Apex Legends: The Ultimate Ash Guide

Ash is great for Apex Legends players who love an aggressive playstyle and tracking down enemies. Here's everything to know about playing her.

Apex Legends players who love going aggro in the fast-paced shooter will almost always find themselves running around the battlefield just to get the rush of combat. And when they do meet worthy opponents, it’s likely that some teams would retreat in the first sign of danger. This is a bummer most of the time, but not if players are using Ash.

This simulacrum initiator of Apex Legends specializes in precisely chasing enemies at their weakest. Ash’s toolkit is built to help her identify enemies who had just engaged in combat, as well as give her access to teleportation methods that allow her to jump from one heated battlefield to the next. At the sight of Ash’s blade, there’s no escape. Here's how to maximize this deadly Apex Legend’s abilities.

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Hailing from the Titanfall series set in the same world, the enigmatic Ash has been hinted as one of the more important background characters in Apex Legends lore. Born in the Frontier, Ash was originally known as Dr. Ashleigh Reid, a prominent researcher hired by the Syndicate to steal an experimental fuel source being studied in the Outlands. While her long con led to close relationships with her marks, an accident led to the destruction of their lab, leading to both her death and resurrection.

Now a simulacrum, the trauma of her transformation led to Dr. Reid losing much of her memories, with the power-hungry “Ash” personality remaining. And when an encounter with Horizon overrides her programming, the dormant but intelligent Leigh personality has begun to reemerge - and ready to reclaim her new body.

While Revenant of Apex Legends encourages stalking and straightforward stealth, fellow simulacrum Ash instead approaches enemies with cunning and deliberate mercilessness. Capable of ensnaring enemies and locating opponents who just killed other players (especially with recommended Apex Legends weapons), Ash quite literally “punishes” others who had just killed, as though becoming death incarnate. Here's why this can be appealing to potential Ash users:

Being an aggressive stalker in any Apex Legends map, Ash relies less on consistent stealth and more on tactical prowess when engaging enemies. Thanks to her toolkit, Ash is capable of not only finding enemies tired from recent conflict but even having skills that can stop opponents on their tracks to transform them into easy pickings. These things benefit Ash, especially if she’s using a powerful weapon like an Apex Legends Assault Rifle, which is tailor-made to help players adapt to situations. Here is a quick rundown on this Legend's basic skills:

As a Skirmisher in the battle royale, it’s essential for Ash to have a means to track down her enemies for her ambushes and surprise attacks, regardless of what Apex Legends weapon combo she uses. This is the point of her Marked For Death (Passive), which helps her track other aggressive attackers from the vantage point of recent Death Boxes. Here are some qualities to check out:

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It’s one thing for Ash to identify where potential targets are, and another thing to give the Apex Legends team the ability necessary to follow-through. Such is the point of the Arc Snare (Tactical), which allows Ash to unleash a projectile that transforms into a snare trap that stuns the target upon making contact. Here are some things to note:

When desperate to chase her enemies and perhaps finish them off with a pistol, Ash doesn’t necessarily have to run a long way to reach her destination. Thanks to Phase Breach (Ultimate), she can slash a tear into spacetime to reach a particular destination. This tear stays open for a while for Ash’s team to use. Here are things to consider:

An aggressive stalker like Ash can become a tricky Legend to handle, especially when using heavy artillery alongside her Apex Legends Tactical skill, due to how combat-hungry her toolkit can get. While it’s fun chasing enemies who just killed other players, gamers who can’t tap into Ash’s skills might force her to hold back, preventing her from become eliminating enemies fast enough to be useful. When using Ash, players should always take note of the following gameplay strategies.

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Previously classified as a reconnaissance Legend, Ash’s toolkit allows her to specialize in chasing aggressive enemies. This offensive-leaning reconnaissance possibly led to her reclassification into an Assault Class Legend in Season 16, giving Ash more access to opportunities that allow her to capitalize on her combat potential. Now, Ash has access to these aggression-leaning Perks:

As an enemy tracker, Ash can punish enemies for even attempting to enter combat. Players who want to maximize Ash’s tracking toolkit might want to give her high-powered weapons that allow her to kill enemies in just a few blows, allowing her to be a fast-acting assassin. Weapons in the game that can help Ash with this objective include:

Apex Legends is playable on the PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch.

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Rhenn is a Manila-based content writer with a love for all things geek and pop culture, and science and technology. He has a BA Journalism degree, and has since then pursued making content about geek culture. Rhenn used to write for a couple of geek and gaming publications, and also served as editor-in-chief for Philippines-based What's A Geek!. He constantly plays video games but also takes the time to try out older titles. If he's not playing video games, he's probably playing TTRPGs.