User blog comment:Mineko Charat Lucky/I propose that Flash should really be reworked/@comment-5605969-20130809114428

This is a very interesting idea. Although time values should be made regarding distances traveled. Buts anyways, I would see some downside to this.

Imagine you are an ezreal, vs a kogmaw. U just used E to reposition urself, and Kog got u slowed. You need to run back, but with Yordle stompers, on Ezreal, you'll need a LOT of cooldown, while on kog its still 4 minutes. Now, you will say: oh, but kog doesnt have a gap closer, and ezreal has. True, but kog has a slow and Ezreal doesn't. What this means is, Kog, if getting boots, gets an aditional spell that makes him different form ezreal. Imagine kassadin not taking flash, but never using ulti until he really needed. You will have 1 less skill to fight ur opponent. What i think should be done is:

Unique Passive: Small Steps - Every gap-closer you use increases this item's cooldown by 3/12 seconds, depending on traveled path (Vayne 3 secs, Riven 4secs with each Q, Ez and other common dashes or blincks 6/8 secs(still undecided), and long range 12 secs, like zac and lee sin. Fizz and Elise would depend on the cast)

Unique passive: If you use a gap closer if this item is active, the item will be disabled depending on the value of seconds the dash/blink was worth. If you use this item's active, it will set a global cooldown on all your skills that include a blink/dash, by 6 to 12 secs. If you are slowed, the cooldown (self slows do not count) of the penalty counts 100% faster. (if a person was permaslowed, timer would be from 3 to 6 secs)

I'm not trying to take credit, as it's clearly related to ur post, but I did this HUGE tweak, simply because it wouldn't solve one of the most annoying things about flash. The double dash. By using a dash, then flash, then even with ur flash, you wouldnt catch them. . This way, the kog can slow ezreal, but will know that Ez will not just E flash away, and instead will need to w8 till he has flash back, but will w8 less if he's slowed.

Nonetheless, your idea must be the BEST I've seen so far to deal with flash.