Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-4167645-20121128144117/@comment-218.111.1.33-20121129031223

Using the shadow for solely a single shuriken to hit has never been a good idea for Zed, given that you're throwing away energy and the shadow for 215 damage. So just mashing the ranges of the two together to make it look long doesn't work, as you yourself have to be in range as well to make both shurikens connect.

If you wish to have your shadow not on cooldown forever, you have to hit minions with your E, which means yes you are " going to sit there in range of his spells all the time ". If you're throwing out your shadows like that, you're also probably never getting energy return on the shadow slashes, and thus losing energy.

Additionally, 6 seconds in the lane of twitchers is a long time, especially if thats your only threatening spell. If a Kassadin misthrows his Q onto a minion, you can bet either Kass has to stay way back or the opponent is engaging already.