Preservation Evoker Healing Easy Mode — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0.1)
On this page, we explain how to easily play Preservation Evoker in World of Warcraft — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0.1), using the simplest rotation, talent tree, stat priority, gear setup, etc., without sacrificing performance.
Foreword
This section 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 priorities and active abilities that need to be taken into consideration for optimal play.
The Basics of Preservation Evoker in The War Within
The key to playing Preservation Evoker will come down to frequent
use of
Dream Breath and
Temporal Anomaly, while also spending
Essence on
Echo and consuming that
Echo with strong healing
spells such as
Reversion. Outside of this, you can deal damage through
Living Flame,
Fire Breath and
Disintegrate.
If you are completely new to Preservation Evoker and need more information on the abilities available to you, you can check out our Spell Summary page.
Beginner's Guide to Preservation Evoker in The War Within
Beginner
Flameshaper Raiding Build for Preservation Evoker
This build is designed for those who want to play an
Echo-focused build
in raid settings.
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Beginner Mythic+ Build for Preservation Evoker
This build is designed for those who want to play a fairly simple Mythic+-focused build.
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Basic Playstyle for Preservation Evokers
Below, we will break down your overall priorities depending on the form of content you find yourself doing.
Flameshaper Raid Healing
- Cast
Dream Breath at Rank 1 Empower and cast it as frequently as you
can. - Cast
Temporal Anomaly and
Echo as much as possible. - Consume
Echo with
Reversion. - Cast
Verdant Embrace on players in need of single-target healing.
5-Man Healing
- Cast
Dream Breath at max rank when dealing with heavy damage or at
low rank for minor HoT healing. >
- Cast
Temporal Anomaly and
Echo as much as possible. - Consume
Echo with
Reversion. - Use
Verdant Embrace for quick burst single-target healing. Try to
use as much as possible and on targets in the most need of large healing. - Spam
Living Flame only if the situation is desperate.
Combat Assistant
Added in Patch 11.1.7, the combat assistant is a one-button ability intended to cast your rotational
abilities. Unfortunately for healer specs, this does not function well. As a Preservation Evoker, the combat
assistant will not cast healing spells. Instead it will only cast
Fire Breath and
Living Flame.
This creates a unique situation where it is possible to use the Combat Assistant as a single key instead of needing
two keys for each respective ability, but this is not recommended as there are times you will want to Living Flame
without casting Fire Breath, and the Living Flames being cast will only be dealing damage.
Best Talents for Preservation Evoker in The War Within
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!
Stat Priority for Preservation Evoker in The War Within
The general stat priority for a Preservation Evoker is seen below. This is very much a rough guideline, and is designed for players who do not wish to sim their character through QuestionablyEpic.
- Mastery
- Haste
- Critical Strike
- Versatility
While the stat priority for classes is normally the same for both the Easy Mode page and our full guide, subtle differences can still occur. If you want to see the full explanation of the stat priority, as well as the absolute top choices for the priority, head to our full stats page below.
Changelog
- 10 Feb. 2026: Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
- 30 Nov. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
- 05 Oct. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
- 04 Aug. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.
- 15 Jun. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.7.
- 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Page overhauled.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Page Reviewed and Updated for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Page Updated for War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Page updated for Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 15 Nov. 2022: Page added.
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This guide has been written by Mytholxgy, a former RWF progression raider and analyst for Pieces and Liquid. He is also a Templar in the Paladin Class Discord, as well as one of the class experts in the Evoker Discord. You can reach him on Twitter and watch him stream occasionally on Twitch.
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