Preservation Evoker Healing Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (11.0.7)
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Preservation Evoker for each boss of the following raid: Nerub-ar Palace. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.0.7).
Introduction
Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Nerub-ar Palace. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Nerub-ar Palace guides.
This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Preservation Evoker and how you can deal with each fight as best as possible.
All recommendations are progression-based tips and will not necessarily be the
best for an overall HPS ranking.
In general we recommend a 
 Chronowarden focused build that utilizes
 Echos and 
 Lifebind. This playstyle offers you the highest
potential HPS but can be quite a bit harder than simply playing a typical
 Flameshaper build. That being said, in smaller group settings (Normal/Heroic),
you will almost always want to be Chronowarden.
Nerub'ar Palace Boss Guides for Preservation Evoker
Nerub'ar Palace Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Preservation Evoker
Tips for Ulgrax the Devourer for Preservation Evoker
Defensive Tips
- You may want to defensive if you are at low HP when Hungering Bellows happens.
 
Cooldown Usage
- Generally, you can aim to use cooldowns such as 
 Dream Flight and 
 Rewind
during 
 Hungering Bellows casts. Ideally, you never combine these two cooldowns and, instead
rotate one for each Bellow. 
Mechanical Tips
- Once the boss is testable on live, more information is sure to be added/edited.
 
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Bloodbound Horror for Preservation Evoker
Defensive Tips
- Defensive cooldowns such as 
 Obsidian Scales should be used to help reduce
the damage intake of 
 Bloodcurdle on Mythic difficulty. 
Cooldown Usage
- Use as much as possible.
 
Mechanical Tips
- Make sure to keep players with the 
 Bloodcurdle debuffs healthy before they explode
to prevent unnecessary deaths. 
 Time Dilation can also be used on these players
if they are very low. 
 Just in Time is an interesting niche talent choice on this fight
if you find your group to be struggling with Bloodcurdle. - When players are dealing with the 
 Gruesome Disgorge mechanic, they will be
taking damage over time; make sure you keep them healthy if you are responsible
for healing the 
 The Unseeming realm. Getting 
 Dream Breath on them before
they go downstairs can add a ton of healing and make it easier for players to live. 
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Sikran for Preservation Evoker
Defensive Tips
- As you run to place your 
 Cosmic Simulacrum, you may want to use a defensive if you are at low HP.
If you are not dealing with this mechanic, instead, ensure that you are keeping an eye on players
with it to help them stay healthy. 
Cooldown Usage
- Use as much as possible.
 
Mechanical Tips
- The damage of 
 Shattering Sweep reduces with distance, meaning that you
may want to disconnect from Melee and run far away to help reduce your damage taken. 
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Rasha'nan for Preservation Evoker
Defensive Tips
- If you are low on HP as 
 Erosive Spray is going out, consider using a defensive. 
Cooldown Usage
- Use as much as possible; there is a chance that you can use 
 Dream Flight when running
across the platform to not only get players healthy but get to the end faster. If you are fairly
stacked when running, this could be a good choice; otherwise, simply save it for when your group is
stacked up at the end. 
 Rewind can be used to deal with 
 Spinneret's Strands or 
 Erosive Spray.
Mechanical Tips
 Deep Breath can be used to help you move across the platform a bit quicker.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Broodtwister Ovi'nax for Preservation Evoker
Defensive Tips
- Because 
 Volatile Concoction deals increased damage the more HP you are missing, so I strongly recommend using a defensive if you are at low HP when it expires. 
Cooldown Usage
- In general, this boss can have a very high damage output; once more about it has been tested,
cooldown recommendations will be updated, but aim for as much usage as possible. It can be a great
opportunity to execute a triple 
 Temporal Anomaly pre-pull Stasis for 
 Emerald Communion. - You may struggle to find value from 
 Dream Flight, but even with it offering less healing here
than on other fights, having an extra cooldown is still helpful in keeping your raid alive through
dangerous moments compared to alternative talents. If you decide to not use this, you could opt for
 Life-Giver's Flame which would give you high value when used on Parasites. 
Mechanical Tips
 Wing Buffet can be useful to help knock adds into melee, making them easier to be cleaved.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Nexus-Princess Ky'veza for Preservation Evoker
Defensive Tips
- Dropping below 10% can result in you being executed by the boss; it is important you manage defensives well and keep an eye out for very low-health players.
 - Dodging is extremely important in this fight, but also don't be afraid to use 
 Time Dilation
on yourself or other players when in tricky situations where you can't avoid it. 
Cooldown Usage
- In general, this boss can have a very high damage output; once more about it has been tested,
cooldown recommendations will be updated, but aim for as much usage as possible. It can be a great
opportunity to execute a triple 
 Temporal Anomaly pre-pull Stasis for 
 Emerald Communion. 
Mechanical Tips
- Nothing fancy here yet, but do check back in after the Season has been out for a couple of weeks to see if any tricks or tips have been found.
 
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for The Silken Court for Preservation Evoker
Defensive Tips
- This boss has many dangerous moments of heavy burst. Try to aim to use 
 Obsidian Scales during each Charge
or when the boss pulls you in. 
Cooldown Usage
 Rewind will be useful in dealing with the boss's charge mechanic; otherwise,
you can aim to use your CDs as much as possible. 
 Dream Flight will be difficult
to find value on this fight.
Mechanical Tips
- This fight will split you into groups of 10 players, meaning that small-group healing
becomes much more important. There is a potential risk that 
 Dream Flight becomes
undesirable due to the split nature of the fight, but in most cases, it should still
be worth using, even if it can only hit around half the raid. 
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Queen Ansurek for Preservation Evoker
Defensive Tips
- If your raid makes mistakes and stacks 
 Frothy Toxin to anythin above 3-4 stacks, you will want to use 
 Obsidian Scales to ensure you live the explosion. In addition, you may want to use 
 Rewind during these moments to help keep the raid alive. 
 Gloom Touch will deal a ton of damage to the raid and to the healers it is on. You will want to make sure you use 
 Obsidian Scales when you have this debuff. You may also wan to use 
 Time Dilation on yourself or another healer who has the debuff to ensure they don't
die early before you have time to deal with the mechanic.
Cooldown Usage
- In Phase 2, your raid will split up and go to different sides. Because you cannot hit the entire raid with 
 Dream Flight,
you will want to ideally use it in Phase 1 and Phase 3. While it can be dangerous to do so, 
 Dream Flight can be good
on root sets. - When playing Chronowarden builds, this can be a great fight to start with a triple 
 Temporal Anomaly 
 Stasis, followed by
 Emerald Communion. 
Mechanical Tips
 Feast will put a very large healing absorb on the tank. It is important that you focus heal them and break this effect as soon as possible, otherwise they may just die from not being healed. While Evoker isn't great at dealing with this mechanic, you will still want to make
sure that you deal as much healing as possible to them to help break the debuff as soon as possible.
 Deep Breath and 
 Dream Flight can be used to break the root mechanic in Phase 1, but generally
it can be quite dangerous to do so.
 Gloom Touch will target healers and needs to be dispelled. Each time it is dispelled the raid will take large amounts of damage. It is important that you only dispel when full health, and you do not dispel at the same time that the boss attempts to pull you off the platform.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
General Defensive and Cooldown Usage Advice
Listed below is general advice for usage of both defensives and cooldowns. For detailed information check out the guide below.
General Defensive Usage Notes
Preservation Evoker has several defensive spells that you should plan to use and rotate
throughout mechanics. Two charges of 
 Obsidian Scales means that you can almost
always have a defensive active for dangerous situations. It also means that you shouldn't be
afraid to use one of the charges early in order to start the recharging process. 
 Renewing Blaze
has incredible synergy with 
 Emerald Communion and 
 Lifebind, and you will
generally want to find a way to use those together.
 Obsidian Scales
 Renewing Blaze
 Emerald Communion - should be used primarily as a healing cooldown through 
 Lifebind
General Cooldown Usage
Preservation Evoker has a few cooldowns to think about using optimally on the fights in Nerub-ar Palace:
 Rewind — Our strongest cooldown available. You should aim to use this AFTER
damage occurs in order to get the maximum value. Any very large hits will give you the best value.
 Dream Flight — While powerful, it can be difficult to get full value because it requires
your raid to be stacked well, which is not always possible. Look for moments in the fight where your
raid is stacked for a heavy damage window and use this cooldown then.
 Emerald Communion — Extremely powerful when combined with a 
 Lifebind ramp.
You will never want to use this alone; always aim to have as many Lifebinds as possible through
 Temporal Anomaly and 
 Echo casts.
In addition to the general rotation, you want to keep in mind that your goal is to use your cooldowns as often as possible during an encounter. With that in mind, your secondary goal is to use them at the correct time. Of course, if your Healing Officer ever assigns your cooldown to a specific moment, you will want to use it there instead.
Changelog
- 15 Dec. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
 - 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
 - 07 Oct. 2024: Boss recommendations updated.
 - 19 Sep. 2024: Talent recommedations and tips added.
 - 09 Sep. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
 - 30 Aug. 2024: 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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