Ike Boards General/Q&A Thread

[Tech-Nelium the Shark]

I was watching san vs malcolm and noticed on the smashville game he doesn't pummel cause he wants the air release and malcolm just waits for the platform to save him. Just start pummeling them. They might panic and start mashing and then you just stop pummeling to get your kill move. If they don't mash cause they are smart refresh your moves and tack on some damage. Just something to think about.

 

[Ussi]

shouldn't really ever attempt to air release on SV unless low %

 

[Berserker Swordsman]

Air release onto the platform->Platform cancel grab gets people sometimes. Not that you'd aim for it, but in the event the platform does eliminate the guaranteed follow-up.

 

[theeboredone]

Oh hey, I actually started writing my FE fanfic

Wish me luck in not getting a writer's block

Flare? Lark? Pointless characters. Lost my interest.

 

[Tech-Nelium the Shark]

shouldn't really ever attempt to air release on SV unless low %

I assume you say this because they wait for the platform to come save them and thus we get no punish. Which is why I said pummel and make them choose their poison. Say you are wario and i've grabbed you and you are waiting for the platform to save you. I start pummeling. What is your initial reaction going to be. Most people will start mashing to get out. That's when you stop and let them have the bair, utilt or ftilt that they deserve. Otherwise they sit there get pummeled and get thrown and eat even more damage. Just listen or even look at what they are doing. I don't see a down side to this.

 

[Zatchiel]

I think Zatch is in high school? I don't remember.

Yes, I'm in high school. Junior.

 

[Ussi]

Flare? Lark? Pointless characters. Lost my interest.

Its 20 years after FE7 :|

Think of it as the love system in FE4 , basically this is the 2nd generation now.

 

[Berserker Swordsman]

Its 20 years after FE7 :|

Think of it as the love system in FE4 , basically this is the 2nd generation now.

You forget this is the guy who doesn't give two craps about Fire Emblem, so he wouldn't know about FE4. >_>

Wild Yagami spotted.

 

[YagamiLight]

Finally started on FE5 since I finished FE3.

I'm on chapter 4. So far, 90% of the playable units are GARBAGE holy ****.
The worst part is that the top tier units are separated from Leaf atm. :l

Yeah, you'll find that most of the pre-FE6 games have a TON of garbage units. Like, not even "hey this guy is usable...I guess?" but like "I make FE7 Marcus look good" stuff.

Leaf is pretty cool, though. None of the lords are ever "bad" but they're all a far cry from Hector or Ike.

Also hihi guys.

 

[Ussi]

Like omg its YagamiLight

 

[YagamiLight]

Wild Yagami spotted.

Like omg its YagamiLight

Needs more Pokeball action.

 

[Ussi]

I'm not gonna swipe BS's catch.

 

[Berserker Swordsman]

Crap, I fell asleep, is he still here?

Yeah, you'll find that most of the pre-FE6 games have a TON of garbage units. Like, not even "hey this guy is usable...I guess?" but like "I make FE7 Marcus look good" stuff.

I think you mean pre-FE7.

 

[YagamiLight]

Crap, I fell asleep, is he still here?

Gotta catch the Snorlax, not BE the Snorlax.

I think you mean pre-FE7.

FE6, while having a larger chunk of "bad" units compared to the more recent ones, still doesn't come close to what the FEs before it had. FE6 has some really bad units, some good ones, some REALLY good ones but, for the most part, 70% of FE6's units are just mediocre. Some will get better in the long run (Roy + Sword of Seals, for example) but others (Ward and Lot come to mind) never achieve what you'd like them to.

 

[Ussi]

Is it possible to use bad units in FE5 or will you fail before finishing?

 

[YagamiLight]

Is it possible to use bad units in FE5 or will you fail before finishing?

It's possible to use the bad units in any FE but at some point you'll have to simply rely on the luck of the draw. I would much rather use the good units, haha.

 

[Berserker Swordsman]

I still find it completely baffling that the character with some of the best avoid in the entire series has the worst stat growth of any "regular" character in a stat her class NEEDS.

Spoiler

Talking about Clarine if you don't know.

And just because: MASTER BALL GO!

*holds A+B+Down*

 

[Mr. Doom]

No, dude. You have to hold L+R+START+SELECT to get it to work.

 

[Ussi]

I mash the B button


Dunno if its just me, but whenever i bair out of dash, i get kills more often at lower % (like 100%)

 

[Blubolouis]

If it's a master ball, he shouldn't need to hold or mash anything

just saying :I

 

[Ussi]

It's possible to use the bad units in any FE but at some point you'll have to simply rely on the luck of the draw. I would much rather use the good units, haha.

Well i've never played fe5, so i' just gonna use whoever when i play it.. So.. I'm gonna use crappy people cause i didn't know..

 

[Berserker Swordsman]

If it's a master ball, he shouldn't need to hold or mash anything

just saying :I

Blub for best Ike. Those observational skills.

 

[Ussi]

For best pokemon slayer. Send him against the lukes

 

[Mozz]

Actually, isn't there like a 1 in 65536 chance a master ball DOESN'T work?

 

[theeboredone]

^ I was gonna say, I specifically remember tossing my master ball at Mewto once only for him to break out. Worst day of my life.

 

[jamlosingthegame]

I saw the word pirate and Ilia and I immediately knew one of the characters.

Also, I'm an Applied Mathematics major. Wanna be an actuary with this. Okay guys, thanks for calming me down a bit. I guess I just have to pay a bit more attention to my Comp Sci and Philosophy classes as well. I have an Astronomy quiz tomorrow and most of what we've been learning I already learned in high school Physics.

EDIT: The Master Ball can fail (with the exception of Ghost)?

 

[Zatchiel]

I managed to catch Lugia in a Premier Ball, was so happy. If I ever experience anything similar to that, Bored, I may have reasonable cause to throw my tea table at my console.

 

[Mozz]

I actually roomed with an actuary major, tests are HUGE in that field. Passing P exam takes a LOT of studying according to my roommate, though he managed to party quite a lot and still passed it. Where are you going to college jam by the way?

 

[theeboredone]

^ Haha yep, there's a lot of pressure for actuaries to know what they are doing.

 

[Mr. Doom]

Actually, isn't there like a 1 in 65536 chance a master ball DOESN'T work?

^ I was gonna say, I specifically remember tossing my master ball at Mewto once only for him to break out. Worst day of my life.

A Pokémon has to have a catch rate of less than 3 in order for the Master Ball to possibly fail. There aren't any species with a catch rate of less than 3. Maybe in the older generation games, I'm not sure, but definitely not since Gen III.

 

[YagamiLight]

The Master Ball will absolutely work against anything with the sole exception of the Ghost Marowak in Lavender Tower.

As a general rule I always give myself 999 Master Balls at the start of any Pokemon adventure, just in case a shiny pops up. I actually have a funny story about early-game shinies, though. The only shiny that I've ever caught (not including the Red Gyarados) has been a Pidgey that I saw immediately after being handed 5 Pokeballs in Heart Gold. I was literally about to shut off my DS as I was ****ing tired of Pidgeys and Sentrets but was so glad I didn't.

Not that I have any use whatsoever for a Modest (+Sp. Atk, - Atk) Pidgey but you know what? Pidgeot is ****ing awesome.

 

[jamlosingthegame]

I actually roomed with an actuary major, tests are HUGE in that field. Passing P exam takes a LOT of studying according to my roommate, though he managed to party quite a lot and still passed it. Where are you going to college jam by the way?

I have heard of it being demanding. And I'm at Stony Brook University. Why do you ask?

 

[benaji261!]

Actually, isn't there like a 1 in 65536 chance a master ball DOESN'T work?

^ I was gonna say, I specifically remember tossing my master ball at Mewto once only for him to break out. Worst day of my life.

lol wut? The game description says "It never fails." This is madness. I never knew it could flop.

 

[Heartstring]

i could only flop in the old games. after gen 3 all pokemon were catachable.
except ghost marowak and-of course-other peoples pokeymans

also, i learnt more about actuaries from a crappy disney cartoon in the space of a minute then my uncle (who is an actuary) telling me what he does for a few hours. strange

 

[Ussi]

I went to sleep at 10pm yesterday... For no reason @-@

 

[theeboredone]

i could only flop in the old games. after gen 3 all pokemon were catachable.
except ghost marowak and-of course-other peoples pokeymans

also, i learnt more about actuaries from a crappy disney cartoon in the space of a minute then my uncle (who is an actuary) telling me what he does for a few hours. strange

Maybe because one is easier to understand over the other?

 

[Heartstring]

yeah but the cartoon was obviously trying to make it sound alienated at possible (was under the guise of the old 'bring dad to work' thing, does america actually do that?) so its odd

 

[Mozz]

Just wondering if you went to college in PA, more specifically western PA. I'm sick of being one of only 2 Ike mains, (the other being Colaya, who I only have played friendlies with at tournaments) that lives in the area. I really want to get hands on experience learning from an Ike offline. My first meeting with Colaya helped me a ton.

 

[Ussi]

So i found a club of casuals at my college and started playing in some FFAs and played Marth, it is so fun o.o so easy to space when people aren't good xD

 

[theeboredone]

You're not very good either.