for everyone who doesn't understand how tiers work and want to make a huge post about why a character is top tier--
it's not about how good they are. it's about how good they are compared to everyone else.
lots of characters look good on paper, or have nice combos, but it's compared to every other character.
don't try to base a character's power SOLELY on how good you think they are.
that being said, I think the only top tier character I see in my mind as definite is Ike. I've been training to fight him, but at the end of the day, Ike has an advantage over so many characters. Every non-Ike user hates him, every Ike user loves him. It's a "marth in melee" complex again.
But I acknowledge that other characters may outshine him, as marth was outdone by the spacies in melee in the end, but Ike currently has a very firm grip on the top.
Edit: 378
try Ness if you're good with him
his Uair, Bair, Dair do great damage to bosses.
Plus, his PKT2 can be charged up against a lot of bosses
like Meta-Ridley after you dodge an attack (it always goes to the same spot after)
and the hands.
And vs. Master Hand and Duom (I think that's the name, the two sided boss)
ness can heal off hand's bullets and the gun head's lasers
NOT the blue ones it creates from an energy ball with one of it's attacks
but the pink one it fires rapidly
it can heal you from 60 to 0 I believe, and hand can go from 40 to 0
roughly