
Why do Ashe players overlook BC or choose to rush Kraken over Yun Tal?
Kraken Slayer costs the same as Yun Tal but provides much less in terms of raw combat stats. Kraken: 45 AD | 40% AS
Yun Tal: 50 AD | 70% AS (45% without passive)
You also trade Kraken's 3-hit proc for Yun Tal's crit that converts to on-hit for Ashe. The item stacks extremely fast on her with Q and the passive has nearly 100% up-time because of her very high attack speed. The 25% crit ends up dealing more damage than Kraken's passive especially when you consider Kraken scales with enemies missing HP rather than an absolute value. The massive attack speed provided by Yun Tal also converts to damage with Lethal Tempo. The damage is really not even comparable not to mention you get enhanced slows by not delaying crit purchase. With it's extremely high attack speed it enables you to go IE second without feeling like you attack too slow and the two item power spike of these two items are the absolute highest amount of damage Ashe can be dealing at two items. How is Kraken into PD not downright horrific compared to this?
As for BC. Ashe’s Q allows her to stack BC instantly while providing 10 more AD than Last Whisper items. Of course, the best part is the 400 HP. When paired with Shieldbow and BT’s shield you are shockingly tanky for a marksmen. Tanky enough to not get 1 shot by the Assassin even if they are fed. The biggest trade off is the Giant Slayer passive on LDR but since you get BC 4th or 5th you have time decide if you need LDR instead if they have a fed tank on the team.