Quote Originally Posted by TouchandFeel View Post
There is indeed a discernible delay of ~5-7s from when the shadow is summoned and the counter starts ticking down to when it starts to attack. Maybe the duration is the somewhat odd length of 25s to compensate for the long animation and period of inactivity.
I think this will only end up looking like wasted space. Summon the clone and start the cooldown at what you would want it to be, if they want it to be 18 seconds have it summon and start the counter once active at 18 seconds.