diff --git a/Source/player.cpp b/Source/player.cpp
index 598364961..a1d071101 100644
--- a/Source/player.cpp
+++ b/Source/player.cpp
@@ -2948,10 +2948,7 @@ void StartPlrHit(Player &player, int dam, bool forcehit)
 	Direction pd = player._pdir;
 
 	int8_t skippedAnimationFrames = 0;
-	constexpr ItemSpecialEffect ZenFlags = ItemSpecialEffect::FastHitRecovery | ItemSpecialEffect::FasterHitRecovery | ItemSpecialEffect::FastestHitRecovery;
-	if (HasAllOf(player._pIFlags, ZenFlags)) { // if multiple hitrecovery modes are present the skipping of frames can go so far, that they skip frames that would skip. so the additional skipping thats skipped. that means we can't add the different modes together.
-		skippedAnimationFrames = 4;
-	} else if (HasAnyOf(player._pIFlags, ItemSpecialEffect::FastestHitRecovery)) {
+	if (HasAnyOf(player._pIFlags, ItemSpecialEffect::FastestHitRecovery)) {
 		skippedAnimationFrames = 3;
 	} else if (HasAnyOf(player._pIFlags, ItemSpecialEffect::FasterHitRecovery)) {
 		skippedAnimationFrames = 2;
diff --git a/test/animationinfo_test.cpp b/test/animationinfo_test.cpp
index 3cbfecec2..845082755 100644
--- a/test/animationinfo_test.cpp
+++ b/test/animationinfo_test.cpp
@@ -408,25 +408,30 @@ TEST(AnimationInfo, BlockingSorcererWithFastBlock) // Skipped frames and ignored
 	    });
 }
 
-TEST(AnimationInfo, HitRecoverySorcererZenMode) // Skipped frames and ignored delay for last Frame should be considered by distribution logic
+TEST(AnimationInfo, HitRecoverySorcererHarmony) // Skipped frames and ignored delay for last Frame should be considered by distribution logic
 {
 	RunAnimationTest(
 	    {
-	        new SetNewAnimationData(8, 1, AnimationDistributionFlags::None, 4),
+	        new SetNewAnimationData(8, 1, AnimationDistributionFlags::None, 3),
 	        new RenderingData(0.0f, 0),
 	        new RenderingData(0.3f, 0),
-	        new RenderingData(0.6f, 1),
+	        new RenderingData(0.6f, 0),
 	        new RenderingData(0.8f, 1),
-	        new GameTickData(5, 0),
-	        new RenderingData(0.0f, 2),
+	        new GameTickData(4, 0),
+	        new RenderingData(0.0f, 1),
 	        new RenderingData(0.3f, 2),
-	        new RenderingData(0.6f, 3),
-	        new RenderingData(0.8f, 3),
+	        new RenderingData(0.6f, 2),
+	        new RenderingData(0.8f, 2),
+	        new GameTickData(5, 0),
+	        new RenderingData(0.0f, 3),
+	        new RenderingData(0.3f, 3),
+	        new RenderingData(0.6f, 4),
+	        new RenderingData(0.8f, 4),
 	        new GameTickData(6, 0),
 	        new RenderingData(0.0f, 4),
-	        new RenderingData(0.3f, 4),
+	        new RenderingData(0.3f, 5),
 	        new RenderingData(0.6f, 5),
-	        new RenderingData(0.8f, 5),
+	        new RenderingData(0.8f, 6),
 	        new GameTickData(7, 0),
 	        new RenderingData(0.0f, 6),
 	        new RenderingData(0.3f, 6),
diff --git a/test/player_test.cpp b/test/player_test.cpp
index ca0c00506..6f1a7f9dd 100644
--- a/test/player_test.cpp
+++ b/test/player_test.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ constexpr ItemSpecialEffect Harmony = ItemSpecialEffect::FastestHitRecovery;
 constexpr ItemSpecialEffect BalanceStability = Balance | Stability;
 constexpr ItemSpecialEffect BalanceHarmony = Balance | Harmony;
 constexpr ItemSpecialEffect StabilityHarmony = Stability | Harmony;
-constexpr ItemSpecialEffect Zen = Balance | Stability | Harmony;
 
 constexpr int Warrior = 6;
 constexpr int Rogue = 7;
@@ -74,10 +73,6 @@ BlockTestCase BlockData[] = {
 	{ 3, Warrior, StabilityHarmony },
 	{ 4, Rogue, StabilityHarmony },
 	{ 5, Sorcerer, StabilityHarmony },
-
-	{ 2, Warrior, Zen },
-	{ 3, Rogue, Zen },
-	{ 4, Sorcerer, Zen },
 };
 
 TEST(Player, PM_DoGotHit)