In companion with Monday's release of the 13th Official Melee Tier list, PGstats is proud to present the 2021 Melee Community Tier List, compiled from 1,077 survey responses from members of the Super Smash Bros. Melee competitive community. The community tier list uses the same methodology as the official tier list which can be found here, on a larger scale.
In companion with Monday's release of the 13th Official Melee Tier list, PGstats is proud to present the 2021 Melee Community Tier List, compiled from 1,077 survey responses from members of the Super Smash Bros. Melee competitive community. The community tier list uses the same methodology as the official tier list which can be found here, on a larger scale.
As with the Official Tier List, outlier scores—5%, or the top and bottom 53 scores for each character—were discarded for each character. Additionally, respondents were told to assume wobbling would be legal for the purposes of this ranking, as was standard when responses were opened in early 2020.
Differences From Official Tier List
Three pairs of characters switch spots in the Community Tier List when compared to the Official Tier List.
Top 100: 3. Jigglypuff, 4. Falco | Community: 3. Falco, 4. Jigglypuff
Top 100: 16. Donkey Kong, 17. Young Link | Community: 16. Young Link, 17. Donkey Kong
Top 100: 22. Pichu, 23. Ness | Community: 22. Ness, 23. Pichu
Differences From 2019 Community Tier List
A community tier list was put together in 2019, voted on by 700 r/SSBM users and compiled by Thedmatch. There were also three pairs of characters that switched spots between the 2019 and 2021 editions of the list.
2019: 3. Jigglypuff, 4. Falco | 2021: 3. Falco, 4. Jigglypuff
2019: 6. Peach, 7. Captain Falcon | 2021: 6. Captain Falcon, 7. Peach
2019: 21. Ness, 22. Roy | 2021: 21. Roy, 22. Ness
It's worth noting that there was a notable disparity between Roy's results before and after the rise of Don'tTestMe, with Roy rising significantly on later ballots.
The 2021 Melee Community Tier List in text form:
S (# 1 = 1.29, # 4 = 3.81): Fox, Marth, Falco, Jigglypuff
A (# 5 = 5.03, # 7 = 6.88): Sheik, Captain Falcon, Peach
B (# 8 = 8.91, # 11 = 10.27): Ice Climbers, Pikachu, Yoshi, Samus
C (# 12 = 12.31, # 14 = 14.21): Luigi, Dr. Mario, Ganondorf
D (# 15 = 15.68, # 18 = 17.83): Mario, Young Link, Donkey Kong, Link
E (# 19 = 19.41, # 21 = 20.44): Mr. Game and Watch, Mewtwo, Roy
F (# 22 = 22.22, # 24 = 23.64): Ness, Pichu, Zelda
G (# 25 = 24.66, # 26 = 25.77): Kirby, Bowser
PracticalTAS is one of the Smash community's most well-known statisticians, and he has worked on the community's official Melee rankings since 2015. He previously served as head editor for SSBMRank before taking over as project lead in 2018, when the project was rebranded to MPGR. He is also PGstats' statistician for Smash Ultimate and various FGC rankings. Outside of PGstats, he runs a Smash-centric Youtube channel, and you can most often find him tweeting about Melee minutiae at @PracticalTAS.
Stay tuned to PGstats.com (or @PGstats on Twitter) for more content surrounding the 13th Official Melee Tier List over the following weeks.
Tier List