Quote Originally Posted by Archwizard View Post
So, on the one hand I will grant that a Slow effect isn't out of the question, particularly as Scholar previously had one on Shadowflare before its disappearance.

On the other hand, that would make a terrible defensive CD for multiple reasons. For starters, Shadowflare was AoE but only had 5% potency to balance it, so for it to be worth a CD as a defensive tool it would need to be either an AoE with low potency, or high potency and strictly single-target. And if you're counting on it in emergencies, I expect you were thinking the latter.
I want to point out that the reason why Shadowflare had a weak slow was due to its long duration. Urianger has a Gravity ability that inflicts a 20% Slow and 20% Heavy for 20 seconds on entire mob packs which did all its damage in one hit. If he ever chain casted it then every time the slow was reapplied it would suffer diminishing returns in the form of its duration cut in half stacking each time.

Its a matter more of does it deal damage (if so how much) and does it reapply itself from an active field or if it is a one time cast. A Healer ability which places a Arm's Length debuff "barrier" to slow enemies who hit it (like the old Eye for an Eye did for reducing damage) would not suffer from a low potency.