User blog comment:Lilxtiger/Ashe - Rework/@comment-25115166-20141026202430

"A permaslow is toxic, let's have a snare instead!" Dafuq dude.

So the only thing you actually did was change the Q and buff the passive. Also you could argue there will be less "permaslow" with the Q change, but I'll raise you that :

W's cooldown is low at higher ranks, so is Q's. Which mean you can pull a CC rotation that is unarguably miles more toxic than any permaslow. So even though this is more of a mid/lategame problem, you have to take in account the fact that Ashe is ALREADY an hypercarry geared towards Mid/Lategame. She's already fine the way she is.

If only your changes cost her some of her lategame potential for some of her early game potential (or vice-versa) then it'd be fine. But you're really not nerfing her Q, because with a snare she becomes ungankable and easy to set-up ganks for. A category she isn't supposed to fit.

Also you didn't say how long W's slow would last

The only thing Ashe needs is to get a simpler passive with a better utility all game long, to truly become the simple to play/hard to master champion she's supposed to be. Also her passive is just not good enough anyway.