Devastation Evoker DPS Guide — Dragonflight 10.2
Welcome to our Devastation Evoker guide for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2. Here, you will learn how to play as a Devastation Evoker in both raids and Mythic+ dungeons: from the very beginning to maximizing your DPS.
Devastation Evoker Overview
Evokers are a brand new Class for Dragonflight, though currently, only the new Dracthyr race can choose to play as one. Devastation Evoker is a mid-range caster DPS and has a range of 25 yards for their abilities. There is a good amount of depth in the talent tree to allow you to specialize for Single Target, Cleave, and AoE combat scenarios. For these, you will utilize the Red and Blue dragonflights' schools of Magic.
Evokers utilize a new Resource called Essence, which regenerates over time.
You spend Essence on Disintegrate and
Pyre to deal single-target
or AoE damage, respectively.

Evokers also have a new type of spell called Empowered Spells. As you cast
the spells, they power up, having different interactions based on how long you Empower
them. Devastation has access to two Empowered Spells in the form of
Fire Breath and
Eternity Surge.
Whilst your spell prioritization may seem simple at a glance, the talents you pick change how you will use these spells, adding more depth to the class and your combat choices.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Can specialize for specific damage profiles and perform well for their chosen type.
Can deal very high amounts of damage to new targets.
Very mobile.
Can save team members with
Rescue.
Can remove a wide array of effects on players with
Expunge to remove Poisons and
Cauterizing Flame to remove Bleeds, Poisons, Curses, and Diseases.
25 yard range takes some getting used to.
Can die easily due to low HP.
Two personal defensive cooldowns, extremely squishy once they've been used.
Devastation Evoker and Guide Changes for Patch 10.2
Devastation playstyle is remaining exactly the same in 10.2, but we are receiving a very small buff to our AoE damage output and a fairly substantial 7-8% ST increase.
For a full breakdown of all Class Changes in Patch 10.2, check out our dedicated page below.
Basics of Devastation Evoker Gameplay
The Devastation Evoker playstyle is very fluid where you will always be casting something which interacts with your next cast. Some examples are listed below:
- Casting Blue Spells with
Charged Blast talented will increase the damage of your next
Pyre.
- Casting Empowered Spells during
Dragonrage with
Animosity talented will extend its duration.
- Casting
Fire Breath with
Leaping Flames talented will make your next,
Living Flame hit additional targets (based on the Empower level).
- Healing other players with
Scarlet Adaptation will increase the damage of your next
Living Flame.
- The cooldown of your empowered spells is reduced when you spend Essence with the talent
Causality.
As you can see, there is a good amount of depth in your combat rotation from just a few of these interactions, making this a more involved and interesting DPS specialization to play.
Leveling a Devastation Evoker
Evokers are new to World of Warcraft, and you will start at Level 58. You can follow our dedicated leveling guide that will walk you through the best talents to choose on your journey and also provide you with a number of tips and tricks. Before you start on your journey, though, we recommend setting up your UI so that you can familiarize yourself with it before you reach the maximum level.
Once at maximum level, we recommend checking out our Easy Mode guide, linked below. This guide will briefly go over what you need to do to play your character optimally, though, of course, the main Rotation and Talents pages are slightly more optimized.
If you are new to Devastation Evoker and would like to learn the basics of the class, we also recommend looking at the Spell Summary. We also have full guides for the Devastation Evoker talents and rotations below.
Devastation Evoker Viability
Your talent choices dictate how well Devastation Evoker plays in different scenarios. However, when you pick a talent build that is not ideally suited to the combat scenario, your DPS will be much lower, such as, for example, using a single-target raid Build in Mythic+. Having multiple talent trees set up will prevent this from happening.
Evokers do not have high health or base mitigation, and taking avoidable damage can kill you, leading to the feeling of being "squishy." However, Evokers are very mobile, making avoiding this damage easier.
Additionally, you can support your team with healing (which increases your
damage with Scarlet Adaptation, and mobility with
Blessing of the Bronze
reducing the cooldown of their movement effects,
Time Spiral giving
everyone a free use of their mobility cooldown,
Zephyr, which reduces
AoE damage taken and increases movement speed, and you can pick up an ally and
move them to a new location with
Rescue (very useful for picking up
slow players or saving someone from a potentially dangerous location).
How to Gear Up as a Devastation Evoker
Mastery is your most important secondary stat as a Devastation Evoker. However, Intellect will give twice as much DPS on average per point than any secondary stat. As a result, you are much more drawn to item level than optimal stats, with the exception of trinkets and specific pieces of gear that may be significantly stronger than the alternatives.
We maintain a page with gearing advice for the current patch, including Best in Slot alternatives from different content sources. You can find a link to this below:
Once you have started to gear, you will need to make sure that you have the appropriate consumables, gems, enchants, and more. We have a dedicated page for exactly this, as shown below, as well as the stats page, where you can find more information on the possibility of a changing stat priority and the necessary changes you may need to make for consumables.
End-Game as a Devastation Evoker
Once you have reached the max level, you will want to work on optimizing your damage output. Fortunately, we also maintain a set of pages containing tips, tricks, and strategies for all end-game content:
Improving as a Devastation Evoker
Devastation Evoker has a core feedback loop where your current action will
impact your future actions. Knowing when to use your Empowered Spells, extend
Dragonrage, and when to use Dragonrage are a few core concepts to master.
We have collected a list of common mistakes, along with explanations for each of them, resources to train and counter them, and tips on how to truly understand what makes the spec tick. You can find these below:
Changelog
- 28 Nov. 2023 (gear page): Added specific megadungeon links.
- 26 Nov. 2023 (Amirdrassil page): Adjustments made to several bosses
- 12 Nov. 2023 (gear page): Added Legguards embellishment now that its no longer reduced value per wearer.
- 12 Nov. 2023 (gear page): Adjusted BiS list.
- 12 Nov. 2023 (stats page): Adjusted secondary stat listings.
- 07 Nov. 2023 (gear page): Added information about Sporecloak nerf and adjusted its position in Embellishment list.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (gear page): Removed incorrect sections adjusted BiS lists/Trinket/Embellishments.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (enchants page): Added Incandescent helm enchant for 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (talents page): Reviewed for 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (spells page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 28 Oct. 2023 (Amirdrassil page): Page added.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 04 Sep. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (gear page): Added new layout for 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (enchants page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (talents page): Added new Template.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (spells page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 15 Jul. 2023 (talents page): AoE specific talent wording adjustment.
- 12 Jul. 2023 (gear page): Adjusted trinket list.
- 12 Jul. 2023 (gear page): Added Dawn of the Infinite.
- 12 Jul. 2023 (Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible page): Talent tree fix.
- 12 Jul. 2023 (Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible page): Talent string updates.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (gear page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5
- 10 Jul. 2023 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5
- 10 Jul. 2023 (enchants page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible page): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (mythic+ page): Updated talent tree for patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (talents page): Updated talent trees for Patch 10.1.5
- 10 Jul. 2023 (spells page): Updated talent rows for 10.1.5
- 10 Jul. 2023 (easy mode page): Updated talent trees for patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (this page): Minor changes for Patch 10.1.5.
- 29 Jun. 2023 (rotation page): Adjustments made to section 3.
- 29 Jun. 2023 (this page): Minor change to section 4.
- 17 Jun. 2023 (FAQ page): Minor adjustments made to section 3.
- 17 Jun. 2023 (rotation page): Adjustments made to sections 2, 10 and 12.
- 15 Jun. 2023 (Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible page): Added detailed tips for Scalecommander Sarkareth.
- 16 May 2023 (rotation page): Included sections for Power Swell and Iridescence. Rotation switches have been updated.
- 09 May 2023 (Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible page): Page added.
- 01 May 2023 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (gear page): Updated for Season 2 (Gear, Embelisments, Tier, Trinkets) and moved Onyx Annulet section to the bottom of the page.
- 01 May 2023 (enchants page): Added belt enchant (new for Patch 10.1).
- 01 May 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (Vault of the Incarnates page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (mythic+ page): Updated talent tree for Patch 10.1 and affix information for Season 2.
- 01 May 2023 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (talents page): Updated both talent trees for Patch 10.1 and updated spell information.
- 01 May 2023 (spells page): Updated with Patch 10.1 changes.
- 01 May 2023 (easy mode page): Updated talent trees for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (this page): Replaced 10.0.7 Changes with 10.1 Changes.
- 30 Mar. 2023 (mythic+ page): Talent fix.
- 30 Mar. 2023 (easy mode page): Talent fix.
- 25 Mar. 2023 (enchants page): Updated Primordial Gems recommendations.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (Legendaries): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (FAQ page): Added two new FAQ questions for Hover Weaving & Power Infusion.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (how to improve page): Added Hover Weaving.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (gear page): Added Onyx Annulet Section.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (enchants page): Added Onyx Annulet Gem Section.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (Vault of the Incarnates page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (rotation page): Updated Pyre Target Count Chart.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (talents page): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (spells page): Updated with 10.0.7 talent changes.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (this page): Added 10.0.7 Changes.
- 06 Feb. 2023 (talents page): Fixed typo for Unravel.
- 03 Feb. 2023 (gear page): Updated text for Kharnalex to be more explict on the Mastery benefits the item has.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (gear page): Updated trinket list where darkmoon deck has been removed and Voidmenders Shadowgem has been added (with the recent changes in patch 10.5).
- 24 Jan. 2023 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (enchants page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (Vault of the Incarnates page): Added Raszageth and Mythic tips.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (talents page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (spells page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 21 Dec. 2022 (stats page): Updated stat priority to lower the value of Critical Strike.
- 12 Dec. 2022 (mythic+ page): Updated M+ Tips for affixes and utility list.
- 12 Dec. 2022 (rotation page): Added a Pyre cheat sheet table to clearly show when you use pyre on different target counts. Added a small section about the tier set impact on rotation.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (simulations page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (gear page): Updated for Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (addons page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (enchants page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (stats page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (Vault of the Incarnates page): Page added.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (mythic+ page): Updated M+ talent tree.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (rotation page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (talents page): Changed talent trees from damage focused ST/AoE to Raiding and Mythic+ with descriptions of changes that can be made when necessary.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (spells page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (FAQ page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (simulations page): Reviewed for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (gear page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (addons page): Reviewed for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (enchants page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (stats page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (mythic+ page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (rotation page): Reviewed for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (talents page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (spells page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (easy mode page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 21 Nov. 2022 (Legendaries): Changed Critical Strike to Haste.
- 18 Nov. 2022 (rotation page): Updated rotation switches. Included scenarios where you do not have the Volatility talent selected.
- 18 Nov. 2022 (spells page): Updated to table format.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (Legendaries): Page added.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (Covenants and Soulbinds): Page added.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (FAQ page): Page added.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (how to improve page): Page added.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (simulations page): Page added.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (gear page): Page added.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (addons page): Page added.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (enchants page): Page added.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (stats page): Page added.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (mythic+ page): Page added.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (rotation page): Page added.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (talents page): Page added.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (spells page): Page added.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (easy mode page): Page added.
- 15 Nov. 2022 (this page): Page added.
- 07 Jan. 2022 (rotation page): Fixed Pyre cheat sheet as the columns and rows were displaying incorrectly. Added section for disintegrate chain casting.
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This guide is written by Blueprint. He is a long term high-end raider in the Oceanic guild Honestly, originally maining a Paladin. He has since swapped to Devastation Evoker since its inception and is a frequent theorycrafter in the Evoker community. You can find him on Discord as blueprint1990.
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