He is a solid character that blends range, power, and speed, making him a consistently reliable and strong fighter, not even getting into his big draw his Limit Break adds a whole layer of cheap versatility to his moveset all of his Limit Break specials blend ease of use with ridiculous KOing power, all in all making Cloud a devastating character that, while relatively back and forth early on, soon made his presence known. Her untapped combo prowess and her fierce ability to make opponents pay for their mistakes still establishes her quite well as the best fighter in the game, but she's now pretty manageable for most of the cast, and has become a very over-hated character.Ģ: Cloud: Much like Bayonetta right above him, Cloud has become a pretty powerful character, but not to quite the same extent. After 1.1.6 nerfs brought her down to Earth, she can still 0-Death you, but she isn't so easy to play now, and now her weaknesses are pretty exploitable and now, only the most intelligent Bayonetta players will thrive with her. Even after getting slight nerfs in 1.1.5, she was frequently compared to Brawl Meta Knight in terms of how sickeningly overpowering she was, and she had actually been banned in a few regions.įortunately, that was then. Due to being very easy to pickup and yet offering an insane amount of strengths with little weaknesses to counteract them, Bayo players quickly flooded the scene and began utterly crushing at the national level in no time flat, stirring up immense hate and controversy in the competitive scene, due to her 0-Deaths simply being way too good, and it didn't help that most of the people playing her did little outside the same old "Heel Slide to double After Burner Kick to Witch Twist" 0-Deaths over and over again). You must be able to do well against at least one of these three characters, or else you're toast.ġ: Bayonetta: If you were a competitive player back when Bayonetta was made available as DLC, you'll concede that it's no exaggeration to say that there was just no ignoring her.
Their weaknesses are there, but their strengths are abundant and more than make up for their shortcomings. These three characters are the ones that, far and wide, are widely considered to be a cut above the rest. Of course, a character's individual standing is an important factor-it always is-but in the end, the deciding factor on whether you choose to main a character or not should be how you personally feel playing that character and how much fun you have playing with him/her. Finally, Pit and Dark Pit were voted on as the same character due to them being almost entirely the same in every aspect.Īlso, it is important to note that you should not let the tier list be the deciding factor in whether you main a particular character or not. Also, please note that Mii Fighters were excluded entirely from the tier list due to a large stagnation of data on them, and their legality being pretty shaky.
Please note this list doesn't account character customization, due to their collective ban post EVO 2015 in competitive play. This is the current revision of the official tier list created by the Smash Back Room, ranking each character in SSB4 from best to worst based on votes from over 53 professionals at said game, current as of version 1.1.7.