Improved Warding

In the Arcane Mage talent tree, Improved Warding sits in the Mage class talents, row 7 of 10. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Class Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Improved Warding from Overflowing Energy.

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  Overflowing Energy

  Critical strike bonus is removed when the affected spell critically strikes.

Connected below

Improved Warding leads on to Flow of Time.

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  Flow of Time

  Shimmer's cooldown is reduced by 3 sec.

Same row

Also on this row: Improved Frost Nova or Ice Ward, Captured Thoughts, Tome of Rhonin, Tome of Antonidas, Incantation of Swiftness and Master of Escape.

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  Improved Frost Nova

  Frost Nova duration is increased by 2 sec.

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  Ice Ward

  Frost Nova gains an additional charge.

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  Captured Thoughts
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  Tome of Rhonin

  Critical strike chance by 2%.

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  Tome of Antonidas

  Haste increased by 2%.

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  Incantation of Swiftness2 ranks

  Greater Invisibility increases your movement speed by 20% for 6 sec.

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  Master of Escape

  Greater Invisibility's cooldown is reduced by 60 sec.