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== Ashen Path ==

Difficulty: Easy

This path revolves around fire, mobility and brutal crowd control against single opponents. Play this path if your new to Heretic, or just like hit and run playstyles.

=== Pros ===

- Very potent even from the beginning of the path.

- Easy access to mobility spells.

- Strong mark effect.

=== Cons ===

- Has less power than most heretics beyond their starting abilities.

- Lacks durability in long conflicts

- Relies on hitting hard and fast before their opponent can mount proper countermeasures.

== Knowledge ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Knowledge name !! Requirements/Type !! Description
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| Nightwatcher's Secret || Knife, Matchstick || Creates an Ashen blade
|-

| Grasp of Ash || Passive ability || Your grasp will burn the eyes of the victim, temporarily blinding them.
|-

| Mark of Ash || Passive ability || Your grasp will now apply the ashen mark, burning the target, reducing all your spell cooldowns, and hopping to a nearby target when activated.
|-

| Ashen shift || Active ability || Allows you to temporarily jaunt through walls. Has a very short range.
|-

| Volcano Blast || Active ability || Fires a flaming beam towards a nearby target, burning and setting them ablaze, if they do not extinguish themself, it will spread to others.
|-

| Cracked Lantern || Lantern, Flare, Ash, Lighter || Creates cracked lantern that acts as a flash that burns victims in area. Summons hint when holding it in your hand
|-

| Fiery Blade || Passive ability || Your blade now sets target ablaze.
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| NightWatcher's Rebirth || Active ability || Extinguishes yourself and intensifies nearby heathens flames, healing you for each victim.
|-

| Ashlord's Rite || 3 Burning corpses || Gives you full pressure, temperature and fire immunity as well as 2 spells that spread fires around you. Upgrades your Volcano blast and Nightwatcher's rebirth spell.
|}

=== Armor and Passive ability ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Effect
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| T1 Passive || Immunity to high temperatures. having 3 or more fire stacks on yourself will empower your ash spells. || 
|-

| Scorched Mantle || Immunity to fire. Passive stack generation when already on fire. || 
|-

| T2 Passive || Fire stacks speed you up while on fire. || 
|-

| T3 Passive || Temporary blindness a vision blur Immunity. || 
|}