Preservation Evoker Healing Spell List and Glossary — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0.1)

If you are new to Preservation, this is a great place to start to get an understanding of how the spec works. On this page we will discuss what abilities you have, what they are used for within the specialization, how they interact with each other and also with important cooldowns. If you already have experience with Preservation and are comfortable with it in the current expansion, it is recommended you skip this section and move on to the rest of the guide.

For more information on how to use abilities listed on this page together in combat, please read our rotation page.

Preservation Evokers have two resources, Essence and Mana. Nearly every spell will cost some form of Mana, and you must manage your Mana so that it does not run out before the encounter is finished. Some spells also cost Essence on top of their Mana cost. Essence regenerates over time and is capped at either 5 or 6, depending on if you take a talent to increase it. Three spells consume Essence: Echo costs 2 Essence, Emerald Blossom costs 3 Essence, and Disintegrate costs 3 Essence. You must avoid wasting Essence by capping out unless you are saving that Essence for a specific mechanic that is about to occur.

Note that this page simply lists all the different abilities, assuming you are at max level. If you are leveling, check out our dedicated Preservation Evoker Leveling page, which has detailed information on when you unlock all of these abilities.

Here are all of the active Evoker Abilities in Midnight separated by type. Key passives that play a large role in your rotation will also be listed at the bottom.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Living Flame	LF	Living Flame is an ability that can be used both offensively and defensively. When used offensively, some of the mana cost will be refunded and regardless of how it is used, it has a chance to generate Essence Burst.
Echo	-	Heals a target for a small amount while also placing a Echo buff on them. Any healing spell cast is also cast on players who have Echo active on them. This ability costs 2 Essence.
Reversion	Rev	Places a heal-over-time effect on the player targetted. When it critically strikes the duration is extended, capping out at 12 seconds. This ability benefits heavily from talents such as Golden Hour, which increases the heal, causing it to heal back recent damage taken.
Emerald Blossom	EB	AoE heal costing 3 Essence. It will heal a targeted player and then anyone else within the radius of its effect.
Dream Breath	DB	Empower ability that will heal 5 players + yourself that are within its cone. At the lowest rank, the ability will heal for low upfront and place a long duration HoT on players. At max rank, it will work in reverse and place a shorter duration HoT but heal more upfront.
Verdant Embrace	VE	Heals a targetted player for a decent amount, but will also fly you to their location which can be dangerous at times.
Temporal Anomaly	TA	Sends forth an orb that will place a shield on players hit. This will also apply Echo when talented into Resonating Sphere.
Merithra's Blessing	MB	Abilities that cost Essence have a chance at proccing this ability. Dream Breath is guaranteed to proc it. When it does proc, your Reversion will transform to Merithra's Blessing. All effects of Reversion will still apply, but it will additionally deal a large amount of healing and bounce that healing to other players in the area.
Naturalize	Dispel	Casting this ability will dispel Magic and Poison effects.
Cauterizing Flame	-	Casting this ability will remove all Bleed, Poison, Curse, and Disease effects.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Fire Breath	FB	Empower ability that deals damage to targets within the cone effect. This ability will always deal the same damage regardless of what rank you cast it, but the higher rank will cause more damage to be dealt upfront, whereas the lower rank will be more foucsed on the DoT portion.
Disintegrate	-	Channeled ability that consumes Essence. This ability heavily relies on the talents: Natural Convergence and Energy Loop to be worth casting over Living Flame.
Azure Strike	AS	With no cast time, this ability deals very minor damage to 3 targets.
Deep Breath	-	Take flight, dealing damage to enemies in a line. This will also remove all root effects.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Obsidian Scales	OS	Reduces damage taken by 30% for 12 seconds.
Time Dilation	TD	Casting this on a target will cause a percentage of their damage taken to be staggered, occuring over time instead of instantly.
Zephyr	-	Causes yourself and 4 nearest allies to take 20% less damage from Area-of-Effect damage.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Hover	-	Launches yourself in the direction you are moving, increasing movement speed and allowing you to cast while moving. The cast while moving portion of this ability will not apply to Empower abilities.
Rescue	-	Allows you to pick up a player and move them to your cursor location. This will allow you to quickly reposition yourself and someone else.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Fury of the Aspects	Lust/Timewarp/Hero	Massively increases the haste of your entire party/raid group.
Wing Buffet	-	Knocks away enemies.
Tail Swipe	-	Knocks enemies into the air.
Landslide	-	Roots enemies infront of you.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Stasis	-	When cast, your next 3 healing spells will be stored. When you re-activate this ability, it will recast the 3 abilities stored. Spells with specific targets will be recast on the same targets. For example, the player that you cast Echo on when storing spells in the stasis will also receive an Echo when you reactivate the ability.
Rewind	-	Rewinds a portion of the damage your party has taken over the last 5 seconds. This cooldown is exceptionally powerful when used after large bursts of damage.
Dream Flight	DF	Causes you to fly in a straight line, healing all players hit and leaving a HoT effect on them.
Tip the Scales	-	When cast, your next Empower ability will be cast instantly and at max rank.

Ability	Abbreviation	Description/Effect
Resonating Sphere	Reso	Quite possibly the most important passive to Evoker, this ability causes Temporal Anomaly to also apply Echo to the first 5 allies it hits.
Lifebind	-	Causes Verdant Embrace to apply the Lifebind buff. Any healing done to your or your partner will replicate to one another through Lifebind.
Inner Flame	-	After casting Stasis, your Healing over Time is increased and Living Flame and Reversion have their chance to generate Essence Burst increased by 100%.
Twin Echoes	-	Casting Emerald Blossom will cause your next Echo to apply an additional Echo to a random target.
Consume Flame	-	When playing the Flameshaper, casting Verdant Embrace or Emerald Blossom on a player with Dream Breath will trigger a small burst of healing to the players who are healed. This will also consume a small duration of your Dream Breath.
Temporal Burst	-	When playing the Chronowarden, casting Tip the Scales will grant you haste, movement speed, and cooldown recovery.

For more information on how to use these abilities together in your rotation, please read our rotation page.