Ike

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Red Sword

Ike - Young Mercenary
5 Legacy Obtainable as a 5 during certain summoning events only.

Related Heroes

Hero Stats

Max Avg Total Stats at Lvl 40

158

HP 42

ATK 35

SPD 31

DEF 32

RES 18

Stat Variations

Level 1 Stat Variation

Resplendent Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	17 17 19 19	8 24 10 26	6 6 8 8	7 7 9 9	4 4 6 6
Middle	18 18 20 20	9 25 11 27	7 7 9 9	8 8 10 10	5 5 7 7
High	19 19 21 21	10 26 12 28	8 8 10 10	9 9 11 11	6 6 8 8

Level 40 Stat Variations

Resplendent Weapon

5★

	HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Low	39 39 41 41	32 48 34 50	28 28 30 30	29 29 31 31	14 14 16 16
Middle	42 42 44 44	35 51 37 53	31 31 33 33	32 32 34 34	18 18 20 20
High	45 45 47 47	38 54 40 56	34 34 36 36	35 35 37 37	21 21 23 23

IV Sets

	Key stats worth increasing through nature if possible.
	Complementary stats that matter, but not to the point of picking them over key stats for nature increase.
	Relatively worthless stat that can safely be decreased through nature.

HP	ATK	SPD	DEF	RES
Average	Best	Best	Best	Worst

Skill Sets

Tellius’s Finest (Close Call Defensive)

Build by Wecondo12

Recommended

	Ragnell	A	Bonus Doubler 3 Alternate: Mirror Stance 3
	Reposition	B	Close Call 3 Alternate: Repel 3
	Sol Alternate: Noontime	C	Pulse Smoke 3
IVs	+SPD / -RES	S	Swift Stance 2

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This build focuses on utilizing the powerful Close Call in combination with Ike’s decent Speed to make him a formidable threat on Enemy Phase, especially since he can utilize a powerful A slot in place of Distant Counter due to it being built into Ragnell.
If Ike is being used with Brave Lucina, he can opt to use Noontime to trigger his Special when he counterattacks. Otherwise, Sol is preferred. In either case, a healing Special is ideal to grant Ike additional sustain through multiple rounds of combat.
Bonus Doubler allows Ike to become an immense threat when buffed, as it effectively doubles his stat boosts in combat, but this skill also makes Ike incredibly susceptible to Panic due to his only Average HP, and he’ll also require teammates that can grant him a full spectrum of buffs. Mirror Stance 3 is also a good choice, and although its power ceiling is not as Bonus Doubler’s, It grants Ike the Guard effect and boosts his Attack and Resistance on Enemy Phase.
Close Call is one of the most powerful skills in the game due to its incredible Damage reduction, and it gives fast units the opportunity to become significantly more durable as long as they outpace their opponents. While it does require a significant amount of Speed stacking to maximize its effect against swift foes, Ike can utilize Close Call to great effect. Repel functions in a similar manner to Close Call, although it pushes foes away one space after combat, instead of moving Ike one space away.
Pulse Smoke is Ike’s ideal C slot as it can stop otherwise deadly Enemy special activations by increasing their cooldown count after combat. However, Attack Smoke and other C slot skills can work on a budget, or depending on the needs of the team.
Lastly, Swift Stance is used in Ike’s Sacred Seal slot to grant him additional Speed and Resistance, helping him make the most of Close Call while shoring up his weak Resistance.

I Fight for my Friends. (General Defensive)

Build by Wecondo12

	Ragnell	A	Warding Breath Alternate: Steady Posture 3
	Reposition	B	Null Follow-Up 3 Alternate: Null C-Disrupt 3
	Noontime Alternate: Ignis	C	Pulse Smoke 3
IVs	+ATK or +DEF / -RES	S	Steady Posture 2 Alternate: Distant Def 3

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While Close Call is a powerful skill, Ike can also function well as a general defensive unit due to his exclusive Ragnell.
Breath Skills such as Warding Breath are some of Ike’s best A slot options, as they give him significantly faster access to his Specials during Enemy Phase while increasing one of his stats. He can also use Steady Posture 3 and Distant Def 4 to great effect, to counter Physical threats more effectively or improve his matchup against ranged units.
Ike also has a wide variety of effective B slot options at his disposal due to his status as an Infantry unit. He can use Null-Follow up to counter follow up prevention skills such as Wary Fighter, while Null C-Disrupt allows him to counterattack units carrying Firesweep weapons and Dazzling Staff, although his low Resistance remains problematic against Staff users due to Wrathful Staff. Special Spiral can be used to great effect with Sol as well, as it allows him to activate it immediately after being hit by an enemy once Spiral activates. Finally, Quick Riposte can be used on a budget to grant Ike guaranteed follow up attacks on Enemy Phase.
Finally, a defensive sacred seal such as Steady Posture or Distant Def is ideal to round out Ike’s kit and give him an additional boost to his bulk.

Strengths

Ragnell

Ike’s exclusive weapon grants him built in Distant Counter, which allows him to use a wide variety of powerful A slot skills while retaining the ability to counterattack ranged foes on Enemy Phase.

Infantry

Ike’s status as an Infantry unit also gives him access to a wide variety of powerful skills such as Close Call, in addition to the movement type lacking a weakness to most effective weapons.

Weaknesses

Awful Resistance

With only 18 Resistance at base, Ike’s resistance is incredibly poor, and as a result, he has a difficult time against magical foes in general, as they can inflict a significant amount of damage to him with ease, if not outright KO.

User Submitted Builds

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Ike build by Banandana 04-09

	Ragnell	A	Heavy Blade 3
	Reposition	B	Vantage 3
	Aether	C	Drive Def 2
S	Attack +3

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BLESSING: Water
SEAL: Varies, usually Attack+ or Quick Riposte
SUPPORT: Fjorm

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His IV is a little weird... counterproductive, even. But the extra HP helps him hang on when attacked by mages.

I used to use his native Swordbreaker, until I found myself thinking “he would have survived that with Vantage” too often. So I gave him Vantage. No rocket science here!

Drive Defense helps increase the general tankiness of his teammates. Nowi in particular. Especially for when she’s tanking a certain horseback archer.

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Additional Trivia

Usual Teammates: Ephraim/Nino/Sakura for Tempest and Story, Nowi/Fae/Fjorm for Arena,
Summoned: World of Radiance banner, April 2017

Ike build by HeroRen 11-04

	Ragnell	A	Fort. Def/Res 3
	Rally Spd/Def+	B	Guard 3
	Aether	C	Atk Smoke 3
S	Warding Stance 3

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Ragnell seems obvious choice to keep with Ike so he can counter ranged units. The Spd/Def + assist skill will be helpful to units that lack Spd and Def which in turn will help them to survive attacks better. Aether will help keep Ike's health up which will be useful for the Guard 3 skill. Fortress Def/Res 3 skill will help Ike survive longer on the battlefield making it so green units deal almost no damage, Res units dealing little damage, and blue units dealing decent damage to Ike whether it's a physical or magic based attack. Guard 3 will make sure that Ike isn't wiped out on the first turn by units that rely on their special attack to defeat Ike, and this will help Ike reach Aether before the enemy unit reaches their special. Attack smoke will help Ike decease the amount of damage he receives if he is attacked by multiple enemy units. Warding stance 3 will help Ike survive against magic based attacks better since Res isn't his greatest stat. If you add the summoned support bonuses Ike can become a valuable unit in battle.

Ike build by Mardek 09-20

	Ragnell	A	Warding Breath
	Reposition	B	Quick Riposte 3
	Ignis	C	Threaten Def 3
S	Distant Def 3

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Merged +1 and Bond Rank S with myself and Bond Rank S with Brave Ike. Used 5 red dragon flowers. Sacred Seal is Distant Defense 3. Also my favorite unit.

Ike build by Sh0wTim3 07-30

	Ragnell	A	Fury 3
	Swap	B	Special Spiral 3
	Blue Flame	C	Atk Smoke 3
S	Distant Def 3

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+7 merged, +10 Dragonflowers &amp;amp; Summoner support.
The goal for this build is to activate Blue Flame once so that Ike can just spam it thanks to Sepcial Spiral. Fury for higher stats. Atk Smoke and Distant Defense for higher survivability.

Ike build by Nobutora 02-10

	Ragnell	A	Heavy Blade 3
	Reposition	B	Swordbreaker 3
	Aether	C	Atk Smoke 3
S	Fierce Stance 3

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~Vanilla Radiant Hero~ (merged +1) [WIP]

OG Ike nowadays performs best as a Swordbreaker user that happens to have DC. Heavy Blade being pushed as far as it can with Fierce Stance and Atk Smoke is more so to save resources, but otherwise Steady Breath/QR/Distant Def would work more consistently.

Weapon Skills

Weapons	SP	Rng.	Mt.
Iron Sword Only Inheritable by Sword Units.	50	1	6
Steel Sword Only Inheritable by Sword Units.	100	1	8
Silver Sword Only Inheritable by Sword Units.	200	1	11
RagnellEnables counterattack regardless of distance if this unit is attacked. Learns by default at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.	400	1	16

Weapon Evolution

Weapon Upgrades

Special Skills

Special Skills	SP	Turns
New MoonResolve combat as if foe suffered Def/Res-30% Learns by default at 5 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	100	3
LunaResolve combat as if foe suffered Def/Res-50% Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	200	3
AetherResolve combat as if foe suffered Def/Res-50%. Unit recovers HP=half damage dealt. Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	500	5

Passive Skills

Passive Skills	SP	Slot
Heavy Blade 1If unit's Atk - foe's Atk ≥ 5, unit gains Special cooldown charge +1 attack. (If using other similar skill, only highest value applied.) Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	60	A
Heavy Blade 2If unit's Atk - foe's Atk ≥ 3, unit gains Special cooldown charge +1 attack. (If using other similar skill, only highest value applied.) Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units.	120	A
Heavy Blade 3If unit's Atk - foe's Atk ≥ 1, unit gains Special cooldown charge +1 attack. (If using other similar skill, only highest value applied.) Non-inheritable by Staff-wielding units. Unlocks at 5 ★	240	A
Swordbreaker 1If unit's HP ≥ 90% in combat against a sword user, unit makes a follow-up attack and foe cannot. Non-Inheritable by green units.	50	B
Swordbreaker 2If unit's HP ≥ 70% in combat against a sword user, unit makes a follow-up attack and foe cannot. Non-Inheritable by green units.	100	B
Swordbreaker 3If unit's HP ≥ 50% in combat against a sword user, unit makes a follow-up attack and foe cannot. Non-Inheritable by green units. Unlocks at 5 ★	200	B