ash feature

Ash’s defining physical trait is his ability to keep getting up after having his shit kicked in. This is mostly seen through his blunt force durability; no amount of bookshelves he’s thrown through or chin punches from the super-strong Deadites seem to keep him out of a fight for good. He isn’t invincible, though, and [unexpected blows to the back of the head](https://imgur.com/a/SJwmkuA) have knocked him out before. He also has normal human piercing durability, seen when he’s interacted with [knives](https://imgur.com/NhAxuMb) or claws, but he generally has the endurance to fight on when he’s bleeding. His fighting style allows him to repeatedly dodge attacks from enemies much stronger than himself until he finds the right time to blow his foe away.

He always enters a fight with both his chainsaw hand and his boomstick. The saw is for close range combat and cleaves through undead flesh and bone with ease, while the boomstick is an oddly versatile tool for both mid and long range. Depending on what Ash needs in the moment, it can [destroy specific targets](https://imgur.com/U8Ktora), [throw enemies backwards](https://imgur.com/a/ErDPpoL) or simply [splatter enemies to gore](https://imgur.com/UPKwtjm). If you’re using Ash as of the TV series, he also has a mechanical hand with some useful tools built into it like a flashlight and a screwdriver. A good Ash prompt should also specify if he has access to magic objects like [the Necronomicon](https://redd.it/1ggevx8). While it’s a very powerful artifact, Ash is just as likely to trigger the resurrection of an evil, undead army than to use a spell effectively against an enemy.

The Evil Dead franchise is no stranger to crossovers and Ash has a lot of different choices for matchups. One could set him against other horror heroes, like Frank West from *Dead Rising*. He’d also make great matchups for slasher icons like Jason Voorhees, Leatherface or Matt Cordell the Maniac Cop. It could also be fun to drop him into different horror settings to see how he’d impact other stories. How far could he get if he were dropped into Atlanta in the *Walking Dead* universe? Could he replace Leon Kennedy in his mission to save the president’s daughter in *Resident Evil 4*? These open world situations would also allow Ash to flex his engineering prowess, something that he doesn’t often use in one-on-one encounters.