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I suspect the 22 will cast better on a legend but am not sure.
The legend uses a Lowrider LC guide that is placed in fairly close for this guide style. Doing that causes problems unless you optimize it for a given reel (which obviously ST. Croix can't do). It is my experience that smaller spools cast better thru lowriders when the guides are mounted closer than ideal. There is of course also some distance loss as the line gets further towards the arbor faster on a small spool reel than on a large spool reel so this may counteract the spool/guide benefits.
That said, I would go with the ZB 25 I think it will perform well enough and hold its value better (I use a 25 on a GSB1321M built with lowriders and it works fine). I don't like the 27 spool because I think it creates issues with small collector guides and also increases the chance of line snagging on a roller during a cast. If you have a rod built with big collectors (like a 30 or 40mm guide) it doesn't matter, but then you are fishing a rod that is tip heavier than it needs to be.
The original ZB22 was a more compact reel than the 25/27 (it used the same gear case but the rest was different), but the newer version uses the same handle and stem length as the 25/27 and thereby loses any advantage over a 25.
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