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Ash
doesn't look like much of a fighter, but he employs a deadly fighting style
(which is eerily similar to Remy's and Guile's).
Ash wields green flames and has a flamboyant, mysterious and evil personality.
His motives for entering is to take the powers of the descendants of the clans
who sealed Orochi away 1,800 years ago, Kyo
Kusanagi, Iori Yagami
and Chizuru Kagura, for unknown purposes. He is
successful thus far, leaving Kyo as the last power he needs to steal.
Ash is cunning and manipulative, often condescending friend or foe to his
whim, and has ambiguous morals in his actions. He often gains his teammates
through promises that he can fulfill, though he rarely specifies the means of
granting them. Despite seeming frail by appearance, Ash is powerful as he is
able to defeat Iori in his Riot of the Blood state seemingly with ease and also
has the unique ability of creating green fire. Evil
Ash or "Dark Ash" debuted in The King of Fighters XIII.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
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Series like KOF
and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure have always been known their flamboyant /
"feminine" male characters... but Ash takes things to another level. If we're being honest, Ash is a "weird" character design compared to what most fighting game players are used to. He's probably the most feminine male character ever to appear in a fighting game. For the Western audience, it might take some open-mindedness to appreciate / accept this
type of design. On that note, you can't deny Ash is a pretty original character... and actually cool if you give him a chance.
When he debuted
in KOF 2003,
one could claim that Ash was guilty of "stealing" some of
Guile's special moves.
On the same token, that fact actually
gave experienced Guile / charge-character
players a newcomer to enjoy using in KOF - which isn't a bad
thing! As a Guile player myself, I thought Ash was very fun to use in KOF '03 (and he even became one of my mains)! Later in KOF XII, Ash was significantly fleshed out with an awesome new 2D sprite. Ash's new stance, moveset, and mannerisms added a lot to his design. Love him or hate him, Ash is an effective and memorable "late bloomer" in the KOF
universe.
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