I've been using shadow shot the last couple days and it's definitely even more vulnerable than golden gun to be killed before you begin, but I don't glitch. I actually reported two guys last night for using it. And I still wrecked them no less. I see that shadow shot coming and I double jump or shade step out of its way. Shadow shot barely tracks at all so it's incredibly easy to dodge. I expected it to be more like hammers in its tracking.