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Hey guys! dispite having only a few participents, The tournament turned out pretty well.

The tournament PSA pack is still downloadable over at the Online Gaming boards if ya want it.

I had a tier list, but some of the higher ups felt that it wasn't time for a tier list.

So i've decided to make a usage list as Eternal Yoshi suggested.

The Usage List:

Overused: Shadow, Dissidia Cloud, Zero

Standerd: Mewtwo, SMBZ Mario, Aura Knight

Borderline: Dark Samus, Viewtiful Joe, Spider-Man

Underused: Athena, Wisp, Ridley, Jet Diddy, Snake, Dark Pikachu, Storm Fox, Raccoon Luigi, Sephiroth, Mega Man

Neverused: Everyone else

Explanations:

Zero:

Pros:
Excellent mobility
Great approaching options
Combos are very easy to do
Great mix-ups
Almost impossible to keep off of the stage
Zero Buster can be used as a combo starter
Can ledgeguard with ease

Cons:
Light.....very light
Down B kind of ruins Zero's mobility
Very few killing moves
Killing moves are slowish

Tips: Use the Side-B to get around. Zero's normal run is pretty slow, and limits his combo potential. Oh yeah....one last thing.
Don't get hit!!!!!

Dark Samus:

Pros:
Pretty speedy
Some disjointed hitboxes
Down-B has a very powerful sweetspot hit
Near impossible to approach
Can set up combos extremely easily
Powerful D-air
Neutral-B is a great finisher
Pretty heavy
Surprisingly racks up damage pretty fast

Cons:
Next to no knockback moves
Damage output is lacking
Can't handle keepaway and zoning characters
Recovery doesn't really save her

Tips: Use Down-B and Down Smash to set up combos easily.

Shadow:

Pros:
Really fast
Very strong for a speed character
Can handle any type of character
Excellent recovery
Chaos Spear is a powerful projectile
Has a counter
Tons of killing moves
Doesn't have a lot of end lag in moves

Cons:
One of the lightest characters
Has a slight problem with zoning characters

Tips: Don't spam Down Smash. You're just asking for it.

Mewtwo

Pros:
Can move around the stage very fast
Teleport can be used to dodge and punish attacks
Combos are easy to start
Down-B sets up combos for grounded foes
Every Smash has a lot killing potential
Down-B allows you to charge Smashes at will
Shadow Ball is a great projectile and combo finisher
Great jumpintg height
Way better than he was on the actual Melee game
Flight is a welcome bonus

Cons:
Extremely light
Has problems with zoning characters

Tips: Use Teleports to dodge attacks instead of rolling away. Mewtwo's dodge is painfully slow.

Viewtiful Joe

Pros:

Moves very fast in the air
Has great priority with attacks in the air
D-air causes bounce, which leads to combos
Voomerangs come out fast and causes tumbling
Up-B is an excellent combo finisher and killing move
His height wrecks opponents's combos
Extremely hard to hit
Knockback moves galore

Cons:
Short reach
Yet, another light character
Grounded Neutral-B and Down-B are just asking to get punished
No long reaching projectiles

Tips: Stay in the air as much as possible. That's where Joe truely shines.

Fighter Kirby

Pros:
Master of combos and mix-ups
Racks up damage extremly fast
Up-B has some invincibility frames, and has good knockback
Side-B is the main combo starter
Kirby finally has a better form of a projectile (Hold Neutral-B)
Side-B can be used to approach the opponent safely
Can stay in the air for a long period
Pretty good knockback over-all
Hard to land a hit on (if you use him right)

Cons:
just how many light characters are there?
Hold Neutral-B takes a while to charge to full power
Air Down-B can get you killed if you aren't careful
Keepaway characters are a bane

Tips: Side B is is good for approaching. Use it wisely.

Drako Yoshi

Pros:
Pretty heavy
Loads of killing moves
Side-B is deadly to grounded foes
Has one of the best Up-B moves in the game
Has some invincibility frames in some attacks

Cons:

Slower than most
Heaviness is combo bait
Neutral B is slow and keeps Yoshi stunned for a bit

Tips: Avoid getting comboed. Nuff said

SMBZ Mario:

Pros:
Can switch playstles in the middle of battle
Very speedy in Cape mode
Cape mode is best for starting combos
The bane of heavy and big characters
Has a better projectile than normal Mario
Excellent recovery (Up-B) in Cape mode
Metal Mario Taunt is great in some cases

Cons:
Metal Mario Can mess you up in some situations
D-Air can get you killed if not careful
Air moves aren't very powerful

Tips: Stay in Cape mode as much as possible. It's better for competitive play.

More coming soon!