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Chrom is ranked 54th out of 82 on the current [[tier list]], placing him in the C+ tier. This is significantly lower than his base fighter Roy, who is ranked 19th out of 82 on the current tier list and placed in the A tier. As with Roy, Chrom is blessed with an effective set of tools which work well with ''Ultimate'''s more aggressive pace: his combination of strong mobility and falling speed, quick frame data for a swordsman, good hitboxes on his attacks, and overall high damage-to-frame data ratio (courtesy of the weighted average of Roy's sweetspots and sourspots being rather high) grant him a powerful advantage state once the opportunity presents itself. Chrom also possesses one of the best [[neutral attack]]s in the game that has a myriad of uses (including being able to hit some opponents hanging from ledge) and a strong set of [[special attack]]s, including a unique up special in [[Soaring Slash]], which is an effective damage dealer, decent [[out of shield]] option, and is infamous for its powerful [[meteor smash]], allowing it to KO ledge-hanging opponents at 0% or function as a powerful [[sacrificial KO]].
Chrom is ranked 54th out of 82 on the current [[tier list]], placing him in the C+ tier. This is significantly lower than his base fighter Roy, who is ranked 19th out of 82 on the current tier list and placed in the A tier. As with Roy, Chrom is blessed with an effective set of tools which work well with ''Ultimate'''s more aggressive pace: his combination of strong mobility and falling speed, quick frame data for a swordsman, good hitboxes on his attacks, and overall high damage-to-frame data ratio (courtesy of the weighted average of Roy's sweetspots and sourspots being rather high) grant him a powerful advantage state once the opportunity presents itself. Chrom also possesses one of the best [[neutral attack]]s in the game that has a myriad of uses (including being able to hit some opponents hanging from ledge) and a strong set of [[special attack]]s, including a unique up special in [[Soaring Slash]], which is an effective damage dealer, decent [[out of shield]] option, and is infamous for its powerful [[meteor smash]], allowing it to KO ledge-hanging opponents at 0% or function as a powerful [[sacrificial KO]].


However, despite his strengths, the drastic difference in tier placement compared to Roy is due to Chrom's infamously poor recovery. Soaring Slash is Chrom's only recovery move and acts like [[Aether]], offering very little horizontal distance compared to Roy's [[Blazer]]; it also lacks protection outside of its high [[super armor]] frames on startup, and cannot snap the ledge till Chrom begins falling. This makes it incredibly easy to [[gimp]] Chrom, as an opponent can simply bat him away with any attack (including holding down certain neutral attacks) or [[counterattack]] his recovery. As a result, he has one of the worst recoveries in the game despite his high air speed, making him highly dependable on recovery mixups and his [[air dodge]]; this also translates to him having a very poor disadvantage state, especially offstage. Finally, his balanced blade sacrifices the stronger, polarized sweetspots of Roy's sword, meaning he often has to win more neutral exchanges to compensate for the lack of stronger punishes, while his KO ability is still weaker than Roy's, most notably with [[Double-Edge Dance]].
However, despite his myriad of strengths, the drastic difference in tier placement compared to Roy is due to Chrom's infamously poor recovery. Soaring Slash is Chrom's only recovery move and acts like [[Aether]], offering very little horizontal distance compared to Roy's [[Blazer]]; it also lacks protection outside of its high [[super armor]] frames on startup, and cannot snap the ledge till Chrom begins falling. This makes it incredibly easy to [[gimp]] Chrom, as an opponent can simply bat him away with any attack (including holding down certain neutral attacks) or [[counterattack]] his recovery. As a result, he has one of the worst recoveries in the game despite his high air speed, making him highly dependable on recovery mixups and his [[air dodge]]; this also translates to him having a very poor disadvantage state, especially offstage. Finally, his balanced blade sacrifices the stronger, polarized sweetspots of Roy's sword, meaning he often has to win more neutral exchanges to compensate for the lack of stronger punishes, while his KO ability is still weaker than Roy's, most notably with [[Double-Edge Dance]].


Initially, Chrom was highly regarded and considered one of the best swordfighters in the game, with high representation across all levels during the first year of ''Ultimate''. However, after several nerfs to Soaring Slash and the community learning the matchup, his overall representation dropped significantly due to the playerbase taking advantage of his fragile offstage presence. This has resulted in Chrom struggling to make the same impact as he did in the early metagame.
Initially, Chrom was highly regarded and considered one of the best swordfighters in the game, with high representation across all levels during the first year of ''Ultimate''. However, after several nerfs to Soaring Slash and the community learning the matchup, his overall representation dropped significantly due to the playerbase taking advantage of his fragile offstage presence. This has resulted in Chrom struggling to make the same impact as he did in the early metagame.

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