Devastation Evoker DPS Spec, Builds, and Talents — The War Within (11.1.0)

On this page, we cover all the talents you have access to, explaining how each one is to be used. Some of these talents, active or passive, can make a huge difference in how Devastation Evokers is played, which is explained on our rotation page.

Some talents have a more versatile use in Mythic+ than in raids; if this is more your thing, we strongly recommend that you check the Mythic+ page.

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Best Talents for Devastation Evoker

Single-Target Talents AoE/Mythic+ Talents Flameshaper ST Flameshaper M+ Delve Talents Explained

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Best Single-Target Scalecommander Talents for Devastation Evoker

This build is optimal for pure single-target situations.

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

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Best AoE Talents for Scalecommander Devastation Evoker

This is our recommended build for cleave and AoE scenarios in both dungeons and raids; this will work fine in Heroic/Mythic dungeons as well as Mythic+.

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Best Single Target Flameshaper Talents for Devastation Evoker

This build is optimal for Flameshaper play ST play and should be used when in raid.

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Best AoE talents for Flameshaper Devastation Evoker

This build is optimal for Flameshaper m+ play, it sacrifices a decent amount of ST damage for absurd AoE.

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Best Solo-Delving Talents for Devastation Evoker

This build will be strongest for solo delving, minor adjustments can be made when delving in groups.

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Talent Explanations for Devastation Evokers

Note that we do not explain EVERY Talent in the tree on this page. We only explain Talents that are part of our optimal builds for single-target and AoE. For full details and explanations of every Talent, please visit our Spells page via the button below.

Devastation Evoker TWW Spell Glossary

4.1.

Class Talents

4.1.1.

Row 1-4

Obsidian Scales	A strong defensive button and a mandatory pick.
Expunge	A short cooldown Poison dispel.
Permeating Chill	A passive 50% Slow on Azure Strike and Disintegrate.
Verdant Embrace	A short cooldown instant heal.
Innate Magic	A passive 10% Essence regeneration increase.
Obsidian Bulwark	A second charge of Obsidian Scales.
Enkindled	An increase to Living Flame damage and healing.
Scarlet Adaptation	An increase to Living Flame damage based on how much effective healing you have done recently.
Quell	Our only interrupt ability

4.1.2.

Row 5-7

Instinctive Arcana	A flat percentage damage increase.
Tip the Scales	A must-pick as it unlocks a different route through the tree and gives you one instant cast fully empowered spell every 2 minutes.
Regenerative Magic	A small Leech gain, this point can be dropped for other utility benefits.
Inherent Resistance	A small permanent reduction to Magic Damage taken
Draconic Legacy	Large health gain.
Extended Flight	Increases the Duration of Hover providing both offensive and defensive benefits.
Blast Furnace	Increases the Duration of Fire Breath.
Panacea	Gives your Emerald Blossom an instant heal at the start.

4.1.3.

Row 8-10

Unravel	Does a large burst of damage against targets with an absorb.
Protracted Talons	Gives you an additional target hit per Azure Strike.
Rescue	A great repositioning tool that will allow you and an ally to escape danger if used properly.
Renewing Blaze	A great defensive that will make all of the damage you take in the next 8 seconds heal you for the same amount in the following 8 seconds.
Leaping Flames	A considerable DPS increase and is a mandatory pick ensures that whenever you cast a living flame after a fire breath, you have an additional chance to proc Essence Burst.
Aerial Mastery	Grants an additional charge of Hover giving substantial benefits to damage and mobility.
Twin Guardian	Buffs Rescue to give both you and the person you grab a large absorb shield for a short duration.
Fire Within	Reduces the cooldown of Renewing Blaze.
Time Spiral/ Spatial Paradox	Time Spiral grants you and all party or raid members a free use of your movement ability, for us this is Hover, Spatial Paradox allows you and a healer of your choice to cast while moving and doubles your range.
Zephyr	Reduces the damage taken from AoE abilities by you and your 4 nearest allies, as well as a small movement speed increase.

4.2.

Spec Talents

4.2.1.

Row 1-4

Pyre	One of our core abilities an AoE spender.
Ruby Essence Burst	Causes Living Flame to have a chance at making your next Essence spender free.
Azure Essence Burst	Causes Azure Strike to have a chance at making your next Essence spender free.
Dense Energy	Reduces the Essence cost of Pyre and is mandatory to continue down the tree.
Imposing Presence/ Inner Radiance	Imposing Presence reduces the cooldown of Quell and will be picked the majority of the time in situations where you never need to interrupt more than once every 40 seconds, taking Inner Radiance will yield to a small dps increase from Scarlet Adaptation.
Eternity Surge	Our second Empower spell.
Volatility	Gives Pyre a chance to duplicate and fire again on a nearby additional target.
Power Nexus	Increases our Maximum essence by 1, to a new maximum of 6.
Dragonrage	Our Major dps cooldown, instantly firing 3 pyres at nearby enemies and making both Living Flame and Azure strike give a guaranteed stack of Essence Burst.
Arcane Intensity	Increases the damage of Disintegrate our single target Essence spender.

4.2.2.

Row 5-7

Ruby Embers/ Engulfing Blaze	A multiple-choice, but the only one you will ever pick is Engulfing Blaze as it is a large damage increase to Living Flame.
Animosity	Increases the duration of Dragonrage by 4 seconds each time we cast an Empowered spell.
Essence Attunement	Allows us to hold 2 stacks of Essence Burst.
Heat Wave	A substantial increase to the damage dealt by Fire Breath.
Honed Aggression	A minor increase to damage and is only taken in pure ST in order to allow us to progress further down the tree.
Eternity's Span	Very strong the moment a secondary target is added, it doubles the number of targets hit by both Eternity Surge and Shattering Star.
Eye of Infinity/ Event Horizon	Increased damage on your Eternity Surge or reduced cooldown. Both have very similar values and what is better for you will depend on your current gear.
Catalyze	Makes your Fire Breath damage over time effect occur twice as often when you're channeling Disintegrate on the target.
Tyranny	Gives us full Mastery benefits regardless of the target's health when we're inside Dragonrage or casting Deep Breath.
Shattering Star	A short cooldown instant cast spell that increases the damage the target takes for a short duration.

4.2.3.

Row 8-10

Burnout	Grants both the initial hit and the damage over time effect of Fire Breath a chance at giving you an instant cast Living Flame stacking up to 2 times.
Spellweaver's Dominance	Increases the multiplier on our critical strikes from 200% to 230%.
Focusing Iris/ Arcane Vigor	Increases the duration of Shattering Star or gives you a guaranteed stack of Essence Burst when you cast it, both are good but the free stack wins out.
Titanic Wrath	Increases the damage of Disintegrate and Pyre when consuming a stack of Essence Burst.
Azure Celerity	Disintegrate ticks 1 additional time but deals 10% less damage.
Power Swell	After casting an Empower spell, you will get double Essence regeneration for 4 seconds; this ability does not stack or extend, so make sure to space your empowered spells apart.
Causality	Causes both of your Essence spenders to reduce the cooldown of Empower spells. Disintegrate will reduce the cooldown by .5 seconds each time it deals a tick of damage, and Pyre will reduce it by .4 seconds per target hit up to a maximum of 5 for a 2-second reduction per cast.
Scintillation	Gives your Disintegrate a 15% chance to cast an Eternity Surge for 50% damage each time it ticks; this proc will not extend the duration of Dragonrage or give you the increased essence regeneration from Power Swell.
Iridescence	Each time you cast an empower spell you'll gain a short buff increasing the damage of your next 2 spells that are the same school, Fire Breath buffing Living Flame/Pyre, Eternity Surge buffing Azure Strike/Disintegrate/Shattering Star.

This spec comes with next to no rotational changes to get used too but multiple passive interactions which impact one another and need make it more punishing should you get the basics of the rotation wrong. The first thing to note is Deep Breath becomes a core part of our rotation and will be used on cooldown, this is both your highest dps gcd aswell as refreshes your Hover charges when used. In order to reduce the cooldown of Deep Breath you will need to proc Bombardments damage, this is achieved by casting Mass Disintegrate which is activated on your next Disintegrate cast each time you cast an Empower spell.

A simplified version of how the interactions work will look like this Deep Breath, Fire Breath or Eternity Surge to get a charge of Mass disintegrate, Mass Disintegrate on the target to proc Bombardments to reduce the cooldown of Deep breath.

This spec comes with a bit more intricacy to get used too if you want to get the most out of it and is incredibly punishing should you do these things wrong.

The main component of FS is Engulf and maximizing the damage of this ability is everything, this is achieved running specific talents to help scale that damage higher, firstly you need to have 3 stacks of Ruby Embers which is applied each time you cast Living Flame then when you are preparing to cast your Engulf you will need need to have Enkindle applied which is a DoT effect which triggers when you cast an Essence ability Disintegrate in this case, followed by casting Shattering Star then a fully empowered Fire Breath to utilize the benefits of the Scorching Embers talent and then pressing your Engulfs still inside the Shattering star damage amplification window.

A simplified version of doing this correctly will look like this Ruby Embers at 3 stacks from casting Living Flame followed by Disintegrate then your sequence of Shattering Star Fire Breath at max Empower level and finally Engulf x2.

If you want to find out more about the addition of Hero Talents, you can find more information on our dedicated Hero Talents page.

Certain talents require changing how you play and your rotation in varying amounts. We will go over the strengths of those talents here, but if you want to know how to use those talents in the rotation, follow the link to the Rotation page, where we go through the rotation or priority system we follow.

On the topic of Eye of Infinity/ Event Horizon, you will want to sim your character to be sure, Event Horizon has a more forgiving playstyle when it comes to your Dragonrage extends and I would recommend taking it even if it is a minor loss until you are very comfortable with the spec.

Opting into War Mode makes you eligible for open-world PvP but also grants you the following benefits:

• World Quests at maximum level have 10% increased rewards (30% if you are Alliance).
• You gain 10% increased Experience while leveling (30% if you are Alliance).
• Allows you to earn Conquest Points towards weekly gear rewards.
• Grants you to use PvP talents in the open-world.

With the benefits of enabling War Mode for leveling and PvE content, it is recommended that you enable the feature to maximize your leveling and rewards at maximum level. However, you will make yourself eligible for open-world PvP, and the possibility of being "ganked" while leveling or doing World Quests exists.

There are no PvP talents for Evokers that increase your total damage output. Therefore, the PvP talents you choose are entirely up to personal preference.