Last I checked (which granted was some time ago), Ike was considered low rank by tournament players because the slowness of his attacks made a miss very easy to punish. But man, when he does connect, WATCH THE F*@#! OUT. Ragnell is insanely powerful, damn never every move outside of Aether is a solid launcher in Brawl. Ike was pretty much my favorite heavyweight in that game (much as I want to like Bowser, he is grossly underpowered by comparison).
I doubt if he needs to be weakened. Much as I liked playing as him, fighting against him wasn't nearly as annoying as fighting against a good Snake player. Then again, it's not uncommon for Smash's devs to seemingly overestimate the heavyweights...
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