DPS Rotation & Cooldowns

A general priority guide for Augmentation Evoker abilities and cooldowns. Helpful for understanding the spec's fundamentals and getting comfortable with core synergies. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: Midnight (12.0.1).

Single Target

Ensure Blistering Scales is pre-cast on the tank before combat begins.

• PrescienceView detailsMaintain on chosen DPS players.
• Ebon MightView detailsRecast if < 3-4 seconds remain.
• Breath Of Eons
• Tip The ScalesView detailsUse before Upheaval or Fire Breath.
• Fire BreathView detailsCast at Rank 1.
• UpheavalView detailsCast at Rank 1 unless larger radius is needed.
• Eruption
• Living FlameView detailsUse as filler.
• Azure StrikeView detailsUse as backup filler or while moving.
• Blistering ScalesView detailsMaintain on tank.

Maintain Prescience on DPS and Blistering Scales on the tank. Use Ebon Might to keep buffs active, followed by Breath Of Eons and Fire Breath at Rank 1. Use Upheaval and Eruption for damage, filling downtime with Living Flame or Azure Strike.

AoE

• PrescienceView detailsMaintain on chosen DPS players.
• Ebon MightView detailsRecast if < 3-4 seconds remain.
• Breath Of Eons
• Tip The ScalesView detailsUse before Upheaval or Fire Breath.
• Fire BreathView detailsCast at Rank 1.
• UpheavalView detailsUse higher ranks for larger radius.
• EruptionView detailsUse to apply AoE damage.
• Living FlameView detailsUse as filler.
• Azure StrikeView detailsUse as backup filler or while moving.
• Blistering ScalesView detailsMaintain on tank.

For AoE, maintain Prescience on DPS and Blistering Scales on the tank. Use Ebon Might to keep buffs active, followed by Breath Of Eons and Fire Breath at Rank 1. Use Upheaval at higher ranks for larger areas and Eruption for AoE damage, filling downtime with Living Flame or Azure Strike.

Cooldowns

• Ebon MightView detailsRecast with < 3-4 seconds remaining to extend duration.
• Breath Of EonsView detailsAlign with allies' burst windows or use on cooldown.
• Tip The ScalesView detailsUse before Upheaval or Fire Breath.
• Time SkipView detailsUse after first Empower spells or on cooldown for cooldown reduction.

Use Ebon Might to maintain buff uptime, Breath Of Eons for burst windows, and Tip The Scales to empower Upheaval or Fire Breath. Utilize Time Skip for cooldown reduction and burst alignment.

New to Class? Try Assisted Rotation

Patch 11.1.7 introduced new features that make it eaiser to pick and play new characters. These new settings can be enabled from settings » gameplay enhancements:

• Single-Button Assistant
• Assisted Highlight
• Cooldown Manager

If you are new to World of Warcraft or a certain class, enabling Assisted Highlight and Cooldown Manager can help you learn which abilities to prioritize and use.

While the Single-Button Assistant can be a much easier and more accessible way to play the game, it does come with a slight performance hit due to a small GCD penalty, as you will have to wait 25% longer in between spells and abilities.

To see which specs are best with the Single-Button Assistant feature, you can check out our DPS Rankings which uses SimC to sim every class using this feature.