Ashe (Final Fantasy XII party member)

Ashe is a playable character in Final Fantasy XII. She is a magick-oriented character by her stat growth, good for ranged combat and healing. Ashe first joins as a guest under the guise of Amalia, and later joins permanently on the Dreadnought Leviathan. As she is the last of the six playable characters to join, she begins with the most licenses. Her starting level is determined by the current party's average level. Ashe's stats make her similar to a Red Mage due to the high potential with Black and White Magicks.
In the original PlayStation 2 version, Ashe's HP growth is low, but her MP growth is potentially the party's highest and her Magick Power is tied with Penelo's as the highest. Her Strength, Vitality, and Speed are average and due to her low HP and Vitality, one may want to equip her with long-range weapons: bombs, bows, or crossbows. Because of this, Ashe makes for a good mage-type character, and giving her mystic equipment makes the most of her magick-geared stats. She may also be a good candidate for unlocking Espers.
In the Zodiac versions, she has the highest magick stat out of all the party at level 99 and having the fourth highest Strength at level 99 behind Balthier. Due to her all around high strength and magick, she can excel in both physical and magick oriented jobs, with her naturally high Magick Power able to supplement the Time Battlemage job along with a combination of other jobs that lack access to Mystic armor.
However, any stat differences can be made up with gear and the differences in animation speed are negligible. Ashe can be built in any way without drawbacks.
After winning a boss battle the currently alive members of the active party perform a victory pose depending on what weapon they are equipped with. She can be developed to equip any kind of weapon, but her key art depicts her with a one-handed sword (the dummied Hero's Blade), and she also starts with one when she joins. 
==Support character==
As Amalia in the Garamsythe Waterway, her initial equipment and stats are shared with her playable character equivalent. Even though she has a gambit to use Dark Motes on enemies weak to them, there are no such enemies to fight when she is a support character and then a guest.
====Stats====
Name 	Stat
Level 	6
Weak 	―
Target Info 	No
Max HP 	280
Max MP 	3
Strength 	15
Magick Power 	10
Vitality 	26
Speed 	17
Attack Power 	16
Defense 	6
Magick Resist	16
Evade 	20
Magick Evade 	5
====Properties====
Name 	Stat
Status Immunities	X-Zone, Petrify, Doom, Disease, Lure, Berserk, Bubble
Innate Statuses 	―
Augments 	Safety, Shield Block, Counter
Gambits 	(A) Self: HP < 80% ⇛ Potion(C) Foe: nearest visible ⇛ Dark Mote(A) Foe: nearest visible ⇛ Attack
====Equipment====
Category	Name
Weapon 	Broadsword
Off-Hand	Escutcheon
====Final Fantasy XII original data====
Name 	Initial Stats
Level 	Average of the two highest values +1
LP 	—
Magicks/Technicks	—
Items 	—
Gil 	—
Gambits 	1. Ally: HP < 40% ⇛ Potion2. Ally: status = KO ⇛ Phoenix Down3. Foe: dark-weak ⇛ Dark Mote4. Foe: nearest visible ⇛ Attack
====Zodiac versions data====
Name 	Initial Stats
Level 	Average of the two highest values +1
LP 	—
Magicks/Technicks	Cure
Items 	Potion x10, Hi-Potion x1, Phoenix Down x2, Antidote x2, Eye Drops x3
Gil 	1,230
Gambits 	1. Ally: HP < 50% ⇛ Cure2. Foe: nearest visible ⇛ Attack
==Player character==
====Final Fantasy XII original====
=====Initial data=====
Name 	Initial Stats
Level 	Average of the two highest values +1
LP 	Average of the two highest values -100
Magicks/Technicks	Cure
Items 	—
Gil 	0
Gambits 	1. Ally: HP < 70% ⇛ Cure2. Foe: nearest visible ⇛ Attack
=====Initial licenses=====
Name 	Permits use of
White Magick 1	Cure, Blindna
White Magick 2	Vox, Poisona
Swords 1 	Broadsword, Longsword
Swords 2 	Iron Sword, Zwill Blade, Ancient Sword
Shields 1 	Escutcheon, Leather Shield
Shields 2 	Buckler, Bronze Shield, Round Shield
Light Armor 1 	Leather Cap, Leather Clothing
Mystic Armor 1	Cotton Cap, Magick Curch, Cotton Shirt, Light Woven Shirt
Heavy Armor 1 	Leather Helm, Bronze Helm, Leather Armor, Bronze Armor
Heavy Armor 2 	Sallet, Iron Helm, Scale Armor, Iron Armor
Accessories 1 	Orrachea Armlet
Accessories 2 	Bangle, Steel Gorget
=====Initial equipment=====
Ashe and "Amalia" share the same initial equipment.
Category 	Name 	Effect
Weapon 	Longsword 	Sword, Attack Power +19, Evade +5, CT 35, Multiple Hits 5
Off-Hand 	Escutcheon 	Evade +6
Helm 	Bronze Helm 	Magick Resist +6, Strength +2
Armor 	Bronze Armor	Defense +7, Strength +2
Accessory	Bangle 	Equip: Libra
=====Stats=====
Ashe and "Amalia" share the same stats.
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Magick Power	Vitality	Speed
3 	100-106 	31-34 	22 	22 	24 	23
10 	253-284 	43-54 	26 	25 	26 	24
20 	589-679 	66-94 	31 	30 	29 	25
30 	1,020-1,189	89-135 	36 	35 	33 	26
40 	1,428-1,671	117-186	42 	40 	36 	28
50 	2,081-2,445	142-270	47 	45 	40 	29
60 	2,656-3,127	165-298	52 	50 	43 	30
70 	2,982-3,511	182-320	58 	55 	47 	32
80 	3,359-3,955	199-327	63 	60 	50 	33
90 	3,872-4,563	210-344	68 	65 	53 	34
99 	4,452-5,827	216-349	73 	69 	57 	36
====Zodiac versions====
=====Initial data=====
Name 	Initial Stats
Level 	Average of the two highest values +1
LP 	Average of the two highest values -1
Magicks/Technicks	Cure
Items 	High Potion x6, Phoenix Down x2
Gil 	0
Gambits 	1. Ally: HP < 50% ⇛ Potion2. Foe: nearest visible ⇛ Attack
=====Initial licenses=====
Name 	Permits use of
Command 	Attack, Items
White Magick 1	Cure, Blindna
Swords 2 	Longsword, Iron Sword
Shields 1 	Leather Shield, Buckler
Heavy Armor 1 	Leather Helm, Bronze Helm, Leather Armor, Bronze Armor
Accessories 2 	Bangle, Firefly
=====Initial equipment=====
Ashe and "Amalia" share the same initial equipment.
Category 	Name 	Effect
Weapon 	Longsword 	Sword, Attack Power +20, Evade +5, CT 32, Multiple Hits 5
Off-Hand 	Buckler 	Evade +9
Helm 	Bronze Helm 	Magick Resist +6, Strength +2
Armor 	Bronze Armor	Defense +7, Strength +2
Accessory	Bangle 	Equip: Libra
=====Stats=====
Ashe and "Amalia" share the same stats.
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Magick Power	Vitality	Speed
3 	99-106 	56-65 	22 	25 	24 	23
10 	251-282 	87-116 	26 	29 	26 	24
20 	584-674 	146-219	31 	34 	29 	25
30 	1,013-1,180	205-324	36 	40 	33 	26
40 	1,418-1,659	278-455	42 	45 	36 	28
50 	2,065-2,427	341-566	47 	51 	40 	29
60 	2,637-3,104	400-668	52 	56 	43 	30
70 	2,960-3,485	443-741	58 	62 	47 	32
80 	3,334-3,926	487-814	63 	67 	50 	33
90 	3,844-4,530	516-858	68 	73 	53 	34
99 	4,420-5,512	529-871	73 	78 	57 	36
==Quests==
Amalia appears as a support character and then as a guest for the Garamsythe Waterway dungeon, but after fighting the dungeon's end boss, she leaves. Ashe joins as a permanent party member aboard the Dreadnought Leviathan. Soon after, Penelo also joins permanently and the player's final party is assembled. When on the overworld and in dungeons, the player can use Ashe as the party leader, but only Vaan is controllable in settled areas.
The first boss the party faces with Ashe as a full-fledged party member is Judge Ghis; if Ashe is in the active party during this encounter, Ghis will focus on attacking her when he is low on health.
Category:Character gameplay in Final Fantasy XII