SHADOWFLAME IS BACK AND I CAN’T CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT!!! It’s even got the old glyph baked into it, it’s a baseline 70% slow! Guys I’m crying irl, I’ve waited for this day for years 
EDIT: Okay, Backlash and instant cast Shadowfury next please! Give us those back and make me cry tears of happiness. PLEASE BLIZZARD 
If we’re getting a cone slow, does that mean we are losing the curse that slows? 
Don’t see why we would need both.
Interesting, are Warlocks playable on the alpha yet? Really curious about our talent trees.
Nope.
And Warlocks and DH’s are the two least known about classes. Shadowflame is literally the only datamined talent.
Avaliable in the sense of having new trees and stuff? no.
Being honest, i think Shadowflame in a world with Curse of Exhaustion is kind of useless.
Yes, its a 20% stronger slow( 50% vs 70%) and in aoe, but its also a lot more limited in range (40 yards vs 15 yards), its on a CD and lower duration (12s vs 6s).
Unless they plan to remove curses again, who would be kind of a shame.
Also, its kind of interesting that, they choose to pick Shadowflame as the name, when that version of the spell existed also as damage https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Shadowflame while doing the effect of https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Demonic_Breath
obs: slows effects like those usually don’t stack together so its likely that there is no COE+Shadowflame shenanigans.
One is conal, shorter range, one is single target, longer range.
The applications in PvP are fantastic.
They should revert CoEX to 1.1 launch version. Slows target to X% rather than by X% and limit it to a single total application. That would give shadowflame a stronger niche
most likely curse of exhaustion is a talent placed in the affliction tree i would like to see soul link back for all branches, i would like to see the removal of filler spells like shadow discharge and evil stasis from affliction and the return of lock afli of drained and channeled as previously used.
Soul Link is a perfect fit for the Demo section of the Class tree. Either a somehow buffed version as an end tree talent, or as is as a mid tree talent.
Shadowflame’s nice to have back. Looking forward to seeing the Warlock talent trees when they come out
Wait, where?! Show me now, I need that Sauce!
I found it! Oh sweet delicious friend, you have returned. Now we just need Kanrethad’s teachings to resurface. https://www.wowhead.com/beta/spell=384069/shadowflame#comments
It needs to synergize with something or else it’s reintroduction is useless, if not harmful, outside of some form of niche utility in noncasual gameplay. I don’t want my AOE dps budget/throughput shifted to some dumb melee-ranged, wonky cone spell.
Definitely for bringing backlash back, though. Have been patiently awaiting this spell’s return.
If it offered Meaningfull Damage done would be worse i would dare say, as it would force you to be in a 15 yards range of the enemies or move towards it pretty constantly.
But yes, i do think for the most part its a useless reintroduction in a world where you can do Curse of Exhaustion, would prefer if they reintroduced the mechanic to make curses in AOE like on MOP.
shadowflame was cool, unfortunately it wont synergize as well as it did in cata, but atleast its something fun coming back.