Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

[Cheryl~]

Three major tournaments have wrapped up this weekend, possibly the most majors we've had happening at once in a very long time. Not only that, but there were a couple of decently stacked B tiers that occurred like The Roundtable 3 with Syrup taking it over Light and Tweek and a tournament in Qatar (forgot the name lol) that had Zomba take it over Neo, Cosmos, and Sisqui with no sets dropped. Here are the top 8s of the A tiers that happened:

Sumabato SP 56 (A+ tier):
1st: Raru
2nd: yone_pi
3rd: Jagabata
4th: Shirayuki
5th: Mild na H.O.
5th: Kuhaku
7th: Leaf
7th: shion

Grand Slum 17 (A tier)
1st: Masha
2nd: Toriguri
3rd: Rarikkusu
4th: Tsubaki
5th: Carmelo
5th: shion
7th: Te-sHi
7th: yone_pi

Gamescom LAN x GCN Open (A tier):
1st: crepe salee
2nd: Supahsemmie
3rd: MKBigBoss
4th: Sparg0
5th: Glutonny
5th: Susu
7th: Tarik
7th: Oryon

All three of these were pretty crazy upset-wise, especially the Japanese ones. Raru winning Sumabato as the 1st seed may not be a surprise, but he had to claw his way there after being sent to losers early by Jagabata on his killer winners run to Winners Finals. Raru fought from 17th place all the way to 1st, taking the runback on Jagabata as well with Luigi after his Min Min kept faltering. Grand Slum was pretty nutty after top 8 started, with Masha and Toriguri taking the top 2 seeds, Rarikkusu and Carmelo, into losers side, with the eventual winner being Masha! A longtime top player and Brawl veteran winning a major event with Wolf of all characters in 2025 is an amazing storyline (Wolf is good, but probably one of the most powercrept characters I've seen in a game.). And over in Europe, Gamescom had Supahsemmie make a spectacular run, upsetting Sparg0 3-1 in winners side and beating BigBoss twice, only losing to crepe's strong Steve. crepe may have gotten a bit lucky getting to avoid Sparg0 as Sparg0 ended up getting upset by BigBoss in losers, but he did snag another Gluto win under his belt so this was a pretty well-earned major win for him. This was a great event to see the underrated region of Europe really showing their stuff, and a great return to form for Young Link who had been lacking major results for quite a while now. Unfortunately, Sparg0's 2025 season is continuing to sink after his LMBM win. Hopefully he can bounce back in the coming months.

Overall a pretty historic weekend for the game which is impressive this late into its life. Some characters got their highest major placements to date (Duck Hunt 3rd at an A+ tier, Robin making top 8 at all, Donkey Kong getting 5th twice has to be historic, Wolf WINNING a major, Banjo 2nd at a major, Young Link 2nd at a major) which is always nice to see.

 

[The_Bookworm]

Duck Hunt 3rd at an A+ tier

Umm, acktually , Raito got 3rd at EVO Japan 2019, Albion 4, and Umebura SP 7, so tied for the highest placing Duck Hunt at a major.

Granted that all three of these events was all the way back in 2019, so in that case, this is the highest placing Duck Hunt in over 5 years, and the highest placing since the final Ultimate update.

 

[Rizen]

(I didn't want to derail the thread so I didn't keep talking about Japan vs NA).

Three major tournaments have wrapped up this weekend, possibly the most majors we've had happening at once in a very long time. Not only that, but there were a couple of decently stacked B tiers that occurred like The Roundtable 3 with Syrup taking it over Light and Tweek and a tournament in Qatar (forgot the name lol) that had Zomba take it over Neo, Cosmos, and Sisqui with no sets dropped. Here are the top 8s of the A tiers that happened:

Sumabato SP 56 (A+ tier):
1st: Raru
2nd: yone_pi
3rd: Jagabata
4th: Shirayuki
5th: Mild na H.O.
5th: Kuhaku
7th: Leaf
7th: shion

Grand Slum 17 (A tier)
1st: Masha
2nd: Toriguri
3rd: Rarikkusu
4th: Tsubaki
5th: Carmelo
5th: shion
7th: Te-sHi
7th: yone_pi

Gamescom LAN x GCN Open (A tier):
1st: crepe salee
2nd: Supahsemmie
3rd: MKBigBoss
4th: Sparg0
5th: Glutonny
5th: Susu
7th: Tarik
7th: Oryon

All three of these were pretty crazy upset-wise, especially the Japanese ones. Raru winning Sumabato as the 1st seed may not be a surprise, but he had to claw his way there after being sent to losers early by Jagabata on his killer winners run to Winners Finals. Raru fought from 17th place all the way to 1st, taking the runback on Jagabata as well with Luigi after his Min Min kept faltering. Grand Slum was pretty nutty after top 8 started, with Masha and Toriguri taking the top 2 seeds, Rarikkusu and Carmelo, into losers side, with the eventual winner being Masha! A longtime top player and Brawl veteran winning a major event with Wolf of all characters in 2025 is an amazing storyline (Wolf is good, but probably one of the most powercrept characters I've seen in a game.). And over in Europe, Gamescom had Supahsemmie make a spectacular run, upsetting Sparg0 3-1 in winners side and beating BigBoss twice, only losing to crepe's strong Steve. crepe may have gotten a bit lucky getting to avoid Sparg0 as Sparg0 ended up getting upset by BigBoss in losers, but he did snag another Gluto win under his belt so this was a pretty well-earned major win for him. This was a great event to see the underrated region of Europe really showing their stuff, and a great return to form for Young Link who had been lacking major results for quite a while now. Unfortunately, Sparg0's 2025 season is continuing to sink after his LMBM win. Hopefully he can bounce back in the coming months.

Overall a pretty historic weekend for the game which is impressive this late into its life. Some characters got their highest major placements to date (Duck Hunt 3rd at an A+ tier, Robin making top 8 at all, Donkey Kong getting 5th twice has to be historic, Wolf WINNING a major, Banjo 2nd at a major, Young Link 2nd at a major) which is always nice to see.

Did Supahsemmie beat Spargo with ? That's pretty amazing considering Cloud is one of YL's worst MUs.

 

[Cheryl~]

(I didn't want to derail the thread so I didn't keep talking about Japan vs NA).

Did Supahsemmie beat Spargo with ? That's pretty amazing considering Cloud is one of YL's worst MUs.

Yes, he went solo YL for the entire tournament so it was Young Link-Cloud for that set.

 

[Frihetsanka]

Mid tiers really can do it in this game. Young Link, Pichu, Duck Hunt, Inkling, Donkey Kong, Robin, Banjo are all ranked B- or lower (except Young Link who is B+). Jagabata vs Raru was game 5 in losers too, had he won then either a Pichu or a Duck Hunt player would've won an A+ tier!

shion's season is looking pretty good so far. 3rd at Sumabato SP 54, 7th at Sumabato SP 56, and 5th at Grand Slum 17. Are we looking at another Hero main in top 50? It's looking pretty likely right now, although this is supposed to be a full year season (unless Smash 6 cuts it short, I suppose), so still a long way to go before the season is over. He also got 2nd at KOWLOON 14, a superregional, with a win on Hurt (in Grand Finals) and Raru (losers finals).

Also, feels like it's been quite a while since a Wolf won a major, eh (though, admirabla, barely a major by LumiRank standards, but still a major)? Masha went from ranked 116th in the world in LumiRank 2024 Season 1 to... Whatever he'll be at the end of this season (obviously better than 116th, hah).

It looks like the next major will be Cavalier Clash 6 on Saturday/Sunday with some notable players such as Sparg0, Light, Dabuz, ShinyMark, Pocket (Onin), Glutonny, Syrup, Wrath, Kola, Jahzz0, Quandale Dinglelingleton, Jakal, Mr. E, omega, Tarik, and Candle. And on Sunday the B+ tier Luminosity Madness will feature players such as Sonix, Tweek, Mew2King, MkLeo, ESAM, Cosmos, MuteAce, VoiD, Maister, MVD, ChunkyKong, Goblin, NickRiddle, Lui$, JMafia, and loaf.