Devastation Evoker DPS Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities — The War Within (11.0.5)

Last updated on Oct 21, 2024 at 21:00 by Blueprint 37 comments
General Information

On this page, you will learn how to optimize the rotation of your Devastation Evoker in both single-target and multiple-target situations. We also have advanced sections about cooldowns, procs, etc. in order to minmax your DPS. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.0.5).

1.

Devastation Evoker Rotation for The War Within

Welcome to our Rotation page for Devastation Evokers. On this page, you will find everything you need to know about actually playing the spec in Raiding and Mythic+ scenarios.

1.1.

Best Talent Builds for Devastation Evoker in The War Within

We highly recommend you go and grab the best talent builds for the spec before diving into the rotation. Check out our dedicated Talents page below:

1.2.

Simplified Devastation Evoker Rotation for Beginners

If the rotations below seem overwhelming to you, you might benefit from visiting our Easy Mode page, which outlines a close-to-optimal rotation in simpler terms.

1.3.

PvP

The content on this page is purely PvE-related. If you are looking for PvP rotation tips, please visit our PvP page below.

2.

Devastation Evoker Rotations

Each of the sections below explain the rotation for Devastation Evoker at different target counts. Click the boxes to switch to the desired damage type.

3.

Devastation Evoker Rotation

The buttons below can be used to select between curated Single-Target and AoE/Mythic+ loadouts. You can also use the switches below to add or remove individual talents you may also be using:

Single-Target Mythic+/AoE
Talent Selections, etc.
Eternity's Span Icon Eternity's Span Shattering Star Icon Shattering Star Burnout Icon Burnout
Firestorm Icon Firestorm Charged Blast Icon Charged Blast Snapfire Icon Snapfire
Volatility Icon Volatility Power Swell Icon Power Swell Raging Inferno Icon Raging Inferno
Protracted Talons Icon Protracted Talons
Devastation Explained Single-Target Rotation AoE Rotation
3.

Single-Target Rotation Goals for Devastation Evoker

  • casting Disintegrate Icon Disintegrate whenever you are near the Essence cap to ensure that you do not waste any resources;
  • casting Shattering Star Icon Shattering Star on cooldown and ensuring you have 3 Essence in reserve when casting Shattering Star Icon Shattering Star, so you can cast back-to-back Disintegrate Icon Disintegrates inside the increased damage taken window;
  • casting your Empower spells (Fire Breath Icon Fire Breath and Eternity Surge Icon Eternity Surge) when they are on cooldown, but making sure to leave a 4-5 second window between each Empower cast as to maximise the benefit of Power Swell Icon Power Swell;
  • making sure that whenever you need to move and DPS at the same time you are using Hover Icon Hover; this will allow you to cast both Living Flame Icon Living Flame and Disintegrate Icon Disintegrate on the move.
4.

AoE Rotation Goals for Devastation Evoker

  • AoE works very similarly to the single target rotation, with the difference that instead of Living Flame Icon Living Flame you will use Azure Strike Icon Azure Strike, and instead of Disintegrate Icon Disintegrate you will use Pyre Icon Pyre.
  • You will also be upranking your Fire Breath Icon Fire Breath Empower much more regularly, as you will be casting a lot more Empower spells with the much greater cooldown reduction achieved from casting Pyre in place of Disintegrate.
4.1.

Dragonrage and Animosity Interaction

With the adjustment to the Animosity Icon Animosity talent, we are no longer able to get more than 16 seconds of additional uptime from empowered spells cast during Dragonrage Icon Dragonrage, this means that it is not as necessary to have both empower spells ready to cast the moment you activate it.

This change will take a little getting used to, as it will heavily affect both our opener and our immediate cast sequence inside our cooldown burst window, which we will go over below.

In the single-target and AoE sections, you will find a highly detailed priority list breakdown of the Rotation, as well as optimal openers.

5.

Single-Target Opener for Devastation Evoker in The War Within

  1. Pre-cast Living Flame Icon Living Flame so that it lands on pull.
  2. Cast Dragonrage Icon Dragonrage.
  3. Cast Eternity Surge Icon Eternity Surge at rank 1.
  4. Cast Fire Breath Icon Fire Breath at rank 1.
  5. Cast Deep Breath Icon Deep Breath.
  6. Cast Disintegrate Icon Disintegrate x2.
  7. Cast Shattering Star Icon Shattering Star .
  8. Cast Disintegrate Icon Disintegrate until you run out of Essence.
  9. Proceed with your normal rotation according to the list below.
6.

Single-Target Rotation for Devastation Evoker

This priority list describes the optimal single-target Rotation for Devastation Evoker.

  1. Use Fire Breath Icon Fire Breath empower level 1 on cooldown in order to maintain the damage over time effect.
  2. Ensure that whenever you are about to cast Shattering Star Icon Shattering Star, you have at least 3 Essence pooled so you can cast back-to-back Disintegrate Icon Disintegrate in the damage amplification window.
  3. Use Eternity Surge Icon Eternity Surge on cooldown.
  4. Use Deep Breath Icon Deep Breath on cooldown.
  5. Use Hover Icon Hover to maintain uptime whenever you are forced to move.
  6. Use Living Flame Icon Living Flame as a filler and to spend the stacks of Iridescence Icon Iridescence after casting Fire Breath.
7.

AoE Rotation for Devastation Evoker

  1. Cast Azure Strike Icon Azure Strike to gain stacks of Charged Blast Icon Charged Blast whilst mobs are being grouped up.
  2. Cast max rank Fire Breath Icon Fire Breath.
  3. Cast Dragonrage Icon Dragonrage the 3 Pyre Icon Pyre casts that come from this will all benefit from Iridescence Icon Iridescence.
  4. Cast Pyre Icon Pyre until out of Essence.
  5. Cast rank 1-3 Eternity Surge Icon Eternity Surge depending on the amount of enemies you are engaged with.
  6. Cast Azure Strike Icon Azure Strike as a filler and to give you Essence Burst Icon Essence Burst procs which you will spend on Pyre Icon Pyre.
  7. Cast Living Flame Icon Living Flame with Burnout Icon Burnout procs when you have your stacks of Leaping Flames Icon Leaping Flames up from casting Fire Breath, this will give you maximum Essence Burst Icon Essence Burst stacks.
  8. Cast Shattering Star Icon Shattering Star to generate a charge of Essence Burst Icon Essence Burst.
  9. Cast empowered spells on cooldown and avoid overcapping Essence.
7.1.

Addons for Devastation Evoker Rotation

Check out our Addons page below for some recommended Addons to get the most out of your Devastation Evoker!

7.2.

Macros for Devastation Evoker Rotation

Check out our Macros page below for some recommended Macros to get the most out of your Devastation Evoker!

7.3.

Mythic+ Tips and Tricks for Devastation Evoker

For information about Mythic+ as a Devastation Evoker, please refer to our Mythic+ page.

8.

Changelog

  • 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
  • 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 21 Aug. 2024: Adjusted for TWW.
  • 23 Jul. 2024: New Layout and Dragonrage rotation changes added.
  • 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4.
  • 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 22 Jan. 2024: Minor wording adjustments.
  • 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
  • 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
  • 29 Jun. 2023: Adjustments made to section 3.
  • 17 Jun. 2023: Adjustments made to sections 2, 10 and 12.
  • 16 May 2023: Included sections for Power Swell and Iridescence. Rotation switches have been updated.
  • 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 20 Mar. 2023: Updated Pyre Target Count Chart.
  • 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 07 Jan. 2022: Fixed Pyre cheat sheet as the columns and rows were displaying incorrectly. Added section for disintegrate chain casting.
  • 12 Dec. 2022: Added a Pyre cheat sheet table to clearly show when you use pyre on different target counts. Added a small section about the tier set impact on rotation.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 28 Nov. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight launch.
  • 18 Nov. 2022: Updated rotation switches. Included scenarios where you do not have the Volatility talent selected.
  • 15 Nov. 2022: Page added.
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