User:Apache49/Ash: Instant, Invisible, Invincible Death by Teleporting Ninja

Ash, and especially Ash Prime, is a great frame for stealth operations. Boost up Smokescreen, grab a silenced rifle or a bow, and murder your way through missions without a scratch. But what about when stealth is impossible and there are just too many of the enemy to snipe them? Some people say Ash is the wrong frame for that kind of mission. I disagree. The reason is simple: Blade Storm, properly aided by mods, is the single greatest mass-obliteration power in the game.

It's a deceptively simple trick. Don't bother with health or shield mods, you won't need them. Grab a Fast Deflection or Fortitude, those give you fast recharge. Eventually, get a Vigor mod, just in case. From there on, it's all about energy level. Flow is the first step. 150% energy lets you just keep on going. But that's not enough. Add a Streamline, maxed out. Then get a Fleeting Expertise mod. They're hard to come by, but that boost you get from them makes all the difference in the world. Throw in an Intensity for extra damage against the hardest to hit targets, and if you've got any more spots open, add in power range and damage mods.

What you have now is less of a glass cannon and more of a glass tactical nuclear weapon. When you get in combat, trigger Blade Storm and just keep going. Never stop using Blade Storm. Rebind left mouse to Blade Storm. If you can, team up with a Nekros or get a high-tier Energy Siphon so you can get more energy and keep using Blade Storm. At this point, nothing can touch you. Because you are always striking, you cannot be hit by anything. Orokin tower defense proving difficult? Regular defense on an alert too high level for you? Not a problem, just use Blade Storm until everything around you has been reduced to mulch. By improving the efficiency of your powers so heavily, you can use it with just under 10 energy per cast. Level up your frame a while and you have about 300 energy to play with. Two energy orbs give you the power for another five Blade Storms. See how this works? Oh, and if you're in a really bad spot for some reason, remember that at this point your Shurikens will have been boosted to make enemy heavy units hemorrhage their organs out. Just keep mobile, hitting the Blade Storm every time something shoots at you, and you will always survive. Oh, and as a bonus, since it doesn't require a status effect or anything like that, you can kill things that shrug off most wide-area killing powers. Just remember, the true weapon of the Tenno is not the gun, nor the sword. It is the Operator themself. Specifically, the Operator in the teleporting self-replicating ninja armor who refuses to die.