Augmentation Evoker Best Augmentation Evoker Buff Targets — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

Last updated on Jan 19, 2026 at 18:00 by Saeldur 19 comments

A guide for everything you need to know about what specs to buff as Augmentation Evoker, and when to buff them, both for Raiding and Mythic+.

Please refer to our Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities for more information regarding the general Augmentation Evoker Rotation.

1.

How Augmentation Evokers Buffs Work

This page contains more in-depth information on how Augmentations Buffs work. Almost all of Augmentation Evokers buffs stack fully with other Augmentation Evokers. Assume it stacks unless it is specified otherwise.

1.1.

Prescience

  • Prescience Icon Prescience increases an allies Critical Strike Chance by 3%. (4% with Nozdormu Adept Icon Nozdormu Adept.)
  • There can be at most two Prescience Icon Prescience's on a player from any source at any one time. You may still only have a single prescience on each player. You will be unable to cast Prescience on a player who already has two.
  • The Fate Mirror Icon Fate Mirror talent enhances Prescience Icon Prescience and grants allies with Prescience 10% chance to deal 15% of the damage of the triggering ability.
  • Prescience Icon Prescience and Fate Mirror Icon Fate Mirror works on non class damage like trinkets and embellishments.
  • Prescience Icon Prescience works fully with Pets and Guardians.
  • Prescience Icon Prescience will automatically target the nearest DPS player if cast on an enemy.
  • If Sense Power Icon Sense Power is active Prescience Icon Prescience will prefer players with the buff active.
  • Golden Opportunity Icon Golden Opportunity makes Prescience Icon Prescience last 15% longer.
  • Prescience Icon Prescience duration is affected by Mastery: Timewalker Icon Mastery: Timewalker.
1.2.

Ebon Might

  • Ebon Might Icon Ebon Might will go on all DPS players within 100 yards and nothing will let you buff a Tank or Healer with Ebon Might Icon Ebon Might.
  • Ebon Might Icon Ebon Might has two main effects, granting 16% of your Primary stat split between all DPS with the buff, and increasing your own damage by 20%. Augmentation needs at least 2 DPS to get the full effect of Ebon Might Icon Ebon Might, with only 1 ally they will receive 8% Primary Stat instead.
  • Players have no limit to how many Ebon Might Icon Ebon Might buffs they can have.
  • Ebon Might Icon Ebon Might does not snapshot and updates every second based on your Primary Stat.
  • Ebon Might Icon Ebon Might will not update the split amount per player if an ally dies, nor will it affect another player automatically. It will only ever apply to new players or update the split portion on recast.
  • Ebon Might Icon Ebon Might will extend the duration of all currently active Ebon Mights if cast while it is still active.
  • Ebon Might Icon Ebon Might will pandemic letting you cast Ebon Might with 30% or less of the base duration remaining and not lose any uptime.
  • The Primary Stat provided by Ebon Might Icon Ebon Might does not increase the size of another Augmentation Evokers Ebon Might.
1.3.

Shifting Sands

  • Shifting Sands Icon Shifting Sands is a Versatility Buff based on your Mastery, Mastery: Timewalker Icon Mastery: Timewalker, and is triggered by casting empower spells.
  • Shifting Sands Icon Shifting Sands does not snapshot Mastery and instead update the Versatility buff provided to your current Mastery Percent every second.
  • Shifting Sands Icon Shifting Sands prefers to go on the closest nearby DPS player that does not already have Shifting Sands from any Evoker, including other players.
1.3.1.

Shifting Sands Auto Targeting Priority Order

  1. Shifting Sands Icon Shifting Sands prefers to go on the nearest DPS with Ebon Might Icon Ebon Might and without any Shifting Sands Icon Shifting Sands.
  2. Shifting Sands Icon Shifting Sands prefers to go on the nearest DPS without any Shifting Sands Icon Shifting Sands.
  3. Shifting Sands Icon Shifting Sands prefers to go on the nearest Tanks, Healers or Augmentation Evokers without any Shifting Sands Icon Shifting Sands.
  4. If Shifting Sands Icon Shifting Sands failed to find a valid target following the above priority, it will instead extend Shifting Sands Icon Shifting Sands on a player following the same priority.
1.4.

Blistering Scales

  • Blistering Scales Icon Blistering Scales is a buff that grants 20% of your armor to an ally, as well as stacks of scales that explode for uncapped AoE damage when they receive auto attacks. You can only have one Blistering Scales at any time.
  • Blistering Scales Icon Blistering Scales has a 2s icd on proccing the damage effect when receiving an auto attack.
  • Blistering Scales Icon Blistering Scales scales entirely with the Augmentations stats. For example, the damage done is based on your Intellect, Versatility, and Critical Strike Chance despite the damage being sourced from the target.
  • If you cast Blistering Scales Icon Blistering Scales on an enemy, it automatically targets their target, which helps smooth out gameplay. This means you do not need to swap off the boss in raid to cast this.
  • Regenerative Chitin Icon Regenerative Chitin will make Blistering Scales Icon Blistering Scales deal 20% more damage, and not lose stacks when it is triggered which makes it permanent.
1.5.

Breath of Eons

  • Breath of Eons Icon Breath of Eons is an ability that applies a debuff to enemies hit that will store 15% of th damage dealt by allies with Ebon Might Icon Ebon Might. The amount of damage stored is reduced linearly when Ebon Might Icon Ebon Might affects more than 2 allies.
  • Breath of Eons Icon Breath of Eons often has a cooldown less than 2 minutes from talents like Time Skip Icon Time Skip or Interwoven Threads Icon Interwoven Threads reducing the cooldown, but you still always want to use it every two minutes paired with DPS player cooldowns. Breath of Eons is a short-duration damage multiplier, so stacking it with other cooldowns is how to get the most effect.
  • Breath of Eons Icon Breath of Eons only stores damage from class abilities and auto attacks and does not amplify damage from Trinkets, Enchantments, Embellishments, Consumables, or Gear Procs.
  • Breath of Eons Icon Breath of Eons works fully with pets and guardians with their damage counting as if it were dealt by their owner directly.
  • Breath of Eons Icon Breath of Eons always critically strikes but gains no damage from doing so.
  • Breath of Eons Icon Breath of Eons does not gain damage from other Breath of Eons going off from other Augmentation Evokers nor Fate Mirror Icon Fate Mirror procs from yourself or others.
  • Breath of Eons Icon Breath of Eons will apply Ebon Might Icon Ebon Might if it is not currently active obeying normal targeting rules. The duration of this Ebon Might is always 5 seconds and is not increased by Mastery, nor can be increased by Sands of Time Icon Sands of Time. However, if Ebon Might was already active then it extends it by 5 seconds, and this is affected by Sands of Time. This is one of the main reasons why it is suggested to cast Breath of Eons while Ebon Might is already up.
1.6.

Bombardments

  • Bombardments Icon Bombardments scale with your own stats and not with the stats of the players that trigger them.
  • Bombardments Icon Bombardments have a 30% chance to trigger from each hit and a 2 second shared ICD between all players triggering them. This means that more players or more frequent hits will proc this closer, on average, to its cooldown resulting in very slightly more DPS. Despite this, there is not a significant difference in proc rate between M+ and Raids.
  • The buff for Mass Eruption Icon Mass Eruption stacks to 2 and the Bombardments Icon Bombardments debuff gets fully extended whenever you re-apply to a target that already has the debuff.
  • The ICD on Bombardments Icon Bombardments is reset whenever you re-apply Bombardments Icon Bombardments so you do not miss any procs if you re-apply it to the same target.
1.7.

Spatial Paradox

  • Spatial Paradox Icon Spatial Paradox is an external buff for healers, giving you and them the ability to cast while moving with double range.
  • Spatial Paradox Icon Spatial Paradox if cast on an enemy, will default to the nearest healer.
  • Spatial Paradox Icon Spatial Paradox does not stack.
1.8.

Draconic Attunements

  • Draconic Attunements Icon Draconic Attunements is a talent that gives you the two stances Bronze Attunement Icon Bronze Attunement and Black Attunement Icon Black Attunement. Bronze Attunement gives you a 10% increased movement speed, while Black Attunement gives you 2% increased maximum health.
  • The auras from Draconic Attunements Icon Draconic Attunements apply to you and your 4 nearest allies.
  • Draconic Attunements Icon Draconic Attunements does not stack.
  • Swapping stances between Bronze Attunement Icon Bronze Attunement and Black Attunement Icon Black Attunement is off GCD, letting you do it any time, but it It has a 3-second lockout after swapping.
3.

Changelog

  • 19 Jan. 2026: Updated for Midnight pre-patch.
  • 30 Nov. 2025: Reviewed for patch 11.2.7.
  • 05 Oct. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.2.5.
  • 12 Aug. 2025: Add Buff Information for Season 3.
  • 04 Aug. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.2.
  • 15 Jun. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 25 Mar. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.0 Hotfixes including initial data from raid.
  • 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
  • 24 Feb. 2024: All buff mechanics were updated for Patch 11.1. Best Buff section temporarily removed.
  • 15 Dec. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7
  • 05 Dec. 2024: Updated for latest tuning during Patch 11.0.5
  • 21 Oct. 2024: Added disclaimer for Patch 11.0.5
  • 17 Sep. 2024: Update buffs page for a better snapshot of Mythic week launch.
  • 11 Sep. 2024: Correct another typo
  • 11 Sep. 2024: Correct a typo
  • 10 Sep. 2024: Preliminary update of Buff Targets for The War Within Season 1.
  • 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 21 Aug. 2024: All buff mechanics were updated for The War Within Launch. Best Buff section temporarily removed.
  • 23 Jul. 2024: Disclaimer added 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: Rewording and typo fixes
  • 15 Jan. 2024: Update Buff Targets with latest Priorities.
  • 22 Nov. 2023: Update Buffs Page - BM Now Attributes
  • 13 Nov. 2023: Update Buff Targets after Latest Hotfixes and Tuning
  • 09 Nov. 2023: Update Buff Targets Slightly
  • 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2
  • 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
  • 09 Aug. 2023: Update information on Buffs for recent Changes.
  • 15 Jul. 2023: Redo Priority List for recent Eons Changes.
  • 13 Jul. 2023: Change note for Elemental Shaman Opener Priority.
  • 12 Jul. 2023: Buff Priority Adjusted for Feral.
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Page added.
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