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As the metagame developed, though, opinions on Zelda began to improve, as several players continued to place well with her. {{Sm|ven}}, in particular, has won sets against {{Sm|ESAM}} and {{Sm|Megafox}} and has had close sets with {{Sm|MkLeo}} and {{Sm|Glutonny}}. Furthermore, she has received noticeable improvements towards her consistencies (one of her key issues) in patches 7.0.0 and 10.1.0, which addressed her neutral aerial and forward smash, respectively. 13.0.0 brought additional consistency to her neutral game and ability to KO using smash attacks and her down air. Moreover, she has seen consistently good placements in tournaments and a notable growth in her player base over the past year. As such, many players now have a more positive opinion on Zelda, and she was considered to some as an upper-mid tier character, with players such as {{sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|Salem}}, {{Sm|Goblin}}, and ESAM, the latter initially believing Zelda to be low-tier, now considering her to be high-tier character. Others, however, claim that Zelda is still too polarizing as a character and believed she was still a mid-tier.  
As the metagame developed, though, opinions on Zelda began to improve, as several players continued to place well with her. {{Sm|ven}}, in particular, has won sets against {{Sm|ESAM}} and {{Sm|Megafox}} and has had close sets with {{Sm|MkLeo}} and {{Sm|Glutonny}}. Furthermore, she has received noticeable improvements towards her consistencies (one of her key issues) in patches 7.0.0 and 10.1.0, which addressed her neutral aerial and forward smash, respectively. 13.0.0 brought additional consistency to her neutral game and ability to KO using smash attacks and her down air. Moreover, she has seen consistently good placements in tournaments and a notable growth in her player base over the past year. As such, many players now have a more positive opinion on Zelda, and she was considered to some as an upper-mid tier character, with players such as {{sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|Salem}}, {{Sm|Goblin}}, and ESAM, the latter initially believing Zelda to be low-tier, now considering her to be high-tier character. Others, however, claim that Zelda is still too polarizing as a character and believed she was still a mid-tier.  


However, optimism for Zelda would prove to be short-lived as opinions of her would grow negative as time went on and the metagame progressed even further. Zelda saw a unanimous decrease in both her perception and results, and the return of offline play appeared to have little benefit for her. Zelda's flaws, such as her linear game plan and poor mobility, were only further exploited over time as most Zelda players would struggle with adapting to the progressing meta. This would lead to an increasingly negative perception of Zelda as collective opinions on Zelda considering her low-tier and lower-mid tier at best. Nonetheless, her best players such as {{Sm|ven}} and {{Sm|Yn}} have managed to continue place well with her in top-level play, with ven placing 9th at {{Trn|LVL UP EXPO 2023}} and Yn placing 9th at {{Trn|Maesuma TOP 11}}.
However, optimism for Zelda would prove to be short-lived as opinions of her would grow negative as time went on and the metagame progressed even further. Zelda saw a unanimous decrease in both her perception and results, and the return of offline play appeared to have little benefit for her. Zelda's flaws, such as her linear game plan and poor mobility, were only further exploited over time as most Zelda players would struggle with adapting to the progressing meta. This would lead to an increasingly negative perception of Zelda as collective opinions would grow in considering her as a low-tier character or lower-mid tier at best. Nonetheless, her best players such as {{Sm|ven}} and {{Sm|Yn}} have managed to continue place well with her in top-level play, with ven placing 9th at {{Trn|LVL UP EXPO 2023}} and Yn placing 9th at {{Trn|Maesuma TOP 11}}.


Currently, Zelda ranks 75th out of 82, placing her in the top of low tier. Due to all of her previous incarnations being bottom-three, it is generally agreed that she is much more viable than all of her previous incarnations and that this is the most viable she has been in the entire series.
Currently, Zelda ranks 75th out of 82, placing her in the top of low tier. Due to all of her previous incarnations being bottom-three, it is generally agreed that she is much more viable than all of her previous incarnations and that this is the most viable she has been in the entire series.
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