You seem to be saying that no one appreciates him for his slowness. However, his Ragnell is a bit of a cheap weapon. Sure, it's slow and can't land that well. Also, the fact that it is so large and sends you flying once you are hit by it once, isn't really that cheap at all. And his final smash...
The only better character is Sonic just for his final smash. He's the reason Smash Balls are not used commonly.
But on the topic of Ike, the closed areas I'm talking about are the ones that I unknowingly put in custom stages. I should stop trying to make pictures out of my stages. But really...
Actually, you're wrong. Ike has alot of unfair advantages in closed spaces. Do you know what it's like to be cornered and spammed by sword flames? Most people who play using Ike as a preference are not only cheap, but extremely lazy to build up skill. On areas where there are big distances...
Ike is in general considered to be a cheap or uber character. It's no wonder you're good with him. Toon Link is as annoying as PH (WW he was less annoying) and Lucario is just a ******** version of Mewtwo. I've got nothing to say against ROB.