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Undeniably, professional players are correct in asserting that Zeri is a champion almost impossible to balance.
In recent times, Bjergsen shared his thoughts on Zeri during a livestream: 'The inherent ability combined with using the Q skill makes Zeri too agile compared to other Marksmen. Zeri is more broken than any champion before. Like my old friend Doublelift, he doesn't have the skills but still creates highlights with Zeri. That's enough to understand the power of this champion.'
Setting aside the playful banter towards his old friend Doublelift, Bjergsen believes Zeri is excessively mobile, making her extremely troublesome. If that's the case, Zeri will become even more dominant beyond imagination when her ability, E - Lightning Swift, can reset as fast as in URF mode. Recently, gamers have discovered a way to achieve this using a specific item, Navori Quickblades.
Navori Gives Zeri E no Cooldown Resets in 2 hits
As seen in the aforementioned video, after Zeri glides with the E skill, activating Q twice is sufficient to fully reset the E. The reason for this incredible and nonsensical power lies in the interaction of cooldown reduction percentages and fixed stats. Simply put, the percentage reduction in cooldowns is always calculated first before the fixed stats. In this case, the effect of Navori Quickblades is calculated first, followed by the effect of the E skill.
As observed earlier, with 70 skill haste (approximately 41% cooldown reduction), just triggering Q with critical hits twice after activating E is enough to completely recover this ability. This allows Zeri to glide continuously, unleashing the Q skill through numerous targets in combat. With that level of agility alone, Zeri can effortlessly kite opponents and dominate skirmishes thanks to her substantial damage output.
It's uncertain whether Riot Games intends to adjust this mechanism, as theoretically, it is an extremely imbalanced interaction. Perhaps Riot Games will only make adjustments when professional gamers delve into the Zeri - Navori Quickblades combo to its fullest extent.
