Absolutely insane animation for a tier list review. Love the analysis as well. You continue to be the most underrated RUclipsr I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait for the blow up.
Next tier list, Yoshi surely moves above ICs and Pikachu just because Yoshi now has significantly better results than either of them. Ofc it's only Amsa, but I think the only barrier to Yoshi being at least top 8 is the amount of practice that goes into him and personally I don't think we should factor that into the tier list
The fact that aMSa literally brought Yoshi from the bottom of the tier list to the upper half echelon is literally amazing. Literally THE ONLY guy playing Yoshi, a super clunky character with extremely tight input windows, and he still managed to get the character from the bottom to a very respectful position
You have some of my favorite videos, editing, and narratives in Melee, Games, and Skill Toys. Thanks for your continued work to document history in such an entertaining and well presented format.
Great video, I feel like it might be good to mention that changes in the tierlist a lot of the time was due to changes in rules/controllers. Also worth mentioning that on the old tierlist marth was kept low because he was bad at doubles lol
This vid popped in my recommended and I love it. Went and watched your other vids too and they're all bangers. Super excited to see more content from this channel
Melee tier list are also based on : - How popular is the character , which means how likely you will face it - Match ups - Key Match ups on tournament - Theory craft - Results as counter pick / secondary - Consistency and Peaks Here an example , Marth and Sheik are more consistent characters for a player to place average in a tournament while Fox and Falco have higher peaks that you can place above average but has lower lows that can place you below average. So spacies in a good day can make a deep run but in a bad day you drown in pools or go out early.
It is funny to look at early Melee footage and see stuff like Mute City, Corneria, Kongo Jungle, and more being played at the highest level. Another thing to note about Puff's placement in the latest tier list from 2021, is that it was made during the era where Hungrybox was absolutely dominating tournaments with the character, to the point where the character itself was wrapped in some controversy. There was some players at the time who claimed that the character was straight up #1 in the game. Seemed like the sentiment around that has calmed down since then, so I am not sure if Puff will be placed #3 in future tier lists unless something crazy happens again.
I would say there is one exception to Armada's achievements with Peach being above and beyond anything the character has managed since: Llod beating Hbox
whats with melee content creators puttin the most meticulous effort into editing and visual presentation for videos like this man its actually crazy impressive keep up the good work
This is a really great look into how people think about characters in such an old game, it would be very interesting to also look at the lower tier characters who had similar rises and falls (yoshi, pika, samus), though maybe the bottoms tiers wouldn’t end up being all too interesting.
My favorite stories are when a character gets dragged into high-tier pretty much through the efforts and skill of one specific player maining them. For example, HungryBox's Jigglypuff and aMSa's Yoshi.
It feels so surreal looking at the first tierlist and seeing Peach, Ice Climbers, Pikachu, Jigglypuff and C. Falcon so low, yet Ness, DK, Mario, both Links and ZELDA OF ALL CHARACTERS SO HIGH LIKE WHAT HAPPENED
the only thing this video is missing is a segment on yoshi, with hungrybox even ranking him higher than captain falcon after amsa’s success and a captain falcon slump
Honestly though I've never agreed with the SS Fox placement for a few reasons. His main weaknesses are range, and the fact he is easily the most combo-able character in the entire game because of his weight and fall speed, meaning the punish game against him is brutal from any decent character. Even low tiers have some chain grabs and setups against him. As for his match-up spread, he's nearly perfect except for Marth, Falco, and Sheik, in that order. Marth has been argued to have an advantage against him slightly, but a noticeable advantage on FD. Falco's neutral and combo game have always contested Fox's in the match-up, and in general tends to be very back-and-forth. Sheik's reaction tech-chase game against both spacies is devastating, and it could be argued the match-up is even, especially at a top level where players are great at executing that. For his spot at the top of the meta it's hard to say. Throughout Melee, the player who was most dominant during each period has usually not been a Fox main. Ken and Zain played Marth. Armada played Peach and Hbox played Jigglypuff, who both lose to Fox. Armada pulled out Fox for specific matchups, as did M2K. Mango plays Fox but also Falco, and which one he favors is different every year. In my opinion, a true SS character would have all clearly winning matchups, such as Meta Knight in Brawl, who was also given his own SS tier. They would also have a lot more top tier dominance than Fox does. He still #1 though. At most #2.
3d was an amazing choice for a 2d graphic and you executed it very well :) input: using 3d models of the characters on top of the bars would've been killer
To be fair I think the 13th tier list is flawed too. Imo: S tier: Fox, Marth, Falco, Shiek A tier: Puff, Falcon, Peach, Yoshi Otherwise I think Dk and Mewtwo are C+ tier along with Mario and Ganondorf
Great video! I would love to see a follow up on mid/low tiers. Tracking the history of less popular characters including IC, pikachu, yoshi etc would be awesome!
I seriously have no idea how ganon keeps falling lower and lower despite being the only mid tier character other than Yoshi to have any major top 8 placings in recent memory. Luigi hasn’t been in a top 8 in like 8 years, and doc even longer. Meanwhile Ganon has placed top 8 like 3 different times just this year, and he beats the pants off of the entire D tier MU wise Having a simple game plan DOES NOT EQUAL a bad character. Seems kinda wild to me
This is amazing. I’m nobody and I’m not trying to insult you. But it was frustrating to the eyes to constantly have a tier list flashed before my eyes and removed without getting much time to examine or appreciate it. Just felt like everything was moving too fast. (I know I can pause the video for the guy that wants to comment that). Just an observation
Absolutely insane animation for a tier list review. Love the analysis as well. You continue to be the most underrated RUclipsr I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait for the blow up.
Yeah there’s a number of super cool creators like this, I’ve found a few, sadly I imagine there are many more we just don’t know of :/
Looks like the blow up has begun
The fact that aMSa won with yoshi is even more impressive thinking about how a dr Mario or Samus never has
The fact that aMSa literally brought Yoshi from the bottom of the tier list to the upper half echelon is literally amazing
Next tier list, Yoshi surely moves above ICs and Pikachu just because Yoshi now has significantly better results than either of them. Ofc it's only Amsa, but I think the only barrier to Yoshi being at least top 8 is the amount of practice that goes into him and personally I don't think we should factor that into the tier list
@@inafridge8573 I genuinely think Yoshi is top 6 even if it is just aMSa, winning the most stacked major ever followed by 2 others is insane
The fact that aMSa literally brought Yoshi from the bottom of the tier list to the upper half echelon is literally amazing.
Literally THE ONLY guy playing Yoshi, a super clunky character with extremely tight input windows, and he still managed to get the character from the bottom to a very respectful position
s/o to Amsa for single handedly dragging yoshi out of low tier.
fr tho
amazing video. these are some of the best data analysis visuals i have seen in a very very long time. maybe ever
You have some of my favorite videos, editing, and narratives in Melee, Games, and Skill Toys. Thanks for your continued work to document history in such an entertaining and well presented format.
Dude this video is so nice to just look at. Your editing skill really shined through!
Great video, I feel like it might be good to mention that changes in the tierlist a lot of the time was due to changes in rules/controllers. Also worth mentioning that on the old tierlist marth was kept low because he was bad at doubles lol
@johnwilliamson3752 queers b winnin tournaments
As someone else pointed out, the amount of editing and dedication for this video is impressive, props to the editor and good job!
Agree
I love how raised up the tierlist like a bar graph and making it 3D. Hope to see a video on High,Mid and Low tiers!
You have entered the upper echelon of youtubers where when seeing an upload from you I am overjoyed and drop everything for it
Wow, the production quality on this video is amazing! Such a great gem within the Melee community,
This vid popped in my recommended and I love it. Went and watched your other vids too and they're all bangers. Super excited to see more content from this channel
Love to hear the Cave Story music.
absolutely floored that sheik went 19 years without a win at a major
Great vid, production looks fantastic
Editing felt like a Jon Bois documentary but catered towards melee fans which is a beautiful combination
Great job! Loved the visualizations. Kept me engaged at every turn.
Melee tier list are also based on :
- How popular is the character , which means how likely you will face it
- Match ups
- Key Match ups on tournament
- Theory craft
- Results as counter pick / secondary
- Consistency and Peaks
Here an example , Marth and Sheik are more consistent characters for a player to place average in a tournament while Fox and Falco have higher peaks that you can place above average but has lower lows that can place you below average. So spacies in a good day can make a deep run but in a bad day you drown in pools or go out early.
I'd argue that the character's popularity is based on the tier list placement, rather than the other way around
It is funny to look at early Melee footage and see stuff like Mute City, Corneria, Kongo Jungle, and more being played at the highest level.
Another thing to note about Puff's placement in the latest tier list from 2021, is that it was made during the era where Hungrybox was absolutely dominating tournaments with the character, to the point where the character itself was wrapped in some controversy. There was some players at the time who claimed that the character was straight up #1 in the game. Seemed like the sentiment around that has calmed down since then, so I am not sure if Puff will be placed #3 in future tier lists unless something crazy happens again.
Jesus, the animation and editing, as well as the writing, are sublime. Subscribing to see where else this channel goes....
I would say there is one exception to Armada's achievements with Peach being above and beyond anything the character has managed since: Llod beating Hbox
11:56 bro tried sneaking ludwig in there 💀
This video is criminally underviewed
Bro it's been 20 minutes let it cook for a few
What a attention wore
It just dropped and you’re still right
It literally just came out
This video needs way more views the editing on this is crazy
In love with a Ghost music spotted.
Also holymoly that is some smooth animation/production
Holy smokes your Production and content quality is insane, good job!
whats with melee content creators puttin the most meticulous effort into editing and visual presentation for videos like this man its actually crazy impressive keep up the good work
This is the nicest breakdown to explain the reasonings behind tier lists
This is a really great look into how people think about characters in such an old game, it would be very interesting to also look at the lower tier characters who had similar rises and falls (yoshi, pika, samus), though maybe the bottoms tiers wouldn’t end up being all too interesting.
You remind me of AsumSaus. Love these kinds of breakdown videos.
Man these early pics of mango n hbox are throwbacks
I was just clicking around randomly and you hooked me with the sick Cave Story music haha
How does this channel not have more subscribers
This content is amazing thank you for all the work!
Super polished and interesting video dude. Keep up the great work.
It's awesome to see the SmashWiki tier lists animated like this! I'm a SmashWiki editor that has added a few of the tier lists.
The way you edit is so beautiful and smooth keep up the great work man fr
I cannot believe how fantastic your animating skills are getting
foxaganda is genuinely one of the funniest things ive ever heard
My favorite stories are when a character gets dragged into high-tier pretty much through the efforts and skill of one specific player maining them.
For example, HungryBox's Jigglypuff and aMSa's Yoshi.
Yo I love that you added In Love With A Ghost to the BG music in the video! Great work on the video too
Fantastic Video - I'm not even in the melee community but this was just incredibly well made.
I hope this blows up in the algorithm for you!
It feels so surreal looking at the first tierlist and seeing Peach, Ice Climbers, Pikachu, Jigglypuff and C. Falcon so low, yet Ness, DK, Mario, both Links and ZELDA OF ALL CHARACTERS SO HIGH LIKE WHAT HAPPENED
I would absolutely love to see a longer more comprehensive history of the teir lists, including the lower teirs.
the only thing this video is missing is a segment on yoshi, with hungrybox even ranking him higher than captain falcon after amsa’s success and a captain falcon slump
The editing on this so next level I cant imagine how long this took
Great editing, this is really slick and nice to look at. Well done all around.
Honestly though I've never agreed with the SS Fox placement for a few reasons.
His main weaknesses are range, and the fact he is easily the most combo-able character in the entire game because of his weight and fall speed, meaning the punish game against him is brutal from any decent character. Even low tiers have some chain grabs and setups against him.
As for his match-up spread, he's nearly perfect except for Marth, Falco, and Sheik, in that order. Marth has been argued to have an advantage against him slightly, but a noticeable advantage on FD. Falco's neutral and combo game have always contested Fox's in the match-up, and in general tends to be very back-and-forth. Sheik's reaction tech-chase game against both spacies is devastating, and it could be argued the match-up is even, especially at a top level where players are great at executing that.
For his spot at the top of the meta it's hard to say. Throughout Melee, the player who was most dominant during each period has usually not been a Fox main. Ken and Zain played Marth. Armada played Peach and Hbox played Jigglypuff, who both lose to Fox. Armada pulled out Fox for specific matchups, as did M2K. Mango plays Fox but also Falco, and which one he favors is different every year.
In my opinion, a true SS character would have all clearly winning matchups, such as Meta Knight in Brawl, who was also given his own SS tier. They would also have a lot more top tier dominance than Fox does.
He still #1 though. At most #2.
This video is too short. I would gladly sit here watching you talk about all characters in the roster
as someone who enjoys vibes i appreciate this video
You knew during the whole puff section we were waiting for the hbox name drop lol
Holy shit, this is insane quality. Subscribed, keep up this awesome stuff.
Amazing vid, really enjoyed it
This was insane, came for the topic and stayed for the brilliant editing and design
Can this please get more views! We need an editor with this much skill to stay in this community
Animation and editing are top tier. Extremely impressive
Dude your video quality is amazing. I'm late to the party but I'm loving this stuff :)
Outro is a banger
what the fuck is this production quality man. absolutely insane. this should have all the views. you are the only youtuber in years ive subscribed to.
Randomly popped up in recommended videos, nice video.
Great playing you at Combo breaker and awesome video!
duuuuuuude. so excited to this vid come to life :D great stuff dawg.
3d was an amazing choice for a 2d graphic and you executed it very well :) input: using 3d models of the characters on top of the bars would've been killer
To be fair I think the 13th tier list is flawed too. Imo:
S tier:
Fox, Marth, Falco, Shiek
A tier:
Puff, Falcon, Peach, Yoshi
Otherwise I think Dk and Mewtwo are C+ tier along with Mario and Ganondorf
Knocked my headphones off at the Hbox jumpscare
Great video! I would love to see a follow up on mid/low tiers. Tracking the history of less popular characters including IC, pikachu, yoshi etc would be awesome!
The quality of this is insanely good
Fantastic video, insanely high quality!
Fire video! It would be awesome if you could go super in depth on some of the lesser known characters that have found niche success like Yoshi or DK
Very good video! Like the presentation and the analysis.
your cadence reminds me a lot of core-a-gaming, i think I hear a little inspiration there. Amazing video and editing just like core-a, great work!
Reference to the wireframes? You love to see it.
This is insanely well done! Great video!
What a vid! Solid stuff, keep it up
When I heard Flat zone I already knew the video was 🔥🔥
I believe some people thought puff was the best character during the hbox domination
Great video man, your editing is beautiful
Great video, it was a nice late night watch!
You call it ranking I call it difficulty
Great video. Loved the visuals
And here I was thinking Kirby was the OP character as a kid...
Brought by Sir Al G. Rhythm, will check out some other vids cuz this was great
ur content is crazy man no clue how you aren’t more popular
7:04 this black frame is like a reverse jump scare
I feel like the 20XX joke is also a reaction to brawl qnd smash 4 where there is a true SS tier 1 best character unequivocally
Yo where has this channel been all my life? Automatic sub ❤
as a ganon main, i felt that sheik chaingrab clip in my soul
I seriously have no idea how ganon keeps falling lower and lower despite being the only mid tier character other than Yoshi to have any major top 8 placings in recent memory. Luigi hasn’t been in a top 8 in like 8 years, and doc even longer. Meanwhile Ganon has placed top 8 like 3 different times just this year, and he beats the pants off of the entire D tier MU wise
Having a simple game plan DOES NOT EQUAL a bad character. Seems kinda wild to me
high quality video with great visuals :)
Jon Bois really changed everything
I'm immediately won over by the Cave Story music
After watching that vid about aMSa it’s hilarious to see Yoshi
really love the video, awesome editing
Yooooo, the cave story music is fire. Love the video!
2:03 Hey, look! It’s James McCloud!
Banging video
This is amazing. I’m nobody and I’m not trying to insult you. But it was frustrating to the eyes to constantly have a tier list flashed before my eyes and removed without getting much time to examine or appreciate it. Just felt like everything was moving too fast. (I know I can pause the video for the guy that wants to comment that). Just an observation
Yoshi rising to 7 next tier list will be major
Great video, the hungry box bit had me dying laughing
just echoing what everyone else is saying here - really sick video and really amazing animations / visuals!!! 😊