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===Tier placement and history=== | ===Tier placement and history=== | ||
Upon the game's release, Meta Knight's heavy nerfs were quickly noticed: his shorter recovery, lack of trascendent priority, slightly slower attack speed and shorter reach in his moves all contributed to | Upon the game's release, Meta Knight's heavy nerfs were quickly noticed: his shorter recovery, lack of trascendent priority, slightly slower attack speed and shorter reach in his moves all contributed to players stating Meta Knight was heavily overshadowed by his [[Meta Knight (SSBB)|''Brawl'' appearance]], with players arguing that his nerfs from ''Brawl'' were too harsh for him to be better than a mid-tier character. However, after being buffed over several patches and seeing increasingly noteworthy results from his best players across different regions, most famously {{Sm|Leo}} in Mexico, top players such as {{Sm|ZeRo}} re-evaluated their opinions on the character, and Meta Knight saw a subsequent rise in popularity, with {{Sm|Mr. R}} and {{Sm|Nairo}} occasionally using the character and Abadango deciding to main him, and his perceivably advantageous match-up against {{SSB4|Rosalina & Luma}}, a character ranked above him, boosted his meta game even further, as it made him valuable as a counterpick. Players started to acknowledge his proficiency in edgeguarding, frame data, and KOing ability, along with his [[Rufio|up aerial combos]] that were reliable on the entire cast, traits that he retained from ''Brawl''. As a result, Meta Kinght was subsequently ranked at 10th on the first official ''4BR'' [[Tier list]], in the bottom of the A tier, however, many players believed he should have been placed even higher as one of the best characters, a major reason being that he was considered to lack notably disadvantageous match-ups other than {{SSB4|Sheik}}. | ||
Meta Knight's status went into a sudden decline after the nerfs to his up aerial combos in patch 1.1.5, which were a driving force behind his success. Several of his best players began to use secondaries more often, such as | Meta Knight's status went into a sudden decline after the nerfs to his up aerial combos in patch 1.1.5, which were a driving force behind his success. Several of his best players began to use secondaries more often, such as Leo with {{SSB4|Marth}} and {{Sm|Tyrant}} with Sheik and {{SSB4|Diddy Kong}}, and others such as {{Sm|Katakiri}} have dropped the character entirely. Regardless, he still possesses a great punish game and popularity as a counterpick to Rosalina, and he continues to gain noteworthy results, allowing him to maintain his high tier position at 13th on the second version of the tier list, on the B tier, and only a slight drop from his previous ranking. | ||
==Trophies== | ==Trophies== |