Cherish
Masaki Ashiya
/Ice/Guardian
★★★★★
Introduction
Masaki Ashiya is a 5-star Ice character in Persona 5 X. Masaki Ashiya's role is Guardian.
On our Persona 5 X tier list Masaki Ashiya is A tier, 16th of the 50 characters ranked, from where 4 current tier lists put Masaki Ashiya.
Other Ice characters in Persona 5 X: Kotone Montagne, Mio Natsukawa, Mitsuru Kirijo, Miyu Sahara (Wavecatcher), Shun Kano and Yusuke Kitagawa.
Is Masaki Ashiya good?
Masaki Ashiya (Cherish) is an Ice 
Guardian who gives the most shielding in the game, plus a Down Point that protects allies from knockdowns and Ailment Resistance. His Skill 3 grants layered Knight shields, and recent buffs let him offer more offense than Minami, though much of it sits behind Awareness or only works in certain fights.
His skills cost a lot of SP, shields are his only sustain so chip damage adds up, and Ailment Resistance doesn't stop stat debuffs.
Strengths
- Largest shields
- Rare Down Point protection
- Some offensive buffs
Weaknesses
- Heavy SP costs
- No healing, only shields
- Ailment Resistance is unreliable
Profile
Masaki Ashiya carries the title "Cherish". Masaki Ashiya is voiced by Jing Lin in Chinese and Takafumi Maeuchi in Japanese.
Background
Masaki Ashiya shows up in the Metaverse as Cherish in the Metaverse.
Skills
6Frost Vines
Ice / Multi-Target · 24 SPEffect: Deal Ice damage equal to 149.2% of Ashiya's Defense to the main target, and deal Ice damage equal to 44.8% of Ashiya's Defense to other foes. 97.6% chance to inflict Freeze on the main target and gain 2 Heroism stacks.
Hoarfrost Vow
Shield · 26 SPEffect: Grant 1 Knight's Protection shield equal to 22.8% of Ashiya's Defense + 650 to 1 ally. Also increase the ally's Defense by 20% of Ashiya's Defense (up to 1220) for 2 turns.
Winter Fortress
Shield · 30 SPEffect: Grant all allies 1 Knight's Protection shield equal to 12% of Ashiya's Defense + 120/240/360 (effect Increases when at Lv. 1/50/70+, respectively) and Knight's Resolve shield equal to 49.2% of Ashiya's Defense +1400.
Highlight
IceEffect: Highlight: Grant Knight's Resolve shield equal to 59% of Ashiya's Defense + 1681 to all allies and decrease damage taken by 31.9% for 2 turns. 1 More: Deal Ice damage to 1 foe
Flower Knight's Shield
Effect: When allies have a shield granted by Ashiya, increase Defense by 24%. When allies have a shield granted by Ashiya, increase ailment resistance by 48%.
Flower Knight's Devotion
Effect: While Ashiya isn't KO'd, when an ally uses their ailment resistance to avoid a curse, elemental ailment, or spiritual ailment, grant 1, 2, or 3 buff stacks, respectively. For each stack, increase the targeted ally's damage by 10% for 2 turns. This can stack up to 3 times. At 3 stacks, also increase critical damage by 20% for 2 turns.
