The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tier List is used to rank all the Mario Kart 8 characters from the best to worst. This means that we look at all the characters who are part of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe roster and analyse their pros and cons before ranking them in a tier list to see who is the best and who is the worst on the game.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tier List takes into account many things about the characters to see which ones are top of the character rankings. This includes statistics like speed, weight class and many others stats that make the Mario Kart 8 characters so unique.
However , just picking the best character won make you become a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe champion straight away. The game also requires you to pick a kart combination to give you the best chance of winning your races and beating your friends or the pros online in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
To learn about the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe fastest kart combination, click below
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tier List
The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tier List ranks all 42 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Characters from the top tier to the bottom tier, looking at the racing statistics to decide which ones deserve to be called the best Mario Kart 8 Deluxe character.
This list does not take into account character variant/costumes, as their stats do not differ from their normal variants and are simply reskins. This refers to costume changes, such as multicolour Yoshi’s and Shy Guys’s or Link’s Breath of the Wild costume, but does not mean the difference between Mario/Peach and Metal Mario/Pink Gold Peach, as their stats differ from each other.
In addition, the weight classes in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe do not necessarily correlate to the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tier List rankings. Whilst the ranking may favour one weight class over another, the ranking for the tier list takes into consideration more than just what weight class a character is in.
NOTE: Some of the characters and variants in this list are not available on the Wii U version of the game. This tier list is strictly for the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Switch version of the game.
| CHARACTER NAME | TIER RANKING |
| Bowser | S – TIER |
| Dry Bowser | S – TIER |
| Wario | S – TIER |
| Morton Koopa Jr. | A – TIER |
| Donkey Kong | A – TIER |
| Gold Mario | A – TIER |
| King Boo | A – TIER |
| Link | A – TIER |
| Metal Mario | A – TIER |
| Pink Gold Peach | A – TIER |
| Rosalina | B – TIER |
| Roy Koopa | B – TIER |
| Waluigi | B – TIER |
| Iggy Koopa | B – TIER |
| Ludwig von Koopa | B – TIER |
| Luigi | B – TIER |
| Mario | C – TIER |
| Cat Peach | C – TIER |
| Inkling Boy | C – TIER |
| Inkling Girl | C – TIER |
| Princess Daisy | C – TIER |
| Princess Peach | C – TIER |
| Tanooki Mario | C – TIER |
| Villager | C – TIER |
| Yoshi | C – TIER |
| Bowser Jr | C – TIER |
| Isabelle | C – TIER |
| Koopa Troopa | D – TIER |
| Lakitu | D – TIER |
| Larry Koopa | D – TIER |
| Shy Guy | D – TIER |
| Toad | D – TIER |
| Toadette | D – TIER |
| Wendy O. Koopa | D – TIER |
| Baby Daisy | D – TIER |
| Baby Luigi | F – TIER |
| Baby Mario | F – TIER |
| Baby Peach | F – TIER |
| Baby Rosalina | F – TIER |
| Dry Bones | F – TIER |
| Lemmy Koopa | F – TIER |
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