Well as some of you may know, I do own the JP Brawl and here I will tell you how awesome Ike is, and how weird he felt to me at first.

When I first played Brawl, right away I chose Ike as my first character against my brother who used Link. I really thought Ike was a clone of Roy, but right away I felt a huge difference...his weight/speed. At this point I was losing really badly as I had no idea what to do, so in my head I was already deciding,"I'm not gonna be able to main him, he's way too hard" Through the match though I started to notice how his attacks really make up for his speed.

I became determined to get a lot better with Ike, which I believe I have. Once you get used to Ike and his speed, everything comes to place and he really feels like a awesome character. Most of his attacks, if used right, can rack up a lot of damage on your opponent which can be finalized with a smash that should knock your opponent out really fast. His forward B is really essential to him because that is one of his fast moves, and a lot of combos can follow it up. Another is his back air move, it is so fast a wide ranged that it needs to be used a lot with short hops.

As I said before Ike is slow, but if you are really determined he is a really great character. I have no doubt that anyone who masters Ike will be almost undefeatable!
If you have any questions about Ike, just ask!

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