Here's a thought: What if Ashe's slow got stronger with each hit?

darkdill··3 votes·808 views

Since Ashe needs her Frost Shot as it is to save herself from divers, a full conversion to a stacking slow isn't the best option. But then I thought this:

What if the slow started at the same strength as live, but each subsequent hit in a short amount of time made it stronger and stronger?

The problem Ashe has right now is that her slow is not strong enough to be reliable in defensive scenarios. If someone jumps on her, odds are they can tough-out the slow and catch her.

To remedy this, I think Frost Shot's slow should become slightly stronger (i.e. 2/2.5/3/3.5/4% extra slow) with each subsequent hit, up to a cap (i.e. 5 stacks). This would help buff it, but would require that Ashe focus her target to get the rewards.

12 Comments

Marthian2 votes

And if she is chasing someone then this just further seals their fate. She can be pretty hard to escape from in offensive situations.

Gunpoint1 votes

And if she is chasing someone then this just further seals their fate. She can be pretty hard to escape from in offensive situations.

Seriously? She's probably the easiest to escape from besides Twitch or mabye Jinx. I'd rather be running from an Ashe than a Tristana, at least she can't jump over walls.

Marthian2 votes

Say that again when she lands a single auto attack on you, and you have no dashes/flash/speed boost.

darkdill2 votes

Sounds like you got caught out of position. Don't do that.

Skias2 votes

Permaslows aren't fun for anyone but the user.

darkdill1 votes

And they let Ashe keep hers... why?

Skias1 votes

Because they would have to rework her completely to make up for it and other champions need it more. They are removing Frozen Mallet and there are discussions going on about Red Buff. They don't like perma slows because there is no counter play to it. Ashe is old and busted like Ryze and many others but Poppy and Taric are super old and busted.

ViktoriousSecret1 votes

she already has a strong enough slow.

Kuroi861 votes

Could be interesting, but would need some real thought to keep it from being too much. Would also suggest the slow rapidly decay so she can't just stack up on three separate people.

darkdill1 votes

The duration would be short so that without a Runaan's Hurricane, she wouldn't be able to stack slows on multiple targets. Something like 1.5 second duration.

Kuroi861 votes

It's worth trying. Might work, might not, couldn't hurt to see though.

SmokingPuffin1 votes

The last thing Ashe needs is a buff to her slow.

If you want to buff Ashe, there are two places to look:

  1. Bad passive is bad
  2. E isn't much of a button. Even if you like moar vision, there are now much better vision buttons in game than Hawkshot.

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