How annoying is Ashley really?

Speedrunner or casual player - at some point pretty much everyone blamed Ashley for something that happened in the game. But does she actually deserve all the hate from us? Let's find it out~

First let's check out in how many chapters of the game Ashley is actually on Leons side.

Chapter Ashley? 1-1 No 1-2 No 1-3 No 2-1 No 2-2 Yes 2-3 Yes 3-1 Yes 3-2 No 3-3 No 3-4 Yes 4-1 Yes 4-2 No 4-3 No 4-4 No 5-1 No 5-2 Yes 5-3 No 5-4 No Final Yes

She is technically part of chapter 2-1 and 5-4. But her appearance is extremely short in both chapters. So I didn't count them. In the church from 2-1 you just let her behind right after you got to her. And in 5-4 it's pretty much only one room with 4 enemies.

The Game has 19 Chapters - Ashley is part of 7. Thats around 37% of the game. Of course some chapters are longer than others, but just for the statistic.

Now lets take a look on the chapters Ashley is with Leon.

Chapter 2-2 The first area in front ot the church is not a problem at all. The village can be a bit tricky if you play on pro, and she likes to get grabbed at the farm. At the Cabinfight she hides in a locker, so she is not a big deal here.

Chapter 2-3 If you are slow at the El Gigante part, or the giant decides to just go through everything - Ashley can be a problem here. I dont consider here a big problem on the gondola - on NG+ she has her armor and the enemies tend to focus Leon anyway. Neither is Ashley part of the mendez fight.

Chapter 3-1 This Chapter is a pain with Ashley. Catapults, many monks can grab her easily and she gets stucked all day long on dead bodys. Smart girl. Maybe the hardest Chapter with Ashley.

Chapter 3-4 First you defend Ashley - then you play as her. I dont see problems with this chapter. Ashley doesn't move until all enemies are dead, and in the second part of the area you are in full controll of her. Her AI can't screw you here, neither can something else. Easy Ashley Chapter.

Chapter 4-1 She's not with you for the Lava room. Also you can just leave her outside for the fight with the six knights. At the drill machine she doesn't move again, so again no AI problems. Only hard part of the chapter is the long hall with the monks at the end. She can get grabbed and attacked here. For the rest of the chapter Ashley dissapears.

Chapter 5-2 Second hardest Chapter with Ashley. She can get stucked in enemies in many many rooms. The starting area, the Iron Maiden room, the lava room, the Regeneradores corridor. Sometimes she even dies from random plaga on the truck. Annoying chapter.

Final Chapter Only the start can be a problem if she gets stucked on the enemies from the end of the last chapter. But this can be easily avoided actually. The rest of the chapter is only running with Ashley and catching her once.

So from the 7 Ashley chapters I only see her as a real problem in two of them. Which brings us down to 10.5% of the game. Besides Chapter 3-1 and 5-2 she is only a problem in a handful rooms. Maybe 3 or 4.

What do we learn from this? Ashley is not the problem, you are just bad at videogames Kappa

Do we hate Ashley and does she deserve all the blame from us regardless of all this? Hell yeah. Sry for bad englando.