Talk:Ash (Warframe)/@comment-188.123.112.233-20150403012412/@comment-5331442-20150413211615

Nah... not really lol. Ash is pretty much all about the Bladestorm. Shuriken is good for minor damage, and teleport can be handy, but in order to make him good at damage, Smoke Bomb lasts for only a few seconds, which makes it fairly useless. The main advantage of Ash is that his dps is immune; he cannot take damage, be proc'd, or be affected by proc's that were given prior to activating it. Furthermore his shields can recharge during it. (Also, for a while after Opticor came out, I was able to re-load it WHILE in Bladestorm, but that's just a bug) Not to mention that Bladestorm affects and is affected by the melee combo multipliers. This is extraordinarily useful for increasing his damage. But in the end it pretty much comes down to cover-play with Shuriken, or Bladestorm. I mean, his smokebomb is okay, but if you want to play a stealth frame you really could just go Loki, allthough I guess he's somewhat more offensive with Shuriken, in order to remain stealthy with long duration, you generally end up with a damage reduction, and damaging an enemy with Shuriken but not killing it will just alert everything near-by.