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Burst build for Ashe

Kuroi86··1 votes·1,274 views

Trying to figure out what items would do best in a burst centered build. I know for dueling I would go item 3031 item 3046 item 3006 item 3035 item 3153 item 3026 But for burst I'm thinking maybe item 3031 item 3087 item 3158 item 3035 item 3508 item 3026 The thing is, which would do better, item 3508 or item 3153 .
With one, I've more AD for crits, CDR so abilities come up faster and a bit of mana return for more spam. On the other hand the active for item 3153 is nothing to sneeze at.

Any suggestions?

12 Comments

Registeel12344 votes

The best burst build for Ashe? There you go!

item 3020 item 3128 item 3089 item 3100 item 3135 item 3157

DFG+R+AA will probably kill someone in less than a sec. :P

Nox Fleuret2 votes

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Rawrful1 votes

You can never afford to lose Move Speed on Ashe. Ever. So you can't viably sell boots on her, unlike an ADC with multiple escapes.

Nox Fleuret2 votes

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Rawrful1 votes

...What are you talking about? Attacking and casting Volley take time. If you are walking at 375 speed and they are walking at 400, even with slow you do not escape from them because you have to turn around, play half your attack animation, then turn back around and run. Hell, WITH boots and a Shiv you still get caught if you are in auto attack range (Which is, you know, how you do damage).

That doesn't even take into account gap closers, where your opponent literally starts in melee range of you. I love Ashe, but slows aren't a magical 'I don't need move speed' button.

The Chin2 votes

Get item 3139 as a 6th item instead of GA, I think it also give +80 attack damage

Rawrful2 votes

None of the above. First thing to remember is that Ashe is never going to be 'bursty' like Corki or Lucian. But you CAN abuse that Volley cooldown.

item 3078 item 3031 item 3142 item 3508 item 3158 With whatever AD item you think fits best. I like Trinity rush, followed by CDR boots and Brutalizer (Vamp Scepter if no sustain support), Infinity, finish Ghostblade, finish Reaver. Run the 5% CDR mastery for 40%. Run armor pen Quints and AD Marks. This, along with your offence masteries, will give you enough pen to kill anything that isn't stacking armor just fine.

The basic strategy is spam Volley in fights while auto attacking. Use Ghostblade for the move speed to kite and the attack speed to murder whatever you need to. Use your ult whenever you feel like it, because 40% CDR is beautiful with it. When you are going for a 'burst combo' on someone, you: Ult-Ghostblade active-TrinityAuto-Auto-Volley-TrinityAuto-Auto-Hawkshot-TrinityAuto-Auto-Volley-Trinity Auto. 4 Trinity procs in the minimum possible time. And the enemy is stunned for the first few hits, letting you crush other ADCs in 1v1s if you land ult.

Now, your sustained damage is comparatively poor with this build, as you only have high attack speed for the duration of Ghostblade. You also lack the Pen and %hp damage to kill tanks. The advantage of this build is that you have a strong early game spike when you finish Trinity (Similar to Corki), so you don't have that normal period of being terrible that Ashe has. Your CDR lets you throw out more ults than normal on Ashe, which can equate to more picks and more objectives for your team. The Volley spam and increased burst makes you much better at the Poke-ReEngage style play, but worse at standard bash into each other.

kanacho1 votes

I think suggesting this would only be best if you have tank busters on your team already. Maybe a Yi, or a bruiser Vi? You pretty much need to compensate for that lack of Tank Shred, but Ashe could really poke super hard (good for poke comps or a comp that normally lacks poke who could use it), then you can easily take out squishies given an opportunity.

It could work, but needs a team for it.

hh the thinker1 votes

bt instead of item 3508 , and i even get bt over item 3153 a lot of the time

kanacho1 votes

If you want bursty damage you need lots of crit. She still is not going to do as much burst as a caster ADC like Graves or Varus, and she isn't going to be able to scale as hard as Caitlyn or Lucian or the hypercarries Kog'maw and Tristana.

Ashe's advantage is that extremely Long Stun potential, and the permaslow potential. Her CC is what makes Ashe Ashe. Just build huge crit damage, and the first build you posted (I.E., Berserker's, Phantom Dancer, LW, BotRK, GA) is probably one of the most solid builds for her. You could replace BotRK with a BT to try and ramp up your volley damage a bit, but you would not do nearly as much damage to tanks which might be a problem.

Mundo1 votes

Ashe doesnt really Burst but I would say:

item 3031 item 3035 item 3072 item 3141 item 3153 item 3710 item 2140

That would be best burst. Doesn't grant you much movement speed or defense but it does grant the most AD burst.

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