NEW SMASH ULTIMATE TIER LIST (Upper-Mid Tier)

[@Xearrik]

I love how over a year or two ago, people were making "the final tier list" for the game as if it was settled and no characters would ever be pushed further into the meta. 🤣

[@Htiy]

From an outside perspective of someone who stopped following smash in 2020 and just got back into it, I never remembered diddy kong or sheik known as really good

[@splish_2]

looking at you hungrybox 👀 still havent forgot this guy put sephiroth borderline top tier and sora in mid tier

[@OseiTheWarriors]

​@@HtiyDiddy got general buffs but Tweek and Aaron revisiting the character and doing well with him put him higher Shiek.... I'll be honest I actually think Shiek is overrated, she's fast but ehhhhh

[@Kebab_2718]

@@splish_2 sephiroth is ass

[@TypeDeez]

Yeah lol.

[@octobrot7591]

Time stamps :) Mewtwo 1:13 Ridley 3:08 Chrom 4:54 Mii Swordfighter 6:17 Inkling 8:35 🥲 Meta Knight 10:52 Bowser 12:50 Lucas 14:41 Jigglypuff 16:20 Mii Gunner 18:16 Luigi 21:32 Toon Link 23:24 Wii Fit Trainer 25:05 Link 27:04 Ken 28:43 Outro 30:05 Side note: I’m so sad Inkling has fallen so far 😭. As an inkling main from the beginning I wish more people stuck with the character. Props to Colorondo for being so sick with her though 😎

[@dirt_dert_durt]

Weird, the Lucas timestamp doesn't work

[@javiersuarez9634]

Inklings still high tier imo

[@octobrot7591]

@@dirt_dert_durtI don’t know why that is bc I tried editing it 3 times but at least the time is there

[@octobrot7591]

@@javiersuarez9634Fr inkling just needs more reps to prove it. I would but I’m pretty mediocre at the videogame 😅

[@theriddler5]

Showers just got top 8 with inkling at Maesuma

[@davidrice1251]

I’m glad Lucas is only as low as he is due to difficulty. He’s so fun to play 😁

[@jucekid4068]

%100 the weterin/HARD WORKING Lucas players can do werie wheel but you have to be crazy to do all the work you need to do to geat good I have 2000 hours on this carecter and I'm still learning new techniques and tricks I and I have found myself to have to do stuff like nott do popp offs if I'm not in finels making sure I have 8-9 hours of sleep downt eating enny sugar before the tournament sow I don't get a little sugar crash in the middle of a sett and losse sume performance and then drop it this all can help if you play mabe like younglink but it asensulle to play top lucas

[@julo_ghost]

No he's not

[@yoshitaxfraudosaurus]

Poor out of shield options

[@julo_ghost]

@@yoshitaxfraudosaurus Nair

[@yoshitaxfraudosaurus]

@@julo_ghost pretty slow start up also can’t be used well due to Lucas’s floatiness

[@cupcakemedia1143]

I'm an avid Toon Link believer, that character can do a lot of things really well. He's the only Link I've liked playing in this game, and I love having the ability to switch from zoning to brawling in a snap.

[@carloss7655]

I used to main lucas but the difficulty of playing him for every single match up was really tough. Now i supplement him with terry, one of the easiest characters in this game and ive noticed my performance overall is much better now

[@julo_ghost]

As a Mii swordfighter player, I'm so happy to finally see the respect this character deserves. He's an actual menace, and I think, with enough determination and practice, this character can reach where Lucas is. This character is super underrated, simply bc it's a Mii and bc people don't play Miis

[@nicofire31]

Putting mii swordfighter in not only bottom tier but below isabelle was the dumbest thing in the official tier list

[@Wyrm_trainer]

It is so cool how Mii Swordfighter demonstrates how bad characters recoveries truly are in this game!

[@julo_ghost]

@@Wyrm_trainer I think Mii swordfighter is even vs Cloud and Palutena

[@zombeef3074]

Love the editor specifically mentioning that footage of a match involving Sonix is 2 gig like that’s anything special or out of the norm lmao

[@Matthewm777]

ESAM told his editor to use a sonix set for mii gunner and bro let out the LONGEST sigh thinking about rendering that into Adobe😂 The salty note had me dying

[@dawsonemmett2837]

"One of the scariest characters in the game" JIGGLYPUFF I agree just look at those eyes

[@potat__]

Half of this tier is just characters people forgot are actually good. I agree with the placement of these characters in this tier other than wii fit (higher) and link (higher)

[@tacosean1486]

As a Link main I have always thought Link's potential is almost limitless on paper but is super hard to get in practice unfortunately. Hella underrated character though imo.

[@jaydenhohman2590]

Agreed tbh

[@paulboulet9073]

I definitely think he belongs in high tier. He’s insane if you know what you’re doing with him. Low key best Link of the 3 imo.

[@AndresAndr95]

He is good but his sword swings is what draws him back easy to parry and all his tilts are sword swings no fast option besides up b or nair, up b your stuck in an animation after and nair ur in the air vulnerable if anything

[@theelectricant98]

All his potential lies in bomb combos but i think hes not too good otherwise

[@blast5734]

Toon link’s dash attack combos into bair or nair, without any DI. Up air and fair are only used on opponents who jump or do nothing.

[@miguesrt101]

I think time steps for the video would be really helpful, keep up the good work ESAM

[@heartbreaker2485]

1:15: mew2 3:12 Riddly 5:00 Chrom 6:26: mii sword fighter 8:48: inkling 11:00 Meta knight 12:58 Bowser 14:40 Lucas 16:30 Puff 18:20 Gunner 21:39 Luigi 23:33 Toon link 25:10 wii fit 27:05 Link 28:55 Ken

[@dylanr.7760]

Hey ESAM! There actually is a link player on the rise named Kyon! He’s been slowly coming up since last year and he’s probably going to be a threat in the future!

[@yotammatsliah5094]

And bernnie

[@Uncreative789]

As a Mew2 Main, I thought the Inkling mu was +1 for me and then I saw the Booyah percentage is like 100-125%, so I put it in even.

[@typhlosion7872]

There is one other main problem with Inkling other than the killing, their vertical disadvantage is awful. Fair and bair are solid on their own, but they don't cover below them, nair is amazing and underrated, but doesn't cover below them, and dair is way too slow to get practical use as a landing tool. Splat bomb provides a nice wall in front of you, but nothing below or behind, roller in air is really slow and weak without enough reward to make it worth using, neutral b only covers in front of you.

[@coolshirtkid]

lmao that editors note on the sonix capitancito set

[@maxpogfrog]

Love the Mii Swordfighter placement, super slept on character, unfortunate that he’s barely used.

[@ElariaFlori]

Is it unfortunate? A lot of the cooler swordie stuff is on better characters, and idk if mii sword fighter has any cool shit. Correct me if I’m wrong tho

[@maxpogfrog]

⁠@@ElariaFlori that’s fair, he doesn’t have the coolest sword stuff, to answer your question, he does have a suprising amount of cheese, whether it be SSD Scoop, dair offstage, or reversal slash as a whole, as it’s basically just sword mario cape.

[@nicofire31]

​@@ElariaFloriGale strike and Chakram literally give you free wins, especially against glass cannons like pichu

[@ElariaFlori]

@@nicofire31 but like is it cool? I play MK, not because I overly care about meta, but because he’s fun and I like doing cool shit. Mii sword fighter, while he might be kinda good, is just overall really bland imo

[@jaydenhohman2590]

​@ElariaFlori You think meta knight is cool lmao? Don't hate on other characters. Theres PLENTY of arguments for mk being lame

[@blurryface433]

Make a teir list for character difficulty and skill floor

[@owenduffy5745]

I'm a Lucas believer. I think that character is one of the best edge guarders in the game

[@yoshitaxfraudosaurus]

that is true but compared to sm4sh he is noticably worse

[@Cephris]

Mii sword fighter is my best character by far. Been playing since day one. I've had amazing success as Ridley and he is crazy fun. Mewtwo, however, I just started playing a month or 2 ago and he has quickly become my favorite character by a ton. This 3 have something in common. They are all extremely dangerous if you don't know the match up and they can absolutely rob your stocks even if you do know how to fight them. It's interesting to see esam place those 3 so near each other. Ridley and sword fighter I can see as placing lower on the tier list. Mewtwo however... he's like this undiscovered demon. I never feel outmatched with him and I know I have the tools to fight anyone and come out on top. The hardest character for Mewtwo has to be Falco. If you are smarter than your opponent you can still beat him.

[@shane3350]

I main the fgc and I agree 100% with your ranking for ken. But not because of the sdi. More so that sometimes the inputs just don't work, or do something completely different. I see the same thing when I watch the few top ken players. Alot of stocks/games were lost because I can see what they meant to input, but something else came out. This is why sometimes they can seem so OP and other times they can't get a hit in. Ken is in fact the worst fgc by a small margin. But I enjoy using him the most.

[@jaydenhohman2590]

Maybe I'm biased but I think Ken is sooo good(I had to play iahzzo round 2 pools at Battle of the South LOL)

[@shane3350]

@@jaydenhohman2590 lmao lucky you. I would love to have the opportunity to fight jahzz0 (or any of the top fgc mains) win, lose or draw.

[@jaydenhohman2590]

​@shane3350 If you ever find yourself in Georgia he goes to like all the locals. He's very fun to play against, even though I get my ass whooped lmao

[@bradengreif7172]

LETS GO. I KNEW HE DIDNT FORGET MII SWORDFIGHTER

[@trombonegamer14]

Wow, Pit in high tier?? Hype lol

[@victor-ng6hk]

Being main pit for more than a year I can say that the character can manage very well against many characters, he has some very bad machups (like diddy kong) but he has good tools, up air and up smash are very good antiairs, his nair is frame 4, the orbitals are broken, the arrows are very good to interrupt the opponent off stage and his recovery goes very far (even if he does not have a hitbox) and you can use side b to have some armor when recovering

[@trombonegamer14]

@victor-ng6hk Pit is good. I main him also, I just didn't expect him in high tier. I saw "upper mid" and I thought "ah Pit will be here" My biggest issue with Pit is the inconsistencies. Nair not sending the same way, or just not working, trades either nair or fair, orbiters not blocking things that it looks like it should, people falling out of f smash or up smash. I love how he plays when he works, but he does have a lot of issues

[@gabrielaneses9395]

I came here specifically to see if he left him for high tier and I’m happy to see he will

[@victor-ng6hk]

@@trombonegamer14 Yeah, if I had a cent every time people fall from my attacks, I would already be a millionaire.

[@octaviodelbarrio]

​@@victor-ng6hkwhich match ups are -2 apart from diddy Kong and pikachu? I've played the character a bit and I feel that he can do better than I thought he would against top tiers

[@user-bh1oj7gj3k]

The fact that mii swordfighter has a mini cloud bair is adorable. I would HURT people to get a cloud skin for this reason alone

[@ryanquick07]

That deep breathing segue was smooth as your head

[@milesoverheaven]

I been maining ridley for a few years at this point and its funny how many times ive been losing and my mindset is just "if i can get a hit i can win" because he do be killing after 1 interaction, espesially with rage

[@ignazioacerenza9881]

17:52 You mention Fox having a good matchup against Puff. Any tips for Fox players trying to deal with Puff? It feels like stocks are over when puff manages to get me off stage.

[@lilvargyt9964]

Love the OneShot music!

[@kaiserzilla89]

As Ridley main I can both agree and disagree with the fact that he does well against cloud and byleth as swords and hit box range on them are terrifying for Ridley with edge guarding is better for cloud then byleth as up B grab can be bad

[@DuyuCoyote]

I'm super proud to see you put Mii Swordfighter in a higher place and I agree we just need our own Armadillo for Mii Swordfighter. GL in your upcoming games.

[@Muckelienchen]

My man went from the infinity glasses to the eyebrow glasses

[@steamboatbill4]

The only winners side set that I won in the short time I was going to locals was against a Luigi. I played falco, and every time he touched me, I took 50 or died, and every time I managed to get him off stage, he died. I managed to get him off stage more times than he was able to get a grab.

[@Rspknlikeab0ssxd]

Hey did you post the rest of the lists after this?

[@blurryface433]

not yet :9

[@Whalordius]

Meta knight is also amazing vs fast fallers combo wise. Down throw slingshot bair setups are absurdly good

[@hakirayleigh]

Strange when Ken was so above from Ryu and now he's one tier below from him.

[@Eggss_B]

Happy to see my boy Ridley up here. I don't main him, but I absolutely love the character. He's definitely better than people give him credit for. Based Chrom & Inkling placements as well. They relatively suck.

[@M9SSB]

nuh uh

[@jaydenhohman2590]

Idk chrom is pretty good. Only problem is that up b

[@Eggss_B]

@@jaydenhohman2590 That's not even the only issue. There's a reason why Roy has advantages over Chrom outside of their recoveries. Chrom is not good at all.

[@jaydenhohman2590]

​​@@Eggss_BWhats the other issues? With a good recovery he'd be at least bottom of top tier(imo)

[@imthejoel]

What is the issue with Mii Swordfighter Whirlwind? It seems pretty helpful to me.

[@toothpasta8513]

Yes, more Esam tier list

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

YES, META KNIGHT IS HERE!

[@RyanMay-uo9fz]

As a Puff main addicted to sick rest reads, despite her strengths she still sucks. So many people give her moves too much respect instead of just outspacing the obvious pink puffball with no landing options, or just winning neutral against her because her neutral is severely overhyped

[@marcusreisman-megeff3927]

The craziest thing about this tier list is that Esam forgot a pro players name and hasn’t memorized them all only 97% of them

[@johanruiz3422]

Inkling is high tier or upper mid tier. He’s not as viable or as popular as he once was

[@Creepooba]

Ridley mains we did it Our character is good mid

[@Legogreens]

Htg I think he's even better, biggest hurdles is getting hit by what should be whiffed attacks because of his size and Nair needing to be a faster OoS. I love this character (also down b is a wasted slot) Love ur sets btw learned lots from watching you

[@EnderCraft-ko3wd]

Xavier is a really good wii fit too

[@silaspq]

17:40 bro really called fox a bad MU for puf lol, puff actually destroys fox, its her like 5th best matchup, and im not even joking. its really hard for fox to do what he wants

[@BigMamaSSB]

The official tier list Mewtwo is in low mid tier

[@julo_ghost]

The "official" tier list is terrible, Imo. Placing Bayonetta over Link, bc she has more representation, is not a reason

[@TypeDeez]

​​@@julo_ghost The official tier list is definitely garbage. A lot of biased placements that just aren't factual. Why is Mii Swordfighter under freaking Isabelle? Ike being near her in ranking is dumb as frick. Then you have Corrin in freaking B tier as if she is worse than Byleth and Captain Falcon. Roy is way too high as well. He fell off hard and is definitely not top 10 (he is good tho). Pit and Marth in B- is a war crime, and Sora not in S tier is 100% a war crime.

[@sharkandfriendsDeluxe2302]

@@TypeDeez Mii Brawler being in A- is too low, I stand by this. And Shulk being in S- is too high, his frame data is garbage. And about Mii Swordfighter, they should've been placed in the same tier but under Mii Gunner, How the fuck is Mii Swordfighter worse than villager and how is Mii Gunner worse than Wii Fit Trainer?

[@TypeDeez]

@@sharkandfriendsDeluxe2302 exactly....

[@jaydenhohman2590]

​@NoRizzBlade "definitely garbage" just because you disagree with it doesn't make it garbage lmaoo. Average smash player..

[@tumultoustortellini]

Msf has a solid mu spread, one of the fastest airspeeds in the game, and a lot of his moves are incredibly safe (dilt and bair are -3, nair is -5), and that problem of killing really isn't that bad. Chakram offstage, shuriken - powerthrust never stops killing, fair-hero spin

[@julo_ghost]

Down tilt is -6, bair is -4

[@tumultoustortellini]

@@julo_ghost Shit, you got me. It was off the top of my head. What about the rest? Any opinions?

[@manumanumanuma]

Ok i’m glad you put inkling that low, that character suxxxx

[@senpaifear6293]

I’m a inkling main and it’s hard out here in the streets lmaoooo

[@jaydenhohman2590]

Inkling is good tho

[@senpaifear6293]

they really arent@@jaydenhohman2590

[@weeddoodie7439]

thanks for the content esam

[@Zakawer2]

Actually, Luigi has the *second-worst* air speed in the game. King Dedede's is even worse. It does hold Luigi back quite a bit, hindering his neutral game (especially against zoners), somewhat limiting his combo potential (though it's still very good overall along with his general close-range offense), and of course making his recovery extremely inconsistent.

[@Godjsjnsbwubsbxjdbhehsjx]

Bowser is not mid tier bro he's high tier and wayyy better than incenroar has esam not seen leon beat shinymark?

[@johanruiz3422]

Link is top tier for me personally great tier list seeing ur opinion and how process and Analyze characters into why their this goof and. this bad even if I find it conteversial or might not agree

[@NewCoke7]

how is link top tier??

[@beegbeeg507]

cool glasses

[@wiggly3440]

Holy shit no ice climbers and Rosa and sora im so happy they really are late bloomers they just needed time

[@Randle628]

Why does every tier list get worse why is chrom so low

[@sharkandfriendsDeluxe2302]

Maybe one of the reasons is because of his recovery.

[@imthejoel]

Chrom/Roy is an inverse of the Marth/Lucina situation, because Roy’s tippers are on his hilt. This makes it easier to hit Roys tippers and you can use the sourspots for combos at low to mid percents.

[@licenetospam]

I must be the worst falco on the planet since my worst statistic win loss locally is vs bowser lol

[@GCDeadshot]

damn is that va1ha11a ost?

[@Marsdend1]

YO does this mean pit is in high tier???

[@mikeychrisanthus9948]

:sad 80% of who I play is bottom third or so noises:

[@hypersnake7904]

MII SWORDFIGHTER PROPAGANDA THATS WHAT I LIKE TO SEE

[@MrTNT49]

High tier please Esam :')

[@rague2663]

new best smash tier list Link is higher than young link

[@MinjaeLee-c9z]

11:00 Meta knight]

[@MrWallow7]

Damn, I'm too early to find the comment with the timestamps

[@jonathonosgood4405]

As a Chrom main, I am sad

[@liampbjray5562]

yay more goof takes to watch

[@ethansura]

Bowser's gotta be way higher

[@KD_LinkStain]

VinS and DeltaForce only play Link in Braclet. DeltaForce 2-0'd Tweek last year. Really loved the Link and Toon Link portion!

[@yexolth]

Interested to see where my fat cat and fat rat rank 😅

[@aidensimpson4427]

Of course corrin isn’t here yet, have you SEEN pin?

[@NewSunGambit]

Hurry esam hurry haha jk i cant wait tho! Love these videos great job

[@cheeze1t256]

I think Ken is better simply because of his comeback ability, literally one read and you can die at 50. Not to mention his really good neutral

[@julo_ghost]

You can have a comeback mechanic and still be inconsistent, which is the reason why Ken is placed there. In theory, Lucario has one of the best comeback mechanic, but he's too inconsistent

[@cheeze1t256]

@@julo_ghost but kens shoryu is only not able to connect under certain conditions which are avoidable. But there's also the second part of my comment which is his really good neutral

[@julo_ghost]

@@cheeze1t256 a consistent move doesn't need conditions to connect properly

[@julo_ghost]

@@cheeze1t256 a lot of characters have better Neutral, like way better

[@cheeze1t256]

@@julo_ghost you realize that even in high tier, there are still over 25 characters better, so yeah there are going to be better characters. It's like saying joker is bad just because aegis is just a better character. No. Just because it's not the best I'm the game doesn't mean it's bad or anywhere near bad

[@NewSunGambit]

6k views 400 likes cmon guys

[@SuperSaga2191]

I don't get it why is Ridley up b good but fox's sucks

[@ToonGavoone]

As a Lucas main, I agree, this character is INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT to be consistent with. However, if played near perfectly, he’s imo a top 15 character.

[@bannanacherrycake6625]

This tier list isnt valid as he sees everything through a privileged pikachu main lens 🤓

[@GoblinDude69]

Daddy baldi 🥵🥵🥵

[@jules2438]

People who think ridley is above bottom 10 are wrong

[@Eggss_B]

If you think he's bottom 10, you're just dumb lmfao.

[@spicezona]

Mii Swordfighter is bottom 10 at best

[@extonjonas6820]

I agree but people tend to think very highly of the chracters they play and he played him for a little bit. And with that being said he is still not very high so that just goes to show you. This chracter is some butt cheeks

[@sharkandfriendsDeluxe2302]

If you put Mii Swordfighter as a low tier, you might as well bring villager with him.

[@unko4468]

Way donkey kong lowest tier list

[@Contrary22]

DK is cheeks. He's probably too high, lol. Junior and Lucario are way better.

[@unko4468]

@@Contrary22 last year ago donkey kong use to be better than Mewtwo and king k rool right?

[@NewCoke7]

@@unko4468 uhhh no?? maybe k rool but not mewtwo lol

[@gmwes]

mii swordfighter doesn't even deserve a timestamp

[@gabrielaneses9395]

It’s crazy that Ken is the strongest fgc and he’s that low

[@jaydenhohman2590]

I think Ken is underrated in here as well

[@Muckelienchen]

Hot take: Acola might be the highest ranked player in the world, but he for shure isnt the best one, carried by steve so hard

[@TTGmo]

lmao stop making tier lists

[@Sam_3960]

The Link renaissance 🔜