{{cleanup|Need at least some commentary for each list}}
The [[Smash Back Room]] '''[[tier list]]''' has changed many times since its inception. Previous versions of the list are as follows. In later tier lists, characters are broadly ranked by their tier, and further ranked by the order in which characters are listed within the tier list. For instance, [[Falco (SSBM)|Falco]] is ranked above [[Samus (SSBM)|Samus]] in the [[#Fourth tier list (July 1, 2003)|fourth ''Melee'' tier list]]. Earlier tier lists use numerical rankings, and characters with the same numerical value are listed alphabetically.
The [[Smash Back Room]] '''[[tier list]]''' has changed many times since its inception. Previous versions of the list are as follows. In later tier lists, characters are broadly ranked by their tier, and further ranked by the order in which characters are listed within the tier list. For instance, [[Falco (SSBM)|Falco]] is ranked above [[Samus (SSBM)|Samus]] in the [[#Fourth tier list (July 1, 2003)|fourth ''Melee'' tier list]]. Earlier tier lists use numerical rankings, and characters with the same numerical value are listed alphabetically.
==First tier list (October 8, 2002)==
==First tier list (October 8, 2002)==
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{{MeleeTiers/1}}
!colspan="14"|''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee|Melee]]'' Tier List #1
|style="background:#7fffbf"|[[File:PikachuIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]<br>3.4||style="background:#7fffbf"|[[File:LinkIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]<br>3.4||style="background:#7fffe8"|[[File:CaptainFalconIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Captain Falcon (SSBM)]]<br>3.2||style="background:#7fffe8"|[[File:YoungLinkIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]<br>3.2||style="background:#7feeff"|[[File:JigglypuffIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Jigglypuff (SSBM)]]<br>3.1||style="background:#7feeff"|[[File:NessIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]<br>3.1||style="background:#7fc8ff"|[[File:YoshiIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]<br>2.9||style="background:#7fc8ff"|[[File:DonkeyKongIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBM)]]<br>2.9||style="background:#7f9fff"|[[File:RoyIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]<br>2.8||style="background:#887fff"|[[File:KirbyIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]<br>2.1||style="background:#b07fff"|[[File:MrGame&WatchIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]<br>1.8||style="background:#d67fff"|[[File:PichuIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]<br>1.6||style="background:#d67fff"|[[File:BowserIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]<br>1.6||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[File:MewtwoIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]<br>1.3
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Though this was the first tier list, [[Smash World Forums]] was rife with discussion about tiers long before the Melee Back Room released its "MBR Tier Averages." The term "F/F/S" (short for "Falco, Fox and Sheik") was popular as a quick reference to Melee's top tier. Members on Smashboards, perhaps in backlash against novice sentiment towards Roy and Link, generally disdained those characters, and generally favored the game's fastest characters.
Though this was the first tier list, [[Smash World Forums]] was rife with discussion about tiers long before the Melee Back Room released its "MBR Tier Averages." The term "F/F/S" (short for "Falco, Fox and Sheik") was popular as a quick reference to Melee's top tier. Members on Smashboards, perhaps in backlash against novice sentiment towards Roy and Link, generally disdained those characters, and generally favored the game's fastest characters.
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==Second tier list (December 19, 2002)==
==Second tier list (December 19, 2002)==
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{{MeleeTiers/2}}
!colspan="13"|''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee|Melee]]'' Tier List #2 (Mean)
|style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:IceClimbersIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Ice Climbers (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:YoshiIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:NessIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:PikachuIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:RoyIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:LinkIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:YoungLinkIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:ZeldaIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:DonkeyKongIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:MrGame&WatchIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:KirbyIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:MewtwoIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:PichuIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:BowserIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]
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This tier list was released soon after [[Smasher:Ken Hoang|Ken Hoang]] won [[Tournament Go|Tournament Go 4]]. Before Ken, Marth strategy largely encompassed [[rolling]] and [[C-stick]] [[smash attack|smashing]] symptomatic of low-level play today, but Ken introduced to the community the uses of [[dash-dancing]], [[chain grab|chain throwing]] and [[aerial attack]]s, all techniques that largely improved Marth's [[metagame]] and moved him to top tier for years to come.
This tier list was released soon after [[Smasher:Ken Hoang|Ken Hoang]] won [[Tournament Go|Tournament Go 4]]. Before Ken, Marth strategy largely encompassed [[rolling]] and [[C-stick]] [[smash attack|smashing]] symptomatic of low-level play today, but Ken introduced to the community the uses of [[dash-dancing]], [[chain grab|chain throwing]] and [[aerial attack]]s, all techniques that largely improved Marth's [[metagame]] and moved him to top tier for years to come.
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==Fourth tier list (July 1, 2003)==
==Fourth tier list (July 1, 2003)==
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{{MeleeTiers/4}}
!colspan="14"|''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee|Melee]]'' Tier List #4
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This tier list has an interesting property: Had the number of tiers and number of characters in each tier remained the same as the previous list, no characters would have moved from one tier to another.
|style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:GanondorfIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Ganondorf (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:SamusIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Samus (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:MewtwoIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:NessIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:YoshiIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:MarioIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:DrMarioIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Dr. Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:YoungLinkIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:KirbyIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:PikachuIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:MrGame&WatchIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:DonkeyKongIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[File:ZeldaIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[File:PichuIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[File:BowserIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]
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This tier list doubled as an April Fools joke and a lesson to the community to not blindly swallow the Melee Back Room tier list as the truth. Though most people suspected this tier list was a hoax, it set a precedent to criticizing the tier list that had not existed before.
This tier list doubled as an April Fools joke and a lesson to the community to not blindly swallow the Melee Back Room tier list as the truth. Though most people suspected this tier list was a hoax, it set a precedent to criticizing the tier list that had not existed before.
To "defend" this hoax during the two tumultuous days it was the official tier list, Melee Back Room members argued that Marth was too slow to remain in the top two tiers, that Link had untapped aerial prowess, and that Jigglypuff, through speed and the [[Wall of Pain]], ruled the air to the point of domination. Ironically, the latter prediction would come true in the post-Brawl metagame.
To defend this hoax during the two tumultuous days it was the official tier list, Melee Back Room members argued that Marth was too slow to remain in the top two tiers, that Link had untapped aerial prowess, and that Jigglypuff, through speed and the [[Wall of Pain]], ruled the air to the point of domination. Ironically, the latter prediction would come true in the post-Brawl metagame.
The Melee Back Room forgot to include Yoshi in this tier list; once people realized he was missing (six hours after the list was posted), the MBR put him in.
The Melee Back Room forgot to include Yoshi in this tier list; once people realized he was missing (six hours after the list was posted), the MBR put him in.
==Sixth tier list (April 2, 2004)==
==Sixth tier list (April 2, 2004)==
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{{MeleeTiers/6}}
!colspan="14"|''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee|Melee]]'' Tier List #6
|style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:LinkIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:LuigiIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Luigi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:DonkeyKongIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Donkey Kong (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:RoyIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:YoungLinkIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fff7f"|[[File:PikachuIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:YoshiIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:ZeldaIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:MrGame&WatchIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:NessIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:BowserIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:KirbyIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:PichuIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:MewtwoIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]
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The names of these tiers were originally called God Tier, Top Tier, High Tier, Middle Tier, and Low Tier; these names were changed to the ones shown above on July 10, two days after the tier list was released.
The names of these tiers were originally called God Tier, Top Tier, High Tier, Middle Tier, and Low Tier; these names were changed to the ones shown above on July 10, two days after the tier list was released.
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==Ninth tier list (October 14, 2008)==
==Ninth tier list (October 14, 2008)==
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{{MeleeTiers/9}}
!colspan="14"|''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee|Melee]]'' Tier List #9
|style="background:#7fffff"|[[File:MarioIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fffff"|[[File:PikachuIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fffff"|[[File:LuigiIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Luigi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fffff"|[[File:DonkeyKongIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=DK (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7fffff"|[[File:LinkIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:ZeldaIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:MewtwoIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:RoyIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:YoungLinkIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[File:MrGame&WatchIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[File:YoshiIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[File:PichuIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[File:BowserIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[File:NessIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[File:KirbyIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]
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This is the removed version of the 10th Melee tier list. At the time, many people criticized it for not being an official list, due to having many ties. The SBR also included a "Gengar" tier in the list, where "Master Hand and other glitches" are placed. This was also originally ''Kirby Kaze's'' Tier list idea, but was improved and fixed by the MBR. Mewtwo and Jigglypuff have risen significantly from the previous tier lists. This is the only tier list to include a tier below the Bottom tier. This is also the tier list with the most ties, as well as the one with the largest tie (the entire negligible tier is considered tied, or at least close enough to be considered tied).
This is the removed version of the 10th Melee tier list. At the time, many people criticized it for not being an official list, due to having many ties. The SBR also included a "Gengar" tier in the list, where "Master Hand and other glitches" are placed. This was also originally ''Kirby Kaze's'' Tier list idea, but was improved and fixed by the MBR. Mewtwo and Jigglypuff have risen significantly from the previous tier lists. This is the only tier list to include a tier below the Bottom tier. This is also the tier list with the most ties, as well as the one with the largest tie (the entire negligible tier is considered tied, or at least close enough to be considered tied).
==Tenth tier list (December 31, 2010)==
==Tenth tier list (December 31, 2010)==
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{{MeleeTiers}}
!colspan="15"|[[Super Smash Bros. Melee|Melee]] Tier List #10
|style="background:#7fffff"|[[Image:PikachuIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Pikachu (SSBM)]]<br>12.94||style="background:#7fffff"|[[Image:MarioIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mario (SSBM)]]<br>13.00||style="background:#7fffff"|[[Image:LuigiIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Luigi (SSBM)]]<br>13.25||style="background:#7fffff"|[[Image:DonkeyKongIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=DK (SSBM)]]<br>14.81||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:LinkIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Link (SSBM)]]<br>16.03||style="background:#7f7fff"|[[Image:YoungLinkIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Young Link (SSBM)]]<br>17.45||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:ZeldaIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Zelda (SSBM)]]<br>19.42||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:RoyIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Roy (SSBM)]]<br>19.76||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:MewtwoIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mewtwo (SSBM)]]<br>19.85||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:YoshiIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Yoshi (SSBM)]]<br>20.59||style="background:#ff7fff"|[[Image:MrGame&WatchIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)]]<br>20.73||style="background:#bf7fbf"|[[Image:NessIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Ness (SSBM)]]<br>22.94||style="background:#bf7fbf"|[[Image:BowserIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Bowser (SSBM)]]<br>23.67||style="background:#bf7fbf"|[[Image:KirbyIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Kirby (SSBM)]]<br>25.02||style="background:#bf7fbf"|[[Image:PichuIcon(SSBM).png|40px|link=Pichu (SSBM)]]<br>25.02
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This is the '''[[tier list|current SSBM tier list]]'''.
This is the '''[[tier list|current SSBM tier list]]'''.
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The Smash Back Roomtier list has changed many times since its inception. Previous versions of the list are as follows. In later tier lists, characters are broadly ranked by their tier, and further ranked by the order in which characters are listed within the tier list. For instance, Falco is ranked above Samus in the fourth Melee tier list. Earlier tier lists use numerical rankings, and characters with the same numerical value are listed alphabetically.
Though this was the first tier list, Smash World Forums was rife with discussion about tiers long before the Melee Back Room released its "MBR Tier Averages." The term "F/F/S" (short for "Falco, Fox and Sheik") was popular as a quick reference to Melee's top tier. Members on Smashboards, perhaps in backlash against novice sentiment towards Roy and Link, generally disdained those characters, and generally favored the game's fastest characters.
Members on Smashboards largely contested this tier list's placement of Mewtwo, which they felt to be too low. Many Smashboarders considered Mewtwo a low or even middle tier character and were bothered that it, despite its great recovery and powerful throws, was placed at the bottom of the tier list, where most people believed Bowser belonged.
This tier list was released soon after Ken Hoang won Tournament Go 4. Before Ken, Marth strategy largely encompassed rolling and C-sticksmashing symptomatic of low-level play today, but Ken introduced to the community the uses of dash-dancing, chain throwing and aerial attacks, all techniques that largely improved Marth's metagame and moved him to top tier for years to come.
This is the first tier list that officially ranks characters into tiers.
This tier list has an interesting property: Had the number of tiers and number of characters in each tier remained the same as the previous list, no characters would have moved from one tier to another.
This tier list doubled as an April Fools joke and a lesson to the community to not blindly swallow the Melee Back Room tier list as the truth. Though most people suspected this tier list was a hoax, it set a precedent to criticizing the tier list that had not existed before.
To defend this hoax during the two tumultuous days it was the official tier list, Melee Back Room members argued that Marth was too slow to remain in the top two tiers, that Link had untapped aerial prowess, and that Jigglypuff, through speed and the Wall of Pain, ruled the air to the point of domination. Ironically, the latter prediction would come true in the post-Brawl metagame.
The Melee Back Room forgot to include Yoshi in this tier list; once people realized he was missing (six hours after the list was posted), the MBR put him in.
The names of these tiers were originally called God Tier, Top Tier, High Tier, Middle Tier, and Low Tier; these names were changed to the ones shown above on July 10, two days after the tier list was released.
This tier list marks the first time Sheik was not in top tier, and contains the biggest bottom tier of any Melee tier list thus far. The balance of the tier list was a point of contention amongst many Smashers, who felt that it was too bottom-heavy and that the lower tiers should themselves be split, or the high tiers merged (particularly the top two).
This is the removed version of the 10th Melee tier list. At the time, many people criticized it for not being an official list, due to having many ties. The SBR also included a "Gengar" tier in the list, where "Master Hand and other glitches" are placed. This was also originally Kirby Kaze's Tier list idea, but was improved and fixed by the MBR. Mewtwo and Jigglypuff have risen significantly from the previous tier lists. This is the only tier list to include a tier below the Bottom tier. This is also the tier list with the most ties, as well as the one with the largest tie (the entire negligible tier is considered tied, or at least close enough to be considered tied).
