Arcane Warding
Tree position
In the Arcane Mage talent tree, Arcane Warding sits in the Mage class talents, row 4 of 10. It takes 2 points to fill.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Arcane Warding from Master of Time and Time Walk or Temporal Realignment.

Time WalkAlter Time resets the cooldown of Blink and Shimmer when you return to your original location.
Temporal RealignmentWhen your health is brought below 25%, your past self corrects your timeline if Alter Time is not on cooldown, instantly restoring 20% of your maximum health and healing you for over 6 sec. This effect places Alter Time on cooldown as if it had been cast.
Connected below
Arcane Warding leads on to Spellsteal and Quick Witted.
SpellstealSteals all beneficial magic effects from the target. These effects lasts a maximum of 2 min.
Quick WittedCounterspell's cooldown is reduced by 5 sec.
Same row
Also on this row: Inspired Intellect and Mirror Image.
Inspired IntellectArcane Intellect grants you an additional 2% Intellect.
Mirror ImageCreates 3 copies of you nearby for 15 sec, which cast spells and attack your enemies. While active, you generate significantly reduced threat. Taking direct damage will cause one of your images to dissipate.
Talent trees
Arcane Warding is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Mage: Arcane (DPS), Fire (DPS), Frost (DPS).
Arcane Warding Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)