[1.1.0] Ashe Guide - Dragon Lane
Ashe Guide - Dragon Lane
Ashe Build
Best Build Guide for Ashe

















Item Build Description
Additional information on the items
Your starting item should be a
Long Sword
, since the Attack Damage it gives will help you last hit the minions during the early laning phase.
As you farm up,
Blade of the Ruined King
is the first item that you should buy. The built-in passive (which slows the enemy for 25% of its MS from 3 auto-attacks) from this item works well with
Ranger's Focus
, in which you can proc or activate it with just 2 auto-attacks (as opposed to 3).
Contrary to a default build on any Marksman/Dragon Lane champion, I think
Phage
is a wonderful item on Ashe since she lacks the mobility to escape with her skills unlike Kai'Sa or Ezreal or Vayne. The bonus Movement Speed on the item helps with kiting the enemies. It is optimal to build this after
Blade of the Ruined King
but you don't have to build it into
Trinity Force
right away.
Runaan's Hurricane
works well with Ashe's kit, and it greatly helps her with clearing the wave.
Blade of the Ruined King
and
Runaan's Hurricane
will be the first 2 core items that you should build for your mid-game fights.
The other builds in the Core Items set are self-explanatory:
Infinity Edge
increases your damage output and is a must-have on any Dragon Lane champion;
Trinity Force
is the final item from your
Phage
;
Guardian Angel
is very recommended because champions like Ashe are very squishy.
Your boots should be
Gluttonous Greaves
, which gives you Physical Vamp (aka Lifesteal); [ninja tabi] (Armor) or
Mercury's Treads
(Magic Resist) are okay too but I'd prefer building Greaves even if Zed or Akali is fed. For your boots upgrades, [stasis enchant] prevents you from getting one-shotted by a Malphite, Zed or Gragas;
Quicksilver Enchant
clears away any crowd control effects such as stuns. [locket enchant] is a good upgrade too to help your teammates as well.
Of course, there are situational items as well that you can buy in certain scenarios:
I've seen players build
Youmuu's Ghostblade
on Ashe as a second item after
Blade of the Ruined King
, but building this would mean that you are not going to build Trinity Force. Ghostblade offers the MS passive and has a lot more damage that Trinity Force so it's a decent build if you wanna get back to lane faster.
Black Cleaver
is another item that you can build from
Phage
and it gives more health and tankiness. It also reduces the armor of enemy champions. I would buy this in situations when my team is behind or I would get killed pretty easily.
Buy
Mortal Reminder
if the enemy champions have crazy healing abilities such as Nami, Soraka, Dr. Mundo; but you can build this even if you're not facing them.
Other attack speed items like
Phantom Dancer
adds tankiness to Ashe and can be an alternative to GA if you're fed.
Rapid Firecannon
adds safety with kiting from its increased attack range in teamfights. However,
Statikk Shiv
doesn't fit with Ashe unless you're planning to build 3 attack speed items on her (which I don't recommend).
Ashe Runes
Best Runes for Ashe




Triumph gives you health after a kill. Marksmen need to be alive for as long as possible so they can give the most damage in teamfights, which is their role.
Sweet Tooth is a good way for farming, it's nice to have 60 extra gold so take it whenever you're close to a Honeyfruit.
Skill Order
How to distribute skill points





Summoner Spells
When to take which summoners
Ashe Matchups & Counters
Detailed information on how to play matchups and counters

Learning the Skills
You can use
Ranger's Focus
as an auto-attack reset, I highly recommend auto-attacking first before using it to maximize the damage in short trades. Try to reach her max stacks on this skill (which is 6 consecutive auto attacks) so you can capitalize the full damage of the skill.
I think you can hit
Volley
to your enemies in lane by pretending to use the skill to the minions but leaving the other arrows to the enemies behind (those minions).
Hawkshot
can reveal wards if you re-cast it on a certain area. It reveals wards for 3 seconds, but it's enough to destroy it. No other marksman has this mechanic ;)
You can reposition
Enchanted Crystal Arrow
with your Attack button as it travels across the map. The best way of maneuvering it is by steering it at the start rather than when the arrow approaches the enemy (it's quite hard to aim it).

Support Synergy
Due to the lack of Ashe's mobility, she's best paired with tanky supports that can peel and soak the damage, such as:
Ashe works best with Braum. Ashe's slows help Braum land his
Winter's Bite
, and they can easily proc the stun passive making the enemies hard to escape from them.
Alistar's
Pulverize
and
Headbutt
combo syncs well with Ashe's followups.
Blitzcrank's
Rocket Grab
is a good follow-up for
Enchanted Crystal Arrow
and
Volley
.
Seraphine is a good pair with Ashe too with her
Beat Drop
and
Encore
, they make a frustrating poking duo to lane against.
Enchanter supports such as Janna, Soraka, and Nami are okay too but with the current meta dominated with everyone buying Guardian Angel, it is much safer to pick tanky supports right now (although this is subject to change).

Final Thoughts
Remember that Ashe is a mid-late game champion, meaning that she will most likely struggle in the early phase due to her reliance on attack speed. Your goal as a Dragon Laner is to survive fights so that you can deal the most damage possible for your team.
I like playing Ashe in Wild Rift and I aim to reach at least the top 10 of Ashe users in the server (as of this writing I am currently Rank 76). I hope you enjoyed reading this guide and I hope it will help you be better at playing her, she's really strong when in the right hands. Thanks!!!
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