Healer Rotation & Cooldowns

A general priority guide for Preservation 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

Cast Temporal Anomaly a few seconds before the pull to start with Echo buffs.

• Temporal AnomalyView detailsUse on cooldown.
• Dream BreathView detailsCast often, after consuming Echo buffs.
• Verdant EmbraceView detailsUse within a 15-second window.
• Emerald BlossomView detailsCast if you have an Essence Burst.
• EchoView detailsUse with available Essence or at two stacks of Twin Echoes.
• Merithras BlessingView detailsConsume Echo buffs (common choice).
• Living FlameView detailsCast on boss to generate Essence Burst and deal damage.

Maintain Temporal Anomaly on cooldown and use Dream Breath after consuming Echo buffs. Utilize Verdant Embrace and Emerald Blossom strategically, and consume Echo buffs with Merithras Blessing or Reversion.

AoE

Cast Temporal Anomaly pre-pull for Echo buffs.

• Temporal AnomalyView detailsUse on cooldown for Echo buffs.
• Dream BreathView detailsCast at rank 1 for low damage or rank 3 for burst healing.
• Fire BreathView detailsUse at rank 3 for AoE damage and healing.
• ReversionView detailsMaintain uptime on group for HoT and healing buff.
• Verdant EmbraceView detailsUse for heavy damage scenarios.
• ZephyrView detailsCast before AoE damage for mitigation.

For AoE, prioritize Temporal Anomaly and Dream Breath for consistent healing. Use Fire Breath for damage and healing, and Reversion for group-wide HoT. Mitigate heavy damage with Verdant Embrace and Zephyr.

Cooldowns

• StasisView detailsStore and re-cast three high-value spells for burst healing.
• Dream FlightView detailsUse for large AoE healing in stacked groups.
• RewindView detailsActivate during high-damage phases for massive healing.

Utilize Stasis for pre-planned burst healing, Dream Flight for AoE healing in stacked groups, and Rewind during critical damage phases.

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.