Ash Prime

Stealth / Utility

Distraction and subterfuge become lethal weapons with Ash Prime. Featuring altered mod polarities for greater customization.

Role: Stealth / Utility
Aura: Madurai
Polarities: NaramonMaduraiMadurai
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Update 16.11 (2015-07-07)

RelatedStandard VersionAsh

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 455
Shield: 365
Armor: 185
Energy: 100
Sprint Speed: 1.2
Build Cost: 25,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

Ash Prime is the primed variant of Ash — same kit fantasy with Prime stats and polarities. Behold the patron saint of the Orokin school of political assassination. Built around Shuriken, Smoke Screen, Teleport.

Passive

Slash Status Effects inflicted on enemies do a percentage increased damage and last duration% longer.

When to Pick

You want Ash’s kit with Prime polarities / stats.
You want a stealth / utility toolkit and Ash’s fantasy matches the mission.
Your squad is missing what Ash brings — especially Shuriken.

Kit Overview

Ability kit matches Ash — open the base ability pages for deep dives.
Shuriken (Ability 1): Launches a spinning blade of pain, dealing high damage and impaling enemies to walls.
Smoke Screen (Ability 2): Drops a smoke bomb that stuns enemies and obscures their vision, rendering Ash invisible for a short time.
Teleport (Ability 3): Teleport to a target and perform a Finisher.

Abilities & Augments

1
Shuriken →
Energy 25
Launches a spinning blade of pain, dealing high damage and impaling enemies to walls.
Augment
Seeking ShurikenOpen augment →
2
Smoke Screen →
Energy 35
Drops a smoke bomb that stuns enemies and obscures their vision, rendering Ash invisible for a short time.
Augment
Smoke ShadowOpen augment →
3
Teleport →
Energy 25
Teleport to a target and perform a Finisher. If the finisher kills the target, Ash regains a portion of the energy spent.
Augment
Teleport RushOpen augment →
4
Blade Storm →
Energy 0 · +6–12 / mark
Project fierce Shadow Clones of Ash upon groups of distant enemies. Join the fray using Teleport. The Shadow Clones can be upgraded with mods.
Augment
Rising StormOpen augment →

Ability Priority

1
Smoke Screen
Drops a smoke bomb that stuns enemies and obscures their vision, rendering Ash invisible for a short time.
2
Shuriken
Launches a spinning blade of pain, dealing high damage and impaling enemies to walls.
3
Teleport
Teleport to a target and perform a Finisher.
4
Blade Storm
Project fierce Shadow Clones of Ash upon groups of distant enemies.

Helminth / Subsume

Shuriken is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
Keep Smoke Screen and later abilities when they define Ash’s identity.
Never subsume the ability that enables the rest of the kit’s energy or survival loop.

Mod Scaling

Strength: Raises damage and effect potency across Ash’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration: Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Ash if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range: Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Ash is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
Efficiency: Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.

Priority

Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.

Mission Usefulness

Mission / Context	Rating	Why
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption	Strong	Not the densest clearer, but Ash Prime plus Blade Storm is enough for most Steel Path pubs. Project fierce Shadow Clones of Ash upon groups of distant enemies. Behold the patron saint of the Orokin school of political assassination.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Strong	Ash Prime can hold Mobile Defense / Excavation without sweating every spawn, mainly via Blade Storm. Project fierce Shadow Clones of Ash upon groups of distant enemies. Behold the patron saint of the Orokin school of political assassination.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Excellent	Capture markers and Exterminate tallies fall fast when Ash Prime chains Teleport across the tile. To a target and perform a Finisher. Behold the patron saint of the Orokin school of political assassination.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Excellent	Ash Prime is a specialist here: Smoke Screen keeps vaults and rescues safe under nasty modifiers. Drops a smoke bomb that stuns enemies and obscures their vision, rendering Ash invisible for a…. Prime stats give more room to Forma the same loop.
Open World / Bounties	Strong	Strong on packed bounty camps; Ash Prime still leans on Operator / Archwing for the empty travel stretches while Teleport handles fights. To a target and perform a Finisher. Behold the patron saint of the Orokin school of political assassination.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Ash Prime wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Blade Storm won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. Project fierce Shadow Clones of Ash upon groups of distant enemies. Behold the patron saint of the Orokin school of political assassination.