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artificial cooldown reset on a single ability

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Hello, I know this is very popular in LOL, where event triggers ability to reset cd notably Katarina's mechanics. Thing is I know cd is grouped by "order-string" but can same ability with a different string be used with "Add/Remove Ability from Triggering Unit" trigger to simulate cd reset? Obviously the X,Y coords have to be the same for both abilities to make it look like to player it has reset.
 
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For resetting the cooldown on a single ability you just add and remove this specific ability. I don't see where the complication with this is.

About order strings, I use 7 order strings for most castable abilities. Each one corresponds to a slot.
I also have an ability manager that automatically creates 1 ability for modifying cooldowns dynamically and 21 abilities per ability to:
Allow all 7 slots.
Allow replacing each slot ability with the cooldown modifier.(through adding engineering upgrade)
Allow a passive version for every slot of every ability.

It sounds like much, but it doesn't actually lag as long as you keep it reasonable.
 
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