https://www.wowhead.com/news=320963/shadowlands-9-0-5-ptr-build-37623-spell-changes-class-and-legendary-tuning?webhook
NEW Cut to the Chase Envenom extends the duration of Slice and Dice by up to 3 sec per combo point spent.
Number of other interesting changes. SnD energy regen component seems to have been given to all specs. A number of legendaries have been buffed.
Oh, I almost forgot, Flagellation rework too:
Flagellation Lash the target for (50% of Attack power) Shadow damage, causing each combo point spent within 12 sec to lash for an additional (10% of Attack power). Dealing damage with Flagellation increases your Haste by 1%, persisting 12 sec after their torment fades.
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Interesting changes.
We will have to test this all out!
Good! A much needed change that will hopefully make it feel less clunky. It strikes a nice balance of not being a full reset, but should allow good maintenance of the buff. I might have to pick Assa back up!
Oh? Energy for all? Now that’s interesting! Looking forward to the impact here!
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Wickers increases next pistol shot dmg by 300%?
holy crap
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Seems like that’s a datamining error, slice and dice rank 2 was removed from assassination according to people who are on the PTR. I suppose I can understand that due to the addition of cut to the chase.
Well, not nearly as exciting - BUT dataming weirdness does happen and is understandable.
Gross.
Now all the bad kids can finally parse good as sin.
Great job dumbing the easiest spec to play even more Blizz.
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You’re welcome to switch specs/classes to one you deem worth of your caliber.
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Sin has always been a pretty brain dead spec so I’m not surprised they made this change. At least if it gets good, I can switch to it for cleave fights that sub can’t compete. Sin gets slightly more interesting with more than one target.
If sin is performing better then I will be playing it.
Half asleep but I will be playing it.
Literally only bad rogues asked for this to return.
I’m not disagreeing with that. However it was at least not a repeat of spamming two finishers.
Now it’s back to spamming envenom and rupture because bad rogues are bad.
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Yeah, I guess one maintenance buff was too much apparently. Rogues generally feel very boring when you’re only rotating two finishers. Just not enough meat to the rotation…
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The sad thing is that once you get to around 20% haste the rotation felt really good.
God forbid people actually needing to watch their energy and debuffs. Now you can be a spamming terrible rogue and still get decent parses 
Jesus, pistol shot is gonna be breaking 12k crits now.
Watch doomblade becoming BiS
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if the data mining is true though Sin is losing the base energy regen from rank 2 SnD…
I don’t see baseline dismantle or gouge or a 1 min CoS or yeah…
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That would be nice to see Gouge and Dismantle returned to Sub and Assassination.
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Lol seeing Snoz, sperg out on every thread about cut to chase being back makes 9.0.5 Incredible !!!
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Bleh. Cut to the Chase should be nothing more than a talent.