Smash 4: Art of Ike

[@jewelsikder5710]

I can't get over how good this guide is

[@shield_rat221]

ikr

[@shield_rat221]

Dr | Stitch~ ike now right?

[@KiBelmont]

+Ocarino plz stop

[@dmcguy5707]

Jewel Sikder And the music!

[@GeoDGeo]

Your explanation of how Ike works is a near perfect description of his identity in the Fire Emblem series--unrefined, but straightforward and honest.

[@IzAwSmash]

Awesome

[@jaimecorning9582]

+igiulawaluigi okay

[@Eduar6996]

Well, I would like to think everyone's handling in the cast is true to its roots. Some of them might be unorthodox for some people, and even being uncapable of connecting, feeling good with the character while playing (Like myself and Marth and Megaman... And I'm honestly terrible while going with these characters) Also, the beginning of this video mentions how Ike makes you "learn the ropes in Smash", which is an actual thing both Ike and the player do on his first game.

[@mosspa]

So true! But I miss his counter a bit in the explanation.

[@Vulpentine]

Ganandorf...

[@etienneruche2844]

"Well, I'm actually here to talk about simplicity."Ike's a simple man. He sees a foe, he KOs a foe.

[@CodecMoment]

"He is the most basic and honest character in the game. Ike is the essence of how Smash 4 was designed as a fighting game." As an Ike main, this brought a tear to my eye.

[@dizzyheads]

well it makes sense in the past every attack is a smash attack

[@CodecMoment]

Oh, I didn't mean it in a bad way! It was a tear of sentimentalism, not one of disappointment. I thought it was a beautiful description of how his character was designed and how he needs to be played. In a way, it also kinda made my ego bigger because I've solo mained him since Day 1. It was so hard for Ike to win in the early versions that I was forced to develop at least half-way decent fundamentals.

[@erikdefibaugh9348]

Dude same😂

[@EternalGuardian07]

Lets cry together. 😢

[@kingredobie]

felt like i was listening to the word of God how true he was! lol PREEEACH!

[@noqpiki2]

true defenition of quality over quantity and i love it!

[@MotherLoverx3]

I think its worth mentioning that you put out the cleanest sm4sh videos on the internet. The editing and format are so simple and neat and the content itself is always informative. 10/10 would like and favorite

[@IzAwSmash]

Thank you :)!

[@MotherLoverx3]

IzawSmash Looking forward to more man! Your art of Link from Brawl got me into the competitive scene

[@bradylisowski7989]

watch danish, he's got the BEST montages. MrDanish ButterCookie to be exact. these are some of the best guide videos around tho 4 sure

[@MotherLoverx3]

Brady Lisowski I'm not big on montages tbh. I prefer the informative stuff. There's always something new to learn with smash

[@bradylisowski7989]

montages and combo vids are informative, too. you watch mind blowing combos and you can put them to use :)

[@MrDanishbuttercookie]

Simplicity 👌

[@bradylisowski7989]

ur my hero

[@belbercike2344]

👌👌🏻👌🏼👌🏽👌🏾👌🏿👌🏻

[@Tecaluca]

👌🏿👌🏾👌🏽👌🏼👌🏻👌

[@IzAwSmash]

👌

[@bradylisowski7989]

ur all my heroes :')

[@kyleisreal_tv]

I spit my tea out when I saw Ike doing a 86% combo at 14min and 47 sec

[@RiketheDangerleo]

I knew I wasn't the only one that saw that, Jesus Christ Ike is beefy.

[@nileriver216]

Ike's training pays off for him. He has earned the right of becoming buff, rough and tough.

[@kyleisreal_tv]

***** I would so main him but time has changed sense brawl day,s for me XD Maybe if I ever get around to get a Wii U and get time to train I mite get the chance to learn this stuff. But watching smash is gonna be my thing for year,s to come I guess lolz

[@ASHtheSLUGCAT]

that was a disgusting combo! but in the good disgusting way :D

[@erigor11]

But that one isn't true, right?

[@sourbraix]

I was looking for an Ike Guide and when I thought all hope was lost, you make a video on the Art of Ike. May the lord sakurai be with you.

[@vincesc720]

I love the smooth jazz in the background

[@Rayhaku808]

and it's FIRE EMBLEM smooth jazz. WTF

[@oatoverlord]

check out the dude who made it, hes pretty cool, and the dude does more jazz video game music. go to the links in the description and visit his channel if you like whacha hear~

[@algaealgaealgae]

+Nel Ewan well that's nice

[@tap5263]

SiriusBusiness yep

[@jacobe2891]

I know this is a year late, but it's a jazz remix of FE Awakening's "Conquest"

[@biblical_figure]

As an Ike main since Brawl, this has caused my Dong to Expand beyond its Feature Length

[@felixgutierrez993]

Ricardo Vazquez Hell yeah plus know our boi here is know B E E F Y

[@themaxer298]

Ricardo Vazquez I have been an Ike main since brawl too

[@erikdefibaugh9348]

😂😂😂

[@kingredobie]

@@themaxer298 same with the insane follow through B and up+B button

[@isntabelle]

Do you still main hin in ultimate?

[@DctrBread]

i did notice that smash 4 has very few tutorials that focus on fundamentals im hoping more fundamentals-focused content will become commonplace soon

[@thepotato513]

I think one thing you should have probably touched on is pivot grabbing and pivot f-tilting. Both are really useful as Ike in a variety of situations, but normally as a mix-up or to catch moves like Bayonnetta's slide kick or Falcon's Raptor Boost.

[@laggalot1012]

I love Pivot F-tilts with a lot of characters I play, and especially Ike. I might actually overuse it a bit. But it's so good. It's a good mix-up, it's pretty easy to space and typically hard to punish.

[@bobsanders5225]

Agreed, Ikes pivot F-tilt is such a great 'stay away' option due to its long range. It forces foes to respect you and prevents them from rushing you down, which many will try to do. His Pivot grab is also quite useful and is something you see Ryo take advantage of a lot. Ikes pivot grab really does a lot for his range and leads to his great Uthrow/Dthrow followups

[@daedraxis]

The Art of Guts

[@d3nny_s3mpai]

Daedra Art of Nightmare (Soul Calibur)

[@ExpertDual]

This guide is really good for building fundamentals for any character lol

[@IzAwSmash]

yup ;)

[@kowalski_0234]

Even though I don't play as Ike, I found very useful information here about spacing, conditioning and neutral. This is amazing!

[@BaselardFE]

Before now, I couldn't really explain why I like playing Ike, but your intro explained it so well.

[@2011super]

I don't even play this game but this guide is incredible

[@alextorres3948]

you should play, it's really fun

[@adrianchapa9194]

Play the game dude

[@2011super]

Adrian Chapa I play Ike in PM

[@darth_diminishthewolf8945]

i dont anymore and im glad i dont i do play fire emblem a ton though and ike's second game is possibly my favorite game there is

[@championwilliamson8536]

I love the jazzy fire emblem theme.

[@MrMockRock]

Izaw, I've watched all of your guides, but this is the first one you've made on a character I use and there is definitely some stuff in here that I'm going to be practicing. Super well done video. Cheers!

[@wealthforthecommoners3146]

Lol get ignored

[@Xylaite]

this not only helped me improve my ike, but also my main, falco and my pocket Roy it showed me that I was trying to make smash a faster game then it was meant to be and that I need to slow down and watch my opponent, great video hope you can make another OUTSTANDING one! PS the color correction looked super good

[@naverick22]

I'm glad you made this guide. Especially since I'm an Ike main, I've been looking for a proper in-depth Ike guide, because I cannot personally make my own due to my limitations in recording stuff. I would also like to note several more things about Ike: - 14:47 A similar (true) combo here can be extended to deal ~100%, starting at 0%. For me, it's D-throw to footstool to D-air lock to N-air (after getup) to footstool to d-air to footstool to D-air to footstool to D-air to footstool to D-air to U-air. In training, this does 103% on omega. Can 0 to death on smaller stages (pls dont nerf sakurai). -F-air and B-air can autocancel when short-hopped without fast fall. - 12:32 this can meteor, but only when the opponent is onstage and its knockback is weak, so it's impractical. -12:48 If you don't want to risk killing yourself here and they don't tech on the way down, aim for the ledge on the way down, do a jump getup and follow up with a F-air (if they DI away or don't DI) or U-air (if they DI towards). -Ike can be GRABBED out of his U-special. If you hold shield while Ike tries to recover at about this height like at 13:06 , you can grab him after 3 shielded hits. The earlier you do it, the less likely he'll regain his double jump. You can also counter it and he most likely won't make it back. As Ike, you therefore have to learn how to recover very low or make use of your side-b. - If your opponent likes to punish getup options with attacks, a good mix-up is jump-getup-counter-cancel. Press jump or Up at the ledge and quickly (mash) counter. You;ll land on stage and have counter out. This is very good if the opponent is charging a smash attack. -Speaking of counter, Ike's counter is very good for edgeguarding. You can try to intercept a recovery option (that has a hitbox) and most of the time it'll smack 'em away. i.e. Ness, Mario, Corrin, etc. This doesn't work if their recovery quickly snaps on to the ledge i.e. Pikachu, Marth, Lucina, etc. why did you not talk about counter Izaw?

[@walterpuff7509]

made an ike guide on amino the other day. then i saw this

[@bupegasus]

Thanks for the info, but some addendums/questions: - Your first point has severe limitations. The combo shown in the minimizes the number of dair-footstools because after one dair footstool about half of the cast gets sent too high to do another one AND follow up, therefore you lose the additional 20 that comes if you just took the 70%. -12:32 Are you sure it can meteor or is that a stagespike effect? -12:48 it's not true, hitstun wears off by the time the ledgejump animation finishes. Unless they have a huge hurtbox (i.e. DK), they can usually jump away. If not, they can use an aerial, spotdodge, or whatever move to intercept. I thought this was a true thing but once people caught on they started countering my Fair or just jumping away. Around mid percents, like 60-80, they can't jump away fast enough so usually it becomes a 50-50 here. -Counter is only good against recoveries with hitboxes that extend above the stage. Yes, you could try to run off counter against some, but if you miss then you've given the opponent stage control and now you're being edgeguarded offstage, one of the worst places to be as an ike. Eruption is better overall. Counter is a one, two at best, mixup. You shouldn't be using it more than twice in a set. Thanks again for offering so much insight, just wanted to make it known that a lot of these bank on either lack of MU knowledge on the opponent's part or are read based. Kudos to you, fellow ike bro!

[@walterpuff7509]

thought you were talking about my guide for a minute

[@thirtytwomewtwos4128]

Izaw probably didn't spend much time on Ike's counter because there are so many better options as Ike. Some characters, like Marth, find great use in their move set and play style to use the counter quite frequently by baiting the enemy into attacking using a mixture of feints and quick moves. Ike has enough pure, raw power to not have the necessity to use the counter quite as often.

[@IzAwSmash]

Well.. there's not much to talk about.. It's literally just a counter.. plus I show an example of when it could be used here, 09:16. It's for reads

[@KatsuhiroHebi]

Dude, i was so freaking HYPED to see another Art video. Keep the river flowing Izaw; we love you, man!!!

[@Aurryuken]

This video is not only what motivated me to main Ike both in Smash 4 and Ultimate, but also a true eye opener to what look for in a match, a masterclass on analysis. NGL a lot of time has passed and I've yet to learn a lot, but I'm pretty glad I've invested so much time into Smash. All thanks to this guide about simplicity. We've moved onto a new game, and your guides have achieved even greater quality, but Art of S4 Ike will forever be dear to my heart. Thank you IzAw for years of content.

[@erichellgren464]

this is one of the most well thought out and informative guides ive ever seen, kudos man

[@EternallApprentace]

Ike is like the volcano in the background. A simple mountain, perhaps, though much within. Handle the elements right though, and you can melt and burn your opponents to less than smithereens

[@blindside2338]

so deep yet so true

[@baldrtheboulder8927]

Btw what is this stage?

[@lavafox8436]

@@baldrtheboulder8927 i believe its a custom stage he made

[@Ash_Wen-li]

Yo those jazz covers are amazing.

[@yourfreakyneighbourh]

This video is amazing. I never seen a video covering so much of Smash 4's fundamentals, which I have never thought of. Great job on the video.

[@ScreamoPichu]

I was only moderately interested in watching, since I don't play Ike all to seriously, but wow! I'm glad I watched. Always enjoy your content and this maybe my favorite yet! Keep up the amazing work! This is super helpful.

[@drewthedude64]

This was amazing. Please continue making guides of this fashion, as they're without a doubt the best things out there. Thank you for covering Ike specifically, this time around. I eagerly await the next 6 when they release.

[@JX2209]

I'd Really Like a Future Art of Marth or Art of Roy.

[@Cescorage]

only lucina knows the future!

[@cazcharr]

Cescorage and shulk too

[@Aflay1]

I'm from the future, there is no time to explain. ... Bye.

[@kevinthextreme1]

Hyrule5Smash :D lol you did it gj

[@sonnybrown4758]

I've mained Ike for a while and this was worth the watch. Really liked the depth you went into with the fundamentals. Awesome video.

[@vashythewabbit8288]

Art of Roy please! Our boy needs more love. :(

[@davidlares2986]

I agree

[@MoonyRanalie]

Agreed

[@nitez2730]

Agreed

[@thalison151]

Indeed

[@jorgeadx2008]

Agreed

[@abdullahchaudhry2623]

Absolutely loved the editing, content, and format of the video

[@ScorpMatoro]

Step1 be stronk man Step2 fight for amigo’s Step3 don’t have to practice tech Step4 nair

[@KishinAubrey]

this aged extremely well i miss brawl and 4's ike, he was like the little mac before little mac, though i still like ultimate ike too

[@ScorpMatoro]

@@KishinAubrey i know right

[@seanfreeman4514]

I’ve watched this video a dozen times before and I really just wanna say thank you so much for making it! As an ike main I not only studied your details in the video, but now I’ve gotten much better with him and have done my homework on the character. Keep doing what your doing!👍

[@Parris360XP]

Another brilliant guide man, You never cease to amaze.

[@nicholighkun]

The speed of this video is perfect man. It really allows you to process what you're learning, which will make it easier for most people to retain the information. Very nice work.

[@IzAwSmash]

Thank you !

[@G00lden]

Amazing video, Now I'll start playing more Ike to polish my game. Keep it going!

[@MotherLoverx3]

I swear every time I pick up a new character Izaw blesses us with an "Art of" video for that character. I just switched to Ike like 2 days ago. Thanks for the vid 👍

[@JonathanRiverafrickinnice555]

Really nice video, man. I learned so much in this video that I would like to apply to my own gameplay.

[@arthurs.passos684]

You know a guide is good when it not only wakes up an interest for the character, but also makes you realize things you can improve as a player. Good job man, I bet I'm not the only one in awe with this guide.

[@1uparcade33]

I've always liked Ike in Smash 4, and wanted to play him, but I never really figured out how to. Now I think I'm gonna try to main him. This video definitely helped me, and it's so good at covering Sm4sh fundamentals that I think I can use this to benefit my other characters as well. This video is so good

[@rahulshankar4784]

Did you end up maining him?

[@dr3wchen631]

Ike is op at mid level play, he struggles with a lot of the better characters but he has grab combo kill confirms that are 50/50s and his dash movement is actually pretty fast. His dash actually allows you to bait pretty hard and chase a little bit, for glory don’t know how to deal with a good Ike!

[@jahil9778]

Dude seriously it's REALLY just impressive how much love and detail is in all of these tutorial videos and I really respect u for that and with that said, am I the only one who loves the calm voice this guy has? I mean seriously I could listen to him all day long. :D

[@IzAwSmash]

:*

[@ihaveakirbyobessesion2617]

TRU

[@lightblueyoshi1990]

This video helped me realize why I like Ike so much. Simplicity is key.

[@connora770]

I just picked up Ike an hour ago and Uk already feeling so much better at the fundamentals of this game. I haven’t even watched the video yet, only the first minute. I just decided to try it after watching the training session. THANK YOU, IZAW, FOR YOUR WISDOM!

[@TripleFinish]

This explains why Ryo is godlike with every character. His fundamentals are too crazy and reads he has to make with Ike transfer to other characters, most notably his Falcon

[@IzAwSmash]

Exactly ;)

[@RecordToDeathToBoredom]

Ryo still has a long way to go though. I think, in the end, he lacks tournament exp, MUs, and even player experience. Essentially, he needs to go to more tourneys and play friendlies at those tourneys. I barely hear of him going to tourneys and it's not helping him. The guy can get to the top if he had more ambition.

[@IzAwSmash]

It's not a question of ambition, it's time, career and money mostly

[@RecordToDeathToBoredom]

IzawSmash Ambition can cover those too. If he has enough ambition, he can get a part-time job to make up for the money. I don't know about the time and career, but if he wants to accel somewhere more official and more respectable in society, then that's his choice. I just don't see it from the MVG streams. It felt like he and some of the crew have a lot of time on their hands.

[@charlesdoofus5051]

I listen to this while playing an important game of smash. The voice, the jazz, and the talk of reads and spacing really lets you concentrate, somehow.

[@andrijor]

This video is amazing. It's too good.

[@andrijor]

I'm sorry but this reaches the Beautiful tier

[@IzAwSmash]

:*

[@Ace64100]

This video is very in-depth and informative, I hope you're planning to make more. Possibly best character guide I've ever watched

[@jgeehk]

Ike and Pit are definitely the two most honest and down to earth characters imo

[@OscarGomez-cu9vm]

That sounds so ironic in Pits case.

[@Mekwek]

Because he's an angel or because the best Pit player's Earth?

[@OscarGomez-cu9vm]

Because he's an angel.

[@Mekwek]

Both

[@OscarGomez-cu9vm]

Why did you ask if you're just going to say both?

[@d3dromantics]

Your best vid yet isaw! Great coverage of the fundamental mechanism, it can be applied to all characters. the most fun thing about smash is that all characters create their own unique pressure directions and combo momentum,

[@Yayel11]

Hand downs best Smash 4 content on KZbin

[@DarkThomy]

Not only love I the videos you make and Ike, but, I LOVE the musics you use ! Thanks for having made me discover those !

[@Rayhaku808]

You should call Art of Marth, "mARTh". Eh? Heh? amirite??

[@elijah4973]

UP TOP!

[@rtiq270]

Some say he's still left hanging to this day.

[@2nowfall]

Top Anime lmao

[@leoxsegura]

SFV_E12 o o f

[@leoxsegura]

Top Anime rip

[@lambsauce_apex7118]

Your guides are simply amazing. So much better than anything else on KZbin. I'm looking forward to see more!

[@VJ-Vice]

Art of Marth HYPE! Otherwise this video was amazing and every smash 4 player should watch it regardless if they main Ike or not. Thank you it was so helpful for me, a player who is trying to rise and improve his neutral game

[@hayes9611]

liked, saved to favorites, subscribed, all that jazz. i will be watching this video alot over the coming weeks. i cant believe how good this is.. keep it up izaw

[@darozuma9117]

I love this videos. Thanks for doing Zelda, one of my mains!

[@Lethamos]

Thank you so much for making a guide on Ike. My skill has improved greatly since watching! :D

[@3Qz_]

I miss Ike's old d tilt. That shit was the most satisfying spike in Brawl

[@SonicHotmail]

Honestly Izaw, I have to say: Your videos on explanations about techniques and the "Art of (insert character here)" are amazing. The way you explain a character helps both the people who use the character, and who play against them. For the people going against them you don't necessarily point out the weaknesses in each character, but just the way you explain a character is more than enough to an experienced player to catch on on how to play better against said character. Also in the matter I main both Cloud and Falco, and their "Arts" videos greatly helped me get a better feeling and understanding of each character individually. Especially with Falco, since I've always loved the character but never managed to get anything going with him, that video definitely made a difference in my overall results with the character. Please don't stop making those, you're helping the Sm4sh community to improve in general, both new players just starting to learn new techniques and the fundamentals by watching your videos, and the more advanced players, to get a better understanding of their character, and the characters that they'll face. Love your videos, keep on with the good work! (P.S.: I said that I main Cloud and Falco, but I also have a third main. Could we maybe get an "Art of Roy" in the future? :3)

[@IzAwSmash]

Thanks, means a lot! Art of Roy is already promised

[@vyq6014]

awesome!

[@ikeandthedragonunleashed9741]

Hi vyQ

[@Vlad-ov5wb]

I love everything about this and it's more helpful then almost any guide I've seen since you help fundamentals and also focus on how to play Ike competitively instead how just telling us how much damage up smash does. keep it up sir can't wait to see art of more characters

[@vidders1]

With this 'Art of Smash' series is the aim to have a video for every character? Personally a character I want to see is Ryu.

[@IzAwSmash]

Yes, and Ryu will get one in time

[@Vrandack]

+IzawSmash deeded? :3

[@vidders1]

+IzawSmash thanks nice to hear.

[@doringo3856]

Looking forwards to Marth, Shulk and Yoshi.

[@namelessfire]

This is extremely well made and helpful. Excellent work, man!

[@wanderingrandomer]

(Monado) Art of Shulk, please!

[@cosmonautmajor3239]

agreed

[@augustcross2305]

Thanks for this man! This is the first I've seen if your series but it helped seeing this. It made me realize I should get good with Ike to work on my fundamentals.

[@zantetsu75]

Izaw, I'm not sure how much attention you pay to every single comment, but if you happen to see this one, I'd like to kindly request for you to please contact me at some point regarding Roy. I am "Zan" of Kansas City, Missouri, I'm not a SUPER notable player like Ryo or StaticManny (now All Might), but I'm a Roy main who is at top level for his region who'd like to help with "The Art of Roy". It has always bothered me to see how little love my boy gets, and I'd like to take every chance I can get to help fix that. I'm not going to claim that I know everything there is to know about Roy (and honestly, I look forward to learning new things about him through this guide), but at the very least, I'd like to give notes regarding what I DO know and hope that something, if anything, I have to say makes it into the guide. That being said, If you have doubts as to how useful I can be for you, please take the chance to play me sometime! My Nintendo ID is Zan775, or if 3DS is more convenient, my Friend Code is 0147-1075-9666 (I don't have a problem playing either really).

[@IzAwSmash]

Contact my twitter and let's talk

[@MerryBlind]

wow this is an amazing guide! Ike has been my main in Smash 4 almost since release, and I'm very comfortable with the character, but I find my skill level has kind of capped since some time now. This guide is exactly what I needed to tighten my play. I know most of the things you mention in this video, but executing them well is another story. Thanks!

[@user-tx2mu3cr2o]

Why does this vid cover fundamentals better than most guides dedicated to them. Lovely vid & Lovely music

[@laggalot1012]

Beyond the fact that Izaw is just great at making guides, probably because Ike is really good for pointing out what can be considered fundamental, and showing why it's so good. It's easy to put fundamentals into practice with him, so he makes an excellent example.

[@cosmonautmajor3239]

i cannot express how great you're tutorials are! you explain everything so well and the music and editing is beautiful :)

[@MClaudeW]

this is thevtype of info b that will be a skeleton key for many.

[@IzAwSmash]

hehehe :P

[@TheChadDaniels]

You did the perfect job demonstrating Ikes strengths/weaknesses AND the fundamentals of smash. Amazing guide.

[@kittyqueen9000]

I'll take Ike's eruption if you know what I'm sayin. (Wink wink)

[@erikdefibaugh9348]

That's enough outta you😂

[@VivitheBlossom]

Thank you for this guide. It gave me a totally different viewpoint on how I should play Ike and I realized I was not thinking and adapting enough using him.

[@marcoda7856]

For the sheik guide, you should change the animation in the beginning so Sheik wins ;)

[@tenenbaummark]

yo that was an amazing video, i was hooked the whole time. really made me think about my playstyle. great spacing options on ike too

[@lewyn4k]

I feel like in his transition to Smash Ultimate, better as he is, Ike has lost something. His nair is frankly overcentralising. It ends up being the best option in so many scenarios now, especially because some of his other options were actually nerfed - dtilt, jab, and fair, for instance. Even his grab is worse. In Smash 4, things took more effort but it made him feel more rewarding to play, even if he was worse. Ike is in the spotlight now, which is something I think most of us Ike players have wanted for a long time. But, I'll look back on the days of Smash 4 Ike fondly.

[@MeesterTweester]

blessed volty yeah his nair is just so infamous and too overcentralizing. It was already good before.

[@jaredporter2228]

I like his old backflip I think it was easier to space with his backflip.

[@DmodGmodLetsPlays]

Thank you so much for this guide! I've been wanting to play Ike for some time now and this improved my game play a lot. Your presentation and delivery is also very well done. Keep it up!

[@benjaminrearden5724]

this video was helpful... but I can't footstool.

[@jonathanmonarrez3084]

it's not too difficult actually. Simply jump as soon as your above your opponent. Even spamming jump (after the double jump has been utilized) and the footstool will come out! Much like regular jumps, you can short hop or full hop a footstool. A great way to practice footstools is in training. Set the bot to different settings (stay, jump, run, shield) for better training.

[@benjaminrearden5724]

Okay thank you.

[@BlaiseAgain]

Wow this series is amazing. I've learned so much just from watching. I play Yoshi so I personally can't wait for Art of Yoshi!

[@ganerike7910]

NeXT could be Bowser please

[@fran770]

Such a good explanation, this really helps to understand how to use Ike. I love playing with him and I'm gonna look forward to do these combos.

[@docc1742]

*crosses fingers for art of villager *

[@NioXoiN]

fair

[@docc1742]

NioXoiN AntyverXioN You got me there.

[@docc1742]

***** true though, I always use bair over fair if I'm ever given the opportunity to.

[@NioXoiN]

Dr. XD ok correction: Sling shot.

[@docc1742]

NioXoiN AntyverXioN correction: Slingshot

[@stargxrrrl]

Possibly the best guide I've seen on Ike. I dabbled in him for a while but after playing Path of Radiance I felt I just had to pick him up as one of my mains. I'm gonna try and apply some of what I seen here onto some games. Thanks for this!!

[@jamiehyland548]

Can someone explain to me how to land a footstool? I know, jump when near the opponent but most times when i try it i screw up and double jump instead Great video aswell Izaw! :)

[@jamiehyland548]

+FireB4llz ok, i'll give it a try, thanks

[@JB_CY]

The music voice and ike spacing talk makes this my go to for falling asleep for some reason. Anyway, you're awesome

[@lowdefazura3950]

How to raise mag stat?

[@Ash_Wen-li]

Screw magic, Ike needs a couple speedwings and his long range energy wave,

[@belbercike2344]

Mag stat is useless at this point. If you want magic, use some customs.

[@Ash_Wen-li]

Blue Fire Well the magic stat was always useless on Ike unless you were to give him the Sonic Sword or Runesword (but Ragnell is superior to both anyway) or give him imbue.

[@HanSoloTheScoundrel]

wrong game. idiot.

[@turrin377]

Fantastic guide man. Keep these coming! I can use this to teach my beginner friends who can't really play, but I also learned a ton for myself! Thanks for these!

[@n4ch0bkn]

art of roy please :(

[@calvinwhite9437]

7.8/10 for not using path of radiance or radiant dawn music. In all honestly though, this guide was superb and the amount of effort you put into these guides really shows. Keep up the good work

[@Ash_Wen-li]

While PoR or RD music would have suited it better, I loved the jazz covers and found a new channel because of them.

[@FettMaster8]

I've been playing Ike for a long time - a LONG time. Since the Brawl days, actually. But this video showed me things I never knew. It was extremely well made and even touching at times. The simple yet complex nature of Ike (and of Sm4sh as a whole, by extension) is a thing to wonder at. I'll definitely take your advice to mind as I continue my adventures with this character. Thank you.

[@JesusPacheco]

Omg you made the best and clear smash tactics video ever!!! Thanks

[@Savaniel]

So stoked for Art of Zelda. Was hoping it would be the first of the two mentioned last month, but this was fantastic as well!

[@aos-archive]

Keep up the great work, Izaw. I have no intentions of learning Ike, but I do enjoy a properly presented tutorial.

[@TheHeftiest]

When a guide gives you a new meaning for a character, you know you've done a great job!

[@perfctgamer]

Why did I find about your videos this late! But damn I'm glad i did. I kept watching the pro tournaments and all the comments trying to understand and imply those to my game without really knowing exactly how. This guide clarifies all my lack of gameplay knowledge so much. Thank you!

[@ichlassesgleich]

One of the best character guides i've seen.

[@ihatetree]

Choosing an obscure character to make a guide on really captures the communities attention. Especially when they are so well done like this :) im not sure what your schedule is but if you were to take suggestions i'd choose my main Zelda or my new main G&W. Keep up the good work :)