Ash/Main

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Ash is great for players looking for a more stealthy approach to combat. Lethal abilities are complemented by powers of distraction.

> This is Ash, lethal and elusive.
> Ash can remain unseen, but his effects on the battlefield can be felt by all. Keep an eye out, Tenno.
>
> Lotus

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**Release Date:** October 25th, 2012

**Ash** is a fast, maneuverable Warframe that possesses a high degree of survivability in the field. Fleet movement complements deadly tools of assassination, making Ash a perfect balance between killing potency and stealth.

## Acquisition

Ash's main blueprint can be purchased from the Market. Ash's component blueprints are obtained from Venus Proxima (Systems), Neptune Proxima (Neuroptics), and Pluto Proxima (Chassis) in Rotation C of Empyrean Defense and Survival missions.

All drop rates data is obtained from DE's official droptables.

**Expected** refers to *total* number of attempts a player can *expect* to need in order to receive at least one of each drop associated with the respective values.
**Nearly Guaranteed** refers to the *total* number of attempts a player needs to obtain a 99%, 99.9%, and 99.99% probability to receive at least one of each drop associated with the respective values.
*For more detailed definitions and information on how these number were obtained, visit here.*

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## Lore

บทความหลัก: Leverian § Ash
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During the Orokin Era, there was a school of assassination called **The Scoria**. Each of its members bore a black jewel imprinted between their eyes and treated Ash as their patron saint.

At one point during the Era, the school had two noteworthy students: brothers Dom and Pilio. Dom possessed great skill while Pilio was not as gifted, lacking his brother's grace and clarity, but one day Dom was captured by his target. As capture by the enemy was considered an unforgivable sin to the Scoria, Pilio was given the task to assassinate his brother, a mission that would be overseen by Ash himself. However, Pilio would be torn from killing his brother, were he to succeed, or being killed by his idol, were he to fail.

The pair was dispatched on a tower on Mars, but Pilio failed to overcome the fear that his task wrought, leaving Ash to slay the fifty guardsmen with his Causta Bow and Dual Kamas. Ash led Pilio to their target's chambers, discovering Dom in civilian clothes, casually sharing a glass with a middle-aged mustachioed man whose eyes were sad and kind, and the gem between his eyes removed, signifying that he had betrayed the Scoria. The man gladly called Dom and Pilio his sons before coming to Dom's defense and brandishing a sidearm, which was quickly disarmed by Ash's Blade Storm.

Urged by Dom, a confused Pilio questioned Ash, who responded by sinking his blade into Pilio's gem. The gem was suppressing the memories of Dom and Pilio DeNas, who were stolen by the Scoria. The mustachioed man, Lio DeNas, was stealing back his sons. Ash had saved the boy from his turmoil and allowed the DeNas family to escape from Mars forever.

It is unknown why Ash went against the school's doctrine. However, it is known that not even the Scoria were spared from their idol during the fall of the Orokin.

## Warframe Guides

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*See Category:Ash Guides to read user-made guides on how to play this Warframe.*

## Trivia

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* Ash was originally named Smoke, and before that, simply Ninja. He is still referred to as Ninja internally in the game files.
* As seen from concept art, Ash was initially slated to be a female Warframe.
* Ash, like some of Hydroid's powers, has a unique perk that allows his Blade Storm ability to completely bypass enemy armor due to the attacks dealing True Damage damage; the kind of damage used when players perform finishing attacks on unaware/blinded/sleeping enemies.
* Ash was the first Warframe that had innate physical weapons associated with his frame, in this case, the hidden blades he uses in his Blade Storm ability. The second frame with this innate physical weapon was Mesa and her Regulator pistols she uses in her Peacemaker ability.
* Ash has smoke constantly venting from his left arm.
* Prior to Update 29.10 (2021-03-19), Ash's components dropped from Manics.