Augmentation Evoker DPS Easy Mode — 12.1

This build will work in both Raid and Mythic+ although we would still recommend using the dedicated Mythic+ talents for keys instead as this is lacking some utility options. We currently suggest playing Chronowarden as it does significantly more damage with less onus on personal play.

We take Interwoven Threads for this build to minimise the overall complexity of the rotation. Playing Time Skip with Overlord does deal approximately 1% more damage if you feel comfortably managing the additional cooldown.

This build swaps to Scalecommander for Mythic+ as it performs better with a wider range of allies performance. The optimal gear for Scalecommander builds is the same as Chronowarden so you do not need to worry!

We play Echoing Strike for this build to get a slight single-target DPS gain. Due to playing Echoing Strike you will use Azure Strike over Living Flame at all target counts. You still need to use Living Flame to consume Leaping Flames. We have chosen this build as it is a lot simpler to play due to having instant cast builder as its main generator in all situations. You will deal approximately 2% more Single Target DPS at the cost of 2% less AoE compared to playing Pupil of Alexstrasza. If you would rather play Pupil of Alexstrasza then you can swap to it and move the class tree point in Protracted Talons to Attuned to the Dream or another utility point.

For utility points in the class tree, we move two points from Enkindled to both Sleep Walk and Terror of the Skies as they are useful utility in Mythic+. We also move one point from Attuned to the Dream to Protracted Talons to make Echoing Strike work.

The priority system for Augmentation Evoker is not very complicated as a whole, as you are focusing on several short cooldown abilities and filling the gaps with Living Flame. However, delaying casts of Prescience or Ebon Might can lead to large DPS losses quickly. It is important to only use Empower spells during Ebon Might.

• Cast Ebon Might.
• Cast Prescience.
• Cast Breath of Eons.
• Cast Tip the Scales.
• Cast Fire Breath at empower level 3 if Ebon Might is up.
• Cast Upheaval at empower level 1 if Ebon Might is up.
• Cast Eruption if Ebon Might is up.
• Cast Living Flame.
• If you need to move whilst casting, use Hover. If you have no charges of Hover left, then use Azure Strike.

Augmentation's Midnight Season 2 Tier Set does not cause you to play your rotation differently. However, it does allow you to cast Upheaval more often.

Augmentation's Apex talent Duplicate has no direct impact on your moment to moment gameplay and simply enhances your characters damage output and buff strength.

All of Augmentation Evoker's Defensive spells are proactive. You need to use them before damage happens to get maximum effect and do not do anything if used afterward.

Defy Fate is a cheat death effect that will save you from dying once every six minutes.

Obsidian Scales is your bread and butter defensive, offering 30% damage reduction on a 90s cooldown with two charges thanks to Obsidian Bulwark. This talent is usually further enhanced by Renewing Blaze which causes you to heal back equal to the damage reduced by Obsidian Scales making this a very potent defensive.

Zephyr reduces the area damage taken by you and the 4 nearest allies by 20%. Due to affecting 5 people this is incredibly strong even if it only applies to AoE damage. Most encounters have heavy-hitting AoEs that this is very good against.

Warp with Temporality ( Chronowarden Hero Talents) provides 20% decaying Damage Reduction, losing 2% every 0.3s.

Currently, Intellect is your most important stat per point with Mastery being a close second. Mastery is currently significantly ahead of the other stats and Versatility is extremely low value. This means it can be correct to equip items that have lower item level but better secondary stats.

Optimization

Simulations and Tools

While a generalized stat priority will assist new players, there really is no substitute for simming your character. Learn more with this guide!

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The Combat Assistant is intended to be a way to help newer players approach content without being as overwhelmed by World of Warcrafts complex rotations. You can have the game highlight your next action for you or have the game take actions for you. The rest of this section primarily refers to the Single-Button assistant as the performance of the highlighting is acceptable with no real loss of performance. You can find the Single-Button assistant in your spellbook as a button you can drag onto your hotbars that will rotate through your abilities according to priorities defined by Blizzard.

For Augmentation Evoker the Combat Assistant has issues with casting Empower Spells like Fire Breath or Upheaval. If you press the button too frequently when it suggests casting an Empower Spell then the Combat Assistant will cancel the Empower spell instead of properly queueing it. To work around this we suggest paying attention to when the spells are nearly off cooldown and slowing down your button presses. When it casts an Empower it will work like the "Press-and-tap" casting mode where it will start casting and pressing it a second time will release it.

Another notable issue with the Combat Assistant is that it cannot help you during movement. Despite Augmentation Evoker having Hover it will not recommend you to use it and can get stuck recommending you cast an Empower spell while you are moving which you cannot do even if you had manually cast Hover. Because of this we do recommend having some of the basic spells keybound in addition to the cooldowns. We suggest making sure Eruption, Living Flame and Azure Strike are keybound as well as all of the classes cooldowns listed below along with utility spells and defensives.

As an Augmentation Evoker this assistant will not use all of your spells for you. The assistant will not use your cooldowns or items and you will need to weave in the following abilities in order to get full damage out of your class and this feature:

• Breath of Eons
• Tip the Scales
• Time Skip
• On-Use Trinkets
• Combat Potion
• Hover for movement

By using this assistant and weaving in your cooldowns, you can perform at a high level rotationally. Blizzard balances this out by increasing yourGlobal Cooldown while using the Combat Assistant. Currently the Combat Assistant is 5.4% damage behind playing manually.

This tool is an excellent way to jump into the game and start out. After you get comfortable we recommend that you try playing the rotation manually to improve your gameplay even further.