Evoker Hero Talents — The War Within (11.2)

This page is specifically about Hero Talents in The War Within. If you want to learn more about the best regular talents for Devastation Evoker, check out our Talents page:

Flameshaper is substantially stronger in all situations currently and will be played almost exclusively unless blizzard gives substantial buffs to our other hero tree.

Scalecommander Has a very simple playstyle that is easy to learn and execute but due to the current numerical state of this hero talent tree, you are unlikely to find any content where it is the preferred choice.

Flameshaper will be exceptionally good in keys both high and low, with very high burst damage and incredibly good sustain it has no real weaknesses in what it provides in mythic+

Scalecommander has very good 3 and 5 target spread cleave but beyond that is inferior to FlameShaper in every way, its stacked cleave on 3 and 5 targets is also below its counterpart

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Best Hero Talent Builds for Devastation Evoker

Flameshaper Universal Build Scalecommander Universal Build

Flameshaper is designed around Engulf and the way it interacts with Fire Breath, the core of the spec being to do everything in your power to buff the damage of every Engulf cast, this is done by condensing a lot of interactions into your Shattering Star window and is further amplified by correct usage of the new tier set bonus, here is a breakdown for how to do this properly.

• Apply 1 stack of Ruby Embers from casting Living Flame.
• Cast Dragonrage the Pyre from this will proc Enkindle.
• Cast Shattering Star.
• Cast Fire Breath at max Empower level to get the full benefit from Scorching Embers.
• Cast Engulf once each on two different targets.

Scalecommander plays almost identically to Devastation in DragonFlight, with the only adjustment being Deep Breath becoming a core part of your rotation. Deep Breath now provides multiple benefits in the form of a large DoT effect, ability to turn and adjust direction, and making the target take 20% increased damage from your Essence spenders and Bombardments for 12 seconds, everything else in the tree is entirely passive.

The new tier set for season 3 is entirely passive but has a very small interaction that needs to be thought of to optimise damage, previously you would want to cancel your Deep Breath as soon as possible, now you want to start further away and have your Deep Breath last at least a couple of seconds before you actually hit your target, this is due to the new tier set summoning Dracthyr who will cast Pyres in front of you up to a maximum of 8 total Pyres.

The new tier set for season 3 is two passive effects but they have a fairly significant impact on our gameplay, i go into this more in depth on the rotation page but i will give a more simplified breakdown here.

All the interactions for the new tier set are tied around Engulf and a 12 second window after pressing it, this both adds a multiplier to all your damage over time effects which includes Disintegrate as well as causing any Essence Burst charges you consume to detonate a Essence Bomb on the target. This is largely treated as a passive effect you do not play around at all times, but specifically during our cooldown Dragonrage where you have essentially an infinite supply of Essence Burst you will want to prioritise build and spending Essence Burst charges over spending your natural Essence. This window only occurs during Dragonrage and after casting 2 Engulf giving you a double stack of the 4 set buff Inner Flame.