Talk:Ash (Warframe)/@comment-46.151.136.17-20131006102656/@comment-17427084-20131008025715

Ash may not be the warframe for you, but he is epic in the right hands. I, personally, have a 3x formaed Ash, and he is my bread and butter. Any level but Mob Def, and Def he is extremely effective on, as he combines speed, mobility and damage. Using only smoke and bladestorm is normal, as they are arguably his most useful skills, unless you learn to use his other ones. Teleport is extremely situatuational, I must admit, but I would feel handicapped taking it off of my build. Shuriken is hands down the skill I use most on Ash, it launches close to almost hitscan death for medium and low level enemies, and if they are running they have an added homing feature, meaning unless they jumo behind cover, they are dead. I have even startled teammates with my reflexive use of shuriken. Bladestorm, I find, is less for dealing with masses, and has more utility then you might think. I find myself using bladestorm right before the enemies would tap into my health, as you are invincible during the animation. It is also useful for scouting the room, as even if you dont teleport to the enemy, you are likely to see them during the animation. I have played Ash for an extremely long time however, and this frame takes time to master.