Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24114180-20140107193454/@comment-6604133-20140929214940

I think it's pretty obvious that tiers do exist. They're based on match-ups and technical properties, so the creators of tiers had something to go by. While it is true, though, that say, Meta Knight is higher than Samus, a fantastic Samus player could trump a crappy Meta Knight Player. Ultimately, how you play a character is the biggest factor (note professionals like Qerb, a G&W player and aMSa, a Yoshi player) but tiers exist for a reason. If players are equally matched, the character in the higher tier will most likely win.