Emblem Ike Builds and Best IVs

This is a ranking page for the hero Ike - Of Radiance from the game Fire Emblem Heroes (FEH). Read on to learn the best IVs (Individual Values), best builds (Inherit Skill), weapon refinement, stats at Lv 40, and more for Emblem Ike.

Heroes With the Same Name
Brave Ike	Legendary Ike
Ike	Valentine's Ike
Fallen Ike	Young Ike
Emblem Ike

Emblem Ike Rating and Basic Information

Overall Rating	9.9/10
Reroll Ranking (excluding Inherit Skill)	S (▶Reroll Ranking)
Ranking (including Inherit Skill)	SS (▶FEH Tier List)

Ike - Of Radiance: Basic Information

Color / Weapon Type / Move Type	Red / Sword / Infantry
Rarity	5 Star
What Kind of Character Are They?	・Weapon skill creates a large Atk stat swing, neutralizes penalties, effects that prevent counterattacks, and effects that slow down Special cooldown charges on unit. ・Exclusive Special forces foe to counterattack and follow-up attack first, reduces damage from foe's attacks, deals splash damage and inflicts Special cooldown count+1 on multiple foes, and restores HP to unit. ・Emblem effect reduces damage taken from ranged attacks.

Emblem Ike Skills at 5★

Emblem Ragnell Might: 16　 Range: 1 Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk+X to unit and inflicts Atk-X on foe (X = 25% of foe's Atk at start of combat -2; max 16; min 6), neutralizes penalties on unit, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's counterattacks, and neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat.

Great Aether Cooldown Count = 4 When Special triggers, boosts damage by percentage of unit's Atk = number of times foe has attacked during this combat x 10, + 40. If unit initiates combat, foe can counterattack before unit's first attack. If foe can perform a follow-up attack, foe can make a follow-up attack before unit's next attack during combat. Reduces damage from attacks by percentage = 40, - current Special cooldown count value x 10 during combat, but if unit receives consecutive attacks, reduces damage from foe's second attack onward by percentage = 70, - current Special cooldown count value x 10. If this Special is triggered during combat, deals 5 damage to foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 (cannot exceed the foe's maximum Special cooldown) on those foes, and restores X HP to unit after combat (X = number of foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit x 5, + 10; max: 50% of unit's max HP).

Def/Res Finish 4 If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Def/Res+7 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +5 damage during combat (except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials), and when unit deals damage to foe during combat, restores 7 HP to unit. (Triggers even if 0 damage is dealt.)

Laguz Friend 4 Inflicts Atk-5 on foe during combat. If unit's max Special cooldown count value ≥ 3 and unit's attack can trigger unit's Special, or if foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, reduces the percentage of unit's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% (excluding area-of-effect Specials), reduces damage from foe's attacks by 20% of the greater of unit's Def or Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and grants Special cooldown count-2 to unit before foe's first attack during combat. During combat, if unit's max Special cooldown count value ≥ 3 and unit's attack can trigger unit's Special, when Special triggers, deals damage = 20% of the greater of unit's Def or Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials) and neutralizes "reduces damage by X%" effects from foe's non-Special skills (excluding area-of-effect Specials). During combat, if foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, unit's next attack deals damage = 20% of the greater of unit's Def or Res and neutralizes "reduces damage by X%" effects from foe's non-Special skills (resets at end of combat).

Canto Control 3 If foe within 4 spaces of unit triggers Canto, inflicts 【Canto Control】 on that foe. 【Canto Control】 Limits the number of spaces target can move with Canto through their next action. If target's Range = 1, target can move 1 space when Canto triggers. If target's Range = 2, target's action ends when Canto triggers.

Emblem Ike's Emblem Effect 1

Enhanced Engage Special
If foe's Range = 2 and unit's or foe's Special is ready or triggered before or during this combat, reduces damage from foe's next attack by 40% (once per combat; excluding area-of-effect Specials).

Emblem Effect 2

Bonus Engaged Stats
Grants engaged unit Atk/Spd/Def/Res+X (X = number of the Emblem Hero's merges as if through Dragonflowers; does not impact opponent selection in modes like Arena).

Emblem Ike Best IVs

Recommended IVs

Stat	Superboon/Superbane	IV Recommendation
HP (19)		★★★☆☆
Atk (8)		★★★★★
Spd (5)		★☆☆☆☆
Def (15)		★★★★★
Res (9)		★★★★☆

◯ = Stat gains +4 with a superboon, ✕= Stat goes down by -4 with a superbane, - = No assets or flaws

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When using an Ascendant Floret, we recommend getting the next superboon if it fits the hero. If not, consider what stat your hero needs most.

+Atk / -Spd

The best IVs for Emblem Ike are +Atk and -Spd. Atk is a superboon and boosts Ike's already high Atk stat further, increasing the chances of him defeating his foes in one attack aided by Great Aether.

Emblem Ike's Spd is abysmal at only base 18 and is a safe bane to take as adjusting it through either boon or bane will not change any of his matchups.

+Atk for a +10 Merge

We recommend a +Atk IV when merging Emblem Ike up to +10 to maximize his damage output.

Emblem Ike Best Builds

Tank Emblem Ike

HOT
： Emblem Ragnell ： Reposition ： Great Aether ： -	： Def/Res Finish 4 ： Laguz Friend 4 ： Fatal Smoke 4 ： Atk/Def Ideal 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

This is Emblem Ike's base kit, but with Fatal Smoke 4 in his C slot. This skill prevents foes with Miracle effects from surviving against his Great Aether hit which is designed to take his foes out in one shot.

General Use / Budget Emblem Ike

： Emblem Ragnell ： Reposition ： Great Aether ： -

： Def/Res Finish 4 ： Laguz Friend 4 ： Canto Control 3 ： Atk/Def Ideal 3 ： -

How to Use, Explanation

Emblem Ike's base kit is good enough to function as a sturdy unit that can take multiple hits and then retaliate with Great Aether to defeat his foe and regain the HP lost from their attacks.

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Emblem Ike Stats

Stat Rankings

Neutral Stats at Lv. 40 (5★)
193
HP	41	Rank: 321/1089
Atk	47	Rank: 2/1089
Spd	18	Rank: 1010/1089
Def	45	Rank: 16/1089
Res	42	Rank: 37/1089

Stat Values

Lv 40+10 Stats (5★)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
+10 Merges W/ Skill Bonuses	46	67	22	50	47	232
Lv.40 +10	46	51	22	50	47	216

Stats at Lv 40

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★- Adjusted for Skills	41	63	18	45	42	209
5★ Lv.40	41	47	18	45	42	193

Initial Stats (with Skills)

	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
5★ Lv.1	19	24	5	15	9	72

Stat Comparison of Similar Heroes

Hero	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res	Total
Emblem Ike	41	47	18	45	42	193
Harken	41	46	32	46	27	192
Diamant	41	46	36	43	21	187
Gregor	40	44	37	43	23	187
Flame Tribe Rinkah	40	37	41	44	25	187
Scathach	43	42	30	43	24	182
Summer Lyon	42	42	21	37	39	181
Winter Altina	42	40	18	37	39	176
Itsuki	41	37	30	33	32	173
Shannan	43	38	36	37	18	172
Bridal Oboro	42	39	35	40	16	172
Eyvel	41	33	35	38	25	172
Summer Helbindi	44	36	18	37	33	168
Laevatein	39	37	31	34	22	163

Note: Stats bonuses from skills are not taken into account.

Emblem Ike Roles, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Emblem Ike Roles

Ike - Of Radiance Roles
Close-Physical	Ranged-Physical	Close-Magic	Ranged-Magic
Physical Wall	Magic Wall	Effective Weapon	Movement Assist
Exclusive Skill	All-Range Counter	Recovery	Refresher
Legendary	Mythic	Duo / Harmonized	Resplendent

Emblem Ike is a close physical attacker (range = 1). Therefore, when not accounting for the Weapon Triangle, the amount of damage he deals will be equivalent to his Atk minus the foe's Def stat.

Emblem Ike Strengths

Emblem Ragnell neutralizes multiple negative effects

Emblem Ike's exclusive sword Emblem Ragnell has a built-in Distant Counter effect, neutralizes penalties on Emblem Ike, neutralizes effects that prevent Emblem Ike's counterattacks, and neutralizes effects that slow down Emblem Ike's Special cooldown charges. These effects ensure that Emblem Ike can enter combat unhindered by any effect that hinders his combat potential, especially against top metagame threats.

The Null Penalties effect greatly improves Ike's matchup against Ninja Sanaki, and the Null C-Disrupt effect improves his matchup against Valentine's Lyon. These two units are the premiere ranged nuke units in the metagame, and Emblem Ike straight up has an improved matchup against them both.

Emblem Ragnell also grants Emblem Ike bonus Atk and inflicts an Atk penalty onto his foe during combat based on his foe's Atk at the start of combat. This effect creates an Atk stat swing that makes Ike more durable while hitting harder at the same time.

Great Aether forces foe to attack first and grants damage reduction

Emblem Ike's exclusive Special Great Aether is a 4 cooldown Special that boosts damage based on his foe's Atk and the number of times Ike's foe has attacked during this combat.

To increase Ike's damage output, Great Aether forces Ike's foe to counterattack and follow-up attack first when Ike initiates combat.

To protect Ike from being defeated before his attacks, Great Aether reduces damage from his foe's attacks by 40% minus current Special cooldown count value x 10. However, if he is receiving consecutive attacks, the damage reduction is increased to 70% minus current Special cooldown count value x 10 for his foe's second attack and all succeeding attacks during combat.

Additionally, Great Aether deals 5 damage to all foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on Ike and inflicts Special cooldown count+1 to those foes as well if Ike triggers Great Aether during combat.

Finally, Great Aether heals Ike after combat based on the number of foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on Ike, capped at 50% of his max HP.

Emblem Effect reduces damage from ranged attacks

Emblem Ike is an Emblem Hero, and as such, he can enhance a unit's Special and grant that unit bonus stats.

Emblem Heroes grant the engaged unit additional Atk/Spd/Def/Res stats based on the number of merges on the Emblem Hero. The stats gained follow the standard Dragonflower/merge order when applied.

For example, if the first merge would grant a unit HP+1, then a +1 Emblem Marth would grant the target hero HP+1 as well.

Since merges are capped at +10, the maximum amount of stats gained through the Engage feature is HP/Atk/Spd/Def/Res+2.

Additionally, using the Engage feature enhances the target hero's Special skill. In Emblem Ike's case, the target hero's Special skill is enhanced with 40% damage reduction on the foe's next attack, if the foe is a ranged unit and either the unit's or the foe's Special is ready or triggered before or during combat.

Emblem Ike Weaknesses

Saturation

Emblem Ike is yet another Sword Infantry unit added to the hero pool. Sword Infantry units are very common in FEH and this may make teambuilding difficult if players like multiple units with similar weapon/movement combos.

Emblem Ike does offer different things compared to other Sword Infantry units with Emblem Ragnell and Great Aether, giving him a purpose and role other than his weapon/movement combo.

Additionally, he is arguably the best omnitank unit in the entire game (as of the time of his release), setting him apart from all the other defensive options in his archetype.

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Ike - Of Radiance Only Appears as a 5 Star Hero!

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Emblem Ike - List of Skills

Weapons

Skill Name	Might	Range	Effect	Learned At
Iron Sword	6	1	No Effect	5★
Steel Sword	8	1	No Effect	5★
Silver Sword	11	1	No Effect	5★
Emblem Ragnell	16	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Unit can counterattack regardless of foe's range. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk+X to unit and inflicts Atk-X on foe (X = 25% of foe's Atk at start of combat -2; max 16; min 6), neutralizes penalties on unit, neutralizes effects that prevent unit's counterattacks, and neutralizes effects that inflict "Special cooldown charge -X" on unit during combat.	5★

Assists

This Hero has no Assist skills that can be learned.

Specials

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Daylight	(Cooldown Count = 3) Restores HP = 30% of damage dealt.	5★
Sol	(Cooldown Count = 3) Restores HP = 50% of damage dealt.	5★
Great Aether	(Cooldown Count = 4) When Special triggers, boosts damage by percentage of unit's Atk = number of times foe has attacked during this combat x 10, + 40. If unit initiates combat, foe can counterattack before unit's first attack. If foe can perform a follow-up attack, foe can make a follow-up attack before unit's next attack during combat. Reduces damage from attacks by percentage = 40, - current Special cooldown count value x 10 during combat, but if unit receives consecutive attacks, reduces damage from foe's second attack onward by percentage = 70, - current Special cooldown count value x 10. If this Special is triggered during combat, deals 5 damage to foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit, inflicts Special cooldown count+1 (cannot exceed the foe's maximum Special cooldown) on those foes, and restores X HP to unit after combat (X = number of foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit x 5, + 10; max: 50% of unit's max HP).	5★

Passives

Skill Name	Effect	Learned At
Def/Res Finish 1	If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Def/Res+2 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +1 damage during combat. (Except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials.)	5★
Def/Res Finish 2	If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Def/Res+4 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +3 damage during combat. (Except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials.)	5★
Def/Res Finish 3	If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Def/Res+6 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +5 damage during combat. (Except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials.)	5★
Def/Res Finish 4	If unit is within 3 spaces of an ally, grants Def/Res+7 to unit during combat, and also, if unit's Special is ready or unit's Special triggered before or during this combat, deals +5 damage during combat (except when dealing damage with area-of-effect Specials), and when unit deals damage to foe during combat, restores 7 HP to unit. (Triggers even if 0 damage is dealt.)	5★
Laguz Friend 1	If unit's max Special cooldown count value ≥ 3 and unit's attack can trigger unit's Special, or if foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, reduces the percentage of unit's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% (excluding area-of-effect Specials), reduces damage from foe's attacks by 5% of the greater of unit's Def or Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and grants Special cooldown count-2 to unit before foe's first attack during combat. During combat, if unit's max Special cooldown count value ≥ 3 and unit's attack can trigger unit's Special, when Special triggers, deals damage = 5% of the greater of unit's Def or Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials). During combat, if foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, unit's next attack deals damage = 5% of the greater of unit's Def or Res (boost resets at end of combat).	5★
Laguz Friend 2	If unit's max Special cooldown count value ≥ 3 and unit's attack can trigger unit's Special, or if foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, reduces the percentage of unit's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% (excluding area-of-effect Specials), reduces damage from foe's attacks by 10% of the greater of unit's Def or Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and grants Special cooldown count-2 to unit before foe's first attack during combat. During combat, if unit's max Special cooldown count value ≥ 3 and unit's attack can trigger unit's Special, when Special triggers, deals damage = 10% of the greater of unit's Def or Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials). During combat, if foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, unit's next attack deals damage = 10% of the greater of unit's Def or Res (boost resets at end of combat).	5★
Laguz Friend 3	If unit's max Special cooldown count value ≥ 3 and unit's attack can trigger unit's Special, or if foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, reduces the percentage of unit's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% (excluding area-of-effect Specials), reduces damage from foe's attacks by 15% of the greater of unit's Def or Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and grants Special cooldown count-2 to unit before foe's first attack during combat. During combat, if unit's max Special cooldown count value ≥ 3 and unit's attack can trigger unit's Special, when Special triggers, deals damage = 15% of the greater of unit's Def or Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials). During combat, if foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, unit's next attack deals damage = 15% of the greater of unit's Def or Res (boost resets at end of combat).	5★
Laguz Friend 4	Inflicts Atk-5 on foe during combat. If unit's max Special cooldown count value ≥ 3 and unit's attack can trigger unit's Special, or if foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, reduces the percentage of unit's non-Special "reduce damage by X%" skills by 50% (excluding area-of-effect Specials), reduces damage from foe's attacks by 20% of the greater of unit's Def or Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and grants Special cooldown count-2 to unit before foe's first attack during combat. During combat, if unit's max Special cooldown count value ≥ 3 and unit's attack can trigger unit's Special, when Special triggers, deals damage = 20% of the greater of unit's Def or Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials) and neutralizes "reduces damage by X%" effects from foe's non-Special skills (excluding area-of-effect Specials). During combat, if foe's attack can trigger unit's Special, unit's next attack deals damage = 20% of the greater of unit's Def or Res and neutralizes "reduces damage by X%" effects from foe's non-Special skills (resets at end of combat).	5★
Canto Control 1	If foe within 2 spaces of unit triggers Canto, inflicts 【Canto Control】 on that foe. 【Canto Control】 Limits the number of spaces target can move with Canto through their next action. If target's Range = 1, target can move 1 space when Canto triggers. If target's Range = 2, target's action ends when Canto triggers.	5★
Canto Control 2	If foe within 3 spaces of unit triggers Canto, inflicts 【Canto Control】 on that foe. 【Canto Control】 Limits the number of spaces target can move with Canto through their next action. If target's Range = 1, target can move 1 space when Canto triggers. If target's Range = 2, target's action ends when Canto triggers.	5★
Canto Control 3	If foe within 4 spaces of unit triggers Canto, inflicts 【Canto Control】 on that foe. 【Canto Control】 Limits the number of spaces target can move with Canto through their next action. If target's Range = 1, target can move 1 space when Canto triggers. If target's Range = 2, target's action ends when Canto triggers.	5★

Emblem Ike as a Source Hero

Value of Skills	★★★★★

Emblem Ike has Def/Res Finish 4, Laguz Friend 4, and Canto Control 3 as inheritance options.

Laguz Friend 4 is new and only found on Emblem Ike as of the time of his release.

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How to Get Emblem Ike

Obtained through a Special Summoning Event!

Emblem Ike is a limited time Hero who can be pulled from a Legendary or Mythic Hero Summoning event. They do not appear in regular summons.

Note: Not currently a featured hero in any Summon events.

Voice Actor and Illustrator Information

Voice Actor (English)	Greg Chun
Illustrator	Okuma Yugo
Appears In	Fire Emblem: Engage

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