HOW TO USE ASH IN APEX LEGENDS! | MASTER ASH GUIDE

the incisive instigator dr ashley reed or what we have come to know her as ash is one of the more interesting legends to be added to apex legends in recent times she is not a legend to take lightly and she has some very powerful and aggressive tools at her disposal let's kick it off with an overview of her abilities before we go over some specific tips and play style examples ash's passive ability is called marked for death this has a couple cool little tricks for both her squad and herself for starters ash can see on the map in minimap recently eliminated players death boxes these show up as skulls and will remain on the map for three minutes after the player is killed ash can also ping these markers on the map to inform her squad where the death boxes are and a timer will show up in the kill feed of how long ago they died the second part of her passive is the ability to mark or ping surviving attackers for both herself and the squad if ash walks up to a death box of a player that an alive enemy has eliminated she can then use her interact button on that death box to ping the squad of the enemy that killed that player wow what a mouthful we will get to more on this shortly next is the tactical ability arc snare this is a snare that will bind up and slow down an enemy when they get too close to it the snare will last for 5 seconds on the ground and has a 5 to 6 meter dome that will attach to players if they get too close the snare will only attach to one enemy and the snare will also attach if it comes into range of an enemy even if it doesn't hit the ground the cooldown of the snare is 25 seconds and it seems that you can more or less throw it as far as you want finally ash's ultimate is phase breach this lets her tear open a one-way portal to a targeted location unlike rafe's portal the portal is only open for 15 seconds and can travel up to 62 meters away if you are using phase breach and pointing it in the air you will just be transported to the ground while the portal is a one-way portal you can travel through it in that one-way direction as many times as you want in those 15 seconds the basic way to use the ability is to pull out your sword by using your ultimate ability aim the bluish circle or arrow that is appearing on the ground and then use your shooting button to send you flying the ability only has a two-minute timer and this will let you be able to use it multiple times each match before we get to those playstyle examples and tips it is important to know the role ash is playing in the squad ash in a lot of ways has a lot of other legends abilities packed into hers she has some recon with her passive tracking some ability to slow down enemies with her tactical like watson and ultimate can transport the team much like rafe however ash is really more of an aggressive legend due to her ultimate a squad that is sticking close to ash can instantly redirect and transport around with ease this does allow for some quicker rotations bypassing open areas or making a crazy push by using the ultimate to get height ash can kind of do a little bit of everything but she really serves as the attacker and information gatherer role for the squad as we continue be sure to check out my pinned comment down below for any and all changes to ash since the launch of this video as with all legends in apex legends they rarely go through major changes and if at any point this video does become outdated i will let you know down there [Music] now moving into the tips and play style examples there are a ton of ways to use ash's abilities for starters using the pinging of death boxes from ash's passive is a two-way street you can find out where enemies are with the ping but they will also more or less know where you are at that time because an on-screen indicator will appear for them be mindful of this and it might be worth waiting to ping the death box till you are ready to make a push or a rotation since enemies do get notified of being scanned or pinged i encourage you to try and save the death box pinging until you are actually ready to do something with the information you can only ping each deathbox once which means you shouldn't waste it you can tell if you can ping a box by the icon on the box if there's a skull with a slash through it that means there is no one to ping as the squad is already dead and it's not worth taking the time to use the pinging if there's a knife on the box though you will be able to ping in a live enemy a big tip for the deathbox ping is to wait and use the pings till you are in an active firefight if you are able to get a second and use it in this manner you will be able to get a real-time notification of enemies whereabouts which can be incredibly important in a gunfight so once again if you know enemies are close wait till you're in a fight or about to shoot to ping the box death boxes popping up on the minimap give ash information that no other legend can have this information can be used to understand a few things for one this lets you plan out your rotations by keeping the action going all game long after your initial landing or fight take a look at the map and see where enemies are dying to better have an idea where to go second to this is the opposite to avoid fights if needed this information of where players are dying can better help you plan your end game rotations if you are entering from outside the ring and are really late in your rotation you can't understand where to move to try and avoid a sticky situation for ash's tactical snare you can really use the ability to zone control areas the first use case is to simply catch enemies off guard or prevent pushes dropping your snare in a hallway or behind a door is a great 5 second deterrent to stop enemies from getting to you this can let you get away get a battery off or just regroup with the squad if they do choose to walk into the snare they will end up getting slowed down allowing you to continue to get away or turn around to get some shots on them because the snare does travel a little bit slow you will need to anticipate enemies movements when using it try your best to lead enemies when throwing it if they are in the open or place the snare in areas where enemies will try to escape through the snare moving slowly can actually be an advantage in the fact that you can combo the snare and a grenade together throw a snare at an enemy camping behind cover and then drop a grenade right there at the same time the slower traveling snare will allow the grenade to slightly catch up and if you time this right it can pay off in big ways the final thing i wanted to mention about the snare is to try and use it to catch reviving enemies off guard if someone is reviving behind cover send the snare out and this could do a couple things it could send them into a panic stopping the revive or could leave them immobile briefly allowing you to follow up again with a grenade or yourself by making a push do me a huge favor and hit that like button it does help out a ton with getting the video noticed i also stream over on twitch if you ever have any apex legends questions or if you just want to chat i truly appreciate your support the first thing i would like to point out with ash's ultimate is just how quiet of an ability it is it does have some audio but if enemies are not closely listening you can get a push that some will just not know that is happening it is much less noticeable than something like a player hitting an octane's launch pad horizons tactical or a pathfinder zipline this brings us to our first use case scenario of her ultimate ability and that is going to be the aggressive push her portal travels quickly and has a decent distance on it but you should know that you are still pretty revealing two enemies when you are exiting the rift it is best to plan around this using the portal to get higher ground would be best in most scenarios so you can then drop down on enemies surprising them at the very least try to have the end of the portal be out of the enemy's line of sight we now know that ash's ultimate is solid for aggressive playmaking but it may be even more so be great for escaping out of tight situations using the ability for rapid escaping can't be stressed enough the ability to escape via a hype portal or just getting away can be extremely clutch like i did here in antenna i knocked one enemy down so i dropped down to pursue the second and quickly realized that this was probably a mistake so i transported myself back up to height to stay with my team in line with my previous tip use ash's face breach to transport your knocked teammates around much like race portal to get a down teammate out ash's ultimate can actually be much quicker to get your squad out of trouble and get them back up ash's ultimate requires much more of a sense of urgency than other abilities in the game because her portal only lasts 15 seconds it is best to keep in communication with the squad when you are about to use it so they can follow up with you this means both when you are opening a fight or just trying to reposition the whole squad to reset engagements and have another go since the ultimate does cap out at 62 meters in distance use this to your advantage and make sure you aren't going to try to transport yourself somewhere that is too far away you do not want to end up missing out on high ground or putting yourself in a tough spot just because you are too far away from your desired location and you didn't realize it if you are unaware a really great and sneaky tactic that you can do is to use ash's ultimate to breach through windows you can place yourself and the squad into a building that does have an open window and really get the drop on enemies or just to transport yourself into complete cover if you are stuck in the ring do not be afraid to use ash's ultimate to get a quick 62 meter jump to avoid ring damage the 2 minute timer is pretty quick and it might just be worth it if you are gonna take massive ring damage there's a ton of ways to use ash's abilities as with most legends and apex be creative and continually think of new ways to catch your enemies off guard what legends pair up with ass really comes down to your specific playstyle but here are a few recommendations for you for starters it hurts my soul to recommend it this is gonna be revenant with ash and to give it a try pop revenants totem go into death phase and then use ash's ultimate to rapidly transport onto a team for complete chaos if you do this quickly enough you can actually take ash's portal back a second time as well this does require a lot of coordination though as ash's portal doesn't go as far as something like octane's pad beyond this we do have sierra or more specifically bloodhound bloodhand will better let you understand enemies locations and this information will help you plan your ultimate pushes accordingly fuse might also be a great option combo fuses clusters with ash's snare to really send enemies into a frenzy and of course i will say that any non-movement legend will benefit from ash's portal as it will help them out immensely in transportation through open areas i do not see weaponry mattering too much for ash although an emphasis on close range is an absolute must having something like an smg or a shotgun after exiting her portal will be needed backing up your close range with something like an r301 or a longbow could be nice so you can get a pick or get some big damage and then make that push arena for ash is definitely no joke she's absolutely a solid option and her kit in a lot of ways is meant for aggressive play making which can benefit her in the squad immensely get a knock finish up the remainder of the enemies with a portal push on top of this snaring enemies is also unique and opens up some interesting playmaking i will say that ash is still pretty new as of the making of this video so i am not sure if she is really top tier in arena legends like gibraltar or lifeline are quite incredible and i do not think i would put ash on the same level as these legends so where does ash rank in the meta of apex legends i put ash in the same vein as valkyrie when she launched when valkyrie launched we didn't know the complete picture but there was something special about valkyrie that i knew was gonna take a while to be seen that being said it's relieving to have a new legend come into the game that is not busted in terms of being overpowered kind of like horizon was when she came out and a legend that is not an underperformer like fuse was ash is a solid legend who i think skill ceiling is a little bit lower than a legend like horizon was at her launch all that being said she is still going to be a very good legend ash for me is a top 7 legend in the game for me this puts her squarely in the middle of being absolutely great but not quite brokenly good ash is a refreshing legend to have implemented into apex legends and does bring another unique and interesting playstyle to the game that we really just didn't have before let me know in the comments how you are feeling about her and the new map storm point we have covered every legend in apex legends so if you are interested in learning more check out the playlist in the description down below if you ever need someone to play with or you just want to chat with someone about apex legends hop into our community discord till next time everyone i hope to see you live in those twitch streams happy gaming legends [Music] you

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Length: 12min 17sec (737 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 05 2021