Ranking Super Smash Bros. Ultimate items in Tiers

Hi everyone and welcome again to another ranking blog about Smash Ultimate! This time I will rank items in tiers! But this time I have to mention banned items, which will not be present: first of all, the Assist Trophy stand and the Pokéballs will not be here because they generate characters, and the same goes for every item that creates other items, like the Sandbag! I decided to exclude the healing items too, because they pretty much do the same thing. Neither combining items are in this list because they are too overpowered, of course. With all this said, let's start!

Fire Flower

Hold the Fire Flower out and bathe your foes in flame. This is one of the worst items, it doesn't give much knockback, and barely deals damage...

Boomerang

Use the boomerang to hit the opponents twice, as it comes back when thrown! Although it can deal a good damage, it comes back many times, and you can't get rid of it, so that you can't perform most of your moves when you have it.

Banana Peel

You can throw the banana peel to make your opponents fall of if they step on it. Well, it is pretty useless, you can't do much with this item...

Smoke Ball

You can use this item to create a cloud of smoke around a character or a certain part of the stage. This item can be tedious sometimes, as it doesn't make you see what's happening around you, so E Tier is perfect for it.

Fake Smash Ball

The Fake Smash Ball appears in the stage like a normal Smash Ball, but the design is completely different, to distinguish the two balls. Hitting the Fake Smash Ball, everyone near it will receive an huge amount of damage. The problem of this item is that it is quite unpredictable: you never know when it will explode. So you can try to hit it to deal damage to the opponents, but then end in deal damage to yourself, so using this item is quite risky.

Super Mushroom

Taking the Super Mushroom will make your character big, and that means he will deal much more damage now with his attacks! The problem is that the character hitbox is much bigger now, so being it is easier, and other opponents can take the Mushroom, so it's another risky item to be careful with.

Poison Mushroom

This item has the opposite effect of the Super Mushroom, it will make you smaller so that your attacks you receive will deal more damage than normal. Just like the Super Mushroom, it is risky to use it since everyone can take it, your character included.

Ramblin' Evil Mushroom

Using the Ramblin' Evil Mushroom, you will sprout a spore that will make a mushroom grow on hit opponents' heads. If the mushroom becomes big enough, their controls will be swapped. While it could be annoying for the opponents, it is difficult to make the mushroom grow without problems, and the effect doesn't last for a long time.

Freezie

An opponent hit by Freezie will get frozen instantly, and has to mash buttons to escape in less time. This item has potential, but it isn't so powerful because it is really easy to escape and get free.

Bumper

The bumper can be placed anywhere in the stage, and will make everyone who hits it bump away. It is a neutral item, it can be annoying for both the and the opponents.

Super Leaf

Wearing the Super Leaf, you will float in the air after a jump for a certain amount of time. While it could be good for character with bad recovery, the super leaf doesn't help a lot with certain characters, so it could be even annoying to use it.

Superspicy Curry

The Superspicy Curry does the same effect as the Fire Flower, but you don't have to hold it, as you will spit fire after eating it. This item is pretty good for edgeguarding, but it doesn't deal much damage.

Beehive

If you throw the Beehive to an opponent, he will be followed by them and he will receive some damage. Just as the Curry, it is a good item but deals a very limited amount of damage.

Warp Star

This item will make you fly high in the sky, and then come back hitting the ground with a great explosion. This item is pretty good, but too predictable if the opponents are careful enough and know the trajectory of the landing.

Metal Box

Using the metal box, your character will be completely covered by metal. On the one hand, you will receive less knockback from attacks, but on the other hand it will be more difficult to recover when falling off stage.

Nintendo Scope

With the Nintendo Scope, you can hit your enemies with some week shots by pressing rapidly, or you can charge it to fire a great and strong shot! This item is here because it is quite decent, but it will be difficult to charge it up without being attacked by an opponent.

Drill

After shooting the drill, it will travel horizontally through the stage, and can get opponents stuck in it for some moments. While it can be a really powerful item, aiming and hitting an opponent is really difficult.

Bob-omb

We all know Bob-omb's effect: it explodes after some time or if it is hit by something (or someone) and deals a huge amount of damage. Just like the Fake Smash Ball, you can end up being hit and KOed, so trying to make it explode is not a big deal, and usually everyone tries to dodge it instead.

Mr. Saturn

Throwing Mr. Saturn to an opponent, you will deal a small amount of damage to him, but you can also break his shield (if it is active). This item is kinda strategic, so it needs perfect timing and technique to use it but, if used well, it can be a banger.

Green Shell

You can use the green shell in two ways: by jumping on hit and by throwing it. It is a quite useful item, but it is really difficult to predict its trajectory and to hold it (you have to be really precise, unless it will start moving around because you touched it)

Soccer Ball

You can throw the soccer ball to the opponents by hitting them with a normal attack, generating a normal shot, and a powerful attack, which will create a fiery shot. The damage this item does is high, but its trajectory is completely unpredictable, you never know where the shot will go.

Super Launch Star

You can place the Launch Star where you want, and it will launch whoever gets into hit. It can be quite annoying if you enter into it, but, if you place it in strategic places, your opponents will struggle and you will be in a great advantage in the match.

Unira

When Unira is placed on the ground, it will become bigger and spiny, dealing damage to every opponent who hits it. It can be annoying for opponents, but quite easy to dodge.

Killer Eye

When Killer Eye is placed on a platform, it will become a turret that fires some powerful shots, and its direction can be changed by hitting it with an attack. Its attacks are quite powerful, but the fire rate is reeeally low.

Bomber

If you take the bomber, you will have to hold it for some seconds, then it will explode and deal damage to every opponent close to you. This item's effect is pretty good, as the range is quite large, but it takes too much time to deploy the bomb to classify it in higher tiers.

Timer

Using the timer, all the opponents will be slowed down for a great amount of time, unless it backfires. In this case, the will be slowed down. The timer allows you to perform many combos easily, as your opponents can't defend instantly, but if it backfires it will get you in a great trouble

Lightining

The mechanic of the lightining is the same as the Timer's, but it will minimize the opponents instead of slowing them down. This will allow you to deal more damage, but again, there's the backfire risk.

Beam Sword

It's a simple sword that you can hold and attack with, and you can also charge up for a more powerful attack. This sword, with most of the others, is definitely mid-tier because it is kinda neutral: neither bad neither op.

Star Wand

Star Wand is another useful sword item, it has shorter range than the others, but its shots are very powerful! For this balanced gimmick, this tier is perfect, nothing to say.

Killing Edge

Despite being another sword item, the Killing Edge has a pretty unique gimmick: its damage is doubled if you hit the opponent when the sword glows. Because of this, Killing Edge gains a solid B tier

Death's Scythe

Death's Scythe is a very powerful weapon, and can sometimes kill when the hit is charged! However, the chance to kill an opponent is not so high, but its damage is still quite decent.

Banana Gun

The Banana Gun is a strange weapon, which shoots a powerful banana and then gives the a Banana Peel. Even if you only have one shot, the damage this weapon deals is worth the try!

Staff

The Staff shoots a laser that deals more damage if your opponent is further away. This gimmick is really interesting, it allows you to find a strategic place to shoot and deal a lot of damage! However, the shots are too fast and sometimes hard to control.

Motion-Sensor Bomb

You can place this bomb wherever you want in the stage, on a platform or on the ground, and if an opponent gets too close, the bomb will explode hurting him! This item can become part of a strategy, so it's quite good, but it doesn't do much damage, compared to some of the other bombs.

Gooey Bomb

The Gooey Bomb can be stuck on an opponent and will explode after sometime. This item could have been much higher in this ranking, if it wasn't for the fact that the bomb can be ed from one person to another (even the ), and it can become risky to use.

Bombchu

Bombchu can be placed on the ground or on a platform, and it will start rushing around the stage (or the platform) and will explode if an opponent touches it. The damage it deals is decent, but it can be avoided quite easily.

Hothead

Hothead has the same mechanic as Bombchu, but it can become bigger if hit by the . The problem is the same, the damage is good, but it can be avoided by simply playing on aerials and jumps.

Boss Galaga

After using Boss Galaga, it will fly around the stage, then try to grab with a ray an opponent close to it, and if it manages to do that, the opponent can even be KOed. However, the opponent could also escape if he mashes buttons fast enough, so you're not sure to kill him if you use this item.

Fire Bar

The Fire Bar can be used as a sword to hit the opponents, and it is made by 5 fireballs. Those fireballs start disappearing gradually while using the weapon. This makes the sword last for a lot of time, but the damage it deals is not high.

Cucco

Cucco can be thrown to an opponent, and after that he will be hit rapidly by a lot of Cuccos, which won't give him time to escape! It's a good item, nothing to say about this, definitely deserves the B tier.

Super Star

The Super Star makes the invincible for a certain amount of time. This item is really useful, it can make you protect for a good amount of time.

Bunny Hood

By wearing the Bunny Hood, your jumps will be far higher than normal and your character will move faster! This item is amazing for characters who have a bad recovery like Little Mac, but controlling your character with the Bunny Hood can be hard and annoying sometimes.

Lip's Stick

By hitting an opponent with Lip's Stick, you will make a flower grow on his head: this flower will slowly deal damage to the opponent. This weapon is quite underrated, but I think it could be really annoying to deal with, and does a decent damage, too!

Ore Club

Ore Club is a sword-type item, and you can use it to simply hit opponents or generate tornados if you charge the hit. This item is really amazing to use, you can play both close to the opponent and far from him. The only flaw is the time it takes to hit.

Hammer

The hammer is one of the most powerful items in the game: by grabbing it, you will start hitting close opponents, by dealing an enormous amount of damage to them. So, why isn't this in S Tier? Well, you can't float with the hammer, so it's quite risky to use it because you could fall for accident.

Rage Blaster

The Rage Blaster's shots increase their damage if the has taken a lot of damage. It is a really powerful weapon, very useful for comebacks!

Ray Gun

The Ray Gun shoots green lasers to the opponents! The range of this weapon is quite long, and the fire rate is amazing!

Smart Bomb

The Smart Bomb will explode after touching the ground or an enemy, and it will create a huge exploding circle that will damage everyone close to it (and in it). The damage this bomb deals is quite high, the only difficulty is hitting the opponent you want to damage!

X Bomb

The X Bomb has a particular shape, similar to the Smash Ball's, and can explode after touching the ground once, creating a cross or an X, it depends on how it lands. The damage is good, but the fact that this bomb covers most of the space in the screen makes it dangerous for the enemies!

Hocotate Bomb

The Hocotate Bomb has the shape of a rocket and, after being placed, flies up in the sky, and comes back hitting the ground and exploding after some seconds. This bomb seems predictable, but it does a good damage, and your opponents can also forget about it, so they have to be careful enough to dodge this bomb.

Deku Nut

If an opponent is hit with this item, he will be stunned (same effect as a shield break) and can't move for some moments. The small dimension of this item and its effect make it an underrated but powerful weapon!

POW Block

You can heavily throw the POW Block on the ground, and it will damage and deal knockback to every opponent who stands on the ground. The damage it does is really high, and usually you always hit someone, mostly on flat stages.

Spiny Shell

If it is thrown, the Spiny Shell will chase the opponent in first place (with more stocks or less damage percentage) and will explode after some seconds. You aren't always sure to hit the opponent, but the Spiny Shell will annoy him a lot, and the damage it deals is quite high!

Beetle

After being thrown, the Beetle will travel to one side to another of the stage horizontally and, if it takes an opponent, it will grab him and bring him to the sky, killing him in the majority of cases. The effect is similar to Galaga Boss, but it is way more difficult to escape from the Beetle.

Franklin Badge and Back Shield

The Franklin Badge makes the projectiles that hit you reflect, while the shield protects your back. They are both defensive items, and they can defend you in most of the cases, so they are useful and guarantee you some time to rest from the game

Rocket Belt

By wearing the Rocket Belt your character will gain the ability to fly with a rocket on your back. This helps characters with bad recovery a lot, but it is kinda difficult to attack with this item.

Special Flag

If you hold the Special Flag for a certain amount of time, you will gain a stock! The effect is overpowered, but the time it takes to deploy it is way too much.

Bullet Bill

After using the Bullet Bill, you will transform in a big version of him and you will travel from one side to another rapidly, hitting whoever is in your range. This item does an enormous amount of damage and knockback, and its speed makes it nearly overpowered!

Home-Run Bat

You can use the Home-Run Bat to hit opponents with a simple knock, or charge and hit the opponents with a powerful thwack. This charged hit will always KO the hit opponent, so the top tier is quite self-explanatory

Golden Hammer

It has the same effect as the Hammer, but you can float by repeatly pressing the jump button, so its usual flaw is gone.

Gust Bellows

Using Gust Bellows, you can push the opponents with a strong wind. It is here because it is the perfect edgeguarding item, as you can use them when your opponents are trying to recovery, and they will often fail and lose a stock!

Steel Driver

Steel Driver is a powerful gun item, and its shots are very strong! It is here because its projectiles' speed is strange, they start travelling slowly, and then they suddenly take speed, becoming unpredictable.

Black Hole

After throwing the Black Hole, it will become big and trap every opponent close to it. It is perfect to perform your combos easily, so that you can deal an enormous amount of damage to your opponent while he can't defend himself.

Screw Attack

After wearing it, you can deal damage to close opponents by jumping (practically, you receive Samus' recovery). It is a very powerful item, and allows you to deal damage and perform new combos!

Beastball

The Beastball can be thrown three times, and teleports directly on the opponent after being thrown, hitting him with an impressive power. Definitely the best item in the game, it is nearly impossible to dodge him, and deals a huge amount of damage.

I know this post is a bit longer than others, but I hope you liked it! Cya!