Augmentation Evoker DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Midnight Season 1

This list below contains the highest DPS setup obtainable for Augmentation Evoker. There are other options in several slots that perform close. We will list several alternatives in some of these cases.

In non-Tier slots, max item level crafted items can outperform even max item level Myth items if they have worse stats on them (Not Crit/Haste). We suggest simming your character to see if these items are better than crafted. A full guide to simming your character can be found here and will give you tailored results that more accurately reflect your current character.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapons	Ceremonial Hexblade (1H) Splitshroud Stinger (1H) Arcanic of the High Sage (1H) Grimoire of the Eternal Light (OH) Vexamus' Expulsion Rod (OH)	Maisara Caverns Magister's Terrace Skyreach Vorasius in The Voidspire Algeth'ar Academy
Head	Oblivion Guise Frenzy's Rebuke Horns of the Spurned Val'kyr	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas Vorasius in The Voidspire Pit of Saron
Neck	Ribbon of Coiled Malice Barbed Ymirheim Choker	Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire Pit of Saron
Shoulder	Beacons of the Black Talon	Matrix Catalyst, Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire.
Cloak	Adherent's Silken Shroud	Crafted by Tailoring
Chest	Frenzyward of the Black Talon	Matrix Catalyst, or Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Wrist	Farstrider's Plated Bracers	Crafted by Leatherworking
Hands	Enforcer's Grips of the Black Talon	Matrix Catalyst, or Vorasius in The Voidspire
Waist	Scabrous Zombie Leather Belt	Pit of Saron
Legs	Greaves of the Black Talon	Matrix Catalyst, or Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Feet	Darkstrider Treads Spelltreads of the Black Talon Boots of Explosive Growth	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas Matrix Catalyst Algeth'ar Academy
Rings	Occlusion of Void Eye of Midnight Purloined Wedding Ring Masterwork Sin'dorei Band	Nexus-Point Xenas Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas Pit of Saron Crafted by Jewelcrafting
Top Trinkets	Shadow of the Empyrean Requiem Vaelgor's Final Stare Soulcatcher's Charm	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire Maisara Caverns

This list contains the highest DPS setup with farmable gear from Season 1 Mythic+ Dungeons. Due to the limited pool of items there are some slots which are worse than crafted items. In these cases we will show a crafted item and the best alternative you can use in the mean time.

In non-Tier slots, max item level crafted items can outperform even max item level Myth items if they have worse stats on them (Not Crit/Haste). We suggest simming your character to see if these items are better than crafted. A full guide to simming your character can be found here and will give you tailored results that more accurately reflect your current character.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapons	Ceremonial Hexblade (1H) Splitshroud Stinger (1H) Arcanic of the High Sage (1H) Vexamus' Expulsion Rod (OH)	Maisara Caverns Magister's Terrace Skyreach Algeth'ar Academy
Head	Horns of the Spurned Val'kyr	Pit of Saron
Neck	Barbed Ymirheim Choker	Pit of Saron
Shoulder	Beacons of the Black Talon	Matrix Catalyst
Cloak	Adherent's Silken Shroud Defiant Defender's Drape	Crafted by Tailoring Magister's Terrace
Chest	Frenzyward of the Black Talon	Matrix Catalyst
Wrist	Farstrider's Plated Bracers Darkfang Scale Wristguards	Crafted by Leatherworking Seat of the Triumvirate
Hands	Enforcer's Grips of the Black Talon	Matrix Catalyst
Waist	Scabrous Zombie Leather Belt	Pit of Saron
Legs	Greaves of the Black Talon	Matrix Catalyst
Feet	Boots of Explosive Growth Spelltreads of the Black Talon	Algeth'ar Academy Matrix Catalyst
Rings	Occlusion of Void Purloined Wedding Ring Masterwork Sin'dorei Band	Nexus-Point Xenas Pit of Saron Crafted by Jewelcrafting
Top Trinkets	Soulcatcher's Charm Heart of Wind Refueling Orb Emerald Coach's Whistle	Maisara Caverns Windrunner Spire Magister's Terrace Algeth'ar Academy

This list contains the highest DPS setup with items from the Midnight Season 1 Raids. Due to the limited pool of items there are some slots which are worse than crafted items. In these cases we will show a crafted item and the best alternative you can use in the mean time.

In non-Tier slots, max item level crafted items can outperform even max item level Myth items if they have worse stats on them (Not Crit/Haste). We suggest simming your character to see if these items are better than crafted. A full guide to simming your character can be found here and will give you tailored results that more accurately reflect your current character.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapons	Belo'melorn, the Shattered Talon (1H) Blade of the Blind Verdict (1H) Grimoire of the Eternal Light (OH)	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire Vorasius in The Voidspire
Head	Oblivion Guise Frenzy's Rebuke	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas Vorasius in The Voidspire
Neck	Ribbon of Coiled Malice	Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Shoulder	Beacons of the Black Talon	Matrix Catalyst, Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire.
Cloak	Adherent's Silken Shroud	Crafted by Tailoring
Chest	Frenzyward of the Black Talon	Matrix Catalyst, or Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Wrist	Farstrider's Plated Bracers	Crafted by Leatherworking
Hands	Enforcer's Grips of the Black Talon	Matrix Catalyst, or Vorasius in The Voidspire
Waist	Farstrider's Trophy Belt Scornbane Waistguard Waistcord of the Judged	Crafted by Leatherworking Chimaerus in The Dreamrift Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Legs	Greaves of the Black Talon	Matrix Catalyst, or Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Feet	Darkstrider Treads	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Rings	Eye of Midnight Masterwork Sin'dorei Band Signet of the Starved Beast Sin'dorei Band of Hope	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas Crafted by Jewelcrafting Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Top Trinkets	Shadow of the Empyrean Requiem Vaelgor's Final Stare	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire

The Season 1 Tier Set Bonuses are:

• Evoker Augmentation 12.0 Class Set 2pc
• Evoker Augmentation 12.0 Class Set 4pc

The Season 1 Augmentation Tier Set does not alter Gameplay or Rotation from what is already optimal. Despite the lack of Gameplay and Rotation changes this Tier Set Bonus is powerful and you will get noticably higher uptime on Ebon Might and Duplicate which feels great.

• 2-piece set bonus: ~4.6%
• 2-piece and 4-piece set bonus: ~8.5%

This section focuses on crafting items in the most optimal order to gain immediate, efficient and effective power gains. Some of the items you make here will not be a part of your final Best-in-Slot gear list in the endgame and will need to be replaced. We will be crafting them anyway though as they are an incredibly effective way to get DPS from your Sparks and Dawncrests.

If you would like to see the optimal End-Game items then check out the Tab for Final Optimal Crafted Slots.

Augmentation Crafted Gear Priority

• Aln'hara Cane with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt. Skip this if you get a Myth Staff. If you get a Myth 1H then it is still correct to make the crafted staff due to crest efficiency.
• Highest upgrade Armour Slot (ideally not tier) with Arcanoweave Lining.
• Farstrider's Plated Bracers with Arcanoweave Lining, removing the Embellishment from your weapon if you are still using a crafted weapon.
• Any item you do not have on Myth track yet.

FAQWhy Craft a Weapon First if it is Not Best-in-Slot?

Weapons are the highest budget slot and scale extremely well with item level, so making this item provides the largest boost to your DPS early while being Crest efficient. You are effectively spending 80 Dawncrests to cover 2 slots worth of power, although you do need to spend 2 crafts worth of sparks to get there. This season we have a large number of sparks available to start the season with so spending these sparks has low opportunity cost.

FAQAny Alternatives to Farstrider's Plated Bracers with Arcanoweave Lining for the Second Craft?

You could instead opt to craft a Masterwork Sin'dorei Band or Masterwork Sin'dorei Amulet with Prismatic Focusing Iris. This could be a good option if these slots have lower item level!

FAQWhy Should Augmentation Use Arcanoweave Lining?

We opt to use Arcanoweave Lining as it is currently one of the highest budget embellishments when including the Primary Stat granted to an ally.

FAQAny Slots to Avoid Crafting For?

You should try to avoid crafting in Tier Set slots unless you already have the full Tier Set. Equipping the full Tier Set is more powerful than the crafted item so you would effectively be losing out on a Spark!

This section focuses on crafting items that will be permanently equipped to your character as they are Best-in-Slot. After that, you should use any of your remaining Sparks to get the highest DPS increase possible. This is not the most effective way to gear your character at the start of a season!

Check out the Progression tab if you want the better path for optimising efficient crests and sparks.

Augmentation Crafted Gear Priority

• Farstrider's Plated Bracers with Arcanoweave Lining
• Adherent's Silken Shroud with Arcanoweave Lining
• Any item you do not have on Myth track yet.

FAQWhy Craft Wrists and Cloak?

We are crafting the wrists Farstrider's Plated Bracers because there are no Haste Crit wrists available to us this season. Additionally, both Cloak and Wrists are low budget slots meaning we are not significantly affected by the lower item level of the crafted items while still getting the full benefit of the Embellishments.

FAQWhy Use Arcanoweave Lining?

We opt to use Arcanoweave Lining as it is currently one of the highest budget embellishments when including the Primary Stat granted to an ally.

FAQAny Slots to Avoid Crafting For?

You should try to avoid crafting in Tier Set slots unless you already have the full Tier Set. Equipping the full Tier Set is more powerful than the crafted item so you would effectively be losing out on a Spark!

Below, you will find detailed information about the various crafted items as a Augmentation Evoker.

Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt grants a temporary secondary stat buff when your spells or abilities trigger it. The stat granted depends on the type of creature you are fighting:

• Haste: Elemental, Aberration, Demon
• Critical Strike: Beast, Mechanical
• Mastery: Humanoid, Dragonkin
• Versatility: Undead, Giant, Other

For Augmentation Evoker, this embellishment is powerful because it has a very high uptime. This effect is completely passive and does not require you to play around it.

Important Notes:

• The stat gained is determined by the enemy creature type, meaning its value can vary depending on the dungeon or raid encounter making this embellishment better or worse.
• Many raid bosses and dungeon enemies fall into the Humanoid or Demon categories, which often results in Mastery or Haste. Haste is an extremely good stat for Augmentation Evoker while Mastery is worse so this Embellishment can swing quite wildly in power depending on the boss.
• We recommend removing this embellishment as soon as you can create your third Crafted Item due to the inconsistency in which stat you will receive.

Arcanoweave Lining has a chance to summon a Mana Wyrm that grants Arcanoweave Insight to you and a nearby ally. This effect increases the Primary Stat of both players for a short duration.

This is Augmentation Evoker's best embellishment providing close to 1% DPS increase. Augmentation Evoker scales far better with Primary Stat compared to Secondary Stats as it affects almost all of your damage output, even Ebon Might!

Prismatic Focusing Iris is a single target damage proc an embellishment that can only be crafted on jewelry slots.

This can be added to one of the two items:

• Masterwork Sin'dorei Band
• Masterwork Sin'dorei Amulet

Important Notes:

• The damage of this Embellishment scales with the total types of gems you have equipped (Which Main Stat). Despite this, the increase is so small so we do not suggest equipping gems for Versatility or Mastery. You will want to use at least one of each Haste and Crit gems though!
• The effect performs best in single target encounters, as it only damages one enemy.
• This Embellishment is worse than Arcanoweave Lining above 1 target while approximately equivalent at 1 target.