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Ike or Link
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Windlord
Smash Journeyman
I'm thinking Ike... to me it seems like he's just a step after roy, there's fast Marth who isn't extremly powerful (besides tippers), then there's roy who is a little slower with his beastly flare blade, counter and good knock back, then there's Ike who is slower than roy with even more power, good counter and excellent special moves.
Link has always been fairly easy to pick up, but I'm gonna go for Ike simply becasue he follows a similair pattern to Marth and Roy.
Link has always been fairly easy to pick up, but I'm gonna go for Ike simply becasue he follows a similair pattern to Marth and Roy.
reothepenguin
Smash Journeyman
Well this is the wrong place to post this. Almost everyone here is going to say ike. Like myself for instance.
Lol, funny that you are surrounded by Ike enthusiast.
Ryo242
Smash Ace
Ike! How dare you use Link in place of Roy?!
Zareidriel
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lol, well you came to the right place.
Edit: 400th post, woot.
Edit: 400th post, woot.
Bobhuffman
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I'm definately going to try Ike, thats just me though.
Black Waltz
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obviously link is easier to transition to: he has the same moveset that he did in melee.
roy is fast in terms of shffl and wavedash. roy's counter is garbage compared to marth's. ie: marth's has longer counter time, knocks opponent down. while roy's is only good if you know someone is going to use a strong attack on you. and power isnt everything, you cant do **** if you cant combo.
ike is completely different than marth and roy. playing ike is like playing bowser with a sword. you dont know what youre talking about.
Eddie G
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Hey there Waltz, it's Eddie. ^.^
I say Ike, Link in my opinion has been downgraded overall, projectiles or not. -.-
That's just my opinion though, based on my preference.
I say Ike, Link in my opinion has been downgraded overall, projectiles or not. -.-
That's just my opinion though, based on my preference.
Black Waltz
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hey man, nice to see you.
you're also wrong. roy was decently fast at least. ike is just...slow.
ike's moves are NOTHING like roy's.
ike's fsmash is slower than roy's.
ike's fair looks the same as roy's, but is slower at startup and stronger.
ike's bair is very different from roy's; it doesnt give that big vertical hitbox range, but is stronger overall.
ike's upair, downair are COMPLETELY different than roy's.
the OP is asking for the easiest transition, meaning similar movesets. link = link. ike =/= roy.
but if he asked who's better, then ike is the obvious choice
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Miller
Smash Lord
Haha do you even have to ask?
Ledger_Damayn
Smash Ace
Ironically, even though I love the LoZ series way more than FE, I'll have to say Ike.
Link is really close though.
Link is really close though.
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If you want to play someone like Roy, go with Marth. Really. He'd be the easiest character to transition to.
However, don't do that. Marth is gay. Ike and Link are cool. Link overall seems like he's increased in speed and projectile effectiveness so I get that he's a little better than before. Ike however, if you want to say he replaces Roy, is much better than Roy.
However, don't do that. Marth is gay. Ike and Link are cool. Link overall seems like he's increased in speed and projectile effectiveness so I get that he's a little better than before. Ike however, if you want to say he replaces Roy, is much better than Roy.
SmashterLink
Smash Ace
You should go Link. ^____~
Flaminglink
Smash Journeyman
Link 
link wins just because i grew up playing zelda games.
link wins just because i grew up playing zelda games.
Prax
Smash Journeyman
The only similar thing between Melee Roy and Brawl Link is that they both have swords. Ike would be easier to use after maining Roy.
Falconv1.0
Smash Master
I think you'd find Ike harder to use, because most mains of Roy aren't actually that good, and it takes some skill to effectively use Ike.
reothepenguin
Smash Journeyman
You can all "think" what you want. I'm telling you that I "know" Ike is the obvious choice. He's stroger, looks cooler, and did I mention he's a darn nice guy. He is. Ike is a darn nice guy. I should start a thread about it.
AntonieFC
Smash Cadet
Well first of all your only going to hear Ike on this forum. Second I'm going to say Ike.
If you mained Roy it will be much easier to pick up and play Ike. If you mained Link in Melee, stick with Link in Brawl. His base game (Without advanced techs) in melee is near identical to his base game in Brawl. Different animation, damage difference of no more then 5%, and knockback/knockback direction remain relativly the same.
After playing Brawl for a few hours on Friday and playing Melee, Ike really is the slower, stronger Roy.
With less fire D=
If you mained Roy it will be much easier to pick up and play Ike. If you mained Link in Melee, stick with Link in Brawl. His base game (Without advanced techs) in melee is near identical to his base game in Brawl. Different animation, damage difference of no more then 5%, and knockback/knockback direction remain relativly the same.
After playing Brawl for a few hours on Friday and playing Melee, Ike really is the slower, stronger Roy.
With less fire D=
blue_dragon
Smash Apprentice
Definately Ike, you're already used to the limited recovery.
BearsAreScary
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If you mained Roy in Melee, I'd probably suggest Link over Ike, since you're probably used to losing anyway. Ike tends to win matches.
Fizz-sama
Smash Ace
No ****.
10 characters.
HiIH
Smash Lord
Everyone who said Link got worse in his transition from melee must have only Up+B spammed, and recovered, since his recovery got a nerf, and his Up+B (spam) got nerfed. Pretty much everything else got buffed or stayed the same (Almost). Link had a barrier of entry to use WELL and to KEEP using well as it took tenacity, especially when repeatedly fighting a room full of sheiks and foxes.
Anyway, if you can't take the extremely slow Ike then use Link. If you want the bone crushing POWAH, take Ike, unless you like spamming bairs, SideB's, or utilts (which are some of Ike's faster attacks).
Anyway, if you can't take the extremely slow Ike then use Link. If you want the bone crushing POWAH, take Ike, unless you like spamming bairs, SideB's, or utilts (which are some of Ike's faster attacks).
ShadowLink84
Smash Hero
Germ and HDL would like a word with you.
Ti11erTheKi11er
Smash Apprentice
As of now i don't know who would be better...i think they both have advantages in diff ways.
As of now from watching video's, Ike recovery looks hard as hell to edge guard....Links' is hard to as well but more possible then trying to edge guard Ike.
Biggest thing is links prjectiles and spacing are fanominal! i think they are both good chars
As of now from watching video's, Ike recovery looks hard as hell to edge guard....Links' is hard to as well but more possible then trying to edge guard Ike.
Biggest thing is links prjectiles and spacing are fanominal! i think they are both good chars
Well, either one would be very different from Melee since Brawl is incredibly different in and of itself. If you want to have a character more like Roy in Melee terms, then use Link since he's faster than Ike. Ike is wicked slow, but he's also wicked strong.
Personally, I like Ike a lot more (lol crowd cheer) but that's just me. I have no problem sacrificing projectiles for brute force and a sword with what seems to be a nuke with teeth attached to the end of it.
Ike is definitely nothing like what Roy was. Think of it as sacrificing a lot more speed than Marth has for a lot more strength than Marth has, save the tipper. That **** hurts. Not as much as Ike but ****.
Marth117
Smash Cadet
I'm going with Ike pretty much because you said that you were good with Roy in Melee and Ike is just a slower more stronger varient of Roy but with a different move set
From roy, marth is the easiest to play, extremely similar movesets in melee, and therefore brawl. Ike takes some good skill to use effectively, you have to know that most of your attacks have significant pre and post lag, especially fsmash, so don't spam it. Link might be easier to play, his attacks are less powerful, but have a lot less lag, also, you can always dair spam. However, Link's projectiles need to be used in order to utilize all of Link's potential. If you want a faster, easier to combo Link, try out Toon Link though.
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