"You'll get no sympathy from me."
—Over confident and Victorious Ike
Special Attacks
Taunts
Strategies
More Advanced strategies
Many of Ike's strategies revolve around Quick Draw. Try to stay away from your opponents but close enough that you can unleash Quick Draw at any time. This is where the fun begins... Instead of Attacking with quick draw, every now and then; cancel the attack and use a Smash attack or something, Because canceled Quick Draw has very little recovery time, you can throw in any type of attack, and this confuses your opponents as to whether you're going to use Quick draw or cancel it. But that's not all... If your charging Quick Draw, you're opponent may try to attack, so cancel it and use Counter instead!! For a character with Medium-Slow attacks; You can get the advantage in almost all your situations, and this makes you rule the field in a 1-on-1, during a free for all it's not quite so simple, but it still works.
Because of this strategy, Ike can out-do almost all his opponents if they're heavier than him, and it woks against many medium characters too. On smaller, faster characters however, it's not quite the same. Against fast opponents you have to be the heavier character, so rely on the three Ps: -Patience -Precision -Power Patience is all about waiting for the right moment to strike; many heavy character moves leave the character vulnerable for some time, so don't go attacking all the time, wait for the time to strike. Precision is the next most important thing to be careful of. When you DO get a chance to attack, (Which isn't all that often) make sure you ACTUALLY HIT YOUR OPPONENT! Too many times I have seen people wait for ages to get the right chance to strike, and then they completely miss their opponent which nearly brings me to tears because they immediately lose the game, they needed to attack so badly but they wasted it when the got the chance. And finally: Power: As I said before, you don't get that many chances to strike, so if you get a perfect opportunity; don't waste it by using a weak attack, You're a heavy character, you're renowned for having the strongest attacks in the game!! If you're going to attack, do it properly! And unleash your most powerful asset!!!
Final Smash
Great Aether: Ike throws the enemy to the skies with a slash and starts hitting and slicing the enemy savagely (similar to Link's final smash) and finishes with an eruption attack in the air.