DPS Rotation & Cooldowns

This rotation offers a general priority list for Devastation Evoker abilities, along with key cooldowns at the bottom. It's based on a standard build and is here to help while we work on a smarter, build-aware system. If you are very new to the game or this class, we added info on the new assisted rotation features at the bottom of this guide. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: The War Within (11.2).

Single Target

Pre-cast Living Flame to land on pull.

• Fire BreathView detailsUse at empower level 1 on cooldown to maintain DoT.
• Shattering StarView detailsEnsure 3 Essence pooled for back-to-back Disintegrate casts.
• Eternity SurgeView detailsUse on cooldown.
• Deep BreathView detailsUse on cooldown.
• HoverView detailsUse to maintain uptime while moving.
• DisintegrateView detailsUse as Essence spender.
• Living FlameView detailsUse as filler and to spend Iridescence stacks after Fire Breath.

Maintain Fire Breath DoT, pool Essence for Shattering Star into Disintegrate, and use Eternity Surge and Deep Breath on cooldown. Use Hover for mobility and Living Flame as filler.

AoE

• Azure StrikeView detailsUse to gain Charged Blast stacks while mobs are grouped.
• Fire BreathView detailsUse at max rank.
• DragonrageView detailsUse to empower 3 Pyre casts with Iridescence.
• Eternity SurgeView detailsUse at rank 1.
• DisintegrateView detailsUse after empowers to trigger Mass Disintegrate.
• PyreView detailsUse after Mass Disintegrate to consume Charged Blast stacks.
• PyreView detailsUse until out of Essence.
• Eternity SurgeView detailsUse rank 1-3 based on enemy count.
• Azure StrikeView detailsUse as filler and to generate Essence Burst procs.
• Living FlameView detailsUse with Burnout procs and Leaping Flames stacks.
• Shattering StarView detailsUse to generate Essence Burst.

Start with Azure Strike for Charged Blast stacks, then use Fire Breath and Dragonrage for empowered Pyre casts. Follow with Eternity Surge, Disintegrate, and Pyre while maintaining Essence Burst generation.

Cooldowns

• DragonrageView detailsUse for burst damage and empowered Pyre casts.
• Tip The ScalesView detailsUse to instantly cast Fire Breath or Eternity Surge.
• Deep BreathView detailsUse on cooldown for AoE damage.

Use Dragonrage for burst phases, Tip The Scales to empower key spells, and Deep Breath for AoE damage.

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.