I've finally found the perfect solution to the ZOE problem. Leave the speed/damage buffs as they are. Add a pickup/drop animation like there is for the other two abilities. Then make it melee only, but with an increased rate-of-snibbety-snapping. We've already crossed the border of sanity by adding glowing lobsters into the game. Let's go a bit further.
Good thinking OP, that said i found the perfect way to balance Lockdown. Lockdown now requires the TR Max to deploy his feet AND hands in the ground, that way it'll be easier for me to shove C4 up its ***.