Augmentation Evoker DPS Mythic+ Tips — The War Within (11.2.5)

This is the default recommended build for Mythic+. Scalecommander provides very high personal damage throughput while still bringing potent buffs and support effects to the group and Molten Embers focuses more on your own damage output which is ideal for lower keys where players are less consistent.

This build outperforms Chronowarden due to being less reliant on Ebon Might and Shifting Sands which is weaker in Mythic+ relative to Raid as you do not have 4 DPS receiving the buffs. Additionally, the new Season 3 Tier Set adds a lot of uncapped AOE damage which is exceptional in M+.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

This build differs to the recommended weekly key Scalecommander build by swapping Molten Embers and Inferno's Blessing for Motes of Possibility and Overlord. As this build talents into Motes of Possibility which massively boosts the power of Shifting Sands it will want to invest more heavily into mastery than the other recommended build.
This build ends up more buff based than Molten Embers does so it will be significantly more dependent on the performance of your allies. Additionally, Shifting Sands has the most loghook issues out of all of Augmentations buffs so this often does not correctly report on logs how much damage you are doing.

Like the other Scalecommander build this outperforms Chronowarden in Mythic+ due to being less reliant on Ebon Might which is weaker in Mythic+ relative to Raid as you do not have 4 DPS receiving the buffs. Additionally, the new Season 3 Tier Set adds a lot of uncapped AOE damage which is exceptional in M+.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

This is the default recommended Chronowarden build for Mythic+. This build has most of the utility talents for dealing with any affixes or dungeon mechanics, as well as having a well-rounded choice.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

Quell is your interrupt ability and is always taken on the class tree for pathing reasons. We also take Imposing Presence on the Augmentation tree to lower the cooldown to 20 seconds.

Upheaval is one of your primary rotational damage abilities but it also knocks all enemies into the air. For most enemies, this stops their cast. Some enemies will recast after they land, but some won't; this is inconsistent and something you will have to learn on a mob-by-mob basis. You fairly often over-empower Upheaval or delay it for an extra few GCDs in order to cancel important spells to allow your group interrupts to come back off cooldown and stop the spells.

Wing Buffet knocks enemies away from you, which can let you reposition enemies or cancel their spells. The knockback will stop most casts. Some enemies will recast after they land, but some won't; this is inconsistent and something you will have to learn on a mob-by-mob basis.

Tail Swipe knocks enemies up into the air. For most enemies this stops their current cast. Most enemies will recast after they land but some won't — this is inconsistent and something you will have to learn on a mob by mob basis.

Sleep Walk is an incredible ST CC that is on a 15-second cooldown. Thiscounts as a true CC, which means it will not put you or your allies in combat ifyou walk past the monster CC'd, making it invaluable for skips; additionally, itcan also be used to stop casts in a pinch or to reduce the pressure of aspecific pull.

Landslide is a 90s cooldown AOE root. This is fairly infrequently usedbut it is nice as an option to fallback on especially in cases of disaster suchas when a tank dies.

Terror of the Skies makes your Breath of Eons stun enemies for 3 seconds. This is not always useful in every group composition if there are a lotof other classes with stuns but can be situationally useful.

Oppressing Roar is a 2-minute cooldown that increases the duration ofcrowd controls on an enemy by 50%. This is often paired with Vengeance DemonHunters sigils to CC monsters for a long time or with long-duration AoE Stuns.

Seismic Slam is an incredibly niche and rarely taken talent that allows Landslide to stun enemies that are in mid-air. This is relatively difficult to land and requires you to use one of your other CCs, such as Upheaval or Tail Swipe. In most cases, using either of these spells would have already stopped the spell going off, making the followup stun unnecessary.

Draconic Attunements grants you and your entire party 2% increased maximum health.

Zephyr grants you and your entire party 20% reduced damage taken from area of effect attacks.

Rescue with Twin Guardian grants you and the player you rescue an absorb shield for 30% of each of your Maximum Health for a short duration. This is a very powerful defensive tool and can help keep people alive against high-damage moments. Try to avoid using it on the tank unless they are expecting it, as the forced movement can often disorient them, turn them so they get hit in the back, or otherwise make it challenging for them to continue their own rotation to sustain their health. Additionally, monsters often have frontal cleaves which means there is a high chance you get hit while trying to save them.

Chrono Ward gives your entire group an absorb shield based on the damage they deal during Breath of Eons up to 30% of their health. This can often eat a large amount of an upcoming dangerous ability, making your healer's life easier.

Molten Blood is a niche talent that makes Blistering Scales give a small shield to the target. This is not often taken due to the shield being too insignificant in most content. This is sometimes taken in extremely high level keys because someone in the group needs the small absorb to survive a mechanic.

Ebon Might provides 5.5% of your primary stat to the other two DPS in your group while it is up.

Prescience grants 3% increased critical strike chance to the players who have the buff. Additionally, players with Prescience get an another approximately 3% increased damage and healing from Fate Mirror. This is typically placed on your fellow DPS as the effect it gives to healers is minimal.

Shifting Sands grants players Versatility based on your Mastery. This is incredible as it both contributes a lot of your damage done but also increases the survivability of players with Shifting Sands because Versatility grants damage reduction.

Breath of Eons is your primary cooldown. This effectively reads as your party does 11% more damage for 10 seconds. This is usually used as a 2-minute cooldown (synced to your party members' cooldowns) despite having a slightly shorter cooldown because of Interwoven Threads. As a Scalecommander this is used on cooldown.

Source of Magic alongside Potent Mana buff your healer, giving them 3% increased healing and damage done.

Blistering Scales provides a tank with 20% of your armour. The amount of damage reduction this grants depends on the tank, but for most tanks, it is approximately 7% extra physical damage reduction.

Threads of Fate is a buff granted by Chronowarden during Temporal Burst. This works like a super-powered Fate Mirror and effectively boosts the damage and healing of the players with it by 5% for the duration.

Fury of the Aspects provides your party with a Time Warp/ Heroism/ Bloodlust effect. This is incredibly strong and most groups want at least one class that can provide this.

Expunge is your dispel and lets you remove all Poison effects. This is extremely useful in Season 3 because there are a lot of Poisons in these dungeons. Additionally, this lets you dispel someone affected by Void Rift during Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour weeks.

Cauterizing Flame is one of the best Evoker utility spells and lets you remove all Bleed, Poisons, Curses, and Diseases on a target. You always want this in Mythic+. Use this to remove important debilitating debuffs from your allies. Additionally, this lets you dispel a second person affected by Void Rift during Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour weeks.

Spatial Paradox gives a buff to both you and your healer, doubling the range of all of your spells by 100% and letting you both cast while moving. This is situationally useful and can make it easier for some healers to keep you alive during hard mechanics.

Time Spiral gives everyone in your group an additional use of their major movement ability. This is niche, but tanks often appreciate the extra mobility to help them group packs quickly.

During Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant weeks orbs of cosmic energy will periodically spawn near your group. As a Augmentation Evoker, you can use the following spells to get rid of these orbs:

• Upheaval
• Quell - This is usually best used on the monsters in the pack not the affix.
• Tail Swipe
• Wing Buffet
• Breath of Eons with Terror of the Skies. Make sure to also hit the enemy mobs.

When the Voidbound affix spawns, you should immediately swap targets to focus this down. During Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound weeks, we suggest swapping Oppressing Roar with Unravel to help kill them faster.

During Xal'atath's Bargain: Pulsar help your allies out by walking into the pulsars that orbit them.

During Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour be prepared to use your Expunge and Cauterizing Flame to remove the debuffs from your party members. It is important to note this is not an Absorb despite looking like one and simply tracks healing dealt to the target. Healers will typically heal the mechanic off but it can be good to remove them quickly with dispels if its better for DPS burst or if the debuff is about to expire. If the debuff expires all nearby monsters get healed which is very bad.