Ash
Ash is an attacking operator with the FBI SWAT. She was released on December 1, 2015 as part of the original 20 Rainbow Six Siege operators. This guide covers everything you need to know about Ash's gadgets, weapons, synergies, counters and lore, with some tips and tricks to help you get the most out of her.
TEAM – Attacker / ARMOR – 1 / SPEED – 3 / DIFFICULTY – 1
Gadget: Breaching Rounds
Ash's wields a breaching round launcher that can breach soft walls from a long distance. Her launcher is equipped with two breaching rounds. The range on the launcher is essentially unlimited.
After penetrating the targeted surface, the breaching round will explode after around two seconds. In soft walls, the breaching rounds create a hole similar to the size of standard breaching charges.
Ash Role
Ash excels as a breacher and entry fragger. Her speed and breaching rounds make her well-equipped to quickly and suddenly breach into a room and be ready for a fight. She can coordinate with teammates to expose important angles or roam the map as a lone wolf. Her weaponry, namely the R4-C assault rifle, gives her an advantage in gunfights against most defenders.
Ash Loadout
Primary Weapon | Damage | Fire Rate | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
R4-C (Assault Rifle) | 39 | 860 | 30 |
G36C (Assault Rifle) | 38 | 780 | 30 |
Secondary Weapon | Damage | Fire Rate | Capacity |
M45 MEUSOC (Handgun) | 48 | Semi-Auto | 7 |
5.7 USG (Handgun) | 42 | Semi-Auto | 20 |
Secondary Gadgets | |||
Stun Grenade x3 | |||
Breach Charge x3 |
Ash is equipped with one of the strongest loadouts in Siege. The standout of her kit is the R4-C, which boasts some of the strongest stats in the game. Its extremely high fire rate of 860 gives it a strong DPS that overpowers most other weapons. Combined with its low recoil, the R4-C has no significant downside, besides that it can't equip an ACOG sight.
Her breaching rounds are best paired with stun grenades. Tossing 2-3 stun grenades into a breached room can effectively catch defenders off-guard.
Ash Counters
Who Ash Counters
- Castle (Hard Counter): Castle's bulletproof barricades are easily countered by several breaching-focused operators, including Ash.
- Maestro (Hard Counter): Maestro's Evil Eye turrets are sturdy against bullets, but any explosive damage will destroy them, including Ash's breaching rounds. This will only work if the round detonates near the turret, as it won't explode at all when targeting the Evil Eye itself.
- Bandit (Soft Counter): On select maps, Ash can effectively counter a Bandit attempting to bandit trick a wall by launching a breaching round through a nearby drone hole. This tactic can also destroy batteries on nearby walls.
- Kaid (Soft Counter): Similar to Bandit, Ash can sometimes fire a breaching round near an electrified hatch to destroy Kaid's Electroclaw.
Who Counters Ash
- Jäger (Hard Counter): Jäger's ADS device will zap away Ash's breaching rounds before reaching its target as long as it has line-of-sight.
- Clash (Soft Counter): Against an Ash trying to rush the objective, Clash's taser shield can effectively disrupt this strategy by slowing her down. Though, Ash can also employ breaching rounds or stun grenades to thwart Clash.
Ash Synergies
- Thermite & Hibana: On certain objective sites, Ash can help destroy anti-hard breach gadgets (like Bandit batteries or signal jammers) with her breaching rounds.
- Capitão: Ash's breaching rounds can assist Capitão in opening line-of-sight for his crossbow. Capitão himself lacks any breaching capability.
Ash Advanced Tips & Tricks
Ash's breaching rounds are highly useful for breaching soft walls, but they're also great for eliminating defender traps, though Ash needs to accurately predict where they'll be.
Breaching rounds have a fairly large explosion radius, so it doesn't have to be positioned very close to destroy Lesion's Gu mines, Ela's grzmot traps, Kapkan's EDDs, Frost's Welcome Mats, Alibi's Prisma decoys, and more.
If you know the defenders are employing traps like these, consider launching a breaching round near a door frame and common choke points.
Ash Background & Lore
- Real Name: Eliza Cohen
- CTU: FBI SWAT
- Birthday: December 24
- Place of Birth: Jerusalem, Israel
- Height: 1.70m
- Weight: 63kg
Cohen was born and raised in Jerusalem. After secondary school, she enrolled at Tel Aviv University, in the Engineering program, where she did a semester abroad at Boston University. After college she performed her civic duty enlisting in the Israeli Defense Forces. Her background in engineering made her a prime candidate for mechanical maintenance and demolitions. — Ash in-game bio