question about ashe

Lord Obbo·6/6/2016, 3:50:35 PM·2 votes·431 views

i am not sure whether it is intentional or not, but Ashe's attacks are always weaker on the first hit. This is because the passive states that anyone afflicted by the slow done by the arrows takes extra damage.

The problem with this is that even the first hit applies the slow. So I'm guessing that the damage is registering first before the debuff. Is this intented? Is this a bug or somehow something that the programmers' coding overlooked?

I just find it kind of... redundant? Im not sure that's the word but if even the first hit applies the slow shouldn't it also be able to take on the added damage from the passive from the get-go?

3 Comments

Skorpio6/6/2016, 4:36:17 PM3 votes

The first shot applies the debuff, this includes the slow. The added damage is applied to a target that already has the debuff. So it's only the successive shots that are amplified in damage.

Quepha6/6/2016, 3:54:29 PM1 votes

Of course it's intentional. Ashe is supposed to kite champions so focusing a champion that's already been slowed by her will deal more damage while having to switch to a target she hasn't attacked yet will reduce her damage output.

If it was the other way around it would actually be redundant because her passive could just say "her auto attacks deal x% more damage" because there is almost no situation where the bonus wouldn't apply.

Void Nargacuga6/6/2016, 5:48:26 PM1 votes

This should help explain it.

Frost Shot: Ashe's basic attacks and abilities apply Frost to affected enemies, slowing them by 5 - 25 (based on level)% for 2 seconds and causing subsequent basic attacks against them to deal 10% + (critical chance × (1 + bonus critical damage))% AD bonus physical damage while they remain slowed.

Critical Slow: Ashe's critical strikes deal no additional damage, but instead double Frost's slow strength to 10 - 50 (based on level)%, decaying over the duration to its normal strength.