Sonic (SSBB): Difference between revisions

Around the beginning of ''Brawl''{{'}}s [[metagame]], Sonic was considered a low tier, non-viable character by many players due to his terrible KOing power, poor moveset (due to many of his attacks having rather small and/or poor hitboxes), and perceived "low [[priority]]." At that time, he was ranked as low as 33rd in the first tier list (September 2008). However, dedicated Sonic players starting placing much more favorably in tournaments; this caused Sonic to jump up eight places on the third tier list (June 2009), which is currently the biggest tier list jump in the history of ''Brawl'', tied with {{SSBB|Olimar}} from the first to second lists. Despite Sonic dropping mildly after this rise, players such as {{Sm|Espy}} and {{Sm|X}} accomplished even better tournament results for Sonic, with them placing 5th and 6th respectively at [[MLG Dallas 2010]], the final [[MLG]] ''Brawl'' event. At Apex 2014, StaticManny placed 33rd with Sonic, having lost only to Mew2King's Meta Knight and Player 1's Diddy Kong, but not before defeating Larry Lurr's Falco; an incredible feat considering the match-up. Even after ''Brawl''{{'}}s decline in interest, Sonic still found decent results in majors, perhaps most notably {{Sm|Meekspeedy}} placing 9th and 4th at [[Get On My Level 2016]] and [[Get On My Level 2017]] respectively, {{Sm|6WX}} placing 3rd at [[Glitch 2]], and {{Sm|FRiSK}} taking 9th at [[CEO Dreamland]]. Sonic is currently ranked 22nd on the eighth tier list, as of April 2013. A few players still have a negative view of him, similar to {{SSBB|Ike}}, but he is currently a stable mid tier character.