List of SSB4 tier lists

The Smash Back Room Super Smash Bros. 4 tier list was published just at the end of patch 1.1.3. All versions of the list are as follows. Characters with the same numerical value are listed alphabetically.

First tier list (February 1, 2016)

Super Smash Bros. 4 Tier List #4 [1.1.7]
		S				A
		1	2-3			4	5	6	7-8		9	10	11-12
		1.19	2.49	2.51		4.68	5.99	6.46	6.56	6.60	9.81	10.38	11.54	11.61
B								C
13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28-29
13.29	14.39	17.37	17.97	18.41	19.07	19.25	20.14	20.68	20.82	23.31	23.73	24.85	24.96	25.89	28.62	28.64
D										E
30	31	32		33	34	35	36-37			38	39	40	41	42	43	44
31.59	32.11	32.27		32.96	33.21	34.59	35.11	35.13		37.95	38.58	39.12	39.66	41.95	43.43	43.96
		F						G				Unranked
		45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52-53		54	—
		45.43	45.65	47.01	47.64	48.86	49.32	49.59	51.21	51.22	53.47	—

This is the first tier list released by the Smash 4 Back Room. It is based on votes from 53 high-level players, most of them Back Room members. In accordance with the most common tournament rules, custom special moves were not taken into account, with Mii Fighters presumed to be restricted to their default movesets.

The tiers in this list are split into groups; Top (S), High (A,B), Middle (C,D,E), Low (F,G), and Bottom (H,I,J).

Many notable members of the Smash 4 community (including ZeRo, who abstained from voting), thought that this tier list was created too early. This was partly due to the fact that patch 1.1.4 was only two days away from being released, with the imminent inclusion of Bayonetta, Corrin, and balance changes. Later, on March 15th, another patch would be released, with even more balance changes.

A follow up article was released on February 16, 2016, offering further explanation on the tiering procedure as well as insight from Back Room members on specific characters. [1]

Tier list chart

This table shows the ranks of each character through all of the tier lists, as well as a numbered description of their change in rank each time. "Change" lists how much a character's position changed between the two tier lists it is in between. "Highest" represents a character's highest position, "Lowest" represents their lowest position, and "Difference" lists the difference between the highest and lowest position. "Overall change" represents a character's change between the first tier list and the current tier list.

Character	1st (current) tier list	Highest	Lowest	Difference	Overall change
Sheik	1	1	1	0	±0
Zero Suit Samus	2	2	2	0	±0
Rosalina & Luma	3	3	3	0	±0
Ryu	4	4	4	0	±0
Pikachu	5	5	5	0	±0
Sonic	6	6	6	0	±0
Fox	7	7	7	0	±0
Mario	8	8	8	0	±0
Diddy Kong	9	9	9	0	±0
Meta Knight	10	10	10	0	±0
Villager	11	11	11	0	±0
Cloud	12	12	12	0	±0
Ness	13	13	13	0	±0
Captain Falcon	14	14	14	0	±0
Yoshi	15	15	15	0	±0
Luigi	16	16	16	0	±0
Dark Pit	17	17	17	0	±0
Pit	18	18	18	0	±0
Peach	19	19	19	0	±0
R.O.B.	20	20	20	0	±0
Wario	21	21	21	0	±0
Toon Link	22	22	22	0	±0
Lucario	23	23	23	0	±0
Olimar	24	24	24	0	±0
Greninja	25	25	25	0	±0
Ike	26	26	26	0	±0
Donkey Kong	27	27	27	0	±0
Mega Man	28	28	28	0	±0
Pac-Man	29	29	29	0	±0
Bowser	30	30	30	0	±0
Robin	31	31	31	0	±0
Roy	32	32	32	0	±0
Kirby	33	33	33	0	±0
Bowser Jr.	34	34	34	0	±0
Mr. Game & Watch	35	35	35	0	±0
Lucas	36	36	36	0	±0
Mewtwo	37	37	37	0	±0
Falco	38	38	38	0	±0
Wii Fit Trainer	39	39	39	0	±0
Shulk	40	40	40	0	±0
Marth	41	41	41	0	±0
Link	42	42	42	0	±0
Duck Hunt	43 (,44*)	43 (,44*)	43 (,44*)	0	±0
Little Mac	43 (,44*)	43 (,44*)	43 (,44*)	0	±0
Dr. Mario	45	45	45	0	±0
King Dedede	46	46	46	0	±0
Lucina	47	47	47	0	±0
Mii Brawler	48	48	48	0	±0
Charizard	49	49	49	0	±0
Palutena	50	50	50	0	±0
Samus	51	51	51	0	±0
Mii Gunner	52	52	52	0	±0
Mii Swordfighter	53	53	53	0	±0
Ganondorf	54	54	54	0	±0
Jigglypuff	55	55	55	0	±0
Zelda	56	56	56	0	±0
Bayonetta	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	±0
Corrin	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	±0

* = tie

Trivia

• Currently, every S-ranked character is a female whose default costume has blonde hair and blue clothes.
• The top two highest-ranked characters both have alter egos who are ranked in the lowest tier.
• Every veteran character in the J tier is also in the lowest tier in Brawl.

See also

• List of SSB tier lists (NTSC)
• List of SSBM tier lists (NTSC)
• List of SSBB tier lists (NTSC)
• Metagame