Devastation Evoker DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Season 4

Embellishments are additional item effects present on profession gear, either as a baseline (such as Elemental Lariat) or added as an optional reagent when crafting (such as Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch). These grant a free, additional effect to the piece.

You may only have two embellishments active at a time; this is an ordered list of which embellishments will provide the largest dps gain, with the exception of Undulating Sporecloak, which is an option for survival checks and early prog if you're feeling unsafe.

For Devastation Evokers, we recommend the following in order of priority:

• Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards has a chance to proc to provide you Versatility and Critical strike when you take damage or provide you with Mastery and Haste when you get a Critical Strike.
• Blue Silken Lining will provide you with additional Mastery while above 90% health, this is to be taken with a grain of salt as it can have a highly varied uptime depending on both the content that you do and the people whom you play with, before committing to it as your second Embellishment i would recommend spending a little time researching the scenarios you are likely to use it in.
• Acidic Hailstone Treads performs very well for single target damage scenarios (which is most of Aberrus) but has a downside of permanently slowing you by 10%. The damage bonus can be enhanced further with a Toxified Armor Patch; however, this will count as both of your embellishment options. Sim to check if this is valuable for you to do.
• Allied Legguards of Sansok Khan grants your spells and abilities a chance to increase the Versatility of you and your 4 closest allies for 10 seconds.
• Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch is new for Patch 10.1 and adds the effect for your abilities to deal Shadowflame damage.
• Venom-Steeped Stompers will provide you with more of your highest secondary stat and reduce your lowest secondary stat each time it procs. Ideally, this will give you more Mastery and reduce Versatility.
• Potion Absorption Inhibitor is an optional ingredient that can be added to crafted gear to embellish it. This will increase the duration of potions by 50%.
• Undulating Sporecloak an embellishment which will provide you with a small amount of Versatility whilst above 75% hp, and grants you a minor shield with a 2-minute cooldown when dropping below 30%; this is a more survival base choice as it provides incredibly minimal dps gain.

Alchemical Flavor Pocket can be added to crafted items and does not count as an embellishment.

Elemental Lariat was a very strong option in Season 1. However, it has been reworked since Patch 10.1. The duration buff from the Embellishment increases with the amount of gems you have socketed; therefore, it is only worthwhile to use once you have a lot of sockets in your gear.

Season 4 offers a way to target specific, powerful items with the new Antique Bronze Bullion. Here are the best items to spend your Bullions on in Dragonflight Season 4.

1. Nasz'uro, the Unbound Legacy - I recommend starting with this because its upgrade path from the original ilvl is dependent on it.
2. Seal of Diurna's Chosen - This aswell as the next few recommendations will be BiS items which are Very Rare drop rate.
3. Voice of the Silent Star This is a significant DPS gain but comes with a defensive drawback costing you a large amount of Stamina.
4. Seal of Filial Duty Even though we are no longer Mastery hungry the increase ilvl and proc make this BiS.
5. Nymue's Unraveling Spindle This will be your bis trinket in all scenarios.
6. Ominous Chromatic Essence this will be your other bis trinket in most scenarios but may vary depending on the rest of your gear.
7. Whispering Incarnate Icon this has a higher priority than the trinkets that follow due to being very rare drop rate.
8. Belor'relos, the Suncaller / Spoils of Neltharus both these are great choices and competitive with one another in most scenarios.

The tier set we have been given for Fated season is the season 2 set, this is a big win as it is easily the best set we have this expansion. You will be able to acquire tier pieces from any of the 3 raids when they are on their respective Fated weeks, as well as well from any of the nine slots in the weekly Dragonflight Great Vault. They can also finally be made at the Revival Catalyst as a catchup system. This armor, when enough pieces of it are worn, unlocks two special bonuses for Devastation Evokers:

• Evoker Devastation 10.1 Class Set 2pc
• Evoker Devastation 10.1 Class Set 4pc

Once available, you should aim to acquire the set bonuses as soon as possible.

1. The 2-piece bonus is a damage over time effect added to your essence spenders Pyre and Disintegrate this is entirely passive and does not require any change in playstyle in order to maximise.
2. The 4-piece bonus gives you a permanent increase to the damage of your Empowered spells Fire Breath and Eternity Surge whilst also empowering your 2pc bonus by 200% for 5 seconds whenever you cast an Empowered ability, this increased bonus is applied for the duration of your Dragonrage.
3. Optimising the 4pc bonus outside of your cooldown windows does not require a large variance from the current playstyle as you were already spacing your Empowers to maximise Power Swell uptime, doing this becomes significantly more valuable than it did without the set.

Obtaining gear from rated PvP can boost your item level early in the season.

It is essential to note that all of these items have Versatility on them.

I recommend trying Rated Solo Shuffle as Devastation has a high amount of initial burst damage, which is well suited for this game mode.

Nymue's Unraveling Spindle is your best trinket option for season 4. Passive Intellect, as well as providing a large burst of channeled damage and a persistent mastery buff for 18 seconds afterward if you complete the channel.

Ominous Chromatic Essence is one of the best trinkets in Season 4. A large passive statstick which can be adjusted to fit the secondary stat needs that you are currently missing out on.

Belor'relos, the Suncaller another great trinket, passive Intellect with a very large nuke that has some positioning requirements; the on-use casts an AoE around you, slowing both you and nearby enemies after 2 seconds, the damage is spread between all enemies inside the AoE, and you receive a DoT for 12 seconds.

Spoils of Neltharus another great trinket, passive Intellect with an on use for a choosable secondary stat, this greatly enhances your Dragonrage Burst window.

Whispering Incarnate Icon this functions as a stat stick very similar to the Ominous Chromatic Essence, whilst being slightly weaker it is also a Very Rare drop so harder to attain without spending Bullions.

Balefire Branch another strong on-use trinket, passive Mastery with an on use for an enormous amount of Intellect that decays over 20 seconds.

Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge one of the more unique trinkets of the patch, grants passive Intellect and allows you to pair with one of 3 best friends, granting you a permanent bonus to Crit/Mastery/Versatility depending on who you are paired with, as well as a chance to tag in a new best friend, switching the bonus and empowering it substantially.

Dragonflight Season 4 continues with the Flightstones upgrade system and functions exactly the same as it has so far, doing higher-level Mythic+ or Raid content will yield items on a higher upgrade path, allowing you to reach a maximum ilvl of 522 in M+ or 528 in Mythic Raid.

For more information on the new Gear Upgrades system, check out our dedicated page for it below.

As with Valor, the cost to upgrade scales differs per slot but now also increases quickly as item levels go up.

We recommend upgrading your Weapon first, as this will provide you with the largest DPS gain.

Once you have obtained a piece of gear containing a prismatic socket or needing to be enchanted, you will need to know how to modify it. Details about these tweaks can be found on our dedicated gems, enchants, and consumables page.

This ring came into the game with Patch 10.0.7. The Onyx Annulet for Devastation Evokers will only be used when you are starting your gearing journey as most ring options in Season 2 will give you more DPS due to how valuable secondary stats are.

It is worth noting that a crafted ring at 418 with Haste and Mastery will provide more of a DPS gain than the Onyx Annulet.

For more information on the best Primordial Gemstones to put in your Onyx Annulet, check out our Enchants and Gems page below.

For more information regarding the Onyx Annulet, the Primordial Gemstones, and how to obtain them, check out our dedicated guide for it below.