~THE PUZZLE TIER LIST~

I don't think a thread like this was made before, so I'm doing it now. If it has been made before, my apologies.

Of course, some things in this list will be up for debate, but you should consider it is the result of countless puzzle matches with my brothers, as well as lots of online puzzle matches. Plus, there is always a short explanation why the character is there on that spot. The tier list is aimed at single round matches, because they're the only ones GameSpy counts online. If we're talking about best of three matches, Sindel is #2.

HIGH TIER

1. Kabal

Double bomb is arguably the best move in the game. Its only disadvantage is that you sometimes drop the bombs on two blocks of the same colour, but even then, its advantages are enormous: covered combos can be unlocked and formed, you can simply be freed from a tough situation, or when your bombs fall on an empty place, your super meter fills up more quickly again. Like Sindel's arrange, it can also offer a surprising arrangement of colour, to inflict major pains on your opponent.

2. Raiden

Raiden has the best of the 'adding' moves, namely storm. It adds block per block, and can seal off big colour blocks and combos. For this reason, it's better than Jade's stack. It gives you a kind of free addition to your opponent's pile without you having to do anything. It's also possible to kill your opponent with this move.

3. Jade

Stack, the second of the 'adding' moves, pushes up your opponent's pile and as such, can drive your opponent into a tight spot. It doesn't really matter what blocks are added, because chances are slim that your opponent will ever uncover them. However, combos or blocks on top are left unharmed, and your opponent may steal wreak havoc upon you by using these. Like storm, stack can kill your opponent.

4. Sindel

By arranging your blocks, you can not only quickly remove masses of them, but at the same time hurt your opponent big time. The major disadvantage is that it's the slowest loading supermove of all, which makes it unfit for most single round bouts.

MID TIER

5. Ermac

Levitate, the first of the two 'subtraction' moves, can offer you a quick getaway in a tight spot if you're fucking things up. This way, you can also uncover older combos or colour blocks you were building and begin with a fresh start. Its disadvantage is that it may also lessen the damage of whatever you are building, and that it doesn't really hinder your opponent.

6. Bo' Rai Cho

Kollapse, the other 'subtraction' move, is also a good mid tier special move, because it offers you a fresh start by reducing the lower block levels, which you are unlikely to recover. It has much the same advantages and disadvantages as levitate, however, and it doesn't remove your fuck-ups, which are more likely to occur at the end of your game.

7. Kenshi

Invisibility is one of the two 'delayers', which may be able to confuse an opponent. Especially when an opponent is already nervous, or is threatening to make a combo or break away a big block, this move can come in handy. However, it doesn't stop bombs from taking their effect, and merely delays everything.

8. Sub-Zero

Freeze is the other 'delayer', but is worse than invisibility for the simple fact that as the freezing effect begins to wear out, your opponent can discern his blocks again through the thawing ice. For the rest, it has the same advantages and weaknesses as invisibility.

LOW TIER

9. Baraka

Edger fills up relatively fast, and doesn't have the great disadvantage drill has. It leaves most big colour blocks intact, and gives you a small breather when you're aching for some space. Still, chances exist you'll blow your own game by using this super.

10. Nightwolf

Breaker buster is relatively useless against players who play fast and with immediate breaker use (as someone facing Nightwolf should play), but unlike drill and jumble, breaker buster will never work in your own disadvantage. Added to that, its meter fills up incredibly fast. It might be able to stop great combo builders as well.

11. Mileena

Drill is not good for the simple reason that most players build their combos or colour blocks from the middle up. By drilling away the entire middle section, there is only little hope that you'll be able to fill it up again with good blocks to crack away big colour blocks.

12. Scorpion

Jumble is the worst super move in the game. Although it can rearrange combo setups of an opponent, it can also easily create new combo opportunities or even improve them when an opponent is locked. The risk that you'll actually aid your opponent is much too great.