Ashe
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Excellent (8/10)
High Investment Required
Rare Relics OK
Ashe is widely recognized as a top-tier Freljord champion at high constellation levels, capable of trivializing difficult encounters. However, players disagree about her playstyle. Some consider her control mechanics and stat-stealing satisfying, while others find her slow, unengaging, and overly reliant on stalling until she can execute a one-turn kill.
C6 Nexus Nuke
Enables immediate direct Nexus damage upon playing Ashe.- Stacks with the first to multiply the direct damage output.
- Maximizes the one-turn kill potential by striking the Nexus a third time.
Strategy
This build is strictly for 6-star Ashe. At C6, Ashe gains massive stats in hand by absorbing the attack power of frostbitten enemies. The strategy involves stalling the board, accumulating power on Ashe in your hand, and then deploying her to instantly destroy the enemy Nexus. To optimize this, cut followers from your deck and draft spells so that the C6 buffs consistently land on Ashe.
Perma-Freeze Control
Creates additional copies of Ashe in the deck, ensuring consistent access to her champion spell.
Generates a fleeting copy of Ashe's champion spell every round for continuous board control.
Duplicates Ashe's presence on the board, doubling her passive effects and board lockdown capabilities.
Strategy
A highly effective control build for Ashe at 4 stars and above. Echoing Spirit and The Grand General's Counterplan provide an endless supply of Flash Freezes, allowing you to completely lock down the enemy board. Frozen Tomb ensures you have multiple copies of Ashe in play, making it nearly impossible for the opponent to mount an offensive.
Rare Control
- Provides a consistent source of frostbite spells every round.
Ensures sufficient spell mana is available to cast the generated champion spells.
Grants a Rally effect upon leveling up, allowing for a decisive swing turn.
Strategy
A solid build utilizing only rare relics. The Grand General's Counterplan provides the necessary crowd control, while Archangel's Staff guarantees you have the mana to utilize it. Crownguard Inheritance capitalizes on Ashe's level-up condition, allowing you to freeze the enemy board and immediately attack while their units are unable to block.
Other Relic Options
A potent alternative to Gatebreaker for duplicating high-power units and creating wide board swings.
Provides Overwhelm to the board, ensuring that high-stat units can push damage through small blockers.
An excellent defensive choice to protect Ashe from enemy removal spells, as she often does not need additional mana.
Useful for consistently drawing key supporting units like Rimefang Wolf from her deck.
Offers an interactive playstyle by challenging strong units and gaining Barrier, though it is generally slower than direct damage options.
Constellation
Ashe transitions from a slow, defensive control champion at lower star levels to an aggressive powerhouse at maximum investment. She requires significant constellation upgrades to reach her full potential.
Frost Shot
Round Start: If you have the attack token, Frostbite the strongest enemy and give it Vulnerable this round.
Avarosan Spirit
+1 Starting Mana. When an ally kills a unit with 0 Power, grant your ally +1|+1.
Frost Shot II
Round Start: Frostbite the strongest enemy and give it Vulnerable this round.Review
At 3 stars, Ashe is considered slow and lacks a definitive win condition. Her gameplay revolves around stalling the board with frostbites and making favorable trades, which can struggle against wide boards.
Treacherous Terrain
Each round, the first time an enemy summons a unit, Frostbite it.Review
This is a critical breakpoint. The additional defensive utility and consistency significantly improve her board control and accelerate her level-up, transforming her into a highly reliable champion.
Manaflow
Game Start: Get a mana gem.Review
Provides a solid power increase, notably allowing her to play key spells like Winter's Breath earlier in the game to manage large boards.
Gift of Avarosa
When you decrease an enemy's power, randomly distribute that much power among allies in hand.Review
A transformative upgrade that completely resolves her lack of finishing power. By distributing the attack power of frostbitten enemies to units in hand, she can scale rapidly and achieve one-turn kills, especially against high-stat Nightmare encounters.
Gameplay Tips
- Avoid Stun Powers
When drafting powers, avoid those that stun enemies at round start. Stun effects resolve simultaneously with Ashe's frostbite effects, often targeting the same unit and wasting the crowd control.
- Optimize the Gatebreaker Build
If utilizing the triple Gatebreaker strategy at 6 stars, aggressively cut followers from your deck and draft spells. This ensures that the massive stat buffs from her 6-star power land directly on Ashe in your hand.
- Beware of Formidable Enemies
Ashe struggles significantly against encounters featuring the Formidable keyword. Since Formidable units strike with their health, reducing their attack to zero with frostbite does not prevent them from dealing damage.
- Leverage High-Stat Encounters
Ashe excels in Nightmare adventures and encounters with inflated enemy stats. Her 6-star power scales directly with the opponent's strength, allowing her to turn their massive attack values into her own win condition.
- Manage Board Space for Items
If using builds that grant items to your strongest unit, ensure Ashe remains the unit with the highest stats on your board to maximize her scaling potential.