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Holy S**t Ike!

plasmid

Smash Apprentice
Joined
May 18, 2008
Messages
176
Location
Hawaii
I don't even know what happened, but my friend who used to main Lucario (and Kirby) tried playing Ike, and now formally destroys me. Before we were about equal. But now I have to use Lucas to beat him.

Any Ike advice.
 

gallax

Smash Hero
Joined
Apr 2, 2008
Messages
5,641
Location
Orlando(UCF), Fl
yeah. wait till i get the matchup thread done. it will be up tomorrow for sure. but at night though. i am working on it at the moment, along with the stage selection, along with attending a tourney yesterday, working an 11 hour job(daily), and also with spending time with ny friends and gf. a lot is going on. please be a little more patient. you've been excellent so far.
 

Stealth Raptor

Smash Legend
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Apr 18, 2006
Messages
15,088
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Kansas City, Kansas
Dont forget you can chain grab, but it is very hard to do on ike- off by even a few frames and he can spot dodge it. you have to play ike defensivly- if you are offensive that sword will eat you ALIVE. it will kille pika as low as 30 with an fsmash uncharged. Tjolt spam is highly effective, and messes with quickdraw. overall this should be a pika advantage, but if you make a mistake say goodbye to a stock.
 

Piman34

Smash Lord
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Nov 15, 2006
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1,309
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Phoenix, Arizona
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how does your ike friend play? you have to play based off of that, and his moves are deceptive in range and speed. if you can shield his quickdraw or any laggy attack, then you either get a free grab or smash, esp. if you power shield. but if you can force his hand by conditioning him to expect a tjolt for so and so situation, then you can easily change it up and QAC over to him with a Nair which has good knockback. just from my experience, the only way Ike can win is if he can out-predict you, or rarely uses smashes
 

Van Jones

Smash Lord
Joined
Feb 5, 2008
Messages
1,751
Location
Leander, TX
I can't say that I have had a lot of trouble with Ike.

He can easily be chain grabbed. His quick draw can be stopped by thunder jolts. With the exception of his bair his airs are pretty slow, so don't be too afraid of chasing him in the air. QAC can be pretty effective against him, but don't do it too much. If he catches on he can knock you out of it with one of his smashes, and those hurt really bad (death as low as 80%).

Oh yeah, take a look at the video thread. I hope this helps some.
 

plasmid

Smash Apprentice
Joined
May 18, 2008
Messages
176
Location
Hawaii
Yah, I guess I was actually just having a bad day of smash. He fails as Ike now.
 

I Pika

Smash Cadet
Joined
Jul 17, 2008
Messages
39
Be defensive. An aggressive Electric mouses get ***** by guys with a huge swords.
 
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