Preservation Evoker Healing Spec, Builds, and Talents — Midnight Season 1

Note that these builds are generic recommendations for various content. For more specific recommendations for the Raid and Mythic+, check out the dedicated pages below.

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Best Builds for Preservation Evoker

Flameshaper Raid Chronowarden Raid Chronowarden Mythic+/Delve Flameshaper Mythic+

2.1.

Flameshaper Raiding Build

Flameshaper plays very similar to Chronowarden builds but with a few extra important details you will want to keep in mind. Firstly, you will have two charges of Dream Breath which means that you can more reliably proc Merithra's Blessing for large burst healing. Secondly, Lifecinders will allow you to place Obsidian Scales on other players. This combined with Time Dilation creates a very interesting niche for Preservation where you are able to offer a ton of external defensive cooldowns.

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FAQIs Dream Flight Always Better than Stasis?

In general, Dream Flight will provide more value than Stasis assuming that you can reliably hit a large amount of targets. That being said, on very spread fights where the raid is not consistently stacked you will may struggle to find windows to use Dream Flight effectively. In these situations you will want to swap to Stasis. Information on how to best use Stasis can be found on the rotation page.

Preservation Evoker Rotation and Cooldowns

2.2.

Chronowarden Echo Raiding Build

When playing a Chronowarden build, it is important that you are using Temporal Anomaly as much as possible to maximize the Nozdormu Adept effect. You will also want to keep on cooldown Tip the Scales. To really gain full value from this Hero Talent tree, you will need to play around the Reverberation and Primacy effect. Each time you cast Verdant Embrace you get stacking Haste, meaning that you need to keep using Verdant Embrace as often as possible.

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

FAQIs Dream Flight Always Better than Stasis?

In General, Dream Flight will provide more value than Stasis assuming that you can reliably hit a large amount of targets. That being said, on very spread fights where the raid is not consistently stacked you will may struggle to find windows to use Dream Flight effectively. In these situations you will want to swap to Stasis. Information on how to best use Stasis can be found on the rotation page.

Preservation Evoker Rotation and Cooldowns

FAQWhen Should I Swap to Energy Loop?

Chronowarden has the potential to run out of mana very quickly due to increased usage of Temporal Anomaly. You may see players using Energy Loop to help combat this, but it will require some rotational and talent changes. Talent wise, you will want to make the following adjustments:

• Remove the point in Temporal Artificer in order to put it into Energy Loop. In the event that you need the rewind cooldown reduction, you can consider removing Inner Flame instead.
• Remove the points in Innate Magic in the class tree and put the points into Landslide and Natural Convergence.

Additionally, you will want to go from spending every Essence Burst on Emerald Blossom to instead having a more flexible approach. When no healing is necessary and you need mana, you should opt for Disintegrate. During intense healing windows you will want to continue to consume Essence Burst with Emerald Blossom. It is important that you do not talent into Energy Loop and then only cast Disintegrate, that would be a significant HPS loss. You need to be flexible with what you are casting and react to the situation you are in.

2.3.

Chronowarden Mythic+

While Chronowarden turns Tip the Scales into a powerful cooldown, a lot of the value comes from other nodes within the Hero Talent Tree. Afterimage, Chrono Flame, and Reverberations can add a ton of passive healing. You will also gain extra Essence Bursts through Energy Cycles and Echo is increased through Golden Opportunity. Chronowarden is full of powerful talents that increase your output and allow you to manage difficult windows even when you do not have cooldowns available.

In order to perform to the best of your ability in Mythic+, it is recommended that you visit our Mythic+ specific page in order to better understand how to play the spec.

Preservation Evoker Mythic+ Guide for Midnight

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2.4.

Flameshaper Mythic+

Flameshaper offer much less damage than Chronowarden builds, but give you an extra charge of Dream Breath as well as the very strong Lifecinders talent. When you find yourself wanting more healing or just more access to core abilities, you will want to opt for a Flameshaper focused build. More advanced players who want to optimize their damage output may instead go for Chronowarden builds.

In order to perform to the best of your ability in Mythic+, it is recommended that you visit our Mythic+ specific page in order to better understand how to play the spec.

Preservation Evoker Mythic+ Guide for Midnight

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In Midnight, you will gain access to Merithra's Blessing, the new Apex talent. This ability has three separate ranks that all increase its power. Below we will break down what each individual rank does.

• Rank 1 — Abilities that consume Essence have a chance to trigger Merithra's Blessing, causing your next Reversion to be transformed. On top of providing the standard Reversion effects, it will change icon and have a spiritbloom-like effect where healing will shoot out and bounce to players.
• Rank 2 — Reversion now reduces damage taken by 1% per point and also heals them by 1% per point instead. This is both a damage reduction and a heal with the damage reduction portion showing up in damage meters as an absorb.
• Rank 3 — Dream Breaths instant healing is increased by a significant amount and each cast will trigger Merithra's Blessing, allowing you to reliably proc the passive whenever you cast Dream Breath.

Merithra's Blessing is an extremely powerful ability massively enhancing the power of Reversion. Primarily due to Rank 2, you will want to make sure you have Reversion on as many players as possible, as often as possible. Due to Merithra's Blessing providing a large burst of healing in addition to all Reversion effects, you can double dip with Echo usage and this is primarily how you will be aiming to use Echo in Midnight.

Preservation Evoker gets to pick between two distinct Hero Talent choices: Chronowarden and Flameshaper.

Chronowarden focuses on Tip the Scales and Temporal Burst to massively increase your Haste, movement speed, and cooldown reduction. Through Afterimage and Chrono Flame you gain a nice boost to any Empower spell you cast. This allows you to have a ton of power tied to your Dream Breath cast. Additionally, Nozdormu Adept places a ton of power in Temporal Anomaly specifically. Allowing you to constantly output shields on players while also generating a ton of Echoes.

Flameshaper grants you an additional charge of Dream Breath and Fire Breath. Given that Merithra's Blessing (the new Apex Hero Talent) is guaranteed to proc from Dream Breath, you can constantly setup large ramps where you Dream Breath, cast as many Echos as possible, and then consume the Echos with Merithra's Blessing. Finally, you will gain a nice boost of healing through Consume Flame which you can trigger on players with Verdant Embrace and Emerald Blossom.

War Mode offers several benefits for you in the open world.

• PvP talents enabled in the outdoor world.
• At least 10% increase in World Quest rewards at maximum level.
• 10% more experience gained while leveling.
• Earn Conquest Points, which can reward gear every week.

With the benefits of enabling War Mode for leveling and PvE content, it is recommended to enable the feature to maximize your leveling and rewards at maximum level. However, you will be available for open-world PvP, and the possibility of being "ganked" while leveling or doing World Quests exists.

In this section, we will rank the PvP talents best for leveling and doing solo / small group PvE content. Below is a ranking of all PvP Talents for Preservation Evoker.

1. Nullifying Shroud prevents the next 3 crowd control effects on you, making it exceptionally powerful when you are in danger of being CC'd. It is important to note that it does have a cast time, meaning you will need to cast it when safe.
2. Scouring Flame serves as a Purge, which can be helpful when you are on the offensive and attempting to kill someone.
3. Unburdened Flight massively increases your movement abilities, preventing you from having your movement speed reduced during Hover. This allows you to navigate the playing field and reach allies much easier.

You can consider the other options essentially down to preference.

For details on how to play in Preservation Evoker PvP, please visit our Preservation Evoker PvP page.