Ashbite

Ashbite the Dragon is a hero in Kingdom Rush: Frontiers. He costs $6.99 (50 Kreds on the Kongregate version) and starts at level 6. He levels up faster than any other hero in the game. He is unlocked at Emberspike Depths on the Steam version.
==Description==
Nobody knows why Ashbite decided to fight alongside the Linirean army, but when a powerful and fierce dragon breathes hell over your enemies, it's good to have him on your side. Anger, fire, power... just say Ashbite.
==Skills==
===Primary===
 BLAZING BREATH (active) (cooldown: 10 seconds) (2/2/2 hero points):
: Spews forth a cone of searing flames dealing 28/42/56 damage to enemies caught in it.
 FEAST (active) (cooldown: 30 seconds) (3/2/2 hero points):
: Dives and feasts upon an enemy, dealing 80/140/200 damage, with a 20%/30%/40% chance of devouring it.
 FIERY MIST(active) (cooldown: 15 seconds) (1/1/1 hero point):
: Sends out a cloud of hot smoke that slows enemies by 30%/40%/50% for 3/4/5 seconds.
 WILDFIRE BARRAGE (active) (cooldown: 18 seconds) (3/3/3 hero points):
: Scorches the ground melting all enemies with 4/8/12 explosions of 30 damage each.
 REIGN OF FIRE (passive) (1/2/2 hero points):
: Fire based attacks set enemies on fire, burning them for 6/18/30 damage over 3 seconds. 
===Secondary===
* Ashbite's regular attacks deal splash True Damage.
* Ashbite has an idiosyncratic attack pattern:
** Against ground enemies, he can only use his regular attack on enemies somewhat near him, but not directly under him. Blazing Breath, Fiery Mist and Wildfire Barrage have a longer range and can be used on targets further away. Feast can only be used when the target is directly under Ashbite.
** Against flying enemies, Ashbite's regular attack has a longer range, but he can't use any skills on them.
* Ashbite has the ability to fly, and is not forced to stay on the road.
* Ashbite is immune to poison.
==Stats==
Ashbite has a 5% health regeneration, healing at 30 health per second at level 10.
Level	Health	Fire Damage (On steam 1.5s) 
(On IOS 3.0s)	Armor	Heal Rate	Respawn
6 	520 	24-36	None 	26 	30s
7 	540 	26-40	None 	27 	30s
8 	560 	29-43	None 	28 	30s
9 	580 	31-47	None 	29 	30s
10 	600 	34-50	None 	30 	30s
*Fire damage deals True Damage.
==Tips and Tricks==
Ashbite is a flying hero that specializes in lane crowd control and softening enemies. He is best used against groups, thanks to the AOE damage he deals, but he can also hurt single, durable foes decently, as well as hold the line against a flood of faster enemies. When using Ashbite, it is recommended to place him just behind your Barrack soldiers, he will quickly disintegrate the blocked foes with his fire, allowing none to leak through.
It is also important to guage your skill distances on top of micromanaging Ashbite, as Ashbite has an idiosyncratic attack pattern, where he can only use his regular attack on enemies somewhat near him, but not directly under him. His skills are also reliant and triggered on distances where they would not activate if the enemies were too close to Ashbite, with varying ranges.
* Blazing Breath is Ashbite's most frequently used skill. It targets an area close to Ashbite, but not directly under him, so to make the most out of this skill, place Ashbite slightly in front of or behind the targeted foes. Fully upgraded, along with Reign of Fire, it seals some good True Damage to the victims. With the short cooldown and good AOE, this is a very reliable ability.
* Fiery Mist has the same targeting mechanism as Blazing Breath. This skill grants Ashbite some degree of block power against the enemies moving beneath him, grouping them together to improve the effect of Blazing Breath. To use this skill well, you must put Ashbite behind ground allies, so they can stop enemies from escaping the mist, while avoiding Ashbite wasting the skill on lone foes.
* Wildfire Barrage is Ashbite's most damaging skill, however is dedicated to catching leaks as well as laying damage on the face of a coming horde, with its unique targeting system: aiming at the enemies furthest away from Ashbite, within the great range of the skill. Because of this, it is very difficult to control this skill, thus ample micromanagement and knowledge of skill distances is essential to aim Wildfire Barrage well.
* Feast is a single target attack that deal physical damage, unlike Ashbite's other skills, which deal fire damage (a form of true damage). This skill has an instant kill chance, allowing Ashbite to take out strong foes, such as Saurian Brutes, Gorillons, Executioners and Bloodshells. Precise timing and placement is crucial: isolate the targeted enemy, then move Ashbite on top of it just before the moment the skill is ready, so he won't waste it on a random weak foe.
* Reign of Fire increases Ashbite's overall damage via igniting targeted enemies. Hence enemies actually take 30 more damage. This means that Ashbite's damage at level 10 is effectively 64-80.
Compare to Bonehart, the other dragon, Ashbite has better individual DPS and faster recharge of skills, as well as a varied arsenal of weapons to suit different tactics. However he is inferior against large groups of foes due to the smaller AOE of his skills and lack of Unstable Disease's stacked damage. Ashbite's method of stopping enemies, Fiery Mist, is also much less reliable than Bonehart's Bone Golems, since fast enemies can still run through the mist rather quickly. Thus, it is highly advised to spend extra gold on soldiers when using Ashbite to make up for his weak stall power.
==Quotes==
Ashbite apparently has never learned how to speak. He only roars whenever ordered to move.
* "Rrrreeeeh!"
* "Grrrrrrr!"
* "SSSSSSS!"
==Trivia==
*Reign of Fire is the name of a 2002 film about fire breathing dragons being reintroduced into the modern world (with devastating results).
* The dragon hatchling Ashbite had aided Linirea's elvish allies many years ago during their war against Malicia's Twilight elves and Mactans' spiders in Kingdom Rush: Origins. His armor and damage seem to have deteriorated over time.
* In the trailers, Ashbite is seen for a split second in the hero select screen, but named Grawl (most likely by mistake).
* On the Steam Version for Kingdom Rush Origins, an area on the map called the "Dragon Throne" shows a massive red dragon perched on top of a stone tower that occasionally breathes a funnel of smoke and ash. It is unknown whether it is related to Ashbite, although it is possible that it is a parent of Ashbite that laid his egg in the Arcane Quarters level.
==Gallery==
HeroSkill_Ashbite_1.PNG|Blazing Breath
HeroSkill_Ashbite_2.PNG|Fiery Mist
HeroSkill_Ashbite_3.PNG|Wildfire Barrage
HeroSkill_Ashbite_4.PNG|Feast
Ashbite grawl.png|Ashbite listed as Grawl
Category:Kingdom Rush: Frontiers
Category:Heroes
Category:Premium Heroes
Category:Ranged Heroes
Category:Flying Heroes
Category:Dragon Heroes