SSBB character profile: Your thoughts on Ike?

[SHMUPGurus]

Words Of Wisdom said:

SHMUPGurus said:

There is one technique that they've made a lot easier to perform in Brawl though. I've always called it the ''Perfect Shield'' in Melee, but this time you know you've pulled it off when you hear big ''shield'' sound. It's the one that can reflect objects/projectiles thrown at you or just completely stop a strong/smash attack (and you can Shield+A after... etc.).

They've made that easier? My timing must be off then... I could easily do that in Melee, but I haven't hit the sweet spot in Brawl yet.

I don't know, I usually don't try and I get it perfectly! o_o

I guess it just comes more naturally this time around. In Melee, they made the shield system a lot more complex (you could just gently push the L/R-triggers, or you could push it completely and make a totally different shield effect), and I think that's what made it more complicated compared to Brawl's system where you just have to push the shield completely at the perfect timing. I was never certain how to pull it off in Melee, sometimes I got it and I thought I didn't push the trigger completely or vice versa.

*EDIT: @brawl: Nah, some of his new moves are just disappointing... His strong forward and back aerials are a bit weaker (and there's a learning curve), his forward+B is easily dodgeable when playing against good players that know what they're doing, is down+B can pass through opponent characters when they are too close to him and he his, in general, a bit slower in all of his moves (yep, no L-cancelling in Brawl, sadly). He's still fun to play with though because not a lot of people play him.