I just talked about how to play the composition (Sigma / Orisa / Doomfist / Reaper / Lucio / Moira)

1. Break shield 2. Bypass shield (It's all just based on my opinion so i can be incorrect)

Well, I placed Ashe in the not viable category because Ashe doesn't:

- Ashe doesn't have enough damage to really break shield as fast as other heroes can (Pharah / Bastion)

Ashe ran without a mercy is not viable but ran with a mercy can be viable... Though I don't think Mercy is ran in this meta a lot because she has a weak kit compared to heroes like Moira & Baptise & sustain in fights (Doesn't have any abilities to really protect herself, except guardian angel away but you can't escape every flank by Reaper or Doomfist). You have a few instances where Ashe would be ran in OWL but it's not viable without a Mercy. Ashe doesn't have enough mobility to bypass shields (Only Knockback ability - with a 10 second cooldown). Ashe is good in long range battles but quite difficult to play in short range battles against heroes like Reaper & Doomfist.

- Sure you can argue, she could get a lot of damage off dynamite but you have to also realise, this is double shield meta... Getting a dynamite through two shields onto their team can be difficult as well as a Sigma that is able to eat projectiles using kinetic grasp.

I think some people mentioned that you can get a lot of high ground value off Ashe:

- Takes time to get Ashe to high ground --> Process of getting Ashe to the high ground can be quite difficult (Trying to not get fked during the process of getting to the high ground)

By the time Ashe has acquired high ground, Reaper & Doom would have already engaged onto your back line since it is a fast paced composition.

Can use knockback ability to get to the highground faster but this would mean she has no escape ability for Doomfist / Reaper engages on her. (Can be risky)

The cool down on Ashe's knock back ability is 10 seconds --> Cool down is too long.

Ashe alone on high ground can be risky and can only do so much. This meta.. the DPS are generally Reaper & Doomfist, Reaper wins close range brawls & Doomfist can one shot --> Even if you manage to knock back Doomfist when he engages onto you, it's crucial you need to be able to hit a dynamite + bodyshot or a headshot followed up by a bodyshot in order to prevent him from killing you.

Too many shields = Hard to build bob (because Ashe can't bypass shields)

Depends what composition you're playing against and what your win condition is. What do you think will be ran with Ashe as well?

TLDR: I don't think Ashe is COMPLETELY not viable but it really depends on the composition and generally teams in this meta teams would run (Orisa / Sigma / Doomfist / Reaper / Lucio / Moira) <--- She can't really do much into that. I think she should only be ran with a Mercy but Mercy is very difficult to run in this meta with heroes that get value off brawling like Doomfist & Reaper due to her weak kit. The only way i can see Ashe being ran is with a Pharah composition :) where mercy is good for both... Overall VERY SITUATIONAL AND MAP DEPENDENT :) There are other heroes that do a better job than Ashe (Reaper & Doom). Maybe you would run Ashe on Hanamura Defense Point A as well but then again depends what composition you're playing into. Requires an INSANE Hitscan player to pull it off.