Talk:Ashe/Strategy/@comment-76.17.100.210-20111219134805

Am I the only person who plays Ashe and refuses to get Bloodthirster or Infinity Edge? I hate snowball kits, and I see no reason to buy an expensive item like IE. All the items I get are below 3k with the exception of Frozen Mallet, which is slightly over.

I play Ashe with Ghost/Clairvoyance (I know, her Hawkshot is a built in CV -- this just means you have two). I start by getting Meki which I upgrade into a Chalice early on. Next item is Last Whisper, right off the bat. It's not incredibly expensive, and it allows you to deal some great damage while kiting. Follow it up with 'serker's for the movement and attack speed for even better kiting, and then PD for even more of that plus some extra crit. rating. Then I'll grab Youmuu's for even /more/ crit. chance and armor pen, plus some extra attack damage (plus the CDR helps for Volley and ECA, and that active is also useful). Depending on whether I need survability or damage from there, I either get Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver (one and then the other either way). Mallet gives me health, another slow that stacks with Frost Shot, and some extra AD, making it easier to kite -- while Black Cleaver will reduce the enemy's armor even more (which is ridiculous with the armor pen. you already have) and extra damage.

With this build, I almost always top the scales on damage output because I'm firing off basic attacks on a regular basis that deal enough damage to take down even the strongest of tanks because of the armor penetration and attack speed. The advantages are that Youmuu's gives you an active that you can potentially abuse for higher DPS during a fight, and Frozen Mallet means you can have a slow without needing to always have Frost Shot on, which makes it useful to conserve mana -- or just slow your enemy twice as much when you /do/ have Frost Shot on.