As Brawl's metagame began to advance, however, Meta Knight's incredible potential led to him becoming the most used character in the game's tournament scene by a large margin, with a notable part of each character's metagames involving how well they could handle the near-ubiquitous character. was considered among Brawl's best fighters, ranking sixth, owing to his long, safe recovery, powerful projectile game, and a number of excellent edgeguarding options. Faster characters with quick attacks are normally higher tier.Īn example of the collective playerbase's metagame affecting the tier lists can be seen in Brawl's tier list and its evolution over the years on the first tier list, R.O.B. Powerful but slow characters who are easily KOed are typically lower tiered.

Metagames based on either the players' collective actions or a tournament organizer's rulesets can result in characters being ranked higher or lower on the tier list. In the tier lists, these decisions help to rank characters, based on how useful they may be in tournament matches shaped around these decisions. The metagame's current state involves what tactics, characters, stages, and other factors make up the most common 'decisions' made in tournament play in other words, how the game is generally being played (fast, slow, powerful, combos, etc). 1.2 The character's individual metagameĪ character's standing on the tier list is based on a variety of factors:.

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