Augmentation Evoker DPS Stat Priority — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)
On this page, you will find out the optimal stat priority for your Augmentation Evoker. We first present the stat priority, before delving into more complex explanations. Our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0).
Best Stats for Augmentation Evoker in The War Within
Augmentation's Stat Priority depends on talents but will almost always
avoid Versatility. With
Motes of Possibility Augmentation's Mastery
increases in value. Without
Motes of Possibility Augmentation
usually prefers Haste over its other stats.
Chronowarden's
Double-time increases the value of Critical Strike Chance to be slightly stronger than Haste while
Scalecommander's slightly
favours Haste over Critical Strike.
Augmentation Evoker Stat Priority
Currently both
Chronowarden and
Scalecommander have
similar stat priorities, with both wanting Haste and Critical Strike over
any other stat.
Chronowarden favours Critical Strike over Haste
due to
Double-time, while
Scalecommander favours Haste
over Critical Strike. It is important to note that these stats are still
incredibly close in value but quite far ahead of both Mastery and
Versatility.
- Item Level
- Critical Strike (
Chronowarden —
Double-time) - Haste (
Scalecommander) - Haste = Critical Strike
- Mastery (
Motes of Possibility builds) - Mastery = Versatility
Currently, item level is by far the most important aspect of gearing for
non jewellery slots. On Jewellery it can be worth dropping a small amount
of item level for better stats as Augmentation does not scale very well
with Secondary Stats. Without playing a
Motes of Possibility build
Mastery is quite far behind, approximately equal to Versatility.
Whilst this is fairly generic advice for your gearing, to get more accurate information simming your character is always best to get an idea of what gear your character should use for any given combat scenario. It is important to read the caveats mentioned on the Simulations page with respect to Augmentation as there are more of them compared to simming other Specialisations. You can find this linked below:
Best Gems, Enchants, and Consumables for Augmentation Evoker
The gems, enchants, and consumables you will use are directly derived from your stat priority and you can find our advice on this topic in our dedicated page.
Getting a Better Understanding of Augmentation Evoker Stats
Intellect is your primary stat. You should look for this stat in all of your upgrades. It provides you with Spell Power, which increases the damage of your spells.
Mastery (
Mastery: Timewalker) causes empower spells you cast to
give a DPS
Shifting Sands which grants Versatility to another ally
for 10 seconds. Additionally, it increases the duration of Shifting Sands,
Breath of Eons, Ebon Might, and other helpful Auras.
Critical Strike increases your chance for your abilities to deal
200% damage.
Sands of Time means your
Ebon Might extension
effects can Critically Strike, increasing the amount of extension granted
by 50%.
Haste increases your spell casting speed (including Empowered Spells) and the tick rate of your periodic effects.
Versatility increases all your damage and healing done, and decreases all damage taken.
Changelog
- 19 Jan. 2026: Updated for Midnight pre-patch.
- 30 Nov. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
- 05 Oct. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5
- 04 Aug. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.2.
- 15 Jun. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
- 08 May 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.5 Hotfixes changing Stat Priorities.
- 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 24 Feb. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.1 with Mastery being dominant for all Hero Talents.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.7 with Mastery beating Crit for Scalecommander
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5
- 21 Sep. 2024: Updated for new Scalecommander information.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within Launch including new stats for Chronowarden.
- 18 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within Launch.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed and updated for Dragonflight Season 4
- 19 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6
- 08 Mar. 2024: Update stats and change formatting
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5
- 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 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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