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At the beginning of ''Ultimate's'' lifespan, Pit was seen as a character who had improved significantly from ''SSB4'', with the universal increased mobility, landing lag reduction on all aerials, and new KO moves fixing many of his core problems from the previous game. However, Pit's representation in the current stage of ''Ultimate'' has significantly dwindled due to how straightforward he is: professional players believe Pit lacks an explosive factor in his kit, especially when compared to the cast (most of which gained significant game-changing buffs). Even characters considered less viable than him, such as {{SSBU|Little Mac}} and {{SSBU|Isabelle}}, showcase more polarized but notable strengths, while Pit was deemed as fundamentals-based, low-reward fighter. This has perpetuated his archetype as an "honest" character with average capabilities all around. Due to this, professionals such as {{Sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|Samsora}}, {{Sm|ESAM}}, and {{Sm|Armada}} have labeled Pit as a low tier (or even bottom tier, in Mew2King's case, due to other characters outshining him, and his Echo Fighter, {{SSBU|Dark Pit}}).
At the beginning of ''Ultimate's'' lifespan, Pit and Dark Pit were seen as a character who had improved significantly from ''SSB4'', with the universal increased mobility, landing lag reduction on all aerials, and new KO moves fixing many of his core problems from the previous game. However, their representation remained small due to how straightforward the characters: professional players believe Pit and Dark Pit lacked an explosive factor in their kits, especially when compared to the cast, leading to the archetype athat they were "honest" characters with average capabilities all around. Despite solid results from players such as {{Sm|Lucky|p=Germany}} and {{Sm|KiraFlax}}, professionals such as {{Sm|Dabuz}} and {{Sm|ESAM}} labeled them as a mid tier.  


Changes as of patch 8.0 have yielded a wind of optimism in the character, considering {{Sm|Marss}} and {{Sm|Dabuz}} have speculated high tier status, the latter of whom expressing interest in using Pit in a serious manner. Without a stronger playerbase, however, it is debatable where Pit's viability truly lies; in the meanwhile dedicated players such as {{Sm|KiraFlax}} and {{Sm|Lucky|p=Germany}} continue to achieve great results with Pit. After a while, however, Kiraflax has mostly stopped playing the game in turn of content creation and plays R.O.B. more than Pit. Steadily, there are more players in the competitive scene that are getting results, Like {{Sm|Oración}}, {{Sm|RaZe}} and others.
In the current metagame, although Pit and Dark Pit received buffs in Patch 8.0.0 and still saw decent results at a regional level, their player base continued to shrink, with KiraFlax picking up {{SSBU|R.O.B.}} and Lucky picking up {{SSBU|Pyra}} and {{SSBU|Mythra}}. As a result, opinions on the characters have remained largely the same.


===Most historically significant players===
===Most historically significant players===

Revision as of 15:10, April 9, 2022

Use this template to store information relevant to the metagame of Pit and Dark Pit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.


At the beginning of Ultimate's lifespan, Pit and Dark Pit were seen as a character who had improved significantly from SSB4, with the universal increased mobility, landing lag reduction on all aerials, and new KO moves fixing many of his core problems from the previous game. However, their representation remained small due to how straightforward the characters: professional players believe Pit and Dark Pit lacked an explosive factor in their kits, especially when compared to the cast, leading to the archetype athat they were "honest" characters with average capabilities all around. Despite solid results from players such as Lucky and KiraFlax, professionals such as Dabuz and ESAM labeled them as a mid tier.

In the current metagame, although Pit and Dark Pit received buffs in Patch 8.0.0 and still saw decent results at a regional level, their player base continued to shrink, with KiraFlax picking up R.O.B. and Lucky picking up Pyra and Mythra. As a result, opinions on the characters have remained largely the same.

Most historically significant players

Numbers in parentheses denote a smasher's placement on the Fall 2019 PGRU, which recognizes the top 50 players in the world in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from July 13th, 2019 to December 15th, 2019.

See also: Category:Pit professionals (SSBU); Category:Dark Pit professionals (SSBU)

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