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As you playMortal Kombat 1, you’ll have a wide range of characters to enjoy, from jack-of-all-trades to zoners. You’ll find someone who matches your play style, and that character could be Ashrah. With her sword attacks and interesting specials, she can tear enemies down and deal tons of damage.
However, some of her mechanics can be challenging to utilize, so you must be mindful of what she can do and how to use her moves. Take some time to learn them, get a feel for the best Kameos, and use various tips to help you become a master with Ashrah.
Ashrah Overview
Thanks to her sword,Ashrah is a mid-ranged character who can attack a decent distance awayfrom enemies. Your attacks take more time to startup usually, but they allow you to hit from distances that others can’t with their normal attacks.
Ashrah not only has range on her side, but amazing combo potential. If you’re willing to practice with her and find her effective Kameos,you’ll be amazed by some of the strings you can executewith her.
She also has a unique mechanic utilizing her light and dark stances. Using the dark stance will add up to three spinning dark orbs around the enemy. If you then switch to her light form, you canactivate them to deal bonus damage to your foes.
Ashrah Special Moves
Ashrah can get somewhat complicated since she has dark and light versions of moves. To make things simpler,the first table will discuss light stance moves, and the second will discuss dark stance attacks.
Summoning The Darkness
Down, Back, 1
You swap from light to dark mode, allowing you to apply dark stacks.
Heaven’s Beacon
Down, Forward, 1
You swipe and then send a projectile halfway across the screen.Enhancing it sends it full screenwhile dealing more damage.
Astral Projection
Back, Forward, 2
Yousend out an astral clone, teleport to it, and hitin front of you. The Enhanced versions of all the Astral Projections deal more damage if applicable and all versions have armor.
Astral Projection (Delay)
Back, Forward, Hold 2
You’ll wait to activate Astral Projectionuntil you let go of 2.
Spirit Slice
Hold Down during Astral Projection
You’llslice across the screen rather than hitting forward, striking behind you.
(Air) Astral Projection
Youperform Astral Projection in the air. If you Enhance it, you deal more damage and gain armor.
(Air) Spirit Splice
Hold Down during (Air) Astral Projection
Youslice through the air, with the option to Enhance it for Armor and more damage.
God’s Wrath
Down, Back, 2
You perform multiple strikes while moving forward. If you Enhance it, you’lldeal more damage and launch the enemyinto the air.
Light Ascencion
Down, Forward, 3
Youperform an anti-air, slicing upward and jumping into the air. Enhancing it deals more damage and lets you cancel into an air combo.
Invoking The Light
You swap from dark to light mode, which you can use to land attacks and detonate your dark stacks.
Hell’s Pillar
Youshoot out a dark blast that hits the middle of the stage. If you enhance it, the move will hit across the entire stage and deals more damage.
(Far) Hell’s Pillar
Down, Forward, 1, Hold Forward
A variation of Hell’s Pillar thathits at the end of the stage.
Astral Manifestation
Yousend out an astral clone and teleport to it. The Enhanced versions of all the Astral Manifestations deal more damage if applicable and have armor.
You teleport through the air and canEnhance it for armor.
Hold Down during (Air) Astral Manifestation
You slash through the air, dealing more damage andgaining armor for the Enhanced version.
Demon’s Wrath
You slash forward multiple times. Enhancing itcauses the move to launch enemieswhile dealing more damage.
Dark Ascension
You perform an anti-air,hopping into the air and dealing damage. Enhancing it lets you cancel the move into an air combo.
To avoid confusion with the special move inputs, the above guideuses a specific notation to make it easier. That way, you may apply the inputs to the controls you set and also use them based on which side of the screen you’re on.
Forward: Toward the opponent
Back: Away from the opponent
Ashrah Tips
Ashrah may have a hard time against enemies who know how to get close enough to hit her and ranged opponents who can keep her away. Your goal with Ashrah is tokeep your opponents at mid-range, where you’re able to poke them with your attackswithout them countering you.
Doing so prevents close ranged characters from landing hits while also stopping long ranged characters from shooting projectiles since you can react to them.Performing well with Ashrah comes down to balancing your dark and light stances.
In essence, you want to get stacks from your dark attacks, then to switch to light and land another combo to maximize your damage. If you want an excellent move for this,incorporate Demon’s Wrath into your combos to instantly gain three stacks.
You’ll want to keep applying pressure with Ashrah, butdon’t use laggy moves, or your enemy will get a powerful combo on you. Instead, focus on landing a hit or two, and if you pull it off, continue the string into a combo.
If you want to master Ashrah, you’ll need to learn her move distances, how fast they can come out, and how to apply footsies to your gameplay.Footsies involves inching into range to hit opponents with the edges of your attacks, keeping you safe but still applying pressure.
Ashrah Kameo Tips
SinceAshrah has a built-in teleport, you may prioritize combo extensions and long-ranged Kameos. For instance, you could get some mileage out of characters like Jax, Goro, and Sonya.
Feel free to also try out Kano, Sareena, and Motaro for projectiles. Cyrax, Sektor, and Frost can also help you with combo extensions.
Ashrah Fatalities
Naturally, you’ll want to know how to use Ashrah’s Fatalities. She has two of them: you start with the first one and unlock the second one when you reach Mastery Rank 14 with her. If you want to practice them and see the required distances,go to Learn on the Main Menu and pick Fatalities.
