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Brave Ike: +Atk -Def, or neutral?

Just pulled another Brave Ike, plus attack is obviously great, I'm just not sure whether the defense bane is worth it. Urvan's effect helps a ton, obviously, but I'd still like some opinions

Asked by PhazonEnhanced4 weeks 1 day ago

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I personally don't think that the -Def will hinder him that bad.
He's more of a fighter than a tank.
Aether + Urvan +(potentially) Steady Breath helps him survive many encounters.

But I'm kinda unsure myself. Never used B!Ike before.

Poor speed, Urvan (enemy's 2nd+ attack reduced by 80%,) and native steady breath, he's 100% enemy phase.

He's more reliant on sustain from Aether than his defense. I would go with the +Atk IV. Urvan also helps to mitigate some of that lost def (in some cases).

Urvan only helps for consecutive attacks. So a desperation double, a brave weapon quad, or a bow or dagger double would be mitigated. Ike usually has no problem tanking colorless bows and daggers anyway. I don't think Urvan is that great since it only seems to help Ike on less than 10% of the combats he gets into.

-Def is acceptable. Steady Breath puts him back up to 36 Def on enemy phase. However I would personally probably stick with neutral. His Def is great, the problem is that with only 28 Spd he almost always gets doubled and really relies on his Def to survive.