Zoe’s W needs to be looked at

How is it fair that a champion in league can make summoner spells and item actives more powerful, have no cooldown on them, can steal them from enemies, and drop randomly off minions? Riot I love you guys, I really do, but that’s not ok. Let’s list the problems.

• Zoe essentially makes summoner spells/item actives more effective then anyone else in the game since she gains a burst of movement speed and damage upon using them.

• Zoe’s W has a .25 second cooldown so she can use immensely powerful abilities before the enemy gets to react

• She lowers almost any risk in fair skirmishes since she can use your own summoners against you for an near immediate advantage.

I thought of a fix for at least some of the problems and t looks something like this

W: Spell thief

• Cooldown between spell casts: from .25 seconds to 5 seconds at all ranks
• Mana cost: from 0 to 50 mana at all ranks

Passive

• [new] only the biggest: spell shards now only drop from Cannon minions, and enemy champions can see which minions have the balloon.
• [nerf] Shard time: All Shards now disappear after 20 seconds of not being picked up, weather from a champion or a minion. (Currently champion shares last twice as long)

Active:

• [new/buff] Zoe can now activate spell thief without shards, granting her the movespeed and damage.
• [change] Picking up spell shards reduces the cooldown of spell thief by 30%
• [nerf] Time zoe can hold onto a shard reduced from 60 seconds to 30 seconds

TL:DR: make Zoe’s W have a cooldown in exchange for it being a traditional spell, give her less time to use the shards and the choice on weather to replace a shard or keep a shard.

• the fact that the balloon minions are less random and seen by enemies adds much needed counterplay

• The fact that she can use spell thief without a shard grants her more safety, but at the expense of an actual cooldown

• enemies Have an opportunity to use summoners freely if they see Zoe use W.