a Japanese Ness player, Gackt, made a breakout performance at [[The Big House 7]] by claiming wins against {{Sm|ANTi}}, {{Sm|Locus}}, {{Sm|Mistake}} and secured 17th place. Regardless of these improved results, opinion from Ness worsened and many Smashers, including {{Sm|ZeRo}}, {{Sm|Dabuz}}, {{Sm|MkLeo}}, and {{Sm|Nairo}}, widely believed that Lucas is superior to Ness, despite Ness' accomplishments. From this, Ness dropped once again on the fourth and current tier list, at 28th, now sharing the spot with his Earthbound representative {{SSB4|Lucas}} though due to the expansion of the tiers, he is now considered a high tier character rather than a mid tier character. | ||
Fortunately, opinions from Ness began to improve for the first time as he continues to net above average results thanks to Gackt, BestNess, taranito, and S1 earning notable results in their regions, and even in some major tournaments such as {{Sm|BestNess}} getting 25th at [[GENESIS 5]] and 13th at {{Trn|The Big House 8}}, S1 placing 5th at [[Midwest Mayhem 11]] and almost causing a huge upset vs {{Sm|CaptainZack}}, {{Sm|taranito}} placing 17th at [[EVO Japan 2018]], and {{Sm|Gackt}} placing 2nd at [https://smash.gg/tournament/frostbite-ursa-minor-2/events/smash-4-singles/brackets/204261 Frostbite Ursa Minor 2] and taking sets off of {{Sm|komorikiri}}, {{Sm|dyr}}, and {{Sm|Ned}}. These results have even been more impressive than some of the characters ranked above him such as {{SSB4|Greninja}}, {{SSB4|Villager}}, and {{SSB4|Bowser}}. While Ness continued to grow, his fellow EarthBound representative, {{SSB4|Lucas}} (Who is currently tied with Ness for 28th on the current Smash 4 tier list) dropped in quality from his declining results in Japan and the absence of {{Sm|Taiheita}}, leading Dabuz to say that Ness is the superior character. On top of this, FOW recently confirmed his return to the Smash scene and has had decent placings such as 2nd at [[Expand Gong 3]]. | Fortunately, opinions from Ness began to improve for the first time as he continues to net above average results thanks to Gackt, BestNess, taranito, and S1 earning notable results in their regions, and even in some major tournaments such as {{Sm|BestNess}} getting 25th at [[GENESIS 5]] and 13th at {{Trn|The Big House 8}}, S1 placing 5th at [[Midwest Mayhem 11]] and almost causing a huge upset vs {{Sm|CaptainZack}}, {{Sm|taranito}} placing 17th at [[EVO Japan 2018]], and {{Sm|Gackt}} placing 2nd at [https://smash.gg/tournament/frostbite-ursa-minor-2/events/smash-4-singles/brackets/204261 Frostbite Ursa Minor 2] and taking sets off of {{Sm|komorikiri}}, {{Sm|dyr}}, and {{Sm|Ned}}. These results have even been more impressive than some of the characters ranked above him such as {{SSB4|Greninja}}, {{SSB4|Villager}}, and {{SSB4|Bowser}}. While Ness continued to grow, his fellow EarthBound representative, {{SSB4|Lucas}} (Who is currently tied with Ness for 28th on the current Smash 4 tier list) dropped in quality from his declining results in Japan and the absence of {{Sm|Taiheita}}, leading Dabuz to say that Ness is the superior character. On top of this, FOW recently confirmed his return to the Smash scene and has had decent placings such as 2nd at [[Expand Gong 3]]. Because of these notable results and his continuous rise, it is unknown whether Ness will continue to stay as a mid to high tier or if he will regain his former glory. Regardless, Ness is still viewed as a viable character in tournament play and can even achieve favorable placements in national level when solo-mained. However, he may require to have secondaries on certain matchups. | ||
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