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==Second tier list (February 15th, 2024)== | ==Second tier list (February 15th, 2024)== | ||
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This is the second tier list released by [[LumiRank]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://luminosity.gg/news/smash-ultimates-2nd-official-tier-list|title=Smash Ultimate's 2nd Official Tier List}}</ref> The methodology remained largely the same from the first. Any player ranked on the [[LumiRank Mid-Year 2023]] or [[LumiRank 2023]] | This is the second tier list released by [[LumiRank]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://luminosity.gg/news/smash-ultimates-2nd-official-tier-list|title=Smash Ultimate's 2nd Official Tier List}}</ref> The methodology remained largely the same from the first. Any player ranked on the [[LumiRank Mid-Year 2023]] or [[LumiRank 2023]] was eligible to vote, and 62 players ultimately submitted a ballot, although two were tossed out due to scoring less than five characters, while one other was tossed for being a troll ballot. Not every character was scored by every panelist: only {{SSBU|Bayonetta}}, {{SSBU|Fox}}, {{SSBU|Palutena}}, {{SSBU|Peach}}/{{SSBU|Daisy}}, {{SSBU|Pyra}}/{{SSBU|Mythra}}, {{SSBU|R.O.B.}}, {{SSBU|Shulk}}, {{SSBU|Steve}}, and {{SSBU|Wolf}} were scored by every panelist, while {{SSBU|Mii Swordfighter}} was scored by the least (55). A new tier was introduced (E tier). Despite that, the tiers themselves were not explicitly defined. | ||
The largest | The largest rise on the tier list was Bayonetta, who rose 19 spots due to the character's consistent popularity in the metagame and the success of players such as {{Sm|Bloom4Eva}}, {{Sm|Lima}}, and {{Sm|TamaPDaifuku}}. In addition, Corrin rose 15 spots due to a renaissance period in 2023 spearheaded by {{Sm|Neo|p=Japan}} and {{Sm|SHADIC}}; {{SSBU|Sora}} rose 13 spots as he finally gained more recognition in top level play; and {{SSBU|Snake}} and both {{SSBU|Samus}} and {{SSBU|Dark Samus}} rose double digits due to being some of the most popular characters in the current metagame. Two characters that defined the current metagame and were mains of one of the [[Four Horsemen]], Sonic and {{SSBU|Mr. Game & Watch}} rose into the top 3, and 9 panelists notably listed Sonic as 1st instead of Steve. In the lower tiers, {{SSBU|Lucario}}, {{SSBU|Incineroar}}, and [[Pit (SSBU)|the]] [[Dark Pit (SSBU)|Pits]] all rose double digits due to improving results, thanks to the efforts of both {{Sm|Armadillo}} and {{Sm|Gachipi}} for Lucario, {{Sm|Skyjay}} for Incineroar, and {{Sm|Zackray}} and a slew of Japanese players for the Pits. | ||
On the other hand, the biggest drops were from characters that either lost their best players to other characters (such as {{SSBU|Byleth}} and {{SSBU|Mega Man}}) or had noticeably worse performances in the current metagame (such as {{SSBU|Bowser}} and {{SSBU|Young Link}}). In the higher tiers, the most notable drops were {{SSBU|Roy}}, who fell 11 spots due to the decline, retirement, or hiatus of his best players that year; {{SSBU|Wolf}}, who fell 10 spots due to the character's weaknesses being more exploitable (such as his recovery) and growing opinions that the character was overrated despite his popularity; and {{SSBU|Joker}}, who fell out of the top 3 due to {{Sm|MkLeo}}'s decline and {{Sm|Zackray}}'s greater focus on the Pits, with newer Joker players not being as strong as the two. | On the other hand, the biggest drops were from characters that either lost their best players to other characters (such as {{SSBU|Byleth}} and {{SSBU|Mega Man}}) or had noticeably worse performances in the current metagame (such as {{SSBU|Bowser}} and {{SSBU|Young Link}}). In the higher tiers, the most notable drops were {{SSBU|Roy}}, who fell 11 spots due to the decline, retirement, or hiatus of his best players that year; {{SSBU|Wolf}}, who fell 10 spots due to the character's weaknesses being more exploitable (such as his recovery) and growing opinions that the character was overrated despite his popularity; and {{SSBU|Joker}}, who fell out of the top 3 due to {{Sm|MkLeo}}'s decline and {{Sm|Zackray}}'s greater focus on the Pits, with newer Joker players not being as strong as the two. | ||
The change in a character's score generally correlated with the the direction they moved. The | The change in a character's score generally correlated with the the direction they moved. The exceptios to this were {{SSBU|Jigglypuff}}, who fell a spot despite its score going up, as well as {{SSBU|Pichu}}, {{SSBU|Palutena}}, {{SSBU|Mii Brawler}}, {{SSBU|King Dedede}}, {{SSBU|Bowser Jr.}}, {{SSBU|Ryu}}, {{SSBU|Donkey Kong}}, and the {{SSBU|Ice Climbers}}, who rose on the tier list despite their scores going down. | ||
==Tier list chart== | ==Tier list chart== | ||