Are you guys just trolling or are you really, unironically complaining that levitate not being "creepy" or "shadowy" is ruining the spec.
Do we even play the same game? lmao.
Imo Torrent doesn't need to become baseline, it's clunky and doesn't really mesh with the rest of shadow's kit. Sphere of insanity also feels clunky and added "on top" of the rest of our kit. Scrap it. SW Death to become a base spell again, replaced with some talent. Keep tentacle visual procs on ourselves, and find some way to add void tendrils. Perhaps in the talent tier Death is in (as it's an insanity generator tier).
+1 for a shadow themed shield, similar to the Mage spec barriers.