Preservation Evoker PvP Guide (The War Within Pre-Patch)
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.
Preservation Evoker in the Current Meta
Evokers are the newest class being introduced in Dragonflight and Preservation is the healing specialization. In PvP, they are fun, challenging, and extremely mobile. 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.
Preservation Evoker Strengths and Weaknesses
Great mobility
Strong damage output that helps contribute to kills
Multiple instant healing spells to keep teammates alive
If mobility is not used properly, easy to crowd control
Very little crowd control
30 yard range on spells makes it an easy target to crowd control
Notable The War Within Changes to Preservation Evokers
- New Class Talents:
Renewing Blaze and
Source of Magic have swapped positions.
- New Preservation Evoker Talents:
Grace Period
Lifespark
- Multiple talents have moved from 2 points to 1 point nodes.
Changelog
- 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 (playstyle): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (comps): 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 (playstyle): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (comps): 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 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (comps): 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 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (comps): 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 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (comps): 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 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (comps): 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 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (comps): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- Updated Best 3v3 Team Compositions.
- 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 (playstyle): 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 (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 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (comps): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- Updated Best 2v2 Team Compositions.
- 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 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 30 Jan. 2023 (comps): 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 (playstyle): Page created.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (comps): 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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