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[S4] Support Ashe: may the slows be with you!

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Introduction

What would you think when you see a support picking
? Probably nothing positive. In this guide I'm going to explain to you, why support actually IS viable and NOT a trollpick at all. Just believe me and try it out: you'll see that she makes a great supporter. In fact, is one of the champs with the strongest CC/SLOWS in the whole League and will annoy the hell out of your enemies when you harass them out of your bush in bottom lane.

I'll also give you an explanation about the summoner spells, runes, masteries, ability sequence and my usual item build when I play as support .

When to pick support Ashe?

Support is a good pick when you are forced into the supporter role, but still feel the urge to carry the game. But don't get me wrong:
she is not meant to be played the ~~"OMG I WANTED TO PLAY ADC I PICK ASHE I EFFING GO ADC"~~ style, but simply is a good support that can do a great comeback later in the game and kind of "transforms" into an adc to provide an additional damage output in the lategame.

Keep in mind:

Always try to keep up the AD/AP balance on your team.

Support is a good pick if your team already is really AP heavy
(for example with an mid, a top and an jungle).

But you shouldn't pick support when your team already is very AD heavy
(for example with a mid and a jungle)
... it just makes it really easy for the enemy team to counter you by building plain armor.

Also don't pick support when you recognize a lack of tankyness in your team;
isn't tanky at all, even with and .
Better choose some tanky support, such as or .

Ashe's Lore

With each arrow she fires from her ancient ice-enchanted bow, Ashe proves she is a master archer. She chooses each target carefully, waits for the right moment, and then strikes with power and precision. It is with this same vision and focus that she pursues her goal of uniting the tribes of the Freljord and forging them into a mighty nation.

As a child, Ashe was always a dreamer. She marveled at the colossal, abandoned fortresses of her ancestors, and spent hours by the fire listening to tales of the Freljord's fabled champions. Most of all she loved the legend of Avarosa, the renowned Queen of the once magnificent and united Freljord. Though her mother chided her foolishness, Ashe swore one day she would join the scattered and warlike tribes of the tundra. She knew in her heart that if her people would stand together once more, they would reach greatness again.

When Ashe was only fifteen, her mother was killed while commanding the tribe on a brash raid. Suddenly thrust into the role of leader, Ashe made the difficult decision to follow her childhood vision instead of seeking the revenge she craved. She spoke passionately against her tribe's demand for retribution, declaring the time had come to put blood feuds aside and broker a lasting peace. Some of her warriors questioned her fitness to rule and soon hatched a treasonous plot to kill the young leader.

The assassins struck while Ashe was on a routine hunt, but their plan was interrupted by the warning cry of a great hawk. Ashe looked back to see her tribesmen approaching with swords drawn. Outnumbered and overwhelmed, Ashe ran for hours. She found herself deep in uncharted territory, her weapon lost in the chase. When she heard another cry from the hawk, Ashe put her faith in the strange creature and followed it to a clearing. There she found the bird perched on a pile of stones - an ancient Freljord burial cairn. With a last glance at her, the hawk screeched and flew away. Approaching the mound, Ashe felt her breath turn to frost and an unnatural cold chill her to the bone. The stone at the top of the cairn was marked with a single rune: Avarosa.

The assassins burst into the clearing. Ashe lifted the runestone from the cairn to defend herself, revealing something hidden underneath: an ornate bow carved from ice. She grasped it, crying out in pain as frost formed on her fingers, and tore the bow from its resting place. Cold flowed from the enchanted weapon into Ashe, awakening a tremendous power that had always lived within her.

Ashe turned to face the assassins. She drew the bow, and by sheer instinct, willed arrows of pure ice to form from the cold, crisp air. With a single frozen volley, she ended the insurrection. Carefully replacing the cairn stone, she gave thanks to Avarosa for her gift, and returned home. Ashe's tribe immediately recognized the legendary weapon in the archer's hand as a blessing from the ancient Freljord queen herself.

With Avarosa's bow and her vision of peaceful unification, Ashe's tribe soon swelled, becoming the largest in the Freljord. Now known as the Avarosan, they stand together with the belief that a united Freljord will once again become a great nation.

"One tribe, one people, one Freljord."
― Ashe

Pros and Cons

Pros

+ strong CC
+ good poke
+ good kiting
+ bonus vision with E
+ good initiates with R
+ damage in lategame
+ even more CC!

Cons

- no heal
- no escape mechanism
- squishy in earlygame
- slow movement
- weak in close combat
- low dmg early
(might be unusual/hard to handle)

Masteries

I usually go with 13/0/17 masteries because i found out it works the best for me. If it doesn't for you, go ahead and change them by your own choice. Also, if you like to invest some points in the defense tree, because you feel like that is more usefull as a support, try it out and choose whatever you prefer.

Utility

As a support the utiliy tree obviously is very important, especially in the early game. Due to the fact, that you shouldn't take any farm, but help your adc to farm the best he can, to get an advantage over the enemie adc, the gold masteries are the core masteries for every support.
Beeing: , , and . You should always put at least 17 points in the utility tree to get to ;
I often save the 13 remaining point for the other trees, because I don't think and are that important, especially not on support . But if you want to use them: go ahead!

In order to get to you have to invest some points into other masteries in the utility tree.
I like to go with , because movement speed is always a good thing on a support and it helps to balance out 's naturally slow movement speed.
Also I almost always get as a supporter, because you should play an important role in the vision game. When you are going to ward river real quick with , when you are checking, if river is warded by the enemies with or when you are checking bushes with
: an additional trinket cast range is always a well invested point.
I chose , and next because the other masteries appeared to be kind of useless for me; but again: those are completly up to you.
The last utility masterie you should get is . Supports easily fall back in level, because they obviously don't kill that many minions. helps you out a bit to fix that issue.

Offense

I usually spend my remaining 13 points in the offense tree. As already mentioned I like to "transform" my support into a second adc later in the game. That gives your team a nice boost when it comes to damage, but you'll still be able to provide the massive CC, which is the core of 's support role. In this case, any additional bit of damageoutput helps you out to perform that "transformation" much more easily.
, , , and just make the most sense then. But instead of I put one point in , because the aditional 1,5% damage the enemies deal to you might even make it harder for you, as support, to sustain in lane. And you can't go wrong with cooldown reduction, right?

Runes

Precision

Fleet Footwork

Phase Rush

Marks

Marks are usually the OFFENSIVE runes. As already mentioned, I like to play support as a lategame ADC. harmonizes good with
's passive and gives you a nice little earlygame poke-advantage. As a supporter you shouldn't be attacking that much anyway, meaning effectivly, that you should be able to get your up much more often. What I'm trying to explain here is: with you'll be able to gift your enemies with tasty crits from time to time, without even having a based chance to crit, only with your passive ability . Optional you could also go or even , if you feel like playing full support.

Seals

So this is an easy one. Seals are almost always the DEFENSIVE runes. I highly recommend picking , especially when you are laning against an ADC. And that is most likely the case when you are playing bottom lane. So with support and even as ADC: is always your Go-To-Rune. But if you like to experiment and try different runes... I WILL KICK YOU IN YOUR NUTS! Lol, just kiddin go ahead and play the way you like to. I mean... you are already playing as support so why not have some fun, amiright? xD

Glyphs

In my opinion, the most useful Glyph is the , giving you an adiitional bit of survivabilty later on (in the laning phase you won't need that much magic resist already, that's why I usually choose scaling over flat). Another useful option is the ; always a viable rune for supports and it comes handy with the high cooldown of and, obviously, . And that's it.

Quints

With preseason 4 came a lot of changes, many of them making it easier for supports to get gold. Thanks to the new gold income items and the new masteries, is not a 100% must-have anymore. Additionally, 's passive also gives you a slightly increased gold income. Therefore I like to go with , because is naturally slow due to her initially low base movement speed. It also helps you out early (before you get your upgraded boots). If you don't feel like you need to fix that issue with your quints, you could possibly go with attackdmg, critdmg, lifesteal or even armor quints instead.

Summoner Spells

The first summoner spell you should always get on is the generally popular . has no escape mechanism and even her amazing kiting potential doesn't do the trick in all possible situations. helps you, to get out of many sticky chases and decides between dying and surviving. Next I like to go with , because it can turn around fights realy quick and it helps out your ADC a lot, especially in the laning phase. Though, already has a amazing slow, therefore isn't that much needed on support as on other supports. Another great summoner spell I choose from time to time is . One of the big downsides of support is the fact, that she has no heal by herself and pre-level 6 she is kind of weak in fights. can balance that problem slightly. I DO NOT recommend as an summoner spell, simply because has that spell already integrated in her . And if you really demand that aditional bit of vision, you might also get instead.

Abilities

's passive ability : Ashe gains 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 Focus stacks each second while not attacking. These values increase every 4 levels. Upon reaching 100 stacks, Ashe's next basic attack will automatically critically strike. Ashe starts out with a number of Focus stacks equal to her critical strike chance value.

This is the Reason why I like to run on . Even with no item based chance to critical strike you'll be able to crit-poke the enemy adc from time to time. This passive even works better on support than on adc, because you should be able to get your up faster while you are not farming.

The Q, support 's key skill: Toggle: Ashe's basic attacks slow her target's movement speed by 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 % for 2 seconds.

This is the part, where support starts shining. effectivly provides a strong slow without any cooldown. It can help you and your adc in chases or in escapes, it gives her amazing kiting ability.

's W: Ashe fires 7 arrows in a cone, dealing 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 (+100% attack damage) physical damage to each target hit. Each arrow will only hit one enemy, and each enemy will only be hit by one arrow. It also applies a slow equal to the one in the current rank of Frost Shot even if it is not active.

A nice skill for poking due to its relatively long range. It also applies your current level of , technicall turning it into an useable aoe slow. It is also a skillshot; you can check bushes from save distances.

Another useful support skill, ' E: Passive: Ashe gains 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 extra gold whenever she kills a unit or destroys a structure.

Active: Ashe sends her Hawk Spirit on a scouting mission to a target area in the map, revealing terrain as it travels in a straight line and granting vision of the target area for 5 seconds. The Hawk Spirit will reveal units in the brush but will not reveal stealthed units or objects.

Provides you with an additional bit of extra vision. This integrated can help you avoid traps and ganks before it's too late. can be also used to quickcheck bushes, dragon or baron etc.

's awesome ultimate: Ashe fires a missile of ice in a straight line that will pass over all other units until it collides with an enemy Champion or leaves the map. If the arrow collides with an enemy Champion, it will deal 250 / 425 / 600 (+100% of ability power) magic damage, stun and add a slow to the champion hit. It will also explode after the hit to slow and deal half damage to all other enemies in a small area around the champion hit. The duration of the stun increases the farther the arrow travels before impact and caps at 3.5 seconds. Both slows are 50% and last for 3 seconds.

If you ask me, is one of the best ultimate abilities in the game. It is global, therefore you can assist you team from everywhere on the map (with some aiming skill, practise and prediction of course). Best used for initiates or when picking up low enemies. If used right, this ability can easily turn games.

Leveling Sequence

> > >

I highly recommend maxing out first, because each level actually increases your slow with every autoattack. Also, her huge slowing potential is support 's main function in the team and it harmonizes amazingly good with my core item build, I'll be explaining in the next chapter. should be maxed next, because each level reduces its cooldown and you'll be able to have your longranged poke-slow available more often. Leveling up doesn't make much sense, because it only increases the bonus gold and its range. Though, you should definitely invest one point into early; it is still an useful ability. Not to forget: always upgrade .

Items

SO, this is probably the most important chapter of this whole guide; therefore a big THANKS to everyone who took his time to read this far. With the right item choices, really starts to shine as support, because there are a few items, which harmonize perfectly well with support 's main task: providing SLOWS 4DAYZ. Now I'll explain my earlygame item order, these important core items you should always get and lategame options.

Earlygame

talisman of ascension

Right at the spawn I usually buy , one and two pots. I highly recommend talisman of ascension as your golditem, because doesn't make to much sense on (only her ultimate scales with ap and her slow was not included in the support changes preseason 4 introduced). face of the mountain is an option, but I personaly think, the active of talisman of ascension is more useful overall and supports your team better. For the trinket I often get , because once you got , a would be pretty much useless. Still, you should always react to your teammates trinket descions. Always get , if the jungler gets (trust me, your team will need at least one lens). IF the jungler gets the lens you can still upgrade your totem into a . I also recommend not to get ; your has the same effect.
Try to back for the first time, when you've got at least around 1800 gold, so you can instantly buy boots, and the . Also, in 90% of my games as support I don't even buy anymore. Due to the 3 wards limitation it doesn't serve any purpose except from giving you slightly more healt. Better invest your money in some other items.

Sneakers or Chucks?

I already mentioned 's naturally slow movement. Obviously boots are used to fix that issue. I highly suggest getting either or ; both giving you a nice speedboost. This descision really depends on your playstyle, but if you are using support the right way, you should be poking, harrasing and kiting a lot. Thats why I choose in most matches (the hyper-speedboost of resets while autoattacking). Also the other boots do have some nice effects; you are really free to choose between them (as long as you don't buy xD).
For the enchantment I recommend Captain, just to make you feel more like a support. And it IS useful, especially when you are standing on the edge of a teamfight, which is wise as a ranged, squishy support-adc. Other good enchantments are Furor, Alacrity and -situational- Homeguard.

Core

These items are important to maximize 's amazing slows and make your enemies wish you were playing a regular support champ. You should always get these items as support as soon as possible and I also recommend them on ADC .

: It gives you dmg and health, which is always a good thing on AD-Supports. And the most important thing is: its passive "icy" actually does stack with giving you an additional 30% slow with every autoattack. This slow is being added after 's effect, SO, if you do the math you can have a huge 47.7% slow on-hit with every autoattack at level 9 (when you maxed your first, toggle it on and if you already own a ). Convinced?

: It gives you a nice boost of attackspeed, which is really useful for kiting (when you are autoattacking an enemy he'll be slowed the whole time). This item is so good on , because its passive applies on-hit effects. So basically you are now able to slow 3 enemies at once by 47.7%... which is in fact a ridiculously large aoe slow if you ask me.

: It provides a good bit of tankyness and you should buy it, just for the sake of maximum slow. If you are getting attacked, you own a , toggle on AND activate ... well this time you can do the math by yourself :). I'm just saying: ín the end you'll get a slow comparable to ' annoying . Give it a try!

Lategame Options

zeke's herald

You might be asking now: "I already have my fullbuild of six items, why are there more suggestions?". Good question. These options are meant for the really late lategame (like >50min). I only included this section, because I myself like to get rid of talisman of ascension and/or in such long matches and replace them with more useful items. These items heavily depend on the situation: get zeke's herald, if your main adc is fed at this point. It pushes his dmg even more and also gives you these nice little effects. By far my favourite item to get is , for obvious reasons (, crit dmg marks and overall strong dmg boost). You might also consider getting a , if you get focused down a lot in teamfights, or / if you are going against a strong ap burster. All the other items I included into the "support, defensive or offensive options" are more or less useful, but definitely worth a try.

Conclusion

Thanks a lot for reading my very first guide on mobafire! I really hope I inspired you to give support a try :). I'd also appreciate every positive feedback/rating if you like this guide. If you don't, feel free to give me a bad rating, BUT in this case please give me some constructive feedback in the discussion section. Feel free to leave any suggestions about what I could've done better and also PLEASE report any kinds of mistakes I made, beeing spelling/gramatical mistakes (english is not my main language) or possible aesthetik improvements.

In case you are wondering: yes, Solwolf did give me the idea of support ashe and inspired me to make my mind about her/ write this guide.

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[S4] Support Ashe: may the slows be with you!

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Spells:

Flash

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Items

Ability Order

Frost Shot (PASSIVE)

Ranger's Focus (Q)

Volley (W)

Hawkshot (E)

Enchanted Crystal Arrow (R)

Introduction

When to pick support Ashe?

Pros and Cons

Masteries

Utility

Offense

Runes

Runes

Marks

Seals

Glyphs

Quints

Summoner Spells

Abilities

Leveling Sequence

Items

Earlygame

Sneakers or Chucks?

Core

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