Evoker · Augmentation
Augmentation is WoW's support DPS spec. Your damage profile is a 30-second loop around Ebon Might, Prescience, empowered spells, and Eruption extensions, with Breath of Eons turning planned group burst into your biggest two-minute payoff.
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How Augmentation Evoker wins
Augmentation is WoW's support DPS spec. Your damage profile is a 30-second loop around Ebon Might, Prescience, empowered spells, and Eruption extensions, with Breath of Eons turning planned group burst into your biggest two-minute payoff.
- Role
- Ranged DPS
- Stat lead
- Intellect then Haste
- Single target
- Scalecommander
- Cleave / AoE
- Scalecommander
Strong when
- Unique raid and Mythic+ damage amplification
- Excellent in coordinated groups with planned burst windows
- Scalecommander adds more direct personal damage and cleave than older Aug profiles
- Strong utility through Rescue, Zephyr, Quell, Oppressing Roar, and Time Dilation
Plan around
- Requires buff-target tracking and cooldown planning
- Performance still depends on selecting the right allies for Prescience and Ebon Might value
- Short 25-yard range punishes bad positioning
- Weaker solo feel than pure DPS Evoker specs
What changed for this spec
Upheaval cast by your Duplicate no longer knocks enemies into the air. Blizzard's note says the extra stopping power from Duplicate-cast Upheavals was more warping to dungeon gameplay than desired and could be frustrating because the timing was uncontrolled. Chronowarden's Double-time was updated: the stats granted when Ebon Might critically strikes now last 15 seconds, modified by Mastery: Timewalker, and Double-time is extended if Ebon Might reapplies it while already active, with its Prescience functionality unchanged. Scalecommander's Wingleader now reduces Breath of Eons by 1.5 seconds per target struck, up from 1 second. The Midnight Season 1 2-set no longer increases the duration that Eruption extends Ebon Might. All ability and pet damage rose 3%, and several heals rose 25% alongside the class-wide health increase.
Source: Blizzard, Curse of Ula'tek content update notes (https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24293281). Transcript: docs/apps/wow-god/research/patch-12.1/12.1.0-CLASSES-section.txt
Not re-verified for Season 2. This ordering was checked for patch 12.0.7. Patch 12.1 raised max-level player health and creature damage by 25% and deliberately moved power out of cooldowns into steady-state damage, either of which can move secondary weights. Open question: no Season 2 sim source has been checked, so the order below is last season's and is shown unchanged rather than guessed at.
Stat priority and consumables
Item level and effect strength still matter. Use this ordering to break close choices, then re-check it after major gear swaps.
- 1.Intellect
- 2.Haste
- 3.Critical Strike
- 4.Mastery
- 5.Versatility
Intellect is always king. For Scalecommander, Haste and Critical Strike are the most reliable throughput stats: Haste smooths the 30-second Ebon Might cycle, and Critical Strike helps Eruption extend Ebon Might. Mastery and Versatility move with hero tree, group timing, and current gear, so re-sim after weapon, trinket, tier, or ring upgrades.
Flasks, food, potions, weapon oils, and runes for this build.
Priority order is from patch 12.0.7 and has not been re-derived for 12.1. Individual lines naming an ability that 12.1 removed or redesigned are annotated above; lines that 12.1 only retuned are unchanged, because a damage number moving does not by itself reorder a priority list.
Opener and priority
Use these as decision priorities, not a rigid cast sequence. Re-evaluate whenever targets, resources, procs, or mechanics change.
Core principles
- Keep your buffs up: everything centers on Ebon Might uptime. Sands of Time extends it through your damaging rotation - Upheaval and Fire Breath at the right ranks on cooldown, Eruption to spend resources, and Living Flame or Azure Strike to fill.
- Always be casting: high uptime keeps your resource economy healthy. Use Hover to cast on the move and fill every gap with Living Flame or Azure Strike to generate Essence Burst.
- Watch Essence Burst: it stacks to 2, so spend when capped - ideally before casting generators like Prescience and Living Flame - to avoid wasting resources.
- Mind your cooldowns: sending them on cooldown is usually right, but look for chances to align Breath of Eons with allies' cooldowns and big damage moments.
ChronowardenThe core Ebon Might loop with Time Skip as an extra cooldown when talented. Avoid spending resources outside Ebon Might whenever possible.
Single-target priority
- 1.Prescience - maintain on allied DPS players
- 2.Ebon Might - if a few seconds or less remain on the active buff
- 3.Breath of Eons
- 4.Tip the Scales
- 5.Fire Breath - at max rank whenever possible
- 6.Upheaval - at Rank 1, unless you need the bigger radius to hit relevant targets
- 7.Time Skip - only if talented
- 8.Eruption
- 9.Living Flame - filler in nearly all situations
- 10.Azure Strike - backup filler while moving, or to slow enemies
- 11.Blistering Scales - maintain on a tank
AoE priority
- 1.Prescience - maintain on allied DPS players
- 2.Ebon Might - if a few seconds or less remain on the active buff
- 3.Breath of Eons
- 4.Tip the Scales
- 5.Fire Breath - at max rank whenever possible
- 6.Upheaval - uprank it so as many enemies as possible sit inside the area
- 7.Time Skip - only if talented
- 8.Eruption
- 9.Living Flame - filler
- 10.Azure Strike - moving filler / slow
- 11.Blistering Scales - maintain on a tank
Opener
- 1.Pre-cast Blistering Scales on a tank, then pre-cast Living Flame.
- 2.Cast Ebon Might immediately after combat starts to buff the raid as soon as possible.
- 3.Cast Prescience on buff targets 1 and 2 while positioning for Breath of Eons.
- 4.Cast Breath of Eons - aim for a short, safe flight path.
- 5.Use your trinket and combat potion.
- 6.Cast Tip the Scales (off-GCD), then Fire Breath at max rank from it.
- 7.Cast Upheaval at Rank 1 (uprank only for radius).
- 8.If talented: cast Time Skip, followed by Prescience, Fire Breath, Upheaval.
- 9.Cast Eruption until dry on Essence, filling with Living Flame, then proceed to the main rotation.
ScalecommanderSame core loop, but plays around Bombardments: each Empower spell turns your next Eruption into Mass Eruption.
Single-target priority
- 1.Prescience - maintain on allied DPS players
- 2.Ebon Might - if a few seconds or less remain on the active buff
- 3.Breath of Eons
- 4.Tip the Scales
- 5.Fire Breath - at max rank whenever possible
- 6.Upheaval - at Rank 1, unless you need the bigger radius
- 7.Eruption
- 8.Living Flame - filler in nearly all situations
- 9.Azure Strike - backup filler while moving, or to slow enemies
- 10.Blistering Scales - maintain on a tank
AoE priority
- 1.Prescience - maintain on allied DPS players
- 2.Ebon Might - if a few seconds or less remain on the active buff
- 3.Breath of Eons
- 4.Tip the Scales
- 5.Fire Breath - at max rank whenever possible
- 6.Upheaval - uprank for radius as needed
- 7.Eruption - play around Bombardments - spread Mass Eruption casts across two high-health targets
- 8.Living Flame - filler
- 9.Azure Strike - moving filler / slow
- 10.Blistering Scales - maintain on a tank
Opener
- 1.Pre-cast Blistering Scales on a tank, then pre-cast Living Flame.
- 2.Cast Ebon Might immediately after combat starts.
- 3.Cast Prescience on buff targets 1 and 2 while positioning for Breath of Eons.
- 4.Cast Breath of Eons - aim for a short, safe flight path.
- 5.Use your trinket and combat potion.
- 6.Cast Tip the Scales (off-GCD), then Fire Breath at max rank from it.
- 7.Cast Upheaval at Rank 1 (uprank only for radius).
- 8.Cast Eruption until dry on Essence, filling with Living Flame, then proceed to the main rotation.
Pre-combat checks
- Check consumables - food, flask, weapon oil, augment rune as needed.
- Cast Blessing of the Bronze (hour-long raid buff with movement-cooldown reduction).
- Cast Source of Magic on your chosen healer (lasts an hour).
- Apply Blistering Scales - usually the tank in groups, yourself solo.
- If talented: confirm your Draconic Attunements choice (Black Attunement is the default), apply Timelessness to a high-threat DPS, and cast Bestow Weyrnstone on your chosen partner.
Major cooldowns
Empower spells (Fire Breath and Upheaval)
- Only cast them while Ebon Might is up so they extend the buff and direct Shifting Sands at nearby buffed allies.
- Fire Breath at higher ranks trades DoT duration for upfront damage, and Leaping Flames adds Living Flame projectiles - each with its own Essence Burst chance - so max rank is the default whenever possible.
- Do not uprank at the cost of buff uptime: if Ebon Might or Duplicate has less than 4-5 seconds remaining, cast Fire Breath at Rank 1 instead.
- Upranking Upheaval only widens its area - Rank 1 is entirely sufficient in single target; uprank in AoE to cover as many enemies as possible.
Breath of Eons
- Send it on cooldown by default, but look for alignments with allies' cooldowns and big damage windows.
- Plan a short, safe flight path before you commit - position during your Prescience casts in the opener.
Advanced tips
Spreading Bombardments (Scalecommander)
- Each Empower spell grants a stack (up to 2) making your next Eruption a Mass Eruption that applies Bombardments - cast both Empowers back-to-back to bank two.
- With two or more high-health enemies, put the second Mass Eruption on a second priority target so Bombardments rolls on both - every Extended Battle proc then extends both, doubling its value and feeding Wingleader's Breath of Eons cooldown reduction.
Resource Pooling (Scalecommander in high keys)
- When your Empowers are about to come off cooldown, delay Eruption and pool by casting Living Flame or Prescience until both Empowers are cast and you hold two Mass Eruption stacks - then spam Eruption while both Bombardments are rolling.
- Never delay the Empower casts themselves while Ebon Might is active - pooling is strictly about holding Eruption.
- If you reach 2 Essence Burst stacks while pooling, cast Eruption anyway rather than overcapping, and never let Ebon Might or Duplicate expire while sitting on resources.
Import strings were built for patch 12.0.7 and have NOT been re-verified for 12.1. Nobody authoritative publishes import strings, so none was rewritten here rather than invented. Patch 12.1 moved or removed talents in several trees, so a string may import a build that no longer exists. Check the listed key talents against the 12.1 changes above before importing.
Talents and hero trees
Use Scalecommander for the single-target profile below and Scalecommander when cleave or adds make its toolkit more valuable.
Recommended starting profiles
Single-target: Scalecommander
Scalecommander is the default raid recommendation because Bombardments and Mass Eruption add reliable direct value without giving up Augmentation's support core.
- Scalecommander hero tree
- Stat priority: Intellect > Haste
- Interrupt: Quell
Multi-target: Scalecommander
Scalecommander is also the default Mythic+ recommendation; Chronowarden remains playable but is more sensitive to group timing and fight profile.
- Scalecommander hero tree
- Prioritize AoE and add-swap talents
- Interrupt: Quell
Talent builds and import strings
Start with the profile matching your content. Boss and dungeon tabs in the gear section show the exact loadout used for each ranked result. A build with no import string has not had one exported for this patch; the key talents below are the build.
Raid - Scalecommander
Default raid build. Scalecommander keeps the Ebon Might support loop while adding Bombardments and Mass Eruption for reliable personal and cleave contribution.
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Dungeon build for normal weekly routing. It keeps the standard 30-second support cycle while taking the stops, mobility, and cleave tools expected in keys.
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Higher-key variant with more emphasis on control and survival while preserving the same core buff windows and Eruption extension gameplay.
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Playable for players who prefer temporal utility and sustained windows, but current recommendations lean Scalecommander for most raid and Mythic+ content.
Complete talent referenceshow
Every class, specialization, and hero-tree talent from Blizzard game data. Active and choice talents stay open; passive nodes remain searchable and expand on demand.
Complete talent referenceshow
Every class, specialization, and hero-tree talent from Blizzard game data. Active and choice talents stay open; passive nodes remain searchable and expand on demand.
Evoker class tree
Shared class talents, including throughput, control, defensives, and movement.
Active and choice talents
LandslideActiveConjure a path of shifting stone towards the target location, rooting enemies for 15 sec. Damage may cancel the effect.
Obsidian ScalesActiveReinforce your scales, reducing damage taken by 30% . Lasts 12 sec.
ExpungeActiveExpunge toxins affecting an ally, removing all Poison effects.
Verdant EmbraceActiveFly to an ally and heal them for 6,532, or heal yourself for the same amount.
Cauterizing FlameActiveCauterize an ally's wounds, removing all Bleed, Poison, Curse, and Disease effects. Heals for 1,330 upon removing any effect.
Tip the ScalesActiveCompress time to make your next empowered spell cast instantly at its maximum empower level.
Sleep WalkActiveDisorient an enemy for 20 sec, causing them to sleep walk towards you. Damage has a chance to awaken them.
Oppressing RoarActiveLet out a bone-shaking roar at enemies in a cone in front of you, increasing the duration of crowd controls that affect them by 50% in the next 10 sec.
RescueActiveSwoop to an ally and fly with them to the target location. Clears movement impairing effects from you and your ally.
Source of MagicActiveRedirect your excess magic to a friendly healer for 1 hour. When you cast an empowered spell, you restore 0.25% of their maximum mana per empower level. Limit 1.
Spatial ParadoxChoiceEvoke a paradox for you and a friendly healer, allowing casting while moving and increasing the range of most spells by 100% for 10 sec.
Affects the nearest healer within 60 yds, if you do not have a healer targeted.
Time SpiralChoiceBend time, allowing you and your allies within 40 yds to cast their major movement ability once in the next 10 sec, even if it is on cooldown.
ZephyrActiveConjure an updraft to lift you and your 4 nearest allies within 20 yds into the air, reducing damage taken from area-of-effect attacks by 20% and increasing movement speed by 30% for 8 sec.Passive talents
Natural ConvergencePassiveDisintegrate channels 20% faster.
Heavy WingbeatsPassiveWing Buffet's cooldown is reduced by 2 min.Forger of MountainsPassiveLandslide's cooldown is reduced by 30 sec, and it can withstand 200% more damage before breaking.
Innate MagicPassive2 ranksEssence regenerates 10% faster.
Obsidian BulwarkPassiveObsidian Scales has an additional charge.
EnkindledPassive2 ranksLiving Flame deals 6% more damage and healing.
Scarlet AdaptationPassiveStore 20% of your effective healing, up to 857. Your next damaging Living Flame consumes all stored healing to increase its damage dealt.
Inner RadiancePassiveYour Living Flame and Emerald Blossom are 30% more effective on yourself.
RecallPassiveYou may reactivate Deep Breath within 3 sec after landing to travel back in time to your takeoff location.
Clobbering SweepPassiveTail Swipe's cooldown is reduced by 2 min.
TailwindPassiveHover increases your movement speed by 70% for the first 4 sec.
Ancient FlamePassiveCasting Emerald Blossom or Verdant Embrace reduces the cast time of your next Living Flame by 40%.
Instinctive ArcanaPassive2 ranksYour Magic damage done is increased by 4%.
Attuned to the DreamPassive2 ranksYour healing done and healing received are increased by 4%.
Protracted TalonsPassiveAzure Strike damages 1 additional enemy.
Inherent ResistancePassive2 ranksMagic damage taken reduced by 4%.
Draconic LegacyPassiveYour Stamina is increased by 6%.
Extended FlightPassive2 ranksHover lasts 4 sec longer.
Bountiful BloomPassiveEmerald Blossom heals 2 additional allies.
Regenerative MagicPassiveYour Leech is increased by 2%.
Blast FurnacePassiveFire Breath's damage over time lasts 4 sec longer.
ExuberancePassiveWhile above 75% health, your movement speed is increased by 10%.
Renewing BlazePassiveObsidian Scales surrounds you with a Renewing Blaze, causing 100% of the damage it prevented to be healed back over 8 sec.
Walloping BlowPassiveWing Buffet and Tail Swipe knock enemies further and daze them, reducing movement speed by 70% for 4 sec. 
PanaceaPassiveEmerald Blossom and Verdant Embrace instantly heal you for 950 when cast.
Stretch TimePassiveWhile flying during Deep Breath, 100% of damage you would take is instead dealt over 10 sec.
UnravelPassiveDirect damage from Fire Breath consumes absorb shields from enemies, dealing 4,659 additional Spellfrost damage to them.
Foci of LifePassiveRenewing Blaze restores you more quickly, causing damage you take to be healed back over 4 sec.
Lush GrowthPassive2 ranksGreen spells restore 10% more health.
Strike from AbovePassiveGlide speed and height increased by 10%.
Leaping FlamesPassiveFire Breath causes your next Living Flame to strike 1 additional target per empower level.
OverawePassiveOppressing Roar removes 1 Enrage effect from each enemy, and its cooldown is reduced by 30 sec.
Aerial MasteryPassiveHover gains 1 additional charge.
Twin GuardianPassiveRescue increases movement speed by 100% and allows spells to be cast while moving for 3 sec.
Potent ManaPassiveSource of Magic increases the target's healing and damage done by 3%.
Terror of the SkiesPassiveDeep Breath stuns enemies for 3 sec.Augmentation specialization tree
Every Augmentation talent currently exposed by Blizzard game data.
Active and choice talents
Ebon MightActiveIncrease all damage dealing allies' primary stat by 8.0% of your own and increase your own damage by 20% for 10 sec.
Ebon Might will split its effect when applied to more than 2 other allies.
Eruption, Deep Breath, and your empower spells extend the duration of these effects.
EruptionActiveCause a violent eruption beneath an enemy's feet, dealing 1,223 Volcanic damage split between them and nearby enemies.
QuellActiveInterrupt an enemy's spellcasting and prevent any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 6 sec.Pupil of AlexstraszaChoiceWhen cast at an enemy, Living Flame strikes 1 additional enemy for 100% damage.
Echoing StrikeChoiceAzure Strike deals 15% increased damage and has a 10% chance per target hit to echo, casting again.
UpheavalActiveGather earthen power beneath your enemy's feet and send them hurtling upwards, dealing 2,253 Volcanic damage to the target and nearby enemies.
Empowering expands the area of effect.
I: 3 yd radius.
II: 6 yd radius.
III: 9 yd radius.
Breath of EonsActiveFly to the targeted location, exposing a Temporal Wound on enemies in your path for 10 sec.
Removes roots and grants immunity to movement impairing and loss of control effects while flying.
Temporal Wound
15% of damage dealt by allies affected by Ebon Might is copied as additional Arcane damage to enemies after 10 sec.
Damage is reduced if Ebon Might affects more than 2 other allies.
Perilous FateChoiceBreath of Eons reduces enemies' movement speed by 70%, and reduces their attack speed by 50%, for 10 sec.
Chrono WardChoiceWhen allies deal damage with Temporal Wounds, they gain a shield for 100% of the damage dealt. Absorption cannot exceed 30% of your maximum health.
Bestow WeyrnstoneActiveConjure a pair of Weyrnstones, one for your target ally and one for yourself. Only one ally may bear your Weyrnstone at a time.
A Weyrnstone can be activated by the bearer to transport them to the other Weyrnstone's location, if they are within 100 yds.
TimelessnessActiveEnchant an ally to appear out of sync with the normal flow of time, reducing threat they generate by 30% for 1 hour. Less effective on tank-specialized allies.
May only be placed on one target at a time.
Blistering ScalesActiveProtect an ally with 15 explosive dragonscales, increasing their Armor by 20% of your own.
Melee attacks against the target cause 1 scale to explode, dealing 228 Volcanic damage to enemies near them. This damage can only occur every few sec.
Blistering Scales can only be placed on one target at a time. Casts on your enemy's target if they have one.
Draconic AttunementsActiveLearn to attune yourself to the essence of the Black or Bronze Dragonflights:
Black Attunement: You and your 4 nearest allies have 2% increased maximum health.
Bronze Attunement:You and your 4 nearest allies have 10% increased movement speed.
PrescienceActiveGrant an ally the gift of foresight, increasing their critical strike chance by 3% for 18 sec.
Affects the nearest ally within 25 yds, preferring damage dealers with their cooldowns active, if you do not have an ally targeted.
Unyielding DomainChoiceUpheaval cannot be interrupted, and has an additional 10% chance to critically strike.
Tectonic LocusChoiceUpheaval deals 50% increased damage to the primary target, and launches them higher.
Regenerative ChitinChoiceBlistering Scales no longer loses charges and deals 20% more damage.
Molten BloodChoiceWhen cast, Blistering Scales grants the target a shield that absorbs up to 5,700 damage for 30 sec based on their missing health. Lower health targets gain a larger shield.
Prolong LifeChoiceYour effects that extend Ebon Might also extend Symbiotic Bloom.
Dream of SpringChoiceEmerald Blossom no longer has a cooldown, deals 35% increased healing, and increases the duration of your active Ebon Might effects by 1 sec, but costs 3 Essence.
Time SkipActiveSurge forward in time, causing your cooldowns to recover 1,000% faster for 2 sec.
Tomorrow, TodayChoiceTime Skip channels for 1 sec longer.
Interwoven ThreadsChoiceThe cooldowns of your spells are reduced by 10%.
DuplicateActiveBreath of Eons summons a version of you from the future to assist you in battle, lasting 20 sec. Your duplicate casts Eruption, Fire Breath, and Upheaval.Passive talents
Essence BurstPassiveYour Living Flame has a 20% chance, and your Azure Strike has a 15% chance, to make your next Eruption cost no Essence.
Ricocheting PyroclastPassiveEruption deals 30% more damage per enemy struck, up to 150%.
Essence AttunementPassiveEssence Burst stacks 2 times.
Defy FatePassiveFatal attacks are diverted into a nearby timeline, preventing the damage, and your death, in this one.
The release of temporal energy restores 12,738 health to you, and 4,181 to 4 nearby allies, over 9 sec. Healing starts high and declines over the duration.
May only occur once every 6 min.
Ignition RushPassiveEssence Burst reduces the cast time of Eruption by 40% and increases its damage by 20%.
Power NexusPassiveIncreases your maximum Essence to 6.
VolcanismPassiveEruption's Essence cost is reduced by 1.
Improved Defy FatePassiveDefy Fate healing increased by 100% and its cooldown is reduced by 1 min.
Momentum ShiftPassiveConsuming Essence Burst grants you 5% Intellect for 6 sec. Stacks up to 2 times.
Aspects' FavorPassive2 ranksObsidian Scales activates Black Attunement, and amplifies it to increase maximum health by 4.0% for 12 sec.
Hover activates Bronze Attunement, and amplifies it to increase movement speed by 40% for 4 sec.
Arcane ReachPassiveThe range of your helpful magics is increased by 5 yards.
Fate MirrorPassivePrescience grants the ally a chance for their spells and abilities to echo their damage or healing, dealing 15% of the amount again.
Symbiotic BloomPassive2 ranksEmerald Blossom increases targets' healing received by 6% for 10 sec.
Reactive HidePassiveEach time Blistering Scales explodes it deals 15% more damage for 12 sec, stacking 10 times.
Font of MagicPassiveYour empower spells' maximum level is increased by 1, and they reach maximum empower level 20% faster.
Hoarded PowerPassiveEssence Burst has a 20% chance to not be consumed.
Motes of PossibilityPassiveEruption has a 25% chance to form a mote of diverted essence near you. Allies who comes in contact with the mote gain a random buff from your arsenal.
AnachronismPassivePrescience has a 35% chance to grant Essence Burst.
AccretionPassiveEruption reduces the remaining cooldown of Upheaval by 1.0 sec.
Imminent DestructionPassiveDeep Breath reduces the Essence cost of your next 6 Eruptions by 1.
ClairvoyantPassiveMotes of Possibility may now grant Prescience to allies and have a 10% increased chance to activate.
Inferno's BlessingPassiveFire Breath grants the inferno's blessing for 8 sec to you and a nearby ally, giving their damaging attacks and spells a high chance to deal an additional 1,022 Fire damage.
Rumbling EarthPassiveUpheaval causes an aftershock at its location, dealing 30% of its damage 2 additional times.
Plot the FuturePassiveDeep Breath grants you Fury of the Aspects for 15 sec after you land, without causing Exhaustion.
OverlordPassiveDeep Breath casts an Eruption at the first 3 enemies struck. These Eruptions have a 100% chance to create a Mote of Possibility.
Mighty InfernoPassiveInferno's Blessing's damage is increased by 40%, and your effects that extend Ebon Might also extend Inferno's Blessing.Scalecommander
Scalecommander hero talents, including every active, choice, and passive node exposed by Blizzard.
Active and choice talents
Extended BattleChoiceEssence abilities extend Bombardments by 1 sec.
Diverted PowerChoiceBombardments have a chance to generate Essence Burst.
Hardened ScalesChoiceObsidian Scales reduces damage taken by an additional 10%.
Menacing PresenceChoiceKnocking enemies up or backwards reduces their damage done to you by 15% for 8 sec.
Nimble FlyerChoiceWhile Hovering, damage taken from area of effect attacks is reduced by 10%.
SlipstreamChoiceDeep Breath resets a charge of Hover.Passive talents
Melt ArmorPassiveDeep Breath causes enemies to take 20% increased damage from Bombardments and Essence abilities for 12 sec.
The duration of this effect is extended when Deep Breath is cast multiple times.
Unrelenting SiegePassiveFor each second you are in combat, Azure Strike, Living Flame, and Disintegrate deal 1% increased damage, up to 15%.
BombardmentsPassiveMass Disintegrate marks your primary target for destruction for the next 6 sec.
You and your allies have a chance to trigger a Bombardment when attacking marked targets, dealing 1,805 Volcanic damage split amongst all nearby enemies.
Mass DisintegratePassiveEmpower spells cause your next Disintegrate to strike up to 3 targets. When striking fewer than 3 targets, Disintegrate damage is increased by 10% for each missing target.
ManeuverabilityPassiveDeep Breath can now be steered in your desired direction.
In addition, Deep Breath burns targets for 3,576 Volcanic damage over 12 sec.
The duration of this effect is extended when Deep Breath is cast multiple times.
OnslaughtPassiveEntering combat grants a charge of Burnout, causing your next Living Flame to cast instantly.
Might of the Black DragonflightPassiveBlack spells deal 20% increased damage.
WingleaderPassiveMass Disintegrate reduces the remaining cooldown of Deep Breath by 1.0 sec for each target struck.Mass EruptionPassiveEmpower spells cause your next Eruption to strike up to 3 targets. When striking less than 3 targets, Eruption damage is increased by 10% for each missing target.
Refined EssencePassiveEssence abilities deal 15% additional damage.
Concentrated PowerPassiveMass Disintegrate strikes 1 additional target.
Command SquadronPassiveWhile flying during Deep Breath you are assisted by a squadron of Dracthyr who assault enemies with Pyre, dealing 945 Fire damage to nearby enemies up to 8 times.Flameshaper
Flameshaper hero talents, including every active, choice, and passive node exposed by Blizzard.
Active and choice talents
LifecindersChoiceObsidian Scales also applies to your target or 1 nearby injured ally at 50% value.
Draconic InstinctsChoiceYour wounds have a small chance to cauterize, healing you for 30% of damage taken. Occurs more often from attacks that deal high damage.
TrailblazerChoiceHover and Deep Breath travel 40% faster, and Hover travels 40% further.
Shape of FlameChoiceTail Swipe and Wing Buffet scorch enemies and blind them with ash, causing their next attack within 4 sec to miss.
EnkindleChoiceEssence abilities are enhanced with Flame, dealing 20% of healing or damage done as Fire over 8 sec.
Expanded LungsChoiceFire Breath's damage over time is increased by 30%. Dream Breath's heal over time is increased by 20%.Passive talents
Titanic PrecisionPassiveLiving Flame and Azure Strike have 1 extra chance to trigger Essence Burst when they critically strike.
Consume FlamePassiveDisintegrate consumes 1.0 sec of Fire Breath from enemies it damages, detonating it for 150% of the amount consumed.
Pyre consumes 4 sec of Fire Breath from enemies it damages, detonating it for 115% of the amount consumed.Fulminous RoarPassiveFire Breath deals its damage 15% more often.
Deep ExhalationPassiveFire Breath's damage over time lasts 4 sec longer.
Burning AdrenalinePassiveFire Breath reaches its maximum empower level 20% faster.
Conduit of FlamePassiveCritical strike chance against targets above 50% health increased by 10%.
Legacy of the LifebinderPassiveFire Breath gains an additional charge.
Ashes in MotionPassiveFire Breath's cooldown is reduced by 5 sec.
Fire TorrentPassiveTwin Flame bounces to up to 2 additional targets.
Essence WellPassiveFire Breath has a 50% chance to generate Essence Burst.
Twin FlamePassiveConsuming Essence Burst fires a twin flame, striking your target for 547 Fire damage.Chronowarden
Chronowarden hero talents, including every active, choice, and passive node exposed by Blizzard.
Active and choice talents
Double-timeChoiceEbon Might and Prescience gain a chance equal to your critical strike chance to grant 50% additional stats. For Ebon Might, this increase lasts 15.0 sec.
Time ConvergenceChoiceNon-defensive abilities with a 45 second or longer cooldown grant 5% Intellect for 15 sec.
Essence spells extend the duration by 1 sec.
TemporalityChoiceWarp reduces damage taken by 20%, starting high and reducing over 3 sec.
Motes of AccelerationChoiceWarp leaves a trail of Motes of Acceleration. Allies who come in contact with a mote gain 20% increased movement speed for 30 sec.Passive talents
ReverberationsPassiveUpheaval deals 50% additional damage over 8 sec.
AfterimagePassiveEmpower spells send up to 3 Chrono Flames to your targets.
Instability MatrixPassiveEach time you cast an empower spell, unstable time magic reduces its cooldown by up to 6 sec.
Golden OpportunityPassivePrescience lasts 15% longer.
Nozdormu AdeptPassivePrescience's cooldown is reduced by 2 sec and it grants 1% additional critical strike chance.
WarpPassiveHover now causes you to briefly warp out of existence and appear at your destination. Hover's cooldown is also reduced by 5 sec.
Hover continues to allow Evoker spells to be cast while moving.
PrimacyPassiveFor each damage over time effect from Upheaval, gain 3% haste, up to 9%.
Chrono FlamePassiveLiving Flame is enhanced with Bronze magic, repeating 25% of the damage or healing you dealt to the target in the last 5 sec as Arcane, up to 950.
Temporal BurstPassiveTip the Scales overloads you with temporal energy, increasing your haste, movement speed, and cooldown recovery rate by 30%, decreasing over 30 sec.OverclockPassiveChrono Flames' maximum damage or healing is increased by 40%, up to 1,330 Arcane.
Chronal DynamoPassiveLiving Flame's cast time is reduced by 0.2 sec, and it deals 50% increased damage or healing when it is a non-instant cast.
ChronoboonPassiveTip the Scales' cooldown is reduced by 30 sec.Boss and dungeon loadouts
Switch between raid and Mythic+ to inspect the top player for every available encounter: exact talents, source link, item level, enchant and socket counts, and the player's gear.
Season 2 class set
datamined. Read out of the game's spell data and republished by Wowhead. Blizzard does not publish set bonus text, so there is no first-party version to compare it against.- 2-piece
- Upheaval's cooldown is reduced by 10 sec.
- 4-piece
- Upheaval magnifies your Fate Mirror effects for 8 sec, increasing the amount of damage echoed to 45%.
Source: Wowhead spell pages, retrieved 2026-09-05. spell 1296637, spell 1296638. Third party, not Blizzard. If one of these is wrong, check the overview page and tell us.
Pulling the top Warcraft Logs result, exact talents, and equipment for each boss.
Editorial acquisition targets
Use these slot targets when planning drops and crafted pieces. The encounter explorer above remains the source for the exact gear worn by each ranked player.
Season 1 acquisition targets, not re-verified for Season 2. The rows below name Season 1 items at their Season 1 item levels and are accurate as that; they are not Season 2 recommendations. Season 2's raid is The Venomous Abyss (8 bosses, Nek'zali the Soulcoiler through Ula'tek). Confirmed Season 2 raid item levels run 279 (Raid Finder, first boss) to 344 (Mythic, last two bosses and Very Rare drops), with Normal 292-302, Heroic 305-315 and the Great Vault paying 292/305/318/334 by difficulty. Open question: per-slot best-in-slot for Season 2 needs a sim source, and none was reachable.
Raid acquisition targets
Season 1 acquisition targets, not re-verified for Season 2. The dungeons named below are the Season 1 pool and are not in Season 2 rotation. Season 2 runs Altar of Fangs (new in 12.1), Murder Row, Den of Nalorakk, The Blinding Vale, Voidscar Arena, Temple of Sethraliss, Kings' Rest and Ruby Life Pools. Confirmed Season 2 keystone item levels: +2 through +3 pay 295 end-of-run and 305 in the vault, rising to 311 end-of-run and 318 in the vault at +10 and above. Open question: per-slot best-in-slot for Season 2 needs a sim source, and none was reachable.
Mythic+ acquisition targets
Enchants
Choose enhancements after your equipment is settled. Secondary-stat enchant choices move with your current stat mix and the content you are preparing for.
Gems
Socket into the current stat priority, then re-check after major equipment swaps rather than treating a gem choice as permanent.
Embellishments
Crafted effects are capped at two equipped embellishments. Lock these in only after deciding which crafted slots survive your next raid or Mythic+ upgrades.
Utility, defensives, and movement
Your Evoker toolkit is part of the rotation whenever it prevents lost uptime, lethal damage, or an enemy cast.
Utility & CC
Movement
Dracthyr-only; most spells cap around 25 yards and empowered casts scale with hold time.
Interrupt: Quell - grab a focus-interrupt macro on the Augmentation macros page.
Interface and macros
Use interface changes only when they expose a decision sooner: resources, procs, defensives, dispels, interrupts, and encounter assignments.
Focus interrupt
#showtooltip Quell
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] QuellWritten for patch 12.0.7. Patch 12.1 increased max-level player health and creature damage by 25% and made crowd-control diminishing returns reset after 20 seconds instead of 16, so defensive timing and crowd-control advice on this page is the most likely to have moved. Source: Curse of Ula'tek content update notes, https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24293281.
What improves results
- Track ally cooldowns. Prescience is strongest on the players about to do damage, not just the highest overall name on the meter.
- Plan Ebon Might in 30-second cycles. A small delay for the next group burst can beat pressing it into empty globals.
- Use Breath of Eons on stacked enemies while your buffed allies are actively spending cooldowns.
- Keep Blistering Scales on the tank or the melee who will gain the most from it before damage starts.
- Pre-position aggressively. Augmentation loses huge value when the short range forces you to chase your own buff targets.
Common mistakes
- Letting Ebon Might lapse
- Buffing low-damage allies
- Misfiring Breath of Eons outside burst
- Overcapping Essence
Talents by enemy class
Pick an opponent to see the pressure your PvP build must answer. The baseline comes from this spec's current arena build when one is published.
Grip setups, anti-caster pressure, and sustained melee uptime.
Mobility, anti-slow, and physical or magic mitigation.
Keep an answer for grip-based isolation and do not spend movement before the Death Knight commits their control chain.
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