Can anyone recommend AP Ashe build ? I tried few games in ranked but it's hard to carry like that. Her ulti does 100% AP so I suppose i need 45% CDR which I get. But it still feels like AP Ashe design has some flaws. Can RIOT improve her AP ratio or add some other AP abilities, maybe W, to make Ashe more viable ?
Rustling Bush3 votesno.
verysalt1 votesyes.
Enderspider1 votesmaybe
Enderspider3 votesok ur gonna wanna start with 
. then you're gonna go
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Enderspider1 votesalso dont be that guy that does such things in ranked >.>
verysalt1 votesThat's the whole point. Team mates thinks it's troll, but in fact I just try to justify ulti scaling :D It's not against the rules when you play according given design, isn't it ???
Enderspider1 votesthe thing is, in normals i dont mind. i play lots of off meta stuff (supportlesticks, ad thresh, taric top, attackspeed warwick, etc). on the other hand, in ranked people are already struggling with lots of toxic people, afks and intentional feeders, so it doesnt really help when you play something that you know doesnt work well :/
FooDang2 votesThere's thinking outside the box and then theres bad ideas. AP Ashe falls into the latter catagory.
Alkis91 votesOr, idk, build ad?
verysalt1 votesAnyone can play ad, but clearly RIOT made AP for her ulti. You have to discover a proper build to find out what RIOT had in mind.
PhDs Nuts3 votesAnyone can play ad, but clearly RIOT made AP for her ulti. You have to discover a proper build to find out what RIOT had in mind.
They made her ult scale off of AP because it would be too broken if it scaled off of AD. It's not to make AP Ashe viable.
Play on-hit with Nashor's/Rageblade if you want a build that scales the ult a bit, but it's hard to get more than the 20% CDR from Nashor's other than with runes.
verysalt1 votesIn that case Ashe shouldn't have any scaling at all on her ulti. What's the point giving AP scaling and then telling that it's not suppose to be played AP.
Alex h87211 votesYeah imo the champs that are ad but have high ap scaling on ults or one ability are set up to keep those champs balanced, but a lot of the time it becomes a noob trap, AP ezreal for example is very much gimping yourself compared to the AD build b/c your autos become worthless as does your Q, the only abilities ezreal has that scale better w/ AP are his W and E plus it makes his passive far less impactful b/c of weak AA damage. Plus ad ezreal still does a solid amount of magic damage.
Mysticman891 votesThey had in mind the bonus AP given by baron buff (and for a time blue buff), and to allow the possibility of certain hybrid items being at least worth considering (trinity force used to give AP, rageblade, future as of yet unmade items, and so on).
Crystalysk1 votesWe used to have lots of "troll" builds that could work (like AP Xin). RIOT just killed them all and made it nearly impossible to make them work.
AR URF1 votesAP ashe lacks sustain. That being said with the new rune changes you could probably run dark harvest. 
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Basically you would want to think on hit because you'll be lacking crit damage. now I wouldn't do it because of a few reasons.
1:no sustain 2:terrible laning phase 3:her w would pretty much be useless 4: Landing her ult is difficult at long range.
Automated Riven1 votesI mean. I am pretty sure this is a troll thread. But Ashe is not, and has never been, intended to be played ap.
SamBunzly1 votesI recommend you don't build AP Ashe in Ranked games, but if you want to do this in norms, your best bet would be something along the lines of this
Nashor's Tooth effect proccing every second aa with rageblade effect as well, plus lich bane effect (if you time it right) proccing twice in a row, added magic pen from void staff, and a huge boost to damage with Deathcap. Seems viable, but your early game would be very, VERY weak. Try getting Nashor's Tooth or Rageblade first item, followed by Runaan's or the other item you didn't grab. Finish off the build however you want