Quick Witted

In the Arcane Mage talent tree, Quick Witted sits in the Mage class talents, row 5 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 Quick Witted from Inspired Intellect and Arcane Warding.

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  Inspired Intellect

  Arcane Intellect grants you an additional 2% Intellect.

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  Arcane Warding2 ranks

  Magic damage taken reduced by 4%.

Connected below

Quick Witted leads on to Shimmer or Improved Blink, Improved Counterspell and Overflowing Energy.

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  Shimmer

  Teleports you forward, unless something is in the way. Unaffected by the global cooldown and castable while casting. Gain a shield that absorbs 3% of your maximum health for 15 sec after you Shimmer.

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  Improved Blink

  Shimmer's cooldown is reduced by 2 sec.

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  Improved Counterspell

  Counterspell prevents casting for an additional 1.1 sec.

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  Overflowing Energy

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

Same row

Also on this row: Spellsteal, Dragon's Breath or Supernova, Remove Curse and Improved Conjuration.

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  Spellsteal

  Steals all beneficial magic effects from the target. These effects lasts a maximum of 2 min.

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  Dragon's Breath

  Enemies in a 12 yd cone in front of you take (67% of Spell Power) Fire damage and are disoriented for 4 sec. Damage will cancel the effect. Always deals a critical strike and contributes to Hot Streak.

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  Supernova

  Pulses arcane energy around the target enemy or ally, dealing (34.5% of Spell Power) Arcane damage to all enemies, and knocking them upward. A primary enemy target will take 100% increased damage.

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  Remove Curse

  Removes all Curses from a friendly target. If any Curses are successfully removed, you deal additional damage.

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  Improved Conjuration2 ranks

  Mirror Image's cooldown is reduced by 30 sec.