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: Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0.1).

Single Target

Pre-cast Living Flame to land on pull.

• Fire BreathView detailsUse at Empower level 1 on cooldown to maintain DoT.
• Eternity SurgeView detailsUse on cooldown.
• Deep BreathView detailsUse on cooldown.
• HoverView detailsUse to maintain uptime while moving.
• Azure SweepView detailsUse when available.
• Living FlameView detailsUse as filler and to spend Iridescence stacks after Fire Breath.

Start with Living Flame pre-cast. Use Fire Breath and Eternity Surge on cooldown, followed by Deep Breath. Maintain uptime with Hover and use Azure Sweep when available. Fill with Living Flame to spend Iridescence stacks.

AoE

• Azure StrikeView detailsUse to gain Charged Blast stacks while mobs are grouped.
• Fire BreathView detailsUse at max rank.
• DragonrageView detailsUse to empower 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.
• Azure SweepView detailsUse when available to cap Charged Blast stacks.

Start with Azure Strike to build Charged Blast stacks. Use Fire Breath and Dragonrage to empower Pyre. Follow with Eternity Surge and Disintegrate to trigger Mass Disintegrate. Use Pyre to consume Charged Blast stacks and fill with Azure Strike or Living Flame as needed.

Cooldowns

• DragonrageView detailsUse on cooldown to maximize Essence Burst procs and Mastery Giantkiller.

Use Dragonrage on cooldown to enhance Essence Burst procs and benefit from Mastery Giantkiller.

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.