Shifting Shards

In the Arcane Mage talent tree, Shifting Shards sits in the Spellslinger hero talent tree, row 2 of 5. It is a single-point node.

Choice node

Shifting Shards shares its node with Attuned Familiar. A character takes one of the two.

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  Attuned Familiar

  Your Arcane Familiar has a 50% chance to conjure a Splinter alongside its Arcane Assault.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Shifting Shards from Splintering Sorcery.

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  Splintering Sorcery

  Casting Arcane Blast or Arcane Pulse conjures an Arcane Splinter. : Conjure raw Arcane magic into a sharp projectile that deals (43.6% of Spell Power) Arcane damage. ] [ : Conjure raw Frost magic into a sharp projectile that deals (45.3% of Spell Power) Frost damage. ]

Connected below

Shifting Shards leads on to Infused Splinters.

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  Infused Splinters

  Direct damage from Arcane Splinters has a 25% chance to grant 1 stacks Arcane Salvo.

Same row

Also on this row: Augury Abounds, Force of Will and Splintering Orbs.

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  Augury Abounds

  Conjuring one or more Arcane Splinters has a 10% chance to conjure a burst of 8 Arcane Splinters.

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  Force of Will

  Casting Arcane Barrage conjures an Arcane Splinter for every 5 Arcane Salvo stacks consumed.

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  Splintering Orbs

  Enemies damaged by your Arcane Orb conjure 2 Arcane Splinters, up to 4. Arcane Orb damage is increased by 25%.