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In the end, Ike's changes and improvements have given him new ways to gain the advantage and also grant him a deadlier [[punish]] game. As such, he has less overall difficulty in KOing due to his enhanced overall moveset and combo ability, but because his mobility has not improved significantly (especially when compared to most other characters), he has a slightly harder time at keeping up with the rest of the cast. His worsened grabs also force him more to use his range to punish opponents. As far as tournament representation, Ike achieved impressive results in the early competitive metagame of ''Ultimate'', thanks to players such as {{Sm|MkLeo}}, {{Sm|Marss}}, and {{Sm|Ryuga}}. Unfortunately, Ike's popularity has noticeably diminished as the metagame advanced, and he hasn't achieved nearly as many results as before (with {{Sm|MkLeo}} completely dropping the character, and {{Sm|Marss}} only using him as a rare counterpick character). Furthermore, other characters such as {{SSBU|Cloud}} and {{SSBU|Lucina}} have started to become more popular than him. | In the end, Ike's changes and improvements have given him new ways to gain the advantage and also grant him a deadlier [[punish]] game. As such, he has less overall difficulty in KOing due to his enhanced overall moveset and combo ability, but because his mobility has not improved significantly (especially when compared to most other characters), he has a slightly harder time at keeping up with the rest of the cast. His worsened grabs also force him more to use his range to punish opponents. As far as tournament representation, Ike achieved impressive results in the early competitive metagame of ''Ultimate'', thanks to players such as {{Sm|MkLeo}}, {{Sm|Marss}}, and {{Sm|Ryuga}}. Unfortunately, Ike's popularity has noticeably diminished as the metagame advanced, and he hasn't achieved nearly as many results as before (with {{Sm|MkLeo}} completely dropping the character, and {{Sm|Marss}} only using him as a rare counterpick character). Furthermore, other characters such as {{SSBU|Cloud}} and {{SSBU|Lucina}} have started to become more popular than him. | ||
Fortunately, Ike has received even more buffs in 8.0.0, with his already excellent KO power becoming even stronger, thanks to changes to his dash attack, forward aerial and Aether. Although his neutral aerial was weakened, his combo game has remained strong thanks to improvements to down tilt, | Fortunately, Ike has received even more buffs in 8.0.0, with his already excellent KO power becoming even stronger, thanks to changes to his dash attack, forward aerial, and Aether. Although his neutral aerial was weakened, his combo game has remained strong thanks to improvements to down tilt, and neutral aerial itself has nonetheless retained some viability as a combo tool. Due to these turn of events, Ike's overall perception has become more positive again, with many players considering him to be a high-tier character, making this his best iteration in the series. However, his viability still remains somewhat debatable due to online tournaments currently being more prominent, and it is unknown if he will become more popular than other characters that once became more popular than him before 8.0.0, such as Cloud. | ||
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