With top characters being more equal, attacking first becomes a disadvantage. The opponent knows what they have to do to win. Especially if they go with a defensive strategy of posting weak to middl...
People always say this but it doesn't make any sense.
The only way attacking first is a "disadvantage" is if you're trying to do the bare minimum to win the round.
If you're trying to max out your championship score i.e. get as many medals as possible, it doesn't matter who attacks first because you should be trying to get the highest score you can anyway.