Since the end of December of 2017, I’ve been keeping tabs on the players who challenge run Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. I did this mainly because despite there not being an official list of the best players from the Glitz Pit Discord, there’s still discussion about it. Also, I like tier lists. LOL. This should’ve come out in June, but I was quite busy that month so it was pushed back to July.
Let’s jump in!
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+ symbol means edge case for next tier up
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This is my personal opinion; I repeat: this list is NOT objective.
GOD TIER
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Kappy – Go watch my Even Turn No Superguards run.
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Koop – Go watch this guy’s Even Turn No Superguards run.
ELITE TIER
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Fatguy703+ — Listen here, all ye. Fatguy has beaten my nearly 2-year-long record of reset count in Impossible Mode. While his consistency when it comes to the Pit isn’t the best, it’s good, and his superguarding and strategy are great when he’s focused. He’s actually always been great despite all the memes and I think with this he is on the cusp of being a God. How he does in Master Quest, I think, will determine if his foot’s in the door or to the exit; I’ll be watching closely.
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GamerFourFun
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Gibstack
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ilikepieinmouth+ — While Pie is still undoubtedly the best superguarder, I just can’t keep him up as a God on superguarding alone. The superguard-heavy challenges he’s completed are nothing short of impressive, but I look for more than just superguarding in amazing players. He’ll likely stay here for eternity until I see more strategy that’s not about reducing superguards.
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Miccat87
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DarkMario1000
GREAT TIER
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DarkMario1000+ — DarkMario, at this point, is on the level of Elite+ when it comes to strategy. There’s really no way around it — the guy knows his stuff. Still, I’d like to see more footage. Seeing him do a run would really help cement him in Elite. As it stands, I just can’t bring myself to move him up without more concrete gameplay.
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Gible_V — Coming back from inactivity, Gible has finally completed Impossible Mode. Along with the other Pit challenges she’s completed, I think she’s earned her spot here. We’ll see if she goes any further.
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Grassdigger+ — Grassdigger’s in the same boat as DarkMario — his breakout performance during the puzzle challenges was quite impressive, despite him taking a small back seat later on. I think he might’ve won otherwise. If he ever decides to start posting more videos, I’m sure he’ll be Elite.
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Kyle
- MorningStar+ — Just saw this guy recently, and I like what I see. He recently finished Level Zero Double Damage (including a perfect Gloomtail fight!) and literally finished the Pit with no Strange Sack as I’m posting this to my blog. If he continues, he can only go up.
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Jon
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Miccat87
GOOD TIER
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simodomino
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Auron Nomcario+ — I’d say that Auron’s done enough with puzzles alone to earn him a +. Not enough to jump to Great tier, but he’s really close!
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Slime
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Stylish+
INACTIVE TIER
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A. A. Ran — Elite Tier (TTYD) | Good Tier+ (64)
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amazydayzee — Elite Tier (TTYD)
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Auron Nomcario — Great Tier (64)
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avengah — Elite Tier (TTYD)
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Blanket P.I. — Great Tier (COMBINED)
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catbooger — Good Tier (TTYD)
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Codebox — Great Tier (COMBINED)
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DiamondCrafterA — Good Tier (TTYD)
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Dount Cooku — Good Tier (TTYD)
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Dyla — Great Tier+ (TTYD)
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Feposo — Good Tier (TTYD)
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Gradis — Good Tier (TTYD)
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Jayjar100 — Good Tier (TTYD)
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JakeTheSnake — Good Tier (TTYD)
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Jdaster64 — God Tier (COMBINED)
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Lolyuri — Good Tier (64)
- Mailguy — Good Tier (64)
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Mathcat — Good Tier (TTYD)
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Michael The Fox — Great Tier (TTYD)
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MilesLuigi — Elite Tier (COMBINED)
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MellowMathTeacher — Great Tier (COMBINED)
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Mr_Some1 — Good Tier (TTYD)
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ngburns — Great Tier (TTYD)
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Olmi — Elite Tier (COMBINED)
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OmegaRaptor — Good Tier (TTYD)
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Prentiscool — Good Tier (TTYD)
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Skawo — Elite Tier (COMBINED)
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Starlad — Good Tier (64)
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StarmanOmega — Great Tier (TTYD)
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stebbdogg — Great Tier (TTYD)
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Wayoshi — Elite Tier (TTYD) | Great Tier (64)
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ThatOneSpyGuy — Elite Tier (TTYD)
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Timmy — Great Tier (64)
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TRex Quisite — Great Tier (COMBINED)
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TwoPieRadian — Good Tier (TTYD) | Great Tier (64)
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ilikepieinmouth has moved down from God Tier to Elite Tier because he continues to only do superguard-heavy runs when he does play. There’s no question of his superguarding superiority, but…there’s more to playing this game than superguarding. Good strategy cannot be overlooked.
- Jdaster64, despite participation in the most recent puzzle challenges, has moved to Inactive. I thought about keeping him up because of the puzzle challenges, but he stopped pretty early in the game and he hasn’t done anything with Paper Mario in 3+ months, so Inactive seemed to be the best fit for now.
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As I predicted, there are a lot of inactive players. C’mon, guys, let’s do some runs! I want to see more new faces!
And that’s it for this version of the tier list! I hope you all enjoyed reading my thoughts on this. If you’re interested in making it on this list, start challenge running (and if I missed you or you think someone else should be added, please let me know so I can update this and future tier lists)! A great resource for challenge runners is the Glitz Pit, a Discord server dedicated to challenge running the Paper Mario series. You can also check out my Discord server.
Just Sayin’