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Ashe counters

Who beats Ashe, who Ashe beats, and why. The hardest counter to Ashe is Genji. Ashe is strongest into Jetpack Cat and Pharah.

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From WinCon's coaching read of each hero's abilities, the same one the coach uses: a guide, not a measured win rate. Blizzard doesn't publish how heroes do against each other.

Heroes that counter Ashe

Pick one of these into an enemy Ashe, or watch for them when you play Ashe.

Tanks

  • D.Va (strong counter): Defense Matrix eats her shots and Boosters reach her
  • Winston (strong counter): bubble blocks her shots and he jumps her angle
  • Wrecking Ball (strong counter): knocks her off her angle
  • Doomfist (slight edge): Power Block soaks her shots and he dives her off-angle

Damage heroes

  • Genji (hard counter): Deflect returns scoped shots and he dives her
  • Tracer (strong counter): gets inside her range
  • Vendetta (strong counter): closes fast and Warding Stance blocks frontal shots
  • Venture (strong counter): surfaces in her weak range; Burrow clears Dynamite
  • Widowmaker (strong counter): longer range and one-shot headshots

Heroes Ashe counters

Ashe is a good answer when the enemy plays one of these.

Tanks

  • Reinhardt (strong counter): holds high ground he cannot reach
  • Ramattra (slight edge): out-ranges his slow walk-in
  • Zarya (slight edge): out-ranges her and Dynamite burns after bubbles

Damage heroes

  • Pharah (hard counter): scoped hitscan punishes a hovering flier
  • Echo (strong counter): hitscan reaches her in the air
  • Freja (strong counter): hitscan wins the long trade and catches her Updraft
  • Junkrat (strong counter): outranges his arcs and hits him mid mine-jump
  • Mei (slight edge): trades from beyond her range
  • Reaper (slight edge): outranges him and Coach Guns away when he closes

Supports

  • Jetpack Cat (hard counter): scoped hitscan picks a slow flier with a large hitbox
  • Juno (strong counter): scoped hitscan picks her in the air
  • Mercy (strong counter): hitscan picks a Mercy in flight
  • Zenyatta (strong counter): big, slow target for scoped headshots

Ashe against dive, brawl and poke

  • Bad into dive: divers reach her and Coach Gun is her only escape
  • Good into brawl: slow brawl tanks cannot contest her high ground and Dynamite punishes grouped teams

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