Preservation Evoker Healing Mythic+ Tips - 12.1 - World of Warcraft

In this guide, you will find tips and advice to tackle Mythic+ dungeons with your Preservation Evoker in World of Warcraft Patch 12.1.

Table of Contents

1. Preservation Evoker in Mythic+ in Midnight Season 2 2. Best Mythic+ Talent Builds 3. Utility Kit and Abilities 4. Dealing with Affixes

Preservation Evoker in Mythic+ in Midnight Season 2

In this guide, we will talk about getting the most out of your Evoker in Mythic+ dungeons, including the best way to set up your character, how your rotation may change, and tips and tricks for using your abilities most optimally.

If you are unfamiliar with Mythic+ and its associated general mechanics, you can read more about it on our Midnight Mythic+ page below, or check out our Mythic+ Tier List if you're curious about the current Mythic+ Meta!

Mythic+ Info

Learn More About Mythic+ in Season 2

Whether you are still new to WoW and want to just dip your toes into Mythic+ for the first time, or find out what the best specs and classes are for Mythic+, we got you covered!

Midnight M+ S2 Mythic+ Healer Rankings

Preservation Evoker offers some of the highest damage and healing of any healer. That being said, healing on it can be more difficult than others, and it will require some practice and learning to get the hang of it fully.

Best Mythic+ Talent Builds

Regardless of if you are just doing your weekly +10 key or pushing high level content, your build will focus on Flameshaper. Flameshaper currently provides the highest healing and damage output as well as providing unique utility in the form of Lifecinders Icon Lifecinders.

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Flameshaper Mythic+ Talent Build

Chronowarden Mythic+ Talent Build

2.1.

Flameshaper Mythic+ Talent Build

With changes in Patch 12.1, Flameshaper has become the superior Hero Talent choice for Preservation. Dream Breath Icon Dream Breath and Consume Flame Icon Consume Flame have received noticeable buffs, and with the new Evoker Preservation 12.1 Class Set 2pc and 4-set bonus, Flameshaper has pulled ahead.

In addition to more power, you will gain access to Legacy of the Lifebinder Icon Legacy of the Lifebinder and Lifecinders Icon Lifecinders. Having two charges of Dream Breath Icon Dream Breath will grant you more flexibility in your healing, and Lifecinders will allow you to place Obsidian Scales Icon Obsidian Scales on a player. This gives you an extra defensive cooldown that can be very valuable in a Mythic+ setting.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

2.2.

Default Chronowarden Mythic+ Talent Build

While Flameshaper has pulled ahead, Chronowarden is still a viable choice for players who enjoy the playstyle. Tip the Scales Icon Tip the Scales continues to be a powerful cooldown through Temporal Burst Icon Temporal Burst, granting you extra Haste, cooldown reduction, and movement speed. Additionally, Chrono Flame Icon Chrono Flame gains extra power through the Evoker Preservation 12.1 Class Set 2pc and 4-set bonuses.

Chronowarden may not provide the same damage or healing boosts, but it plays much faster due to the Haste bonus. Having Warp Icon Warp is also always a positive.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Preservation Evoker - Not sure how to get the most out of your character in Mythic+? Our rotation page
will help you learn the perfect opener and how to properly AoE trash packs in dungeons.

Combat Information

Rotation Gameplay

Not sure how to get the most out of your character in Mythic+? Our rotation page will help you learn the perfect opener and how to properly AoE trash packs in dungeons.

Rotation

Utility Kit and Abilities

Stuns and Stops Other Utility

3.1.

Stunning and "Stops"

Oppressing Roar can be used to increase the duration of crowd control effects that your party members will be throwing out. Using this before an AoE stun from a party member such as a Monk's Leg Sweep will cause the stun to last even longer. This ability can even be used to dispel Enrage effects from mobs, thanks to the Overawe talent in the class tree.
Preservation Evoker can also bring both a root and stun to make difficult packs much easier to deal with for both your tank and your party. Landslide can be used to root enemies, and Deep Breath can be used to stun them if you talent into the Terror of the Skies passive from the class tree.
It is also worth mentioning that Wing Buffet and Tail Swipe, both racial abilities can be used to knock enemies into the air and knock them away from you.

3.2.

Other Utility

Fury of the Aspects provides your party with a Time Warp/ Bloodlust effect. The only other healer that can bring this massive benefit is Shaman.
Rescue will allow you to pick up an ally and bring them to your cursor location. If an ally is struggling to run somewhere with a mechanic, group up with your party, or even just needs a simple movement boost, this can really help them get to where they need to be.

Dealing with Affixes

Season 2 of Midnight only has four significant Affixes that offer any kind of counterplay, called Xal'ataths Bargains. These rotate every week, with only one of them being active at a time. Many of the Mythic+ affixes, like Fortified or Tyrannical, simply add a passive effect to the keystone, with these four exceptions that are seasonally themed after Xal'atah:

Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant: Three waves of orbs will spawn that need to be interrupted or disrupted. Tail Swipe and Wing Buffet can be very useful in dealing with this mechanic.
Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound: A Void Emissary add will spawn that needs to be focus-targeted and interrupted. Healers can typically not help with this affix beyond helping to deal a bit of extra damage to it.
Xal'atath's Bargain: Pulsar: Orbs will spawn around players and circle around them. You have 15 seconds to soak all of these to buff your group. While not required, healers can often be very good at running around and soaking whatever is unsoaked so DPS can stand still and maintain uptime. Of course you will not want to do this during difficult healing moments.
Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour: All party members will be affected by a healing absorb. This effect can be dispelled and you will want to make sure that you are dispelling players unable to clear it themselves as soon as possible in order to get 2 dispels off. This will allow you to only worry about clearing a few players debuffs. Cauterizing Flame can also be used to dispel one extra debuff.

If these affixes are not handled, they will buff enemy trash and bosses. However, when you are able to handle them they will provide your entire group with beneficial buffs, increasing your output or survivability.

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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.