Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24114180-20140107193454/@comment-16072884-20140128005944

I disagree; if two players of equal skill choose different characters, and one player chooses a top tier while one player chooses a low tier character, the player with the top tier will usually win.

The players' skills and strategies can apply, but the top tier character will usually have much more viable strategies than the low tier character. Take a look at Meta Knight for example. The world's best players all play Meta Knight with different styles, yet there are so many Meta Knight players who frequently win big tournaments. Then look at a low tier like Ganondorf. There are various ways you can play Ganondorf, but yet the best Ganondorf players never place high in big tournaments. The top tiers and low tiers all have many different strategies used to play them, but the low tiers still almost never place high in big tournaments. Not a valid argument to attempt to disprove tiers.