Arcane Familiar

In the Arcane Mage talent tree, Arcane Familiar sits in the Arcane specialization talents, row 5 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Arcane Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Arcane Familiar from Arcane Surge and Arcane Orb.

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  Arcane Surge

  Expend all of your current mana to annihilate your enemy target and nearby enemies for up to Arcane damage based on Mana spent. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. For the next 15 sec, your Mana regeneration is increased by 425% and spell damage is increased by 35%. Generates Clearcasting.

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  Arcane Orb

  Launches an Arcane Orb forward from your position, traveling up to 40 yds, dealing (243.2% of Spell Power) Arcane damage to enemies it passes through. Grants 1 Arcane Charge when cast and every time it deals damage.

Connected below

Arcane Familiar leads on to Touch of the Magi, Energized Familiar and Expanded Mind.

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  Touch of the Magi

  Applies Touch of the Magi to your current target, accumulating 20% of the damage you deal to the target for 12 sec, and then exploding for that amount of Arcane damage to the target and reduced damage to all nearby enemies. Generates 4 Arcane Charges.

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  Energized Familiar

  During Arcane Surge, your Arcane Familiar fires 4 bolts instead of 1. Damage from your Arcane Familiar has a 6% chance to restore 2% of your maximum mana.

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  Expanded Mind

  Casting Arcane Blast or Arcane Pulse grants 2 stacks of Arcane Salvo. Casting Arcane Orb grants 1 stacks of Arcane Salvo. Casting Prismatic Bolt grants 4 stacks of Arcane Salvo.

Same row

Also on this row: Reverberate, Presence of Mind or Slipstream, Mana Bomb and Charged Orb.

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  Reverberate

  Arcane Pulse has a 50% chance to repeat its explosion at 30% effectiveness.

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  Presence of Mind

  Causes your next Arcane Blasts to be instant cast and deal 100% of normal damage.

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  Slipstream

  Arcane Missiles and Evocation can now be channeled while moving.

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  Mana Bomb

  Arcane Surge's damage is increased by an additional 50% based on your mana spent.

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  Charged Orb

  Arcane Orb gains 1 additional charge. Arcane Orb damage increased by 15%.