Ashe has to hit an enemy 4 times to stack up her Q, and it even costs mana on top of that? What?
Where's the balance in this game? If her Q is too strong to be instant cast, which it isn't, just lower the numbers a bit, its better to have it when you need it than to awkwardly try to stack it up only for the enemy to run away by the time you get your 4th hit out, especially awkward in early game
Crispy0Snake2 votesAshe can shoot an arrow across the map, have a free slow in lane with really high range on her auto attacks?
If you have laned against a good Ashe player you'll know that it's not fun at all. Ashe is a really strong laner and then she has her ult for picks, she has free jungle vision and natural kiting ability with her passive
Her Q damage is meant to be used only in an extended fight, it's not so that you can just hit Q in lane and spam empowered autos at the enemy ADC for free with no set up. Before you mention mid-late game, remember her Q interacts with 
50CaliberHecate1 votesAshe is an initiation champion, not a kite based champion like Ezreal is. Your job is to go on the champion when they have no alternative means of escape other than flash or using their mobility in their kit. She has a slow for a reason, which allows her to get her 4 autos in + attack speed to assist. A good Ashe isn't just gonna willy-nilly dual anyone without having her support or Ult up. Not only that, she's an ADC. She is suppose to be farming, not just roaming around with no CS. Because autos stack also off minions, you nearly ALWAYS should be able to have your Q unless you insta-clear a wave with your e... which is bad farming technique and most likely will have your lane pushed more often than not (which allows the enemy jung to gank several times).
If you learn to freeze lane and maintain her q, not just shooting ult across map HOPING to ks someone, then you are going to do fine. Otherwise, you're gonna over push your lane, get camped all game (cause' Ashe has 0 mobility) and otherwise lose lane.
HàrrowR1 votesI think you've missed the point, you have all of these overloaded champs with abilities that have no reason behind them except hey it looks cool.
There's no reason either for Akali to have true stealth behind turrets yet there she is, there's also no reason for Ashe to stack Q 4 times before using it yet there it is.
The only reason you think that's normal and defend it is because its already in the game in this state, if they changed it tomorrow or wasn't in the game in the first place you wouldn't think its odd that you don't need 4 attacks before using it.
The same way you don't think its odd that Vayne has stealth when she ults or that Tristana has a reset on her jump when she kills someone or gets max stacks on her E
VolatileAkali1 votesHer Q is actually the least problematic thing about her right now, it's her W which makes her untargetable by turret. Remove that and revert the nerfs from 8.24b, plus make her burst faster so she can actually one shot in team fights without dying and sometimes not even getting the kill.