Ash is the new tank lady of Paladins and will enter the battlefield with patch OB 51. We present to you the skills and legendary cards of the brutal knight.
Inara is no longer the only lady on the front lines. Ash is a tank born for war and fighting. It’s no coincidence that she bears the title “The War Machine”. Ash is a proud knight who lets her flak cannon do the talking. Ash is brutal and crushes everything in her path. With 5750 health points, Ash belongs to the robust tanks in Paladins and is not easily taken down.
Ash pursues an offensive strategy: Attack is the best defense
The knight attacks her enemies with her massive cannon, which uses spiked bullets as projectiles. The bullets explode at medium range and deal area damage. Ash can trigger a kinetic explosion with these bullets that sends enemies flying back. Ideal for throwing opponents off objectives or even the map. If that is not enough to crush the opponents, Ash becomes a battering ram. The knight charges forward and throws enemies back with a powerful shoulder tackle.
As a true knight, Ash rolls into battle with a shield. The rolling is meant literally: The shield is on small wheels and moves constantly forward. Allies run protected behind the shield while Ash can move freely from the shield.
Paladins: When Ash activates her ultimate skill, the knight cannot take damage anymore
Her ultimate ability is a statement: Ash charges forward, drives her flag into the ground, and marks her territory. Opponents take damage when Ash drives the flag into the ground.
Ash creates a zone around the flag where she is immune to all damage. Ash can still be affected by “crowd-control” effects like a stun. Makoa could also pull her out of the zone with his anchor.
Ash’s abilities: Skills disperse enemies – Ideal for taking control points
Ash is perfect for scattering enemies and throwing them off control points. She can deal damage from a relatively long distance for a tank and trigger explosions.
- [LMB] Pulse Cannon: Fire a shrapnel fragment every 0.9s that explodes and deals 400 area damage. Area damage.
- [RMB] Kinetic Explosion: Overheat your shrapnel. The next time you fire, the fragment explodes immediately, deals 300 damage in a cone in front of you and knocks enemies back. Area damage.
- [Q] Siege Shield: Deploy a siege shield with 5,000 HP that moves forward and stops for 6s.
- [F] Shoulder Bash: Pull your shoulders in and charge forward. Hit enemies take 800 damage and are knocked back. Direct damage.
- [E – Ultimate] Radiate Dominance: Leap forward and stick your flag in the ground. Deal 350 damage upon impact and create a zone where you cannot take damage. The zone lasts for 8s.
Paladins’ new tank Ash: Here are her legendary cards
Every champion in Paladins comes with their own individual set of cards. The deck build influences champions and their strategy significantly. The legendary cards are particularly powerful and set the strategy for the match. These mighty cards have been distributed to Ash.
- Fortress Breaker: Siege shield moves 80% slower and has 3,000 more HP.
- Battering Ram: While channeling Shoulder Bash, you gain CC immunity and 90% damage reduction.
- Convergence: Radiate Dominance stuns affected enemies for 2s. Damage from allies within 100 units increases by 20% for 3s.
Ash is now available on the test server for you to try out and with patch OB 51, which officially brings Ash to Paladins, we can expect it in approximately a week.
Leya says: Ash seems to take a special and unique place in the meta. She will particularly shine in siege matches where control points need to be taken. The skills of the knight are completely designed to deal with groups and scatter them. Ash will likely have the most difficulty against a well-coordinated team that keeps her in check with crowd-control.
At first glance, her abilities seem quite strong, but not impossible to counter. Ash’ health points are high and I could imagine they might be lowered.
The design of Ash is rather rugged and does not suggest a shining knight. She is someone who gets her job done quickly and without fuss – with no regard for losses. She seems like the exact opposite of the shining knight Fernando. According to the developers, she is not a “bad” character, but she also does not always fully adhere to the law.
Even though the tank is not my favorite role, I am already looking forward to testing Ash.
What do you think of Ash – the War Machine? Does she seem well-balanced to you and what do you think of the design?
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