Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-142.204.42.43-20121108150543

The thing I'm most worried about is his energy management. Only his living shadows provide any form of energy regen, and initially it is energy mitigation for itself. In early games with lvl 1 living shadow, it costs 40 energy to regenerate 20 energy if both skills connect. That means that in early games, it will cost more energy to bring out a shadow to deal extra damage and have mobillity than it is to regain energy.

The likes of Akali has a spammable ulti with 0 cost, and her Q mitigates energy costs. Kennen has a big energy mitigation with his passive in conjunction with his ult. Shen has his "OP" ki slash, which gives him energy at no cost, and his taunt can mitigate it's own cost. Lee Sin's passive greatly mitigates energy cost if done right.

At best, at late lvls, Zed would be able to mitigate the cost of shadow slash twice with his living shadow and ult. In the end, it is still costing him way more energy to use his techniques than it is for him to mitigate them, and it requires him to use everything to mitigate them. Using living shadow and ult would only net him 60 extra energy, while using two living shadows would cost 100 energy not to mention if he uses his razor shurikens, which cost him an extra 55 energy.

Would it be wrong if his passive could also restore energy to him like Shen in some way? Like say letting him restore energy like shen when he uses his passive on a cooldown like him. Hell, shen has shorter CD and energy costs than Zed, and he gets that energy regen. Even restoring some energy from that kind of passive would be better than him only mitigating costs with his living shadows right?