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Comment by Morgenthal

This is the new version of Shadow Dance. For those who were caught off guard, I'll give a quick rundown of the changes.

It functions almost exactly as the old version with a few tweaks:

It now lasts for 3 seconds, instead of 8 (10, if considering the Draenor Perk)
It has 3 charges instead of single use.

But the cooldown is still 1 minute.

At first it may look like it got nerfed, but we have a new passive: Deepening Shadows.
What it does is that it reduces the cooldown of Shadow Dance by 3 seconds per combo point, for a total of 15 seconds per 5 combo points used. This makes Shadow Dance come out of cooldown incredibly fast, allowing its use every 20 to 25 seconds or so.

All in all, it feels more manageable, and no more "I just cast Shadow Dance and the boss flew away" type of things.

Hope this helped!

Comment by schmilblick

Here is the buff you gain from Shadow Dance :

Shadow Dance

Comment by violetta

yeah it's good for dps and all... but we all know the real reason rogues use this is in-combat pickpocketing!

Comment by Qoko

One aspect of SD that I feel is not emphasized enough is the fact that SD drops your threat completely. Whilst this is generally a good thing for a dps that has aggro, it creates the frustrating situation that when we're off-tanking in emergencies we cannot reliably continue our rotation when Evasion is up and we have aggro (and possibly for one or two hits after, especially with Cheat Death). Because it's so natural to use it, this can unintentionally lead to much more deaths than the 10+ seconds Evasion would have provided otherwise.

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Shadow Dance

Shadow Dance

Instant	1 min recharge

Assassination, Outlaw
Allows use of all Stealth abilities and grants all the combat benefits of Stealth for 6 sec. Effect not broken from taking damage or attacking.

Subtlety
Allows use of all Stealth abilities and grants all the combat benefits of Stealth for 6 sec. Effect not broken from taking damage or attacking.

If you already know Shadow Dance, instead gain 1 additional charge of Shadow Dance.

Spell Details

Duration

6 seconds

School

Physical

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

n/a

Cost

None

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

6 seconds

GCD

0 seconds

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Mod Threat Flat - Temporary
Value: -10000000
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Mod Auto Attack Damage %
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #3

Apply Aura: Mod Total Health Regen %
Interval: 1 second
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #4

Apply Aura: Modifies Damage/Healing Done
PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Sinister Strike	Ambush	Eviscerate
	Shiv	Crimson Tempest	Ghostly Strike
	Gloomblade	Poison Bomb	Secret Technique
	Black Powder	Flagellation	Sepsis
	Serrated Bone Spike	Echoing Reprimand	Kingsbane
	Backstab	Garrote	Mutilate
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	Rupture	Dispatch	Envenom
	Fan of Knives	Shuriken Toss	Shadowstrike
	Poisoned Knife	Pistol Shot	Sinister Strike
	Shuriken Storm	Between the Eyes	Death from Above
	Nothing Personal	Echoing Blades	Echoing Reprimand
	Flagellation	Slaughter Poison	Slaughter Poison
	Serrated Bone Spike	Sepsis	Sepsis
	Serrated Bone Spike	Serrated Bone Spike	Flagellation
	Serrated Bone Spike	Explosive Inflamation	Poisoned Wire

Effect #5

Apply Aura: Modifies Periodic Damage/Healing Done (22)
PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Sinister Strike	Ambush	Eviscerate
	Shiv	Crimson Tempest	Ghostly Strike
	Gloomblade	Poison Bomb	Secret Technique
	Black Powder	Flagellation	Sepsis
	Serrated Bone Spike	Echoing Reprimand	Kingsbane
	Backstab	Garrote	Mutilate
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	Rupture	Dispatch	Envenom
	Fan of Knives	Shuriken Toss	Shadowstrike
	Poisoned Knife	Pistol Shot	Sinister Strike
	Shuriken Storm	Between the Eyes	Death from Above
	Nothing Personal	Echoing Blades	Echoing Reprimand
	Flagellation	Slaughter Poison	Slaughter Poison
	Serrated Bone Spike	Sepsis	Sepsis
	Serrated Bone Spike	Serrated Bone Spike	Flagellation
	Serrated Bone Spike	Explosive Inflamation	Poisoned Wire

Effect #6

Apply Aura: Allow Affected Spells to be Used in Any Stance (0) (SP mod: 0.25)
PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Pick Pocket		Cheap Shot		Sap
	Shadowstrike		Symbols of Death

Flags

Cannot be used while shapeshifted
Do Not Sheath
Can be used while sitting
Aura cannot be cancelled
No Skill Increase
Generates no threat
No Aura Icon
Suppress Caster Procs
Does not engage target
No Aura Log
Aura Points On Client

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