User blog comment:KirbiMiroir/My Hatred Towards Tier Lists/@comment-6684591-20170325153527

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For starters, the ban on two Meta Knights on one team in Brawl was banned in tournament play, not online play. Also, the DLC characters are all available to be played at the highest level of competitive play, which is where tier lists gauge their rankings and results from.

I don't think there are any 'Kirby haters' here, just people who point out that Kirby, like all characters in Smash, has his fair share of weaknesses. The unfortunate truth with Kirby in particular is that Kirby's weaknesses outshine many of his strengths and are easily exploited by the strengths of other characters. Kirby has poor air movement which hurts his recovery and air game, low range on moves which hurts his combo game, and his light weight makes him easy to kill. Kirby has strengths; five jumps, some strong finishers that can kill early, a pretty good edge game, a good grab game, etc. Again, the problem is that Kirby's weaknesses outshine his strengths. I think that Kirby could be higher, but I wouldn't say he is a great character. I think my main Samus could be higher too, but I know she isn't a 'great' character; if memory serves, Samus is number 45 on the tier list, and I think she could be as high as, say, 39. I think Kirby could be higher at 44 on the tier list.