Augmentation Evoker DPS Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities — Season 4
On this page, you will learn how to optimize the rotation of your Augmentation Evoker in both single-target and multiple-target situations. We also have advanced sections about cooldowns, procs, etc. in order to minmax your DPS. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Season 4.
Rotation for Augmentation Evokers
The rotation for Evoker plays largely in 30-second cycles around your empowered
spells (
Fire Breath and 
Upheaval) and 
Ebon Might. Between these cycles,
you want to pool your Essence for the next Ebon Might and have minimal downtime
between casts.
Every two minutes, you can use 
Breath of Eons, and you want to
have Ebon Might to go with it to ensure that Ebon Might lasts the
full Breath of Eons Duration.
If the rotations below seem overwhelming, you can visit our Easy Mode page, which outlines a close-to-optimal rotation in simpler terms.
You can take a lot of this information with you when you run Mythic+ dungeons, however, the Mythic+ page has more dedicated information to situations you encounter in dungeons.
Information on good targets to buff throughout raid fights can be found in both the raid guide for each boss and in the dedicated buffs page.
General Rotational Goals for Augmentation Evoker
- Use
Breath of Eons when your allies have cooldowns up. - Cast all charges of
Prescience
before 
Ebon Might or a single charge if you would overcap soon.
- Maintain Ebon Might for as long as you can.
- Use your Empower spells to give allies Versatility with
Shifting Sands and to extend Ebon Might.
Augmentation Evoker Rotations
Augmentation Evoker Rotation
Use the buttons below to select your talents to see how that changes the rotation:
Single-target talent options are selected by default. If you wish to see rotation changes in AoE, select talents related to that or use our presets below.
| Active Talents | Passive Talents |
|---|---|
 Verdant Embrace |
 Scarlet Adaptation |
 Tip the Scales |
 Ancient Flame |
| Upheaval |
 Leaping Flames |
| Breath of Eons |
 Pupil of Alexstrasza |
 Blistering Scales |
 Echoing Strike |
 Prescience |
 Font of Magic |
 Time Skip |
 Interwoven Threads |
 Dream of Spring |
|
 Evoker Augmentation 10.2 Class Set 2pc |
|
| Evoker Augmentation 10.2 Class Set 4pc |
Single Target Rotation for Augmentation Evoker
The priority system for Augmentation Evoker is simple
as a whole, as you are focusing on your short cooldown abilities
like Prescience, Ebon Might, and your empowers.
In-between, fill with 
Living Flame and 
Eruption.
- Use Ebon Might if Ebon Might's remaining duration is less than
5.5s. This is slightly longer than the pandemic duration, but this leads to
more overall uptime by having more Ebon Might casts.
- Use
Eruption if Ebon Might is up or you are capped on Essence or 
Essence Burst. - Cast
Living Flame. - If you need to move while casting, use
Hover. If you have no
charges of Hover left, then use 
Azure Strike.
Healing Spell Utilization
Extra Tips
-
With
Leaping Flames, you are incentivized to always use the highest
empowerment of 
Fire Breath as you can, even on single-target.
On single-target, the extra Living Flames will seek out allies, and
as long as they heal, they can still roll for Essence Burst procs.
-
In 5-man or less content, your buffs will automatically target the correct
targets always for you. For example, Ebon Might will always hit
the entire group, Prescience will auto-target the other two damage
dealers,
Blistering Scales will always go on the tank. This helps
alleviate any burdens for you and lets you focus on the enemies in the Keys.
However, the 
Evoker Augmentation 10.2 Class Set 2pc lets you have an extra
Prescience active, so you may benefit from still manually targeting this
in keys to make sure it is always on the most useful non-dps party member at that
time which usually is the tank.
Two-Target and Above Rotation for Augmentation Evoker
Against multiple targets, your rotation stays the same as in single-target
unless you do not have Pupil of Alexstrasza. Pupil of Alexstrasza makes you use
Living Flame over 
Azure Strike at all targets, and without it, Azure Strike is
a gain from 2+. You uprank Upheaval so that as many enemies fit within the targeting
AoE as possible.
- Use Ebon Might if Ebon Might's remaining duration is less than
5.5s. This is slightly longer than the pandemic duration, but this leads to
more overall uptime by having more Ebon Might casts.
- Use Eruption if Ebon Might is up or you are capped on Essence or Essence Burst.
- Cast Living Flame.
- If you need to move while casting, use Hover. If you have no
charges of Hover left, then use Azure Strike.
- Cast Azure Strike
Healing Spell Utilization
Extra Tips
-
With Leaping Flames, you are incentivized to always use the highest
empowerment of Fire Breath as you can, even on single-target.
On single-target, the extra Living Flames will seek out allies, and
as long as they heal, they can still roll for Essence Burst procs.
-
In 5-man or less content, your buffs will automatically target the correct
targets always for you. For example, Ebon Might will always hit
the entire group, Prescience will auto-target the other two damage
dealers, Blistering Scales will always go on the tank. This helps
alleviate any burdens for you and lets you focus on the enemies in the Keys.
However, the Evoker Augmentation 10.2 Class Set 2pc lets you have an extra
Prescience active, so you may benefit from still manually targeting this
in keys to make sure it is always on the most useful non-dps party member at that
time which usually is the tank.
Example Opener Sequence
Precombat
- Start with >3s pull timer
- Cast Blistering Scales
- Precast Living Flame
Post Combat Start
- Cast Prescience
- Cast Prescience
- Cast Ebon Might
- Cast Active Buff Trinkets like
Ashes of the Embersoul. - Use Eruption
- Use Eruption
- Use Eruption
- Continue with normal rotation priority.
This rotation does not apply Prescience nor Ebon Might
before pull because these are removed on Encounter start as of Patch 10.2.
Tier set impact on rotation for Augmentation Evoker
Season 4 - Scales of the Awakened / Season 3 - Werynkeeper's Timeless Vigil
This tier set has significant rotation impacts which will be explained below.
2pc
The Evoker Augmentation 10.2 Class Set 2pc causes every third
Prescience you cast to last twice as long. This means that every time
the proc is ready you need to make sure to target your Prescience based on the
Ebon Might you are seeking to cast in 40 seconds and not just
immediately. This adds a bit of extra depth to target selection. If you choose
to not manually target, then this part of the set bonus has low gameplay impact
for you.
4pc
The Evoker Augmentation 10.2 Class Set 4pc makes every cast of
Prescience give you a stacking buff called Trembling Earth
that makes your next Eruption deal more damage. As the number of
stacks gained is based on your number of active Presciences (including the one
you cast) you are rewarded for pressing this at high Prescience
counts, and it becomes even more important to never waste Prescience by
sitting at maximum charges. Additionally, you want to avoid overcapping on
stacks if at all possible by spending them between Prescience casts, but there
are times when this can be unavoidable, such as when Ebon Might is
down so you do not want to cast Eruption. In these cases, it is
better to overcap stacks.
Season 2 — Legacy of Obsidian Secrets
The tier set has no impact on Augmentation's Rotation.
Cooldown Usage for Augmentation Evokers
Augmentation Evoker does not have many spells to use, but correct utilization is vital as most of the class's power comes from using its short cooldown spells.
- You should not cast Fire Breath or
Upheaval without
Ebon Might being up as this would waste the extension from
Sands of Time, which is most of the value. 
Tip the Scales should be used with Fire Breath. On AOE you
can use it with Upheaval as well.- You should not overcap charges of Prescience unless unavoidable due
to lacking targets in range.
- Make sure to hit every enemy with Breath of Eons as this applies
the damage amplification effect to every target.
- You should aim to use
Deep Breath or Breath of Eons at the
shortest distance, as the longer the line, the more time you are locked out
from using other spells. It is inevitable if you need to move further, but
you will lose some potential damage. - Ideally, Hover should be used before movement is required, not in
response, to avoid missing globals. Hover can be used while on the GCD from
an instant cast spell like Azure Strike or Prescience to
not incur any DPS loss.
Changelog
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed and updated for Dragonflight Season 4
- 19 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 13 Jul. 2023: Fix default talent checkboxes and include Auto Targeting note.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Page added.
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This guide has been written by Saeldur, an Evoker Theorycrafter since the class came out in Dragonflight. He is an accomplished high end player with top parses on multiple specs, an Expert on the Evoker Discord, and has a deep understanding of many other classes, and how they interact with Augmentation Evoker.
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