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The Ashe Build Guide

For people who like to win (using Ashe)

Written by: Goosewoman

Introduction​

I don’t dare claim I’m the best and smartest Ashe player out there (Though I would really like to believe I am), so don’t take my guide as gospel. Take it as something to build on.

The Primary Powers​

The primary powers are the powers you’ll be picking in your first or third round. They’re the main powers your builds will revolve around. I will simply be listing what I think the pros and cons of the builds built around these primary powers are. These pros and cons are more or less what I use to decide what power I will be building around.

Incendiary Rounds​

Notes​

  • The extra damage is weapon damage, and therefore scales with higher weapon damage values.
  • Unscoped shots and shots into deflect/matrix do not reset this.
  • Barriers count as a target.

Pros​

  • Extremely strong round 1 and stays strong all throughout the match.
  • Scales with weapon damage.
  • Stronger against barriers. Especially lower health barriers like Zarya bubbles.
  • Does not rely on specific items or powers to get more value.

Cons​

  • Does not have as powerful a round 3 as .
  • Very heavily relies on scoped shots and thus makes it easier for you to get picked off by projectile spam.
  • Unscoped primary is very weak early-game compared to
  • Very high requirement for aiming consistency.

Calamity​

Notes​

  • The 3s additional damage counts as burning and thus synergizes with any items that work with burn.
  • Because the additional damage counts as ability damage you can combine this with any effect that triggers on “Dealing ability damage”
  • The damage of this power does not stack upon itself. It only refreshes the additional damage burn time.

Pros​

  • Frequent application of burn damage causes the enemy team to play a lot more passively.
  • Synergizes extremely well with the item
  • Has a healthy mix of unscoped shots (to apply the burn) and scoped shots (to get the infrared damage boost)
  • Plays extremely well versus teams with 3 or more enemies without cleanses.

Cons​

  • Somewhat weak round 1 compared to
  • You use more bullets and thus spend more time reloading.
  • Worse against teams with a lot of cleanses or barriers blocking you from hitting shots
  • Requires you to get round 2 to get good value.
  • Requires you to get round 3 to get good value.

Early Detonation​

Notes​

N/A

Pros​

Cons​

  • Requires to truly become powerful.
  • Cleanses really give this build a hard time.
  • Has a harder time dealing high amounts of single-target damage compared to the other builds.
  • Has a high up-front cash cost due to and debuff items costing more than 10k each.