Tier list From SmashWiki, the Super Smash Bros. wiki Jump to: navigation , search start content SmashWiki Top In gaming, a tier list is a list that ranks all characters based on the strength of their fighting abilities and their potential to win matches under tournament conditions, assuming equal skill on the part of each player. A tier list is decided based on the analysis of the following: The metagame and the effectiveness of the characters' strategies Each character's moveset and statistics Each character's matchup spread Each character's tournament results Tier lists are commonly made for fighting games that are played on the high competitive level, such as Mortal Kombat 9 . Some games that aren't fighting games, but have large character sets, such as the Pokémon series, can also have their own tier lists . The metagame of each game in the Super Smash ...