Character Viability Rankings for Super Smash Brothers Melee: SD Remix 3.2+

Voting period

Voting open until December 31st, 2015 for the January rankings.

The Voting Chart

Instructions:
Here is where you can cast your votes on how viable you think each of the characters are. Just drag the icon of the character in the chart up or down to where you think they should be. Higher up means they're more viable and the lower down means they're less viable. What each position means is labeled on the left side. The scale system uses the Melee tier list tiers as a basis so you have a reference for making your vote.
When you're done, click on the "Cast Your Vote" button.

For the stages and ruleset to based your vote on, see the Ruleset section below.
For a comparison to the Melee Tier List, here is the Melee Tier List in chart format.
For a detailed description of what the letters on the left mean, check out the chart guide below.

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Chart Guide

SS

• Equivalent to Fox in SSBM
• Can consistently win top tournaments, even without using a secondary.
• The matchup spread is very favorable.

S

• Equivalent to Falco, Marth, and Sheik in SSBM
• Can consistently win top tournaments.
• Generally favorable matchup spread, though there may be some minor issues.

A

• Equivalent to Jigglypuff and Peach in SSBM
• Can win big tournaments, but there are major problems using it alone in top tournaments.
• While generally favorable matchup spread, secondary is almost required due to some issues.

B

• Equivalent to Ice Climbers and Captain Falcon in SSBM
• Consistently places high in major tournaments, though has problems winning.

C

• Equivalent to Pikachu and Samus in SSBM
• Can place high in competant hands.

D

• Equivalent to Dr. Mario, Yoshi, and Luigi in SSBM
• Can place high in competant hands, though has some problems doing so.
• Significant issues if used alone. May have more use as counterpicking.

E

• Equivalent to Ganondorf, Luigi, Young Link, DK, and Link in SSBM
• Has potential to place high, but requires a very competant player as there are significant issues in the way.

F

• Equivalent to Mr. Game And Watch, Roy, Mewtwo, Zelda, and Ness in SSBM.
• Even in competant hands, generally does not place high in tournaments, even minor ones.
• There may be situational uses.

G

• Equivalent to Pichu, Bowser, and Kirby Tier in SSBM
• Has almost no usefulness in tournament, even situationally, and certainly not for an entire match.

Ruleset

• Every match is a two player match.
• Stocks are set to 4.
• Time limit is 8 minutes.
• No items.
• Assume the most consistently popular stages so far:
  • Starter: Battlefield
  • Starter: Final Destination
  • Starter: Yoshi's Story (Omega/Alpha doesn't matter)
  • Starter: Dreamland N64 (Omega/Alpha doesn't matter)
  • Starter: Whispy's Battlegrounds (or) No transformations Pokemon Stadium (usually only one is used)
  • Normal (Alpha) Fountain of Dreams (usually a counterpick)
  • Smashville Fourside (Usually a counterpick)
  • Normal Pokemon Stadium (usually a counterpick)
  • Cranky's Treehouse (usually a counterpick)