How To Improve As Devastation Evoker — Midnight Season 1

As with all cooldowns, if you hold them for too long, you effectively waste them. Dragonrage is no exception to this.

Whilst there is an incentive to hold Dragonrage slightly — as you already have full benefit from your Mastery: Giantkiller on the pull — your goal is to get as many uses in any given combat period. Ideally you should know how long the combat period is going to be, and aim to get as many uses based on your assumptions there.

Additionally, you do not want to end the combat period with Dragonrage still active, as this is just wasted DPS potential.

Hover is not on the GCD and only has an animation lockout. This means during the GCD of casting an instant-cast spell, use Hover to not lose any GCDs in your rotation. Consider this option when you need movement to not lose DPS.

You should always consider how many targets you are facing. In some situations, Pyre can be a better spell choice over Disintegrate.

FAQWhen Should I use Pyre Instead of Disintegrate?

At three targets your Pyre will start doing more total damage. But remember that if you need to kill a priority target, you should be casting Disintegrate instead.

Similar to Essence Spenders, the situation can change whether you should use Fire Breath or Eternity Surge.

Eternity Surge should only be charged to the amount of targets you are fighting. Charging this spell further than it needs to does not deal any additional damage and just wastes time.

Fire Breath is a bit more involved, as you need to be mindful of how long the target will live for. Your goal with Fire Breath is to have it active on the enemy as much as possible. However, if they are at low health, then you should charge it to a higher level. This way, it deals more of that damage up front, and you do not waste any potential damage if the target dies with the DoT still active.

You should always try to use your Empowered abilities and Essence spenders. When this is not possible, you can consider Living Flame and Azure Strike casts. Do not use them otherwise.

Sometimes essence overcapping will happen, and it is out of your control. Some examples include when you get a lot of Essence Burst procs in a row, or during Dragonrage. Otherwise, you should not experience this and see Essence as more of a Combo Point system: if it is full, it needs to be spent.