I've seen several discussions touch on the subject before, but to my knowledge, there has been no topic created for the discussion of the existence (or nonexistence) of tiers. Specifically tiers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
What do you guys think?
I'm of the personal opinion that yes, tiers do exist. Before anyone jumps down my throat, let me say that from personal experience and a crapload of Brawls with various matchups, I did notice that I had a tendency to do better with, say, Snake than Lucas (in case you didn't know, Snake is the second highest-ranking character on the tier-list, while Lucas is of middling tier, if I remember correctly). That was just an example. In general, I do much better with higher-tier characters, such as Falco, Meta Knight, and Snake.
What I don't believe is that tiers in themselves decide the outcome of a match. It may be cliche, but:
Skill > Tier. In fact, Skill >>>>>>>>>>>>> Tier.
I have seen a person on Smash Boards (an extremely pro-tier, competetively minded site) say that those who make the above statement do not understand tiers. However, I like to think the concept has not eluded me. Rather, you might say that this person and people like him do not understand skill.
While I admittedly do better with higher-tiers, I've still won many a match against a high-tier character as Captain Falcon or Ganondorf (the the two lowest-tier characters). This leads me to believe that tiers simply do not hold as much weight as some suggest they do.
How about you?