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World of Warcraft: Forever · Mage · Arcane talent · tier 4

Arcane Shielding

changed · 2 ranks in Classic Era, 2 ranks in the Forever beta. In Forever this talent is one spell whose values grow with each point; the text below is its top rank against the Classic Era top rank.

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Classic Era against Forever

Compared at the top rank each game has, since that is what a fully trained talent does.

Arcane Shielding at its top rank

Classic Era

Decreases the mana lost per point of damage taken when Mana Shield is active by 20%.Instant · Self · level 1

Forever beta

Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 33% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 50%.Instant · Self · level 1

  • name: Improved Mana Shield to Arcane Shielding
  • effect 1 value: -20 to -33
  • effect 2: none to 50

Every rank

Classic Era · 2 ranks

  1. Rank 1Decreases the mana lost per point of damage taken when Mana Shield is active by 10%.
  2. Rank 2Decreases the mana lost per point of damage taken when Mana Shield is active by 20%.

Forever beta · 2 ranks

  1. Rank 1Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 16.5% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 25%.
  2. Rank 2Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 33% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 50%.

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Source: World of Warcraft: Forever game data (1.60.1.70205) and of the current Classic Era client, matched by talent id. Nothing here comes from a third party.