Duelist Combat Reflexes count for Shadowdancer pre-req?

[Yebng]

More or less as the title says. Does the 4th level ability of the Duelist, Combat Reflexes, count as the feat for the Shadowdancer's prerequisites?

[James Risner]

Yebng wrote:

More or less as the title says. Does the 4th level ability of the Duelist, Combat Reflexes, count as the feat for the Shadowdancer's prerequisites?

By RAW, yea. But whenever you lose your weapon you lose your Shadowdancer abilities.

This would make it complicate in game, so as a GM I'd prefer you didn't try this in a game I run.

[strayshift]

It says you gain the benefit of the feat when using a light or 1 handed piercing weapon... Hmmm. Not the same as having the feat so I'd say no.
Also some DM's would limit you to 1 prestige class, presuming, because you are asking, this is not the case.

[Yebng]

I'm experimenting with the shadowdancer and various builds, this is just one that I was looking for rule clarification on. As a player I don't really see much difference between losing your abilities when you lose your weapon and losing your abilities when you lose your spellbook or component pouch, effectively i see that as something to RP not something that would diminish the game in any way.