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Arcane Subtlety
Spell holy dispelmagic
  • Arcane Subtlety (2 ranks)
  • Arcane, Tier 1
  • Reduces the chance your spells will be dispelled by 15/30% and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 20/40%.
Requirements
Class Mage
Tree Arcane
Properties
Affects Arcane spells, dispel resistance

Arcane Subtlety is a Mage talent that grants Dispel resistance while reducing the threat caused by Arcane spells. It is a very useful talent for arcane mages across both PvE and PvP as it offer multiple benefits simultaneously.

Uses[]

  • Dispel resistance is invaluable in PvP situations, specially for a class as reliant on buffs as the Mage. It can prevent both your buffs and the dots you place from being dispelled, protecting from Spell nature purge [Purge], Dispel, Spell arcane massdispel [Mass Dispel], Spell arcane arcane02 [Spellsteal] and others of the sort.
  • Mages have many critical dispellable abilities such as Spell frost coldhearted [Icy Veins], Spell ice lament [Ice Barrier], Spell frost frost [Ice Block] (via Priest's Spell arcane massdispel [Mass Dispel]) and Spell shadow detectlesserinvisibility [Mana Shield] (and even Spell nature enchantarmor [Presence of Mind] if one is not careful), and this talent provides accessible protection to these for Mages across all trees.
  • The threat reduction is excellent for mages that use Arcane spells as a primary damage source in raids. 40% threat reduction to Arcane spells is the most that a Mage can obtain through talents, with Frost and Fire talents reducing threat of those schools by only 10%.
  • This talent is available early in the Arcane tree, and is often taken by Frost or Fire Mages who want some useful early Arcane talents, such as Spell shadow manaburn [Arcane Concentration], Spell frost iceshock [Improved Counterspell], or Spell nature enchantarmor [Presence of Mind]. Since Frost and Fire mages will not be using Spell nature starfall [Arcane Missiles] as often, this talent is preferred over Spell nature starfall [Improved Arcane Missiles] in the first tier. The threat reduction is very useful when using Spell nature wispsplode [Arcane Explosion] in AoE situations, where a tank needs to hold aggro on multiple mobs.

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