Charged Orb

In the Arcane Mage talent tree, Charged Orb 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.

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The tree draws a line into Charged Orb from Arcane Orb.

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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.

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Charged Orb leads on to Expanded Mind.

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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 Arcane Familiar.

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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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  Arcane Familiar

  Casting Arcane Intellect summons a Familiar that attacks your enemies and increases your maximum mana by 10% for 60 min.