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Legendary Ike IVs

I'm confused as to why this site has speed as one of his better boons. Wouldn't you want to be doubled since he has natural access to a A slot Breath? I'm asking this because I just pulled a -spd +res. Obviously we just got the free one from the voting so I do have 2 options.

Asked by Bets10 months ago

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The breath skill is +1 cooldown for both when he gets hit and when he counter attacks, and his special Radiant Aether only has 4 cooldown so he doesn't have to be doubled to trigger it.
Foe hits him=+2 cooldown, he hits them back=+2 cooldown, and now radiant aether can trigger on his follow-up (assuming he has quick riposte) regardless of whether the enemy hits him again or not. Though tbh I still don't know why +Spd would be good, to avoid more doubles and have him live longer in general I guess?

His iv's can go both ways. +spd improves his survivability as your avoiding doubles. -spd improves his offense (ironically) due to bwarding breath as you said.

With the continued spd powercreep (units are continuing to get faster) -spd is the better long term solution, particularly +res as that complements his A slot as a mage killer. I'd keep that one and merge/fodder the neutral.

some of recommended builds on this site are not really that good.
V!Ike's better bane should be -spd, this is especially the case in tier 20 arena where V!Ike will be consistently doubled even with a +spd boon.