With any new Overwatch hero or skin, fans of the game rush to show their love, usually via fan art or tweets in all caps. Ashe has caught the eye of many, many players after Blizzard announced the hero at BlizzCon this week, and they’ve been doing all of that.
Shoot 'em up #Ashe #Overwatch #ElizabethCaledonia #Fanart #AppleBlotch pic.twitter.com/kTw3RTFYbW
— Ashe🔪🩸 VOTE NURSE HARROW (@succubashe) November 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/radsity/status/1058490507645591552
https://twitter.com/pawleena1/status/1058594350152761344
摸鱼!
Ashe is so cooooool! pic.twitter.com/hNjmL09Ad9— 麖醴 (@y549005376) November 2, 2018
aaahh #ashe #overwatch pic.twitter.com/ktpLohT6W3
— darwh. (@_darwh) November 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/mxrblesoda2/status/1058526316687966208
https://corzhkryakrya.tumblr.com/post/179696268383/ashe-o
I’ve never felt more personally targeted in my life pic.twitter.com/Ay7N0swjj5
— Aida🔜OTAKON (@aiboneida) November 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/STENUNIVERSE/status/1058479286280220673
Pre-render done! Now I'll fuse the linear with the color and pray till looks good! Since the next step is almost the final product this is the last wip I'll post! pic.twitter.com/wooRzPAZNx
— 𝐕𝟎𝐍 ▽ HEXA💉 My comic on 📍! (@VONHEXA) November 3, 2018
ash? ashe? ashe? ash? a#R6S #LeagueOfLegends #Overwatch pic.twitter.com/PRJGBBsrDm
— han 🌱 Freelance Games Artist (@hanjosi) November 3, 2018
ASHE from @PlayOverwatch !!!!
Just gotta say WOW this woman feels SO POWERFUL can't wait to play her!
Also here's a lil video speedpaint –> https://t.co/2QzUIkZBlr@OverwatchES #overwatch #ashe pic.twitter.com/VgqKSUTU02
— Wanda 🌹 (@wandakunpls) November 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/bucumberr/status/1058449177816981504
The most excited I've been for a new hero in a while! ☠️#overwatch #ashe pic.twitter.com/NDwtsO3U4o
— Cecile (@theCecilz) November 3, 2018
I have like 500 things I need to do but here’s a quick drawing of #Ashe anyways :’)#Overwatch pic.twitter.com/F0xPWZiUZD
— R ★ U ★ N ★ E (@Misiru) November 2, 2018
❤️Queen of Hearts ❤️
Thank you Blizzard for my life 😭 @PlayOverwatch #ashe #overwatch pic.twitter.com/GPCpQRMCOD
— meru 🍋🍋🍋 (@merurumeow) November 2, 2018
@PlayOverwatch
ALRIGHT THIS IS THE LAST WORK IN PROGRESS FOR MY HYPE FOR ASHE TONIGHT
im internally and externally screaming non stop tonight sldkjalksjda reeee#overwatch #BlizzCon2018 #ashe pic.twitter.com/GwxPw5QQpf— ✿ Aki Ling ✿ Commissions OPEN (@AkiCarlito) November 2, 2018
🤠PLEASEDON'T REPOST🤠
BOB DO SOMETHING!
Chibi of the badass new hero of Overwatch, Ashe. #Overwatch #ashe pic.twitter.com/rCwQQXSB3D— Akuo 🪸 (@AkuoArt) November 2, 2018
http://satelka.tumblr.com/post/179703185335/oh-my-did-u-see-that-girl-totally-badass
https://twitter.com/rurukatt/status/1058479062828617729
Jumpin on that fanart as fast as possible.
Damn i love her design!#Overwatch #Ashe pic.twitter.com/1M9X5Obl0Y— gecko 🌼🐌 (@AzulGeck0) November 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/rou_tan_tan/status/1058532309060730880
https://twitter.com/lynaiss/status/1058748402656251905
@PlayOverwatch #Ashe #overwatch
So admired!!! pic.twitter.com/R0BTDgxpe8
— Mistress of Hyenas (@Hyenas_Mistress) November 3, 2018
McCree, B.o.b and Ashe from overwatch
Some sketches while watching Blizzcon pic.twitter.com/jiKr9Hv6t5
— Raichiyo33 (@Raichiyo33) November 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/Skirtzzz/status/1058581860840726534
https://twitter.com/pileofrox/status/1058478061295935489
https://bluebloodtanuki-bbt.tumblr.com/post/179696276151/god-i-already-love-these-two-thank-you-blizzard
https://twitter.com/LolaTempest/status/1058439662161797122
As you can clearly see, people are very into Ashe and not so much her Omnic butler sidekick, although I’ve seen a fair amount of people rooting for big B.O.B. I think part of the huge reaction to our new gun-toting lady is that, for the most part, she was a surprise — both from a new hero announcement perspective, and from the short also including Echo, the Omnic, that looked like they could be the new hero.
Ashe isn’t playable on the PTR servers yet, but I’ve seen a lot of people start to theorize how she’ll interact with the rest of the Overwatch cast. Surely characters like Sombra, McCree, and Reaper will have a lot to say to and reveal about Ashe once she’s finally in the game. Even though we got a short, there’s a ton of unanswered questions, especially since Ashe clearly knows about Echo too, and there’s got to be a good reason McCree put himself at such a risk to retrieve them.
Ashe even has two skins that were revealed during the Overwatch What’s Next panel. One skin has her dressed up in a striped, black and white mobster outfit, and another one has her in shorts and a vest to go exploring. I’m sure we’ll see art of those skins, particularly the Mobster one very soon. The neat thing about Ashe skins is they also change the look of her ultimate ability and robot friend, B.O.B. We’ll be checking out the rest of her skins and cosmetics when she goes live over on our Twitch channel.