Ashley (Super Smash Bros. Infinite)

**Ashley** first appeared in *Super Smash Bros. for Wii U an 3DS* and *Ultimate* as an assist trophy and a Mii Fighter costume. She was revealed in the August 20XX Nintendo Direct and was the first character revealed after the post-E3 20XX E3 Reveal event. She is also the third Assist Trophy to be promoted from previous *Smash* titles and the first *WarioWare* newcomer. She appears alongside her demonic friend, Red, who transforms into her Wand or can also attack with his Trident.

Eric Lindbeck, the person who provided the voice for Ashley, remains the same throughout all language while she is provided a voice by Yumi Yoshimura in the Japanese release. Red voice talent isn’t credited but he communicates with a variety of screeches, snickers, and grunts.

## Attributes

Ashley and Red are a duo of WarioWare, Inc. employees, first appearing in *WarioWare: Touched!*. Ashley is a young witch who lives in a haunted mansion in Diamond City. She often takes trips outside her mansion to train in magic and frequently thinks about her parents. Red is a shapeshifting imp who acts as Ashley's best friend and loyal assistant. Since their introduction in *WarioWare: Touched!*, the pair have become recurring characters in the *WarioWare* series. Ashley’s height is on-par with that of Ness and Lucas but she stands slightly taller than them. Despite her appearance, she boasts deceptively long reach thanks to her magical Wand which is actually Red in disguise. When he transforms out of the Wand, he utilizes his Trident which further adds to the pair’s reach potential. Ashley is fairly mediocre in terms of speed but she possesses good jumping and aerial abilities which helps in her air game. Ashley is blast played while focusing on her Specials which grants her unique abilities. Her Specials, Dark Magic Zone and Potion, gives Ashley a temporary or much needed edge in fighting against particularly strong opponents. However, as with any magic, it can possibly backfire on Ashley can cause damage to her and Red should the spell or potion backfire.

Ashley’s weak defensive capabilities and sub-par damage output makes her potentially less appealing to characters such as Isaac or Bandana Dee in the newcomer roster. However, as mentioned above, she has her own tools to give her the edge in battle. This causes the player to rely on utilizing spells and potions in order to score KO’s. Debilitating opponents, finding openings, and relying on some luck is key to succeeding with Ashley. Like some of the other characters, she has a high learning curve thanks to these attributes. That being said, once mastered, she can become an extremely hard opponent to fight against and, dare say, even frustrating.

## Moveset

### Attributes

Ashley is accompanied by her servant Red

Ashley's Hair will turn white when casting Spells

### Special Moves

* Shrinks Opponents
* Slows Opponents
* Makes Opponents invisible
* Flower Potion: The opponents gain the Flower debuff.
* Reverse Potion: The opponents controls are reversed.
* KO Potion: This potion has a 10% chance of KOing instantly, the chance scales depending on damage.
* Sleeping Potion: The opponents fall asleep
* Stun Potion: The opponents become stunned.

* Shield Break
* Slowed Down
* Sleep
* Flower
* Reverse Controls
* Instant KO (if over 100%)

### Taunts

* **Up Taunt:** Ashley’s hair momentarily changes to white as she slightly levitates herself off from the ground. Red looks up puzzled.
* **Down Taunt:** She faces the camera and waves the wand in a full circle and then thrusts it forward. This causes Red to transform into the wand.
* **Right Taunt:** A green aura surrounds Ashley as she faces the camera and holds her right palm out. Red grips the Trident angrily.
* **Left Taunt:** Ashley twirls on one foot and then flicks her hair without any emotion. Red though snickers while hovering in the air.

### On-Screen Appearance

* The gate from her stage in *WarioWare Touched* opens up, revealing a menacingly standing Ashley who slowly walks to the foreground. Red then jumps out of the shadows to stand next to her.

### Idle Poses

* Ashley gets out her rabbit doll and rubs its head - causing said head to fall off.
* Ashley dusts off her dress.
* Red squats up and down slightly.
* Red shakes his Trident up and down happily

### Victory Poses

* She appears on the screen with her back facing the camera which is all dark and gloomy, slowly the camera zooms in to Ashley with the air of creepiness slowly fading and as she turn her head to the camera she scare the player by wearing a mask before taking it off from her face. Shortly after doing this, Red jumps out nearby to Ashley and hoists his Trident up.
* She zooms into the screen using her broom, camera zooms in to caught her in the act, she take notice at this and she then strike a "shh" pose as if she want this to be a secret before disappear off-screen like she's in a hurry.
* Ashley appears with Red in front of a cauldron and takes a dried-up lizard into the cauldron which causes it to emit a small explosive mushroom cloud from the cauldron which casts a slightly eerie green light.

## Classic Mode: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

The opponents in this Classic Mode a come in a pair to reflect how Ashley & Red also fight together. In addition, the opponents all have a magical aspect (or something related to as such) to them much like Ashley. Every secondary opponent is tiny to reflect the small stature of Red.