[Build] That’s BS Ash! (Prime Edition) 16.11.5

Ash is the ninja frame in Warframe. He has offense and stealth in his kit. If there’s one thing Ash is known for especially after the update, is the insane amount of damage he does with his Ultimate, Blade Storm (BS). Now that Blade storm is affected by Steel Charge, his damage potential just went up a couple of notches especially if your teammates also brought steel charge with them.

Ash Prime definitely Brings it. With an additional polarity, there’s no need to add a Forma.

Stats

1. Here are the improvements:
2. More than double the armor (from 65 to 150)
3. More Shields (from 300 to 375)
4. A slight increase in sprint speed (from 1.15 to 1.2)
5. An additional - polarity

	Ash (Rank 30)	Ash Prime (Rank 30)
Health	450	450
Armor	65	150
Shield	300	375
Power	150	150
Sprint Speed	1.15	1.2
Stamina	100	100
Polarities	2x V	1x - 2x V
Aura Polarity	V	V

The Build

The Build is used for maximum BS usage and targets. It has maxed range to make sure you get as many of the enemies as you can and at max efficiency and energy, you can spam your BS all day.

MODS

SurvivabilityNone. As BS spammers, Ash relies on 2 - 3 things to survive.

1. Your team. If you have a Frost in defense missions, you definitely live.
2. Your BS. While executing blade storm, you are invulnerable. The more BS you give the less damage you take.
3. If you did choose Health over Shields, you can also use Furis (Winds of Purity) to restore your health in case of damage in between BSs

Utility

Streamline, Fleeting Expertise and Primed Flow (or vanilla Flow)

These will allow you to gather energy and of course spam your BS. Since BS is Survival for this build, energy is crucial. Suffice to say, if you run out of energy you’re in trouble. No energy, no survival.

Offense

Intensify, Transient Fortitude and Blind Rage

Just the usual mods to increase power strength.

Range

Stretch and Over Extend.

This will allow your Blade storm to cover more ground, hence acquire more targets. This increases your attack radius to 58.75 m and your cast range to 117.5 m. This lowers your Power Strength to 152 %.

Another option is to use a Rank 2 Overextended which will increase your Power Strength to 182 % and still give you a decent cast range of 95 m and an attack radius of 47.5 m.

OE = Over Extend

TF = Transient Fortitude

BR = Blind Rage

		Max OE Max Stretch	R2 OE Max Stretch	Max Stretch
	Range ->	2.35	1.9	1.45
Attack Range	25	58.75	47.5	36.25
Cast Range	50	117.5	95	72.5
Power Strength	100 %	152 %	182 %	212 %
	Base	Max Intensify Max TF R2 BR	Max Intensify Max TF R2 BR	Max Intensify Max TF R2 BR

Alternatives

You may opt for a more damage oriented build in a team that decides to go for high level Missions like T4 Defense 30 waves and up.

Video

Coming soon

Enjoy playing!