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Which Brave Ike?

So back when CYL banner was around I pulled two B! Ikes. I want to give Steady Breath to my Black Knight and I want to which of my Ikes to keep. They're both
-HP one is +SPD the other is +RES. I plan to use the Ike I keep to mainly counter both Reinhardt and Brave Lyn and will probably keep both Steady Breath and Beorc's Blessing on him (none of that DC or QR stuff on him).

So which is best? I feel like most people will say +RES to help him tank Reinhardt better, but I feel Ike can do that just fine with 20 RES. Plus 31 SPD with a Hone and a +6 B!Lucina would get Ike to 41 which would allow him to destroy almost anything non-red just in case. Everything else being the same I'd rather keep the +SPD one, because I pulled him first and gave him reposition and already grinded him for SP, but it's not really a big deal. Thanks.

Asked by Kreymanchamp1 year 3 months ago

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I would personally give up +RES Brave Ike for the Black Knight because, as you said, a neutral RES Brave Ike can survive the assault from Reinhardt and kill him afterwards.

I see some potential use for +SPD Brave Ike whereas the neutral SPD Brave Ike would likely not achieve the same results.

TL;DR: fodder off +RES Brave Ike and keep the +SPD one.

Hard choose. I have with my other account 3 two with -hp +atk and +def and one with -atk +hp (this one will i 100% sac)
But must actually say i like more the +def then the +atk because of more dmg reduction is amazing.
The problem with +spd is somehow it deny Urvan effect. But still think here is the way with +spd and maybe then to run Luna(maybe Bonefire) and not Aethir because you want to get 1hit(and urvan should counter only Brave Weapons in this case and not combo played with Vantage as example)
I must say best IVs with him would be always -spd or atleast -hp/res because B Ike spd become first effectiv with +spd boon.

Res is BIke's least important stat, imo. Spd isn't all that important either since he reduces damage from being doubled or quadrupled, but even so that would still be even less damage if he managed to avoid the follow ups all together.

In the end, if you're running Steady Breath or Distant Counter on him then I'd keep the +spd BIke. But if you plan on running like Fury and then summoner supporting him or something then go for the +Res version, cause he'll be hard as fuck to kill by any forms of damage since his lowest stat would be 28 in Res.

That being said, he's objectively better with Steady Breath or Distant Counter, so I'd personally go for one of those.