Ash vs Yareli
Ash (Stealth DPS / Finisher Assassin) vs Yareli (Summoner / Companion) — different jobs, overlapping pull questions.
TL;DR — Quick Pick
Pick Ash if…
- You're sold on Ash's fantasy (Stealth assassin who clears dense packs with Blade Storm, stays alive with Smoke Screen, and…) more than another Stealth DPS / Finisher Assassin option.
- You'd rather build around Blade Storm than live in Yareli's Aquablades loop.
- You're leaning Slash weapons / procs and Ash's passive amplifies that plan.
Pick Yareli if…
- You're sold on Yareli's fantasy (The waverider can unleash a flood of destruction on the battlefield) more than another Summoner / Companion option.
- You'd rather build around Aquablades than live in Ash's Blade Storm loop.
- You're buying into Yareli's passive — yareli gains +a percentage Critical Chance for Secondary weapons when she has been moving for at….
Verdict
Ash and Yareli answer different account needs (Stealth DPS / Finisher Assassin vs Summoner / Companion). Pull Ash when you need that role covered; pull Yareli when the other fantasy is the gap — don’t treat them as direct swaps.
At a Glance
Ash
Stat
Yareli
Stealth DPS / Finisher Assassin
Role
Summoner / Companion
MaduraiAura
MaduraiDuration → Strength → Efficiency → Range for Teleport Rush / smoke Ash. Pure Blade Storm clear can bias Strength earlier.
Mod Priority
Match the priority to your main ability
Shuriken
Kit Opener
Sea Snares
Mission Usefulness
Mission
Ash
Yareli
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption
Mobile Defense / Excavation
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs
Winner
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare
Winner
Open World / Bounties
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content
When Each Shines
Ash
- Blade Storm is the button that stays glued to your cast rotation.
- Long holds where energy comfort matters — Ash's loop stays online without babysitting orbs.
- Ash shines when staying unseen while still deleting packs is the win condition.
Yareli
- Aquablades carries mid-mission casts; Riptide is the density payoff.
- Mod focus stays on match the priority to your main ability so the cast loop doesn't fall over mid-rota.
- Dense spawns where Yareli's cast cadence outpaces gun-only clears.
Mod Scaling Focus
Ash
Duration → Strength → Efficiency → Range for Teleport Rush / smoke Ash. Pure Blade Storm clear can bias Strength earlier.
- STR
- Raises Blade Storm clone damage, Teleport finisher multiplier, Shuriken damage, and Seeking Shuriken strip.
- DUR
- Extends Smoke Screen (and Teleport Rush / Smoke Shadow windows). Primary comfort stat for modern Ash.
- RNG
- Helps Smoke Screen stun / Smoke Shadow ally radius and Blade Storm mark reach. Keep enough to feel reliable.
- EFF
- Mark costs and smoke recasts add up — Efficiency (or strong energy economy) keeps the loop smooth.
Yareli
Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.
- STR
- Raises damage and effect potency across Yareli’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Yareli if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Yareli is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Who Should You Pull?
- Slash weapons are already your comfort pick and Ash's passive pays you for staying there.
- Squad comps where someone has to own tile clear alone — Ash is the frame you trust for that job.
- Yareli can stay on the shelf; Ash is the one you'll actually Forma twice.
- Ash rates higher on speed clears (Excellent vs Situational) — that rota is where you actually play.
- Your endgame loadout screen should show Ash before it shows another same-role experiment.
- Aquablades into Riptide is the cast story you want to master — not a random subsume mashup.
- You'd rather specialize hard into Aquablades than stay generic in the Summoner lane.
- Skipping Ash frees a craft slot — you'd rather finish Yareli properly.
- Open-world and bounty pacing still feel good on Yareli, not only endless survival tiles.
- Inventory space / foundry queue: Yareli jumps the line over another Ash craft.