Arcane Shielding (Mage Arcane talent) in WoW Forever: all 2 ranks

Every rank of Arcane Shielding

Rank	Effect	Source
1	Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 17% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 25%.	client
2	Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 33% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 50%.	client

Requirements and position

Tree: Arcane, row 4, column 1. Needs 15 points in Arcane first. The earliest you can finish all 2 ranks is level 26 if you put every point into this tree.
Competes with: Improved Counterspell, Arcane Meditation, Arcane Wrath in the same row.

Classic comparison

	Classic 1.12	WoW Forever
Name	Improved Mana Shield	Arcane Shielding
Position	Arcane row 4, col 1	Arcane row 4, col 1
Ranks	2	2
Rank 1 text	Decreases the mana lost per point of damage taken when Mana Shield is active by 10%.	Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 17% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 25%.

Spells this talent affects

Mage Armor · 3 ranks, learned at 34
Mana Shield · 6 ranks, learned at 20

Builds that take Arcane Shielding

Frost Mage PvP build (20/0/31) · 1/2

Questions players ask

Where is Arcane Shielding in the Mage talent tree?

Arcane tree, row 4, column 1. You need 15 points spent in Arcane before you can learn it.

Is Arcane Shielding new in WoW Forever?

Arcane Shielding existed in Classic (Arcane row 4, 2 ranks) as Improved Mana Shield. In Forever it was changed: Classic read "Decreases the mana lost per point of damage taken when Mana Shield is active by 10%.".

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