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Preservation Evoker PvP Guide — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0.1)

Last updated on Feb 10, 2026 at 18:00 by Mysticall 17 comments
General Information

This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to play Preservation Evoker in a PvP environment. The guide will cover everything from talent choices, PvP talents, gameplay and rotation, and useful racial bonuses. It is most applicable to Arena content, but most talents and racial bonuses will work in Rated Battlegrounds and skirmishes.

PvP Preservation Evoker Guides
Introduction Talents Gear & Stats Playstyle & Rotations Battleground Blitz Compositions Macros Races
TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE
1.

Preservation Evoker in the Current Meta

Preservation Evoekrs are highly mobile healers that excel at moving around the map and keeping their team aggressive with damage. The playstyle of Preservation is a combination of Restoration Druid and Mistweaver Monk. Keep your primary HoTs up on targets taking damage and use your mobility to avoid crowd control.

2.

Preservation Evoker Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths icon Strengths
  • +Great mobility
  • +Strong damage output that helps contribute to kills
  • +Multiple instant healing spells to keep teammates alive
Weaknesses icon Weaknesses
  • -If mobility is not used properly, easy to crowd control
  • -Struggles against teams with spammable crowd control
  • -30 yard range on spells makes it an easy target to crowd control
  • -Complicated healing and playstyle to learn
3.

Notable Midnight Pre-Patch changes to Preservation Evoker

  • New talents/spells: Stretch Time Icon Stretch Time, Strike from Above Icon Strike from Above, Legacy of the Lifebinder Icon Legacy of the Lifebinder, Dream Simulacrum Icon Dream Simulacrum , Wings of Liberty Icon Wings of Liberty, Twin Echoes Icon Twin Echoes, and Inner Flame Icon Inner Flame. Legacy of the Lifebinder Icon Legacy of the Lifebinder is great for increasing your overall healing, but Dream Simulacrum Icon Dream Simulacrum is the best new talent. Not having to push in will make it extremely difficult for enemies to hit/crowd control you. This has been a much needed talent for many seasons now.
  • Removed talents/spells: Fire Within Icon Fire Within and Spiritbloom Icon Spiritbloom.
  • Changed talent/spells:
    • Twin Guardian Icon Twin Guardian now makes Rescue Icon Rescue increase movement speed by 100% and allows spells to be cast while moving for 3 seconds.
    • Renewing Blaze Icon Renewing Blaze upgrades Obsidian Scales Icon Obsidian Scales, causing it to heal you over 8 seconds equal to the amount of damage it reduced.
  • PvP Talent Changes: Emerald Communion Icon Emerald Communion is now a PvP talent.
4.

Changelog

  • 10 Feb. 2026 (races): Reviewed for Midnight Pre-Patch.
  • 10 Feb. 2026 (macros): Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
    • Removed macros for old spells.
  • 10 Feb. 2026 (comps): Reviewed for Midnight Pre-Patch.
  • 10 Feb. 2026 (blitz): Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
    • Updated recommended talents.
    • Updated PvP talents.
    • Updated defensives.
  • 10 Feb. 2026 (playstyle): Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
    • Updated all healing rotations.
    • Updated defensives.
    • Added stasis section.
  • 10 Feb. 2026 (gear): Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
    • Updated tier sets section.
  • 10 Feb. 2026 (talents): Updated talent tree for 12.0.1.
  • 10 Feb. 2026 (this page): Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
    • Updated with notable Midnight changes.
  • 10 Feb. 2026 (this page): Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
    • Updated with notable Midnight changes.
  • 23 Jan. 2026 (talents): Updated recommended talents.
  • 19 Jan. 2026 (talents): Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
    • Updated recommended talents.
    • Updated PvP talents.
    • Updated talent descriptions.
  • 30 Nov. 2025 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
  • 30 Nov. 2025 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
  • 30 Nov. 2025 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
  • 30 Nov. 2025 (blitz): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
  • 30 Nov. 2025 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
  • 30 Nov. 2025 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
  • 30 Nov. 2025 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
  • 30 Nov. 2025 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
  • 30 Nov. 2025 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
  • 26 Oct. 2025 (races): Reviewed page and no updates needed.
  • 26 Oct. 2025 (macros): Reviewed page and no updates needed.
  • 26 Oct. 2025 (comps): Updated best 3v3 team compositions.
  • 26 Oct. 2025 (blitz): Updated recommended talents.
  • 26 Oct. 2025 (playstyle): Reviewed page with no changes needed.
  • 26 Oct. 2025 (gear): Updated recommended gear.
  • 26 Oct. 2025 (talents): Reviewed paged with on changes needed.
  • 26 Oct. 2025 (this page): Reviewed page and no updates needed.
  • 26 Oct. 2025 (this page): Reviewed page and no updates needed.
  • 05 Oct. 2025 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
  • 05 Oct. 2025 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
  • 05 Oct. 2025 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
  • 05 Oct. 2025 (blitz): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
  • 05 Oct. 2025 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
  • 05 Oct. 2025 (gear): Updated recommended gear.
  • 05 Oct. 2025 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
  • 05 Oct. 2025 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
  • 05 Oct. 2025 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
  • 27 Aug. 2025 (talents): Updated recommended talents.
  • 13 Aug. 2025 (gear): Updated recommended gear.
    • Updated Gear for Reshii Wraps
  • 04 Aug. 2025 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.
  • 04 Aug. 2025 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 11.2.
  • 04 Aug. 2025 (comps): Updated for Patch 11.2.
    • Updated best 3v3 team compositions.
  • 04 Aug. 2025 (blitz): Updated for Patch 11.2.
    • Updated recommended talents.
  • 04 Aug. 2025 (playstyle): Updated for Patch 11.2.
    • Updated sustained healing section.
  • 04 Aug. 2025 (gear): Updated for Patch 11.2.
    • Updated recommended gear.
    • Updated tier sets section.
  • 04 Aug. 2025 (talents): Updated for Patch 11.2.
    • Updated recommended talents.
  • 04 Aug. 2025 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.2.
    • Updated notable changes.
  • 04 Aug. 2025 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.2.
    • Updated notable changes.
  • 30 Jun. 2025 (blitz): Updated recommended talents.
  • 15 Jun. 2025 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 15 Jun. 2025 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 15 Jun. 2025 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 15 Jun. 2025 (blitz): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 15 Jun. 2025 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 15 Jun. 2025 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 15 Jun. 2025 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 15 Jun. 2025 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 15 Jun. 2025 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 21 Apr. 2025 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 21 Apr. 2025 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 21 Apr. 2025 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 21 Apr. 2025 (blitz): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 21 Apr. 2025 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 21 Apr. 2025 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 21 Apr. 2025 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 21 Apr. 2025 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 21 Apr. 2025 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 28 Mar. 2025 (gear): Updated recommended gear.
  • 24 Mar. 2025 (talents): Updated recommended talents.
  • 03 Mar. 2025 (gear): Updated recommended gear for Season 2 of The War Within.
  • 03 Mar. 2025 (talents): Updated recommended talents.
  • 24 Feb. 2025 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.
  • 24 Feb. 2025 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.
  • 24 Feb. 2025 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.
  • 24 Feb. 2025 (blitz): Updated for Patch 11.1.
    • Updated recommended talents.
  • 24 Feb. 2025 (playstyle): Updated all healing rotations.
  • 24 Feb. 2025 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.
  • 24 Feb. 2025 (talents): Updated for Patch 11.1.
    • Updated recommended talents.
  • 24 Feb. 2025 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.1.
    • Updated with newest changes for 11.1.
  • 24 Feb. 2025 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.1.
    • Updated with newest changes for 11.1.
  • 15 Dec. 2024 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
  • 15 Dec. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
  • 15 Dec. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
  • 15 Dec. 2024 (blitz): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
  • 15 Dec. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
  • 15 Dec. 2024 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
  • 15 Dec. 2024 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
  • 15 Dec. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
  • 15 Dec. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
  • 18 Nov. 2024 (comps): Updated recommended team compositions.
    • Updated best 2v2 team compositions.
    • Updated best 3v3 team compositions.
  • 18 Nov. 2024 (blitz): Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 18 Nov. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed healing rotations.
  • 18 Nov. 2024 (gear): Updated Recommended enchants.
  • 18 Nov. 2024 (talents): Updated recommended talents.
    • Updated recommended PvP talents.
  • 18 Nov. 2024 (this page): Updated Weaknesses.
  • 18 Nov. 2024 (this page): Updated Weaknesses.
  • 21 Oct. 2024 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
  • 21 Oct. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
  • 21 Oct. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
  • 21 Oct. 2024 (blitz): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
    • Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 21 Oct. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
  • 21 Oct. 2024 (gear): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
    • Updated Recommended Gear.
  • 21 Oct. 2024 (talents): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
    • Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 21 Oct. 2024 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
    • Added Notable Changes for 11.0.5.
  • 21 Oct. 2024 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
    • Added Notable Changes for 11.0.5.
  • 28 Sep. 2024 (gear): Updated Recommended Gear.
  • 16 Sep. 2024 (gear): Updated Recommended Gear.
    • Updated Recommended Embellishments.
    • Updated Recommended Enchants.
  • 15 Sep. 2024 (blitz): Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 12 Sep. 2024 (talents): Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 09 Sep. 2024 (races): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 09 Sep. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 09 Sep. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 09 Sep. 2024 (blitz): Updated for The War Within Season 1.
  • 09 Sep. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 09 Sep. 2024 (gear): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 09 Sep. 2024 (talents): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 09 Sep. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 09 Sep. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 29 Aug. 2024 (blitz): Page added.
  • 21 Aug. 2024 (races): Reviewed for The War Within.
  • 21 Aug. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for The War Within.
  • 21 Aug. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for The War Within.
  • 21 Aug. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for The War Within.
  • 21 Aug. 2024 (gear): Updated for The War Within.
  • 21 Aug. 2024 (talents): Updated for The War Within.
  • 21 Aug. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for The War Within.
  • 21 Aug. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for The War Within.
  • 26 Jul. 2024 (talents): Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 23 Jul. 2024 (races): Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
  • 23 Jul. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
  • 23 Jul. 2024 (comps): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
  • 23 Jul. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
  • 23 Jul. 2024 (gear): Updated Recommended Gear.
  • 23 Jul. 2024 (talents): Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 23 Jul. 2024 (this page): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
  • 23 Jul. 2024 (this page): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
  • 07 May 2024 (races): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 07 May 2024 (macros): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 07 May 2024 (comps): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 07 May 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 07 May 2024 (gear): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 07 May 2024 (talents): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 07 May 2024 (this page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 07 May 2024 (this page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 22 Apr. 2024 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 22 Apr. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 22 Apr. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 22 Apr. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 22 Apr. 2024 (gear): Updated Recommended Gear for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 22 Apr. 2024 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 22 Apr. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 22 Apr. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (gear): Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
    • Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (talents): Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
    • Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 06 Nov. 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
  • 06 Nov. 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
  • 06 Nov. 2023 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
  • 06 Nov. 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
  • 06 Nov. 2023 (gear): Updated for Patch 10.2.
    • Updated Recommended Gear.
    • Updated Tier Set bonuses.
  • 06 Nov. 2023 (talents): Updated for Patch 10.2.
    • Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
  • 06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
  • 04 Sep. 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
  • 04 Sep. 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
  • 04 Sep. 2023 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
  • 04 Sep. 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
  • 04 Sep. 2023 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
  • 04 Sep. 2023 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
  • 04 Sep. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
  • 04 Sep. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
  • 10 Aug. 2023 (talents): Updated Talent Calculator.
  • 10 Jul. 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
  • 10 Jul. 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
  • 10 Jul. 2023 (comps): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
    • Updated Best 3v3 Team Compositions.
  • 10 Jul. 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
  • 10 Jul. 2023 (gear): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
    • Updated Recommended Gear.
    • Added Embellishment section.
    • Updated Gems and Enchants section.
  • 10 Jul. 2023 (talents): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
    • Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 10 Jul. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
  • 10 Jul. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
  • 06 May 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 06 May 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 06 May 2023 (comps): Updated for Patch 10.1.
    • Updated Best 2v2 Team Compositions.
    • Updated Best 3v3 Team Compositions.
  • 06 May 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 06 May 2023 (gear): Updated for Patch 10.1
    • Updated Recommended Gear.
    • Updated Tier Sets.
  • 06 May 2023 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 06 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.
  • 06 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.
  • 21 Mar. 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 21 Mar. 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 21 Mar. 2023 (comps): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
    • Updated Best 2v2 Team Compositions.
  • 21 Mar. 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 21 Mar. 2023 (gear): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
    • Updated Recommended Gear.
    • Added Trinkets to Recommended Gear.
    • Added Tier-Set section.
  • 21 Mar. 2023 (talents): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
    • Updated Talent Tree.
    • Updated PvP Talents.
  • 21 Mar. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 21 Mar. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (races): Page created.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (macros): Page created.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (comps): Page created.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (playstyle): Page created.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (gear): Page created.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (talents): Page created.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Page Created.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Page Created.
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