LogFAQs > #966601053

Ike's main advantages are scaling directly to Alondite and the Black Knight, which DO get crazy strong respect. BK surviving an entire castle falling on him AFTER Ike has fought him, and Ike only going up from there and going blow for blow until overwhelming BK AFTER having fought a full battle beforehand, puts him pretty damn high. I do think DK has the mobility advantage still - Ike is fast, but Jungle Beat DK is on a whole 'nother level in terms of reaction speed, going from standing to backflipping and kicking a coconut in midair so hard it kills an armadillo man faster than eyes can keep up with a lot of the time, not to mention the sheer speed of the Konga Rush fists.

I do think DK would be able to take more blunt force than Ike, but swords and lasers cut. If Ike was a cestus user, I'd give it to DK, he's CLEARLY bigger, faster, and stronger, too. But all DK has to do is make one mistake and Ike has the advantage, and it's shown that Ike... pretty much never stops training and doing mercenary work from PoR on. DK is a LOT more laid back. I see scenarios where DK CAN win, but I feel like I have to look for those compared to going "if Ike lands the hit and makes DK bleed, it's really hard for DK to recover", whereas Ike would need to get punched by DK square on with no bracing for DK to capitalize. And since Ike's got the range advantage (and lasers are fast) AND mid-battle healing in aether, I see him getting out of this more times than not.