The Ice Climbers are a bit lower than the other top tiers on this list, but they qualify because they have a technique no other character boasts: Wobbling (Named for tournament player Wobblez who discovered the tactic), the game's one and only infinite combo. It's a bit situational since it requires your partner to be close, but if you grab your opponent and let your partner keep using side tilt, you can rack up way more damage than is ever necessary. Follow it up with a side smash and you practically have a guaranteed KO tactic. Even without wobbling, chaingrabs are a constant threat, as the dual nature of the character allows handoffs that most other characters would need a teammate for.
The Ice Climbers in Brawl are usually considered right under Meta Knight. The main, if only reason, are their chain throws. By exploiting their ability for each Climber to grab the opponent immediately after the other Climber throws them, they can infinitely chain throw any character from zero to death (other than another pair of Ice Climbers). As such, if a player is skilled enough with performing their chain throws, they can literally take a stock from just landing one grab. The Ice Climbers are also horrendously difficult to approach, with desynced Ice Blocks and Blizzards walling opponents, and the threat of losing a stock if grabbed making it very disconcerting for players to approach. The Ice Climbers do have some significant weaknesses though, mainly the fact the Climbers can be separated (permanently for the stock if the easily KO'd Nana is eliminated), where a solo Climber loses their infinite chain throws, their walling capabilities, their recovery, and has their damage output effectively reduced to half. The Ice Climbers also have a few poor matchups, with the few characters that are capable of easily separating them while being able to mostly attack them safely (such as the aforementioned Meta Knight, Snake, and Peach). The Ice Climbers are additionally a strong case of Difficult but Awesome with very few players in the world being capable of taking stocks with one grab (thus the Ice Climbers aren't near as dominant as Meta Knight is in tournaments).
