Can Zed have 3 shadows?

GrilledPuppy·Jan 1, 2016·6 votes·1,750 views

According to the wiki page of Zed, every enemy champion hit by Shadow Slash reduces Living Shadow's cooldown by 2 seconds. If a Zed has 45% CDR, his Living Shadow cooldown will be less than 10 seconds. Theoretically, doesn't that mean that 45% CDR Zed could W-W and E 5 enemy champions (Unlikely to happen but in a custom game maybe), reducing the cooldown of W by 10 seconds and resetting Living Shadow, combined with the ult to create 3 shadows, 2 from W and 1 from Ult? I have never tried it but isn't it technically possible?

6 Comments

VasilisGreenJan 1, 20165 votes

It is not. In Urf with 80% cdr, If you Cast W-W and E 2 champions you get W cd refreshed. If you cast W again, the previous shadow instantly dissipates. You can't have more than 2 shadows active at a time regardless of cooldowns.

PennsJan 1, 20161 votes

Rip Quadra- Q dream

VasilisGreenJan 1, 20161 votes

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Rip Quadra- Q dream

haha, it would be fun and broken but it can't happen :P

warpenguin555Jan 1, 20161 votes

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It is not. In Urf with 80% cdr, If you Cast W-W and E 2 champions you get W cd refreshed. If you cast W again, the previous shadow instantly dissipates. You can't have more than 2 shadows active at a time regardless of cooldowns.

not even if you have one from your ult?

VasilisGreenJan 1, 20161 votes

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not even if you have one from your ult?

As i said, You can only have 1 active shadow from your W at one time and 2 maximu active, 1 from ult and 1 from W. If you cast W and W again and hit 2 champions with your E the cooldown of living shadow is refreshed (In urf), and if you cast W again, the previous shadow will instantly disolve to nothingness, regardless of your ult shadow. Ultimate shadow is independent to W. W can only spawn 1 shadow at a time and if you manage to refresh the CD before the previous expires, a W recast cancels the previous shadow INSTANTLY! It's as simple as that, there is no way to have more than 2 shadows active any given moment. I can't make it simpler than that.