I'd say landing grabs, jab combos, jab to grabs, nair, and QD shenanigans are his main neutral game tools. His grab follow-ups are amazing so if you can get a grab consistently then you're doing fine. Dash dancing is hard with him vs speedy characters, i'll usually fox-trot moreso than dash dance, and condition them with certain quickdraw options, Then go for a QD JC Pivot grab or something, low % up throw, mid-high% forward/back throw to fair or QD rar bair, REALLY high % i usually go for d-throw, or if i just want to mix it up and get a tech chase. I have a bad habit of shielding too much with ike, knowing his out of shield game is complete ass lol