Why is this build called Double [Ash]?

This build takes everything you want to be doing and does it twice or more which makes for very smooth and comfy gameplay where you don't need to pay attention to anything:

• Two ways to DPS (Bladestorm and Melee)
• Two Primers (Glaxion and Epitaph)
• Two status cleanses (Rolling Guard and Secondary Fortifier)
• Two teleports (Wrathful Advance and Teleport)
• Two parkour speed buffs (Archon Shard and Hate/Praedos Incarnon)
• Two combo counters to (not) keep track of (Hate and Bladestorm both take advantage of Naramon)
• Four Energy Sources (Glaxion, Arcane Energize, Equilibrium, Archon Stretch)
• Four uses for Wrathful Advance (Teleport, Buff Bladestorm, Buff Hate Incarnon, Free Heavy Attack)

Why Use This Build?

• Very high damage with Bladestorm or any melee without needing to prime enemies or do anything special.
• Very comfortable and active gameplay
• Compared to other Ash builds, this one has more range and comfortability.

Abilities

• Passive - Bleeds do +25% damage and last 50% longer.
• (1) Wrathful Advance - This allows you to teleport (18m) or perform a heavy attack without consuming combo and gives a flat buff (229%) to Melee Critical Chance. This allows very high Critical Chance on Bladestorm.
• (2) Smoke Screen - This is Ash's main source of survivability by making you invisible.
• (3) Teleport - You can teleport (87m) to allies or enemies. This also gives a brief moment of invulnerability and will automatically do a finisher attack on enemies if possible. Using Teleport while [Blade Storm] is active will cause you to join Blade Storm. This generally isn't beneficial in any way other than making you invulnerable for that time.
• (4) Blade Storm - This is [Ash]'s main source of DPS. The energy cost of [Blade Storm]'s marks are reduced if you are invisible when the mark is applied. If you are invisible, mark enemies, then invisibility ends, the cost reduction still applies when Blade Storm is activated. Any source of invisibility works.

How to Use This Build

• You may want to use the [Glaxion] to get some Energy at the start of a mission. Make sure Wrathful Advance and Smoke Screen are active and use Bladestorm to kill enemies.

Mods

• Swift Momentum - Combo Duration so that Naramon isn't required
• Primed Sure Footed - This is isn't mandatory, but you are likely to die if you get knocked down and invisibility runs out. It is also nice to have for some AoE weapons.
• Primed Continuity - Duration. Archon Continuity is strictly better but requires an Umbra Forma to be invested.
• Primed Flow - This provides a large Energy pool to even out any Energy droughts or let you stay invisible without enemies around.
• Umbral Intensify - Strength
• Archon Stretch - Extra Range and improved Energy economy
• Rolling Guard - Extra survivability and status cleanse. Very good against Nullifiers, Acolytes, and some Eximus
• Transient Fortitude - Strength
• Constitution - Duration
• Equilibrium - Energy economy

Arcanes

• Arcane Energize: This combined with the other sources of Energy let you really spam every ability as fast as you reasonably should.
• Arcane Crepuscular: +30% Strength and +3x Final Critical Damage Mulitiplier while invisible. This is excellent for Bladestorm and any weapons that use Critical Chance.
• Primary and Secondary Dexterity on Archgun Heavy Weapon

Archon Shards

• (4) Duration
• (1) Parkour Velocity

Focus Schools

• Does not matter. Madurai is great if you are doing Void Cascade with this build.

Weapons

• I use this Tenet Glaxion build for priming enemies and getting some Energy with [Photon Overcharge] at the start of missions. It is also good for popping Nullifiers or protecting objectives with Radiation and Cold procs.
• I use this Epitaph build to prime with Viral and Magnetic and Secondary Fortifier for Overguard gating or Status Cleansing.
• I use [Hate] Incarnon or [Praedos] Incarnon for amazing Slash Damage along with Melee Influence. [Hate] also gives 20% Parkour Velocity and Sprint Speed similar to the 30% Parkour Velocity with [Praedos]. The build is [Primed Fury], [Primed Reach], [Condition Overload], Blood Rush, Weeping Wounds, Galvanized Steel, Melee Elementalist, and Voltaic Strike with Melee Influence.

Companions

• I use this Panzer Vulpaphyla build specifically modded with [Viral Quills] which is an ability which applies the elements modded on the Claws. In this case, it is Electric from Shocking Claws. This activates Archon Stretch.

Appendix

• [Shadow Clones] Build: [Primed Pressure Point], [Primed Fever Strike], [Galvanized Steel], [Covert Lethality], [Finishing Touch], [Organ Shatter], [Quickening], [Magnetic Rush], and Melee Exposure. I do not recommend anything else like Galvanized or [Melee Elementalist] because the upfront damage is already enough to kill. [Condition Overload] is bad because it is conditional and we do not need more damage. [Primed Fury] isn't used because the combination of [Quickening] and [Magnetic Might] exceeds the 50% Attack Speed cap and provides more benefit than any single mod could when paired with [Primed Fury] unless you are using a Smite mod which would be extreme overkill or less damage if you don't swap it out, neither of which is ideal.
• [Natural Talent] and [Berserker Fury] do nothing for [Shadow Clones].