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Ashe Build, Runes and Counters for the Bot Lane · Patch 26.20

the Frost Archer

Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (2,798 games).

Ashe, the Frost Archer, slows with every attack through Frost Shot and can stun from across the map with Enchanted Crystal Arrow. Lethal Tempo was the keystone on nearly every counted Master+ Ashe, and Hexoptics C44 came before Phantom Dancer and Infinity Edge in her usual path.

MarksmanSupport

Patch 26.18 · Bot · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 2,798 games · Preview sample

Role snapshot (Bot)

BTier
Win Rate
49.5%
Pick Rate
4.3%
Ban Rate
0.5%

2,798

Games

High

Confidence

Most common path

494 games

57.5%Win Rate

Start
FlashBarrier

Other first item

122 games

50.0%Win Rate

Start
FlashGhost

Runes

Patch 26.18

This exact page: taken in 17.1% of games·50.8% win rate over 478 games.

Primary

Precision

Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.

Presence of Mind

Restore a small amount of mana or energy when damaging an enemy champion. Takedowns restore mana or energy.

Legend: Bloodline

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Life Steal, up to a cap. Once the cap is reached, increase your max health. Weaker earlier but stronger later game than other Legend Runes.

Cut Down

Deal more damage to high health enemy champions.

Secondary

Inspiration

Cash Back

Get some gold back when you purchase Legendary Items.

Approach Velocity

Bonus MS towards nearby enemy champions that are movement impaired, increased for enemy champions that you impair.

Shards

  • Attack Speed
  • Adaptive Force
  • Health

Other keystones taken

  • Arcane Comet3.4% taken · 41.1% win95 games
  • Hail of Blades1.0% taken · 41.4% win29 games
  • Press the Attack0.8% taken · 40.9% win22 games

Tree pairs

  • Precision + Inspiration93.5% taken · 50.0% win2,615 games
  • Sorcery + Domination3.3% taken · 48.4% win91 games
  • Precision + Domination0.7% taken · 36.8% win19 games

Skill Order

Which ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Ashe's most common path.

Q

Ranger's Focus

Ashe builds up Focus by attacking.

Cooldown 0s · 30 Mana
W

Volley

Ashe fires arrows in a cone for increased damage.

Cooldown 18/14.5/11/7.5/4s · 75/70/65/60/55 Mana
E

Hawkshot

Ashe sends her Hawk Spirit on a scouting mission anywhere on the map.

Cooldown 5s · No cost
R

Enchanted Crystal Arrow

Ashe fires a missile of ice in a straight line.

Cooldown 100/80/60s · 100 Mana

Max Order

WQE

Max W first, then Q, then E. Take R whenever available (6 / 11 / 16).

Level-up Order

  • Q
  • W
  • E
  • R
Ability123456789101112131415161718
QRanger's FocusQQQQQ
WVolleyWWWWW
EHawkshotEEEEE
REnchanted Crystal ArrowRRR

Matchup map (Bot)

How Ashe performs against enemy bot laners

Levels 1 – 18 · Master+40%60%Ashe's win rate
≥ 60%Very favorable
55 – 60%Favorable
50 – 55%Even
45 – 50%Unfavorable
40 – 45%Hard
< 40%Very hard

Conditional build matrix

Recommended items by enemy team composition

Master+ · Patch 26.18
Mythic / CoreFirst major item
Core 2Second item
Core 3Third item
BootsBoot slot
SituationalPick as needed

Scaling — minute 10–30

AsheBot average

Gold

102030

Damage to champions

102030

CS

102030

Counter plan — how to beat Ashe

  • Close the gap early — it wins at range and at three items — neither before ten minutes

  • Track the roam — it is strongest where the enemy jungler already is

  • Punish the cooldown — Ashe is exposed while its rotation is down

  • Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one

  • Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 4/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average

Ability details

  • P

    Frost Shot

    Ashe's attacks slow their target, causing her to deal increased damage to these targets.Ashe's critical strikes deal no bonus damage but apply an empowered slow to the target.

    Passive — never cast

  • Q

    Ranger's Focus

    Ashe builds up Focus by attacking. At maximum Focus, Ashe can cast Ranger's Focus to consume all stacks of Focus, temporarily increasing her Attack Speed and transforming her basic attack into a powerful flurry attack for the duration.

    Cost 30 ManaCooldown 0sRange 400

  • W

    Volley

    Ashe fires arrows in a cone for increased damage. Also applies Frost Shot.

    Cost 75/70/65/60/55 ManaCooldown 18/14.5/11/7.5/4sRange 1200

  • E

    Hawkshot

    Ashe sends her Hawk Spirit on a scouting mission anywhere on the map.

    No costCooldown 5sRange 25000

  • R

    Enchanted Crystal Arrow

    Ashe fires a missile of ice in a straight line. If the arrow collides with an enemy Champion, it deals damage and stuns the Champion, stunning for longer the farther arrow has traveled. In addition, surrounding enemy units take damage and are slowed.

    Cost 100 ManaCooldown 100/80/60sRange 25000

Ashe balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Ashe in 11 patches. The latest is patch 26.20, published 2026-10-06.

  1. Patch 26.202026-10-06

    Base Stats

    • Attack Damage per Level3.5to3
    Why, in Riot's words

    Ashe is one of the premier marksmen in pro play at the moment, and we're seeing her output too much raw damage given her position as the highest utility marksman in the game.

  2. Patch 26.102026-05-12

    QRanger's Focus

    • Total Damage110 / 117.5 / 125 / 132.5 / 140% ADto110 / 115 / 120 / 125 / 130% AD
    Why, in Riot's words

    As one of our premier utility ADCs, Ashe is pumping out a bit too much damage. We’re giving her a minor nerf to her Q damage so she can’t have the best of both worlds.

  3. Patch 26.22026-01-21

    Base Stats

    • Attack Damage Growth3to3.5
    Why, in Riot's words

    Ashe is underperforming in the new season so we’re here to bring her back up near her former power level. We like that she has a strong affinity for buying attack speed, so we’re just making those purchases multiply a little bit harder.

  4. Patch 26.12026-01-07

    Base Stats

    • Attack Speed Growth3.33%to3%
    • Attack Damage Growth3.45to3

    PFrost Shot

    • Crit Scaling100% (up to 1.75/2.15x)to100% (up to 2/2.3x)

    WVolley

    • Damage60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+ 110% Bonus AD)to60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+ 100% Bonus AD)
    Why, in Riot's words

    Ashe is already quite attack-reliant and pretty balanced but considering she buys about 1.5 crit items per game, we're lowering her late game a little to make room for the increased damage coming her way.

  5. Patch 25.232025-11-18

    QRanger's Focus

    • Attack Speed25 / 37.5 / 50 / 62.5 / 75%to20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60%
    Why, in Riot's words

    We're delivering a suite of ADC changes in this patch in order to shake up the end-of-season solo queue meta. A few of the most commonly picked are being nerfed and some of the least common are being buffed. We'd also like to move in a direction of making non-caster ADCs more attack speed-reliant, which you should notice in many of the ADC changes later on in this patch. Ashe has been a top performer in terms of both pick and win rate for most of this season, so we're tapping her down to create a little more equity in ADC pick rates. We're maintaining Ashe's appetite for attack speed by giving her a little bit less from Q.

  6. Patch 25.182025-09-09

    Base Stats

    • AD Growth2.95to3.45
    Why, in Riot's words

    Ashe is once again finding herself near the bottom of the ADC list. We're pretty happy with her current shape with crit and some on-hit items being solid options for her, so all we're really doing here is looking to nudge her success rate up just a bit.

  7. Patch 25.112025-05-27

    QRanger's Focus

    • Can now build stacks when attacking structures.
    Why, in Riot's words

    Ashe's Q unlike many other marksman's attack passives (see Caitlyn Passive) cannot stack on structures but its damage can affect structures which creates peculiar optimizations - letting her stack this Q on structures should help avoid these unintuitive optimizations and let her feel better about sieging towers in general.

  8. Patch 25.092025-04-29

    QRanger’s Focus

    • AD Ratio111 / 117 / 123 / 129 / 135%to110 / 117.5 / 125 / 132.5 / 140%
    • Bonus Attack Speed25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65%to25 / 37.5 / 50 / 67.5 / 75%
    Why, in Riot's words

    Ashe is a touch weak right now, so we’re adding some power to her mid-to-late game teamfights to help her thrive in cases where she finds space and time to focus down her targets.

  9. Patch 25.052025-03-04

    REnchanted Crystal Arrow

    • Damage250/450/650to200/400/600
    Why, in Riot's words

    We overshot last patch's Ashe buff by a bit, so we'd like to rein in that overcorrection. This is meant to be a small nerf as Ashe is pretty close to her intended power level.

  10. Patch 25.042025-02-19

    QRanger's Focus

    • Total Damage per Flurry110/115/120/125/130% ADto111/117/123/129/135% AD

    WVolley

    • AD Ratio100% bonus ADto110% bonus AD

    REnchanted Crystal Arrow

    • Damage200/400/600 (+120% AP)to250/450/650 (+120% AP)
    • Secondary Target Damage50%to100%
    Why, in Riot's words

    After her recent adjustments Ashe is sitting a bit on the weaker side, so this patch we're looking to add the bite back to her frost. For this change list, we're looking to give her some more power in the mid game by increasing the AD scaling on her Q and W while also giving her a bit more up front damage on her R so that Ashe and her allies can more successfully burst down enemies she's engaged on.

  11. Patch 25.S1.12025-01-07

    PFrost Shot

    • Damage115% + Crit%to100% + Crit%
    • Damage ConditionSlowed by Frost ShottoAlways

    QRanger's Focus

    • Damage105/110/115/120/125%to110/115/120/125/130%
    • Attack Speed25/32.5/40/47.5/55%to25/35/45/55/65%

    WVolley

    • Damage20/35/50/65/80 + 100% total ADto60/95/130/165/200 + 100% bonus AD
    Why, in Riot's words

    Ashe's update this patch has two goals: First, we'd like to reduce the extremely high power she has in early levels. A combination of one of the highest functional level 1 attack damages in the game and permanently slowing her targets can create situations where a single mistake means she runs you down across the entire lane, causing you to Flash or die. Second, we'd like if Frost Shot was always a benefit instead of sometimes a hindrance. Even with 100% crit chance, Ashe would never get any bonus damage from her passive, since it only applied if they were already slowed. Volley's changes are a simple power shift, making it weaker at level 1, but stronger than before after level 5, regardless of build.

Ashe skins (21)

Riot's data lists 21 looks for Ashe with their own art, the base skin included and 73 chroma variants.

ARAM performance

EstimateS
Win Rate
52.0%
▲ 0.9%
Pick Rate
9.1%
▲ 4.8%
Ban Rate
4.1%
▲ 0.4%
Damage dealt
104.3%
Damage taken
94.0%
Healing
108.9%
Shielding
107.1%
Ability Haste
+4

Best ARAM build

Patch timeline

Riot’s notes

This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.

  1. 26.1951.3% over 829 games · small sample+0.9
  2. 26.1848.6% over 1,518 games-0.3
  3. 26.1749.9% over 439 games · small sample—

Ashe's base stats against all 173 champions

  • Ashe's attack range of 600 is the 3rd-highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20 (shared with 2 others).
StatAsheRankMedian
Base health610=98th620
Health per level101=113th104
Base armor26=110th30
Armor per level4.6=82nd4.6
Base magic resist33=4th32
Magic resist per level1.1=145th1.55
Base attack damage59=86th59
Base attack speed0.658=54th0.656
Attack speed per level3%=42nd2.5%
Move speed325=154th335
Attack range600=3rd175

Ashe at level 1 and level 18

  • Ashe reaches 2327 health at level 18 — 610 at level 1 plus 17 × 101, the 53rd-lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20.
  • Ashe reaches 875 mana at level 18 — 280 at level 1 plus 17 × 35, the 21st-lowest of 145 mana users on patch 26.20, shared with 1.
  • Ashe reaches 104.2 armor at level 18 — 26 at level 1 plus 17 × 4.6, the 70th-lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20, shared with 3.
  • Ashe reaches 51.7 magic resist at level 18 — 33 at level 1 plus 17 × 1.1, the 6th-lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20, shared with 27.
StatLevel 1Per levelLevel 18Rank at 18
Health610+1012327121st of 173
Mana280+35875=124th of 145
Armor26+4.6104.2=101st of 173
Magic resist33+1.151.7=141st of 173

Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.

Riot's tips for Ashe

Playing Ashe

  • Try to fire Enchanted Crystal Arrow in the same direction enemies are moving, so it is more likely to hit.
  • Volley arrows are blocked by the first enemy they hit, so keep your distance to avoid having them all absorbed by enemy frontliners.
  • Hawkshot reveals units in brush. If a team fight is occuring in the jungle it can give you a significant advantage.

Playing against Ashe

  • Ashe has very few defensive options, and she's a good target to gank.
  • Be wary of moving around the map alone if Ashe has not recently cast her Enchanted Crystal Arrow.

Quick answers about Ashe

What class is Ashe?
Riot classes Ashe as Marksman and Support. This site files the champion under Bot.
How hard is Ashe to play?
Riot rates Ashe's difficulty 4 out of 10.
What resource does Ashe use?
Ashe's abilities spend Mana.
What is Ashe's attack range?
600 units — the 3rd-highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20 (shared with 2 others).
What are Ashe's abilities?
Passive — Frost Shot, Q — Ranger's Focus, W — Volley, E — Hawkshot and R — Enchanted Crystal Arrow.
How many skins does Ashe have?
Riot's data lists 21 skins with their own art, the base look included, plus 73 chroma variants.
How much health does Ashe have at level 18?
2327 — 610 at level 1 plus 17 × 101 per level, Riot's own values, before items and runes.
What is Ashe's ultimate cooldown?
Enchanted Crystal Arrow (R): 100/80/60 seconds by rank, before ability haste, in Riot's Data Dragon 16.20.1.
When did Riot last change Ashe?
Patch 26.20, published 6 October 2026 — the latest of 11 patches that change Ashe in Riot's notes from 25.S1.1 to 26.20.

Ashe at a glance

Ashe, the Frost Archer, is a Marksman and Support champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 4/10 for difficulty, 7/10 for attack, 3/10 for defense and 2/10 for magic. Ashe spends Mana and has 21 skins with their own art. Ashe's attack range of 600 is the 3rd-highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20 (shared with 2 others).

Attack7/10
Defense3/10
Magic2/10
Difficulty4/10

Ashe's story

Iceborn warmother of the Avarosan tribe, Ashe commands the most populous horde in the north. Stoic, intelligent, and idealistic, yet uncomfortable with her role as leader, she taps into the ancestral magics of her lineage to wield a bow of True Ice. With her people's belief that she is the mythological hero Avarosa reincarnated, Ashe hopes to unify the Freljord once more by retaking their ancient, tribal lands.
— Riot Games, Data Dragon 16.20.1. League of Legends Universe

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Methodology

Data window
Preview sample — a one-time snapshot of 65,406 ranked games (Master+, EUW/KR/NA, patch 26.18), counted by GamGem while our Riot production key is under review. Figures will update daily once it is approved. Counted 26–27 Sept 2026; patches 26.18 (35,477) · 26.19 (18,580) · 26.17 (11,048) · 26.16 (293) · 26.15 (8); by server EUW 22,382 · KR 21,922 · NA 21,065 · EUNE 20 · TR 17. 642 games without a result — remakes ended by vote in their first minutes, and games recorded with no winner — were not counted.
Rank aggregation
Master, Grandmaster and Challenger, pooled — the three ladders the count read its players from. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
Role assignment
A champion is filed under every lane that holds at least a tenth of its counted games — the position the match itself reports, not the champion’s class. Its headline win rate is across all of them; each lane’s own win rate and games are counted too, and a lane’s tier list ranks by them.
Counters
The two champions in the same position on opposite teams, over that pairing’s own counted games — ranked on the edge pulled toward zero by its sample size, printed raw.
Minimum sample
None — no figure is hidden for being thin. Every rate prints its games, and the confidence band is its 95% margin: Very High within ±1.5 points, High ±2.5, Moderate ±3.1 (1,000 games), Low wider.
Why a build is not a cause
An item is counted when the match ENDS with it, so late items show long games and an item bought when already ahead shows games that were being won. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying the item caused the win.
Where the numbers come from
Names, classes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates, builds, keystones, spells and matchups are counted by GamGem from Riot's ranked match records. An estimate, not a count: this panel is not in the preview sample, and is labelled so.

Ashe on video

Published by League of Legends on YouTube, 14 May 2013.

13 years old. League of Legends has been patched since, so watch it for how the kit plays, not for numbers — the rest of this page is written for the current patch.

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