User blog comment:Slashingstrike/Nerante - the Devil Hunter/@comment-3391671-20161122014157/@comment-15077371-20161125131455

GreenMoriyama Your explanation is incorrect. I will try to re-explain it again

Normal Cooldowns and Empowered Cooldowns share the same cooldowns. They are not separated cooldowns. Empowered Abilities are still count their cooldowns but they are available for use because they are being empowered by previous Basic Ability and after use they go on their respectable cooldown. They still count their cooldowns for this period of empowered Version its the only thing that they become available in Empowered variant even if they are on cooldown

Q W E are 6 seconds max cooldowns Q is off cooldown and available to use W and E has current cooldown of 3 seconds and not available for use

Cast Q it goes on cooldown and cannot be used then W and E become empowered and are available to for use W and E still count their current cooldowns

Cast Empowered W and it goes on 6 seconds cooldown / cannot be used E continues its current cooldown and cannot be used