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"Ash has the thankless job of keeping the park clean. He's climbed into a trash can to protect himself from broken glass and rat bites. It makes him grumpy!"
Ash Portrait

Ash is an Epic Brawler who could be unlocked as a Brawl Pass reward at Tier 30 in Season 8: Once Upon A Brawl, or can be obtained from the Starr Road. He has high health, a variable damage output and movement speed, and a short attack range. Ash's Rage bar gets filled by a certain amount whenever he deals or receives damage and it gives Ash speed boosts and damage boosts that increase the more his Rage bar is filled. He attacks by smashing his broom on the ground, sending a piercing shockwave that deals more damage the more Ash's Rage bar is filled. His Super spawns five robotic rats with low health that chase the nearest enemy and explode on contact. His first Gadget, Chill Pill, heals Ash with the healed amount depending on how much his Rage bar is filled. His second Gadget, Rotten Banana, instantly increases his Rage in exchange for some of his current health. His first Star Power, First Bash, doubles the amount of Rage charged if he attacks an enemy when his ammo bars are full. His second Star Power, Mad As Heck, boosts his reload speed the more Rage Ash has.

Rage Bar

Rage

Ash has a Rage bar that gets filled when he deals damage or when he receives damage and will slowly deplete when Ash isn't dealing or receiving damage. The Rage bar gives Ash speed and damage boosts depending on how much it's filled. The Rage bar is divided into three segments. If one segment is filled, his attack deals 50% more damage and his movement speed is increased to 770 points. If two segments are filled, his attack will deal 100% more damage and his movement speed is increased to 820. The Rage bar does not grant any more boosts when it's fully charged. In total, it takes 15 seconds for the entire bar to decay. Attacks charge it by 14.5%, Supers by 15%, and enemy Brawler damage received charges it fully if Ash takes 125% of his maximum health. Allies and enemies cannot see the Rage Bar, but can see the castle icon showing the amount of Rage Ash has.

Attack: Clean-Up

"Ash angrily smashes down with his broom. Get out of the way or you might bite the dust!"

Ash winds up his broom and smashes it on the ground, sending a piercing shockwave. Although Ash reloads relatively quickly, the wind-up inhibits him from bursting his attack. This attack takes 0.7 seconds to complete.

Super: Little Helpers

"Robotic rats for cleaning up? That's right, they explode on contact, dealing damage to opponents and greatly increasing Ash's Rage level."

Ash throws down 5 robotic rats with low health and damage that chase the nearest enemy and explode upon contact with them in a 2-tile radius.

Gadgets

Chill Pill

"Though furious, Ash has to collect himself. A full rage meter will recover 3240 health when this Gadget is popped - less Rage, less recovery."
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Upon activation, Ash will heal for up to 3240 health if his Rage bar is fully filled. However, this resets all of Ash's Rage and this Gadget cannot be used if Ash has no Rage.

Rotten Banana

"Ash loses 10% health and instantly gains 40% rage."
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Ash instantly loses 10% of his current health and gains 40% of his Rage. Since the health reduction is based on his current health, Ash cannot defeat himself when using this Gadget, unless he is marked by R-T. The health reduction from this Gadget does not trigger his Trait. Ash can only use this Gadget when he has 2 health or more.

Star Powers

First Bash

"When hitting an opponent with his attack charges full, Ash gets even more angry. His Rage goes up by 200%."
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When Ash has all his ammo, the first enemy he hits charges his Rage bar by 43.5% (instead of 14.5%). This doesn't affect his Super's Rage charge rate and does not stack if he hits multiple enemies with his first attack.

Mad As Heck

"Ash progressively gains up to 40% faster reload speed, equal to how enraged he's become."
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Ash reloads his attack up to 40% faster the more Rage he has. This Star Power will still take effect even without maximum Rage.

Mutation

This section describes content that has been replaced or removed from the game. This information is kept here for historical purposes.
"Ash spawns more Little Helpers, and he has an increased Super Charge."
Mutation

Ash's Super charge rate was increased and his Super spawned 10 rats instead of 5.

Tips

Game Modes and Maps

  • Ash is strong in modes and maps that require constant area control. His high health allows him to withstand a healthy amount of damage, and once his rage bar is filled, he can deal very high damage to enemies. This allows him to go aggressive with his improved speed and damage, and possibly turn the outcome of the match. However, this also means he is somewhat ineffective in modes and strategies that require high burst-damage or quick maneuvering.
  • Ash is a good pick in Brawl Ball. His short range is compensated in many Brawl Ball maps that have a lot of bushes or walls, which can help him sneak up on enemies or retreat. His high health and fast movement speed renders him an excellent ball holder, and with his super and attacks, he can fill up his rage bar quickly. Once he does fill up his rage bar, he can go aggressive on enemies with his high-damaging attack and very fast movement speed. It is important to remember that while Ash can deal a huge amount of potential damage, his output is inconsistent, and sometimes the better thing might be to retreat rather than rushing forward. Ash can also be a lot more reliable if paired with a healer, as goes for all tanks. Once Ash's survivability improves, he can regularly deal damage and fill up his rage bar.

Recommended Build

  • Ash's Chill Pill Gadget can provide a quick and significant heal to Ash. However, Ash's Rage will be depleted by using this Gadget. Because of this, it's best to use this Gadget with full Rage, with low health, and with a close-ranged enemy chasing you so that you can use your Gadget to heal significantly and then attack the enemy while also recharging your Rage and forcing the enemy to flee. You may also gain your Rage back by using your Super after you heal as the rats will recharge his Rage significantly.
  • Ash with his Rotten Banana Gadget is strong when paired with a healer such as Byron. Since Ash gains Rage while taking damage, a healer can offset that damage and allow Ash to gain his Rage more effectively. With a healer behind Ash, he can use his Rage's speed and damage boost to catch up to enemies and defeat them while the healer provides Ash more survivability.

Strategies

  • The most important thing you need to do while playing Ash is to charge up his Rage bar as Ash also needs his Rage to match other heavyweights on damage. Normally, Ash deals moderately low damage and has a normal movement speed but better potential can be extracted by filling up his Rage bar. Because Ash has a short range, it's best to deal or take damage in enclosed areas due to the abundance of cover that allows Ash to attack enemies with ease or to heal up.
  • Ash's Super in a way can act like Tick's Super. The rats have low health, so they're best used against low-health enemies to force the enemies to attack, prevent them from healing, and make them waste their ammo. It's also niche to place the rats to surround an enemy so that they're guaranteed to hit them and that his Rage bar is charged significantly. However, be aware of Brawlers with attacks that can hit multiple entities as they can easily eliminate the rats.
  • You can use Ash's rats to block incoming, non-piercing projectiles like Bea's supercharged shot or a far-ranged Piper shot, especially when Ash is on low health. Place the rats in front of him at the right time so the enemy's shots hit the rats. You may also auto-aim Ash's Super, which will spawn the rats around him, also blocking the enemy's shots.
  • Ash can be used in very aggressive strategies. You can throw his Super onto the enemy team, which will weaken the enemies and charge up your Rage bar significantly. Then, use your fully charged Rage bar's damage boost and your attack's piercing ability to defeat the enemies.
  • Ash's attack delay makes him vulnerable to high-burst damage Brawlers like Bull who can deal massive damage quickly. When facing these Brawlers, attack them with the tip of Ash's range so that they can't hit all of their projectiles and defeat him easily.
  • Though Ash's attack and Super charge his Rage significantly, his short attack range makes charging his Rage and Super quite difficult to do. Because of this, you should head to choke points because enemies will usually be bunched up in those areas and Ash can charge his Rage significantly by attacking all the enemies or by using his First Bash Star Power to charge more of his Rage.
  • Be wary when taking damage to charge your Rage because while it can be charged significantly from taking little damage, taking too much damage can leave you more vulnerable.
  • Ash, despite being a tank, can't match other tanks due to his relatively low damage at low Rage and his attack delay. As such, it's best to take or deal damage to fill up his Rage and then use his Rage's damage boost to match other tanks.
  • If you have full rage, it's better to not use your super, as the super is intended to charge your rage bar. The only exception to this is to try to finish off a low health brawler.

Voice Lines

Spawning In the Lead Receiving Damage Defeating An Enemy Defeated Attacking Activating A Super

History

  • 25/08/21:
    • Neutral Ash became available to play in the Training Cave.
  • 30/08/21:
    • Neutral Ash and his Ninja skin were added to the game.
  • 06/10/21:
    • Neutral Ash's Mad As Heck Star Power was added.
  • 27/10/21:
    • Buff Ash's First Bash Star Power Rage bar charge was increased to 200% (from 100%).
    • Nerf Ash's Rage bar now takes 125% (from 75%) of his max health of damage to charge it.
    • Neutral His class was changed to Tank (from Heavyweight).
  • 25/01/22:
    • Buff Ash's health was increased to 5400 (from 4800).
  • 01/03/22:
    • Neutral Ash's Rotten Banana Gadget was added.
  • 02/03/22:
    • Nerf Ash's Rotten Banana Gadget health reduction was increased to 40% (from 20%).
    • Nerf Ash's Rotten Banana Gadget Rage boost was decreased to 40% (from 50%).
    • Nerf Ash's Rage bar no longer charges from Rotten Banana Gadget health reduction.
  • 27/04/22:
    • Neutral Ash's True Silver and True Gold skins were added.
  • 25/10/22:
    • Neutral The Pizza Oven Ash skin was added. It was featured as a Club League skin.
  • 12/12/22:
    • Neutral Ash's main attack visual effects were slightly reworked.
  • 17/12/22:
    • Neutral The Krampus Ash skin was added. It was featured as a Dark Brawlidays skin.
  • 02/01/23:
    • Neutral The Piñata Ash skin was added. It was featured as a Power League exclusive skin for Brawl Pass Season 16.
  • 25/04/23:
  • 06/06/23:
    • Nerf Ash's health was decreased to 5200 (from 5400).
  • 27/06/23:
    • Buff Ash's Rotten Banana Gadget health reduction was decreased to 25% (from 40%).
    • Buff Ash's Mad As Heck Star Power reload buff was increased to 40% (from 30%).
  • 05/09/23:
    • Neutral All Brawlers' health and damage were increased from 5% to 10% with each Power Level.
  • 24/10/23:
    • Neutral Ash's Chill Pill Gadget maximum healing was decreased to 2496 (from 2500) but now scales with Power Levels.
    • Neutral Pizza Oven Ash now costs 149 Gems (from 2500 Club Coins).
    • Neutral Ash's flavor text was changed from "Ash easily gets furious about all the junk he has to clean up. Dealing and receiving blows, even more so. The Fury makes him faster and more dangerous, but eventually he cools down." to "Ash has the thankless job of keeping the park clean. He's climbed into a trash can to protect himself from broken glass and rat bites. It makes him grumpy!"
  • 12/12/23:
    • Buff Ash's health was increased to 5400 (from 5200).
    • Buff Ash's Chill Pill Gadget maximum healing was increased to 2592 (from 2500).
    • Neutral Ash's rarity was changed to Epic (from Chromatic).
  • 27/02/24:
    • Buff Ash's main attack now charges his Rage bar faster by 16%.
  • 29/04/24:
    • Neutral Ash's Mutation was added for a limited time.
  • 20/05/24:
    • Neutral Ash's Mutation was removed from the game.
  • 06/06/24:
    • Neutral Fixed an issue where Ash in Duels would crash the game.
  • 27/08/24:
    • Buff Ash's Rotten Banana Gadget health reduction was decreased to 10% (from 25%).

Cosmetics

Skins (6)

Pins

Ash
Skin Pins
Ash Skin-Default
Ash Pin-Neutral

Neutral

Free
Ash Pin-Happy

Happy

Common
Ash Pin-Sad

Sad

Common
Ash Pin-Angry

Angry

Common
Ash Pin-GG

GG

Rare
Ash Pin-Clap

Clap

Rare
Ash Pin-Thanks

Thanks

Epic
Ash Pin-Phew

Phew

Epic
Ash Pin-Special

Special

Epic
Ash Pin-Facepalm

Facepalm

Exclusive
Ash Skin-Ninja
Ash Ninja Pin-Neutral

Neutral

Exclusive
Ash Ninja Pin-Happy

Happy

Exclusive
Ash Ninja Pin-Sad

Sad

Exclusive
Ash Ninja Pin-Angry

Angry

Exclusive
Ash Ninja Pin-GG

GG

Exclusive
Ash Ninja Pin-Clap

Clap

Exclusive
Ash Ninja Pin-Thanks

Thanks

Exclusive
Ash Ninja Pin-Phew

Phew

Exclusive
Ash Ninja Pin-Special

Special

Exclusive
Ash Skin-Pizza Oven
Ash Pizza Oven Pin-Angry

Angry

Exclusive
Ash Skin-Krampus
Ash Krampus Pin-Neutral

Neutral

Exclusive
Ash Skin-Piñata
Ash Piñata Pin-Neutral

Neutral

Exclusive

Spray

Ash-Spray

Ash

Common

Profile Icons

Ash1-pfp

Ash

Ash2-pfp

Mastery

Pizza Oven Ash-pfp

Pizza Oven Ash

Piñata Ash-pfp

Piñata Ash

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