Devastation Evoker DPS Spec, Builds, and Talents — Dragonflight 10.2
On this page, you will find out the best talents for each tier for your Devastation Evoker in World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2. We also have default talent lists for various types of content, such as raiding or Mythic+. If you play with Warmode on, we have your PvP talents covered as well.
On this page, we cover all the talents you have access to, explaining how each one is to be used. Some of these talents, active or passive, can make a huge difference in how Devastation Evokers is played, which is explained on our rotation page.
Some talents have a more versatile use in Mythic+ than in raids; if this is more your thing, we strongly recommend that you check the Mythic+ page.
Dragonflight Talent Builds for Devastation Evoker
Best Talents for Devastation Evoker
Best Single-Target Talents for Devastation Evoker
This build is optimal for pure single-target situations.
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Best AoE Talents for Devastation Evoker
This is our recommended build for AoE scenarios. This works well for AoE Fights in Raids, as well as most Mythic+.
Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Talent Explanations for Devastation Evokers
Note that we do not explain EVERY Talent in the tree on this page. We only explain Talents that are part of our optimal builds for single-target and AoE. For full details and explanations of every Talent, please visit our Spells page via the button below.
Class Talents
Row 1-4
![]() | A strong defensive button and a mandatory pick. |
![]() | A short cooldown Poison dispel. |
![]() | A passive 50% Slow on ![]() ![]() |
![]() | A short cooldown instant heal. |
![]() | A passive 10% Essence regeneration increase. |
![]() | A second charge of ![]() |
![]() | An increase to ![]() |
![]() | An increase to ![]() |
![]() | Our only interrupt ability |
Row 5-7
![]() | A flat percentage damage increase. |
![]() | A must-pick as it unlocks a different route through the tree and gives you one instant cast fully empowered spell every 2 minutes. |
![]() | A small Leech gain, this point can be dropped for other utility benefits. |
![]() | A small permanent reduction to Magic Damage taken |
![]() | Large health gain. |
![]() | Increases the Duration of ![]() |
![]() | Increases the Duration of ![]() |
![]() | Gives your ![]() |
Row 8-10
![]() ![]() | Unravel has incredible value against any shielded target whilst Protracted Talons gives you an additional target hit per ![]() |
![]() | A great repositioning tool that will allow you and an ally to escape danger if used properly. |
![]() | A great defensive that will make all of the damage you take in the next 8 seconds heal you for the same amount in the following 8 seconds. |
![]() | A considerable DPS increase and is a mandatory pick, ensures that whenever you cast a living flame after a fire breath you have an additonal chance to proc Essence Burst. |
![]() | Grants an additional charge of ![]() |
![]() | Buffs ![]() |
![]() | Reduces the cooldown of ![]() |
![]() | Grants you and all party or raid members a free use of your movement ability, for us this is ![]() |
![]() | Reduces the damage taken from AoE abilities by you and your 4 nearest allies, aswell as a small movement speed increase. |
Spec Talents
Row 1-4
![]() | One of our core abilities an AoE spender. |
![]() | Causes ![]() |
![]() | Causes ![]() |
![]() | Reduces the Essence cost of ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Imposing Presence reduces the cooldown of ![]() ![]() |
![]() | Our second Empower spell. |
![]() | Gives ![]() |
![]() | Increases our Maximum essence by 1, to a new maximum of 6. |
![]() | Our Major dps cooldown, instantly firing 3 pyres at nearby enemies and making both Living Flame and Azure strike give a guaranteed stack of Essence Burst. |
![]() | Increases the damage of ![]() |
Row 5-7
![]() ![]() | A multiple choice but the only one you will ever pick is Engulfing Blaze as it is a large damage increase to ![]() |
![]() | Increases the duration of ![]() |
![]() | Allows us to hold 2 stacks of Essence Burst. |
![]() | A substantial increase to the damage dealt by ![]() |
![]() | A very minor increase to damage and is only taken in pure ST in order to allow us to progress further down the tree. |
![]() | Very strong the moment a secondary target is added, it doubles the amount of targets hit by both ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Increased damage on your Eternity Surge or reduced cooldown, they both have very similar value and what is better for you will be dependant onj your current gear. |
![]() | Makes your ![]() ![]() |
![]() | Gives us full Mastery benefits regardless of the targets health when we're inside ![]() ![]() |
![]() | A short cooldown instant cast spell that increases the damage the target takes for a short duration. |
Row 8-10
![]() | Grants both the initial hit and the damage over time effect of ![]() ![]() |
![]() | Increases the multiplier on our critical strikkes from 200% to 230%. |
![]() ![]() | Increases the duration of ![]() |
![]() | Increases the damage of ![]() ![]() |
![]() | Gives you a chance to not have your Essence Burst stacks consumed when using them. |
![]() | After casting an Empower spell you will get double Essence regeneration for 4 seconds, this ability does not stack or extend so make sure to space your empowered spells apart. |
![]() | Causes both of your Essence spenders to reduce the cooldown of Empower spells, ![]() ![]() |
![]() | Gives your ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | Each time you cast an empower spell you'll gain a short buff increasing the damage of your next 2 spells that are the same school, ![]() ![]() |
Rotation
Certain talents require changing how you play and your rotation in varying amounts. We will go over the strengths of those talents here, but if you want to know how to use those talents in the rotation, follow the link to the Rotation page, where we go through the rotation or priority system we follow.
PvP Talents (War Mode)
Opting into War Mode makes you eligible for open-world PvP but also grants you the following benefits:
- World Quests at maximum level have 10% increased rewards (30% if you are Alliance).
- You gain 10% increased Experience while leveling (30% if you are Alliance).
- Allows you to earn Conquest Points towards weekly gear rewards.
- Grants you to use PvP talents in the open-world.
With the benefits of enabling War Mode for leveling and PvE content, it is recommended that you enable the feature to maximize your leveling and rewards at maximum level. However, you will make yourself eligible for open-world PvP, and the possibility of being "ganked" while leveling or doing World Quests exists.
PvP Talents for Devastation Evokers
There are no PvP talents for Evokers that increase your total damage output. Therefore the PvP talents you choose are entirely down to personal preference.
Changelog
- 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Added new Template.
- 15 Jul. 2023: AoE specific talent wording adjustment.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated talent trees for Patch 10.1.5
- 01 May 2023: Updated both talent trees for Patch 10.1 and updated spell information.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 06 Feb. 2023: Fixed typo for Unravel.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Changed talent trees from damage focused ST/AoE to Raiding and Mythic+ with descriptions of changes that can be made when necessary.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 15 Nov. 2022: Page added.
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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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