User blog comment:Contractas1/Ashe - The most ignored concept of a carry?/@comment-24315274-20140108023905/@comment-2112140-20140108093528

Well I know the GP10 build is just a troll one that works well vs noobs. I still think Ashe is one of those harder lategame carries since even without a steroid she functions well. She's an unique concept of a carry as a utility carry and that utility lets Ashe to provide more for the team. Let's take one of the most played carries: Vayne(yes again.) She has a lot of damage and true damage and a strong steroid. She works very well with attack speed items since her steroid already grants her damage, but still Vayne players build damage. Now what does Vayne provide in a teamfight? Hmm a dash for positioning meaning less needed protection. True damage for anti-tanks. Condemn for self-defense and crucial stuns or counter-initiations. and ultimate for prime damage and insane positioning. Now the only team-based things I can think of Vayne is her Condemn providing utility with the stun or counter-initiate and her raw damage output. I always had 1 fun idea with Vayne though. With the damage steroids she has, and her true damage always dealing a high amount of damage how nice would a Vayne be if she built tanky with lots of attack speed.

@Gmbear26 I don't feel like Ashe is very viable compared to other supports cause of these things:

1. Slow is on auto attack, while it means you can permanently recast it, it almost always will starve you out of mana unless you build enough mana to compensate.

2. Volley while annoying if spammed too much will drain out all your mana or drain out enough so you won't be able to save your ADC if their aggressive support decides to engage. Also against heroes like Soraka who have infinite sustain that poke will be healed off every 20 seconds. Also since it's AoE it pushes the lane quite hard even if its good to scout.

3. While her peel is mostly unmatched(Janna proboably peels better) she doesn't have a way to peel if enemies decide it's a good idea to jump onto you. Even if you ult a Thresh, if he has cast his ultimate there's almost always no escape.

4. Late game the only support you will provide will be your CC, unlike other supports who rely on crowd control, Ashe isn't tanky at all. If you want to be useful as a CC support you need to be able to survive to provide maximum CC.