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|availability = [[Downloadable content (SSBU)|Downloadable]] | |availability = [[Downloadable content (SSBU)|Downloadable]] | ||
|tier = | |tier = B- | ||
|ranking = | |ranking = 42 | ||
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:{{Cquote|''Byleth Joins Smash House!''|cite=Introduction tagline (♂)}} | :{{Cquote|''Byleth Joins Smash House!''|cite=Introduction tagline (♂)}} | ||
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<!--The fact that M!Byleth was re-cast for FE3H and FEH has no relation to Smash. Please do not re-add this point.-->{{iw|wikipedia|Zach Aguilar}} and {{iw|wikipedia|Jeannie Tirado}}, who respectively voiced the male and female versions of Byleth in ''Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' and ''{{iw|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Heroes}}'', reprise their roles in the overseas versions, while {{iw|wikipedia|Yūsuke Kobayashi|voice actor}} and {{iw|wikipedia|Shizuka Itō}} reprise their respective male and female roles in the Japanese version. | <!--The fact that M!Byleth was re-cast for FE3H and FEH has no relation to Smash. Please do not re-add this point.-->{{iw|wikipedia|Zach Aguilar}} and {{iw|wikipedia|Jeannie Tirado}}, who respectively voiced the male and female versions of Byleth in ''Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' and ''{{iw|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Heroes}}'', reprise their roles in the overseas versions, while {{iw|wikipedia|Yūsuke Kobayashi|voice actor}} and {{iw|wikipedia|Shizuka Itō}} reprise their respective male and female roles in the Japanese version. | ||
Byleth is ranked | Byleth is ranked 42nd out of 82 on the current [[tier list]], placing him in the B- tier. | ||
==Attributes== | ==Attributes== | ||
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==Update history== | ==Update history== | ||
Byleth was buffed | Byleth was slightly buffed in update 11.0.0. The most notable buffs were to [[Sword of the Creator]]: its decreased overall lag improved its utility for recovering, combos and as an out of shield option,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZLY-UGqA9k Byleth got BUFFED! - Patch 11.0 Byleth Analysis (Smash Ultimate)]</ref> while its increased base knockback improved its KO potential while offstage and removed its dead zone (the latter of which improved its consistency). [[Areadbhar]] became safer on shield thanks to it receiving shieldstun multipliers. In addition, it has less ending lag when used in the air; this slightly improved its recovery and edgeguarding potentials. Down smash and down aerial gained slightly higher knockback, which improved their already considerable KO potentials. On an extended note, down aerial's shield damage output was also increased. | ||
Overall, Byleth fares mildly better than he did when he was first released. | Overall, Byleth fares mildly better than he did when he was first released. | ||
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MkLeo defied these expectations by continuing to use Byleth in all events he attended since the return of offline tournaments, starting with {{Trn|SWT: Central America Ultimate Regional Finals}}, often using him as his sole character. With Byleth, MkLeo has achieved dominance on par with what he had with Joker before the pandemic, if not arguably even greater, as he has placed no less than second in every tournament he has attended until {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 4}}, winning the majority of them. His efforts have shifted the community's perception on Byleth, leading most players to believe that Byleth is an upper mid tier to high tier fighter. | MkLeo defied these expectations by continuing to use Byleth in all events he attended since the return of offline tournaments, starting with {{Trn|SWT: Central America Ultimate Regional Finals}}, often using him as his sole character. With Byleth, MkLeo has achieved dominance on par with what he had with Joker before the pandemic, if not arguably even greater, as he has placed no less than second in every tournament he has attended until {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 4}}, winning the majority of them. His efforts have shifted the community's perception on Byleth, leading most players to believe that Byleth is an upper mid tier to high tier fighter. | ||
While Byleth is widely agreed to have been initially underestimated, | While Byleth is widely agreed to have been initially underestimated, skeptical players have argued that Byleth's success was largely due to MkLeo's skill as a player, as no other Byleth players have been able to get close to his consistency: data collected by [[OrionRank]] curator {{Sm|Barnard's Loop}} also showed that MkLeo made up roughly 66% of all results obtained by Byleth up to November 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/LoopBarnard/status/1461497570925101058|title=Byleth data up to November 2021}}</ref> On the other hand, the only other Byleth player with consistently notable achievements globally was {{Sm|Rizeasu}}, a player who was also known for playing a variety of other characters outside of Byleth. As such, Byleth was ultimately ranked 32nd on the first tier list; despite ranking as a high tier, the placement was still rather low for a character that had been used to win majors. | ||
Byleth's overreliance on MkLeo was further shown following the first tier list, as MkLeo began shifting away from Byleth to other characters. Although he still pulled out the character on occasion, it notably had less success compared to his other characters. Outside of MkLeo, Rizeasu continued to use Byleth in his roster while {{Sm|Reno|p=Japan}} also became a prominent player in the Japanese scene, however neither of them were able to fill the gap left by MkLeo. With dwindling representation at a national level and MkLeo himself admitting that Byleth doesn't fit well with the current metagame, Byleth fell ten spots to 42nd on the second and current tier list ranking near the top of B- tier, one of the biggest drops of any character from the first to second tier list. | |||
=={{SSBU|Classic Mode}}: A Heroic Legacy== | =={{SSBU|Classic Mode}}: A Heroic Legacy== | ||