Augmentation Evoker DPS Easy Mode — The War Within Pre-Patch

This page is intended for players who are new to the game or class, have no intentions of raiding Mythic difficulty, or simply want a more straightforward way to play their specialization without being overwhelmed by the numerous subtleties and active abilities that need to be taken into consideration for optimal play.

The Augmentation Evoker playstyle is very fluid, revolving around buffing others then casting your damaging spells to extend your buffs.

Blizzard implemented auto-targeting features for Augmentations buffs to make the class as welcoming as possible for newer players. For example, while targeting an enemy, casting Prescience will default to the nearest DPS and Blistering Scales will target the enemies current target.

In Mythic+, you do not have to worry about target selection of your buffs at all, as they will mostly automatically cast on the correct targets. Manual targeting of your buffs in Mythic+ is at most a 1% DPS gain, for more information see the Mythic+ Guide linked below:

While optimization of who you buff in a raid is possible, it is definitely not necessary to enjoy the class. For more information on who to buff if you wish to optimize, see our page on Buff Targeting linked below:

For more information on what each spell does for Augmentation Evoker, we have linked the page below, which goes into more detail on this:

This is the Easy Mode page which presents things in a simplified manner with simplified builds. For our detailed, fully-fledged Talent and Rotation guides, click below!

Currently, item level is by far the most important aspect of gearing. Following that, Mastery is very powerful, and then Haste and Critical Strike are equal in power, slightly favoring Critical Strike. If at all possible, you would want to prioritize your stats like this:

1. Item Level;
2. Mastery;
3. Critical Strike;
4. Haste;
5. Versatility.

On Jewelry (and pieces without Intellect on them), the priority is as follows:

1. Mastery;
2. Item Level;
3. Critical Strike;
4. Haste;
5. Versatility.

The stats page will go into more detail on exactly what exactly each stat does for Augmentation Evoker.