Devastation Evoker PvP Guide — The War Within (11.1.0)
This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to play Devastation Evoker in a PvP environment. The guide will cover everything from talent choices, PvP talents, gameplay and rotation, and useful racial bonuses. It is most applicable to Arena content, but most talents and racial bonuses will work in Rated Battlegrounds and skirmishes.
Devastation Evoker in the Current Meta
Evokers are the newest class being introduced in Dragonflight and Devastation is the damage specialization. In PvP, they are fun, challenging, and extremely mobile. The playstyle of Devastation is a combination of Windwalker Monk and Enhancement Shaman. Use your mobility to keep yourself alive while dealing devastating damage.
Devastation Evoker Strengths and Weaknesses
Great mobility
Some of the strongest burst damage in the game
Multiple healing spells to keep teammates alive
If mobility is not used properly, easy to swap to in a stun
Very little crowd control
30 yard range on spells makes it an easy swap target to kill
Notable 11.1 Changes to Devastation Evoker
Sleep Walk no longer has a cooldown.
Dream Catcher (PvP Talent) has been removed.
Rescue now clears movement impairing effects from you and your target.
- New Talent:
Azure Celerity –
Disintegrate ticks 1 additional time, but deals 8% less damage.
Scorching Embers damage increase now scales with empower level, up to a maximum of 40%
Firestorm damage increased by 50% and duration reduced to 6 seconds (was 10 seconds).
Eternity Surge now targets enemies within a 25 yard radius around the Evoker (was a 12 yard radius around the target).
Hoarded Power has been removed.
- Flameshaper also received some adjustments:
- New Talent:
Fulminous Roar –
Fire Breath and
Dream Breath deal their damage and healing in 20% less time.
Traveling Flame has been redesigned – No longer increases
Dream Breath or
Fire Breath duration and spreads. Instead, reduces the cooldown of
Fire Breath or
Dream Breath by 5 seconds when you cast
Engulf.
Engulf’s cooldown is now reduced by Haste.
Conduit of Flame Critical Strike chance increased to 15% (was 10%). Now correctly specifies that it increases critical strike chance above 50% health for Preservation.
Enkindle deals 25% of Essence ability damage (was 20%).
Expanded Lungs is now a choice talent against
Enkindle.
Fan the Flames has been removed.
- New Talent:
Changelog
- 24 Mar. 2025 (talents): Updated recommended talents.
- 03 Mar. 2025 (gear): Updated recommended gear for Season 2 of The War Within.
- 03 Mar. 2025 (talents): Updated recommended talents.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (playstyle): Updated Defensives section.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (blitz): Updated recommended talents.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 11.1.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (talents): Updated for Patch 11.1.
- Updated recommended talents.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.1.
- Updated with newest changes for 11.1.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.1.
- Updated with newest changes for 11.1.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (blitz): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 14 Nov. 2024 (macros): Updated Recommended Macros.
- 14 Nov. 2024 (playstyle): Updated Damage Rotations.
- Updated Defensives section.
- 14 Nov. 2024 (comps): Updated Best Team Compositions.
- Updated Best 2v2 Compositions.
- Updated Best 3v3 Compositions.
- 14 Nov. 2024 (blitz): Updated Recommendations Talents.
- 14 Nov. 2024 (gear): Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated recommended Enchants.
- 14 Nov. 2024 (talents): Updated Recommended Talents.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (races): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (blitz): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- Updated Recommended Talents.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (gear): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Recommended Gems.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (talents): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- Updated Recommended Talents.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- Added Notable Changes for 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- Added Notable Changes for 11.0.5.
- 16 Sep. 2024 (gear): Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Recommended Embellishments.
- Updated Recommended Enchants.
- 15 Sep. 2024 (blitz): Updated Recommended Talents.
- 12 Sep. 2024 (talents): Updated Recommended Talents.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (races): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (blitz): Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (gear): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (talents): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 30 Aug. 2024 (blitz): Page added.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (races): Reviewed for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (gear): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (talents): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for The War Within.
- 26 Jul. 2024 (talents): Updated Recommended Talents.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (races): Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (comps): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (gear): Updated Recommended Gear.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (talents): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (this page): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (this page): Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024 (races): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (macros): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (comps): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (gear): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (talents): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (this page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (this page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (gear): Updated Recommended Gear for Patch 10.2.6.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
- Updated All Damage Rotations.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (gear): Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (talents): Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
- Updated Recommended Talents.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (gear): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Tier Set bonuses.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (talents): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- Updated Recommended Talents.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 08 Aug. 2023 (talents): Updated Talent Calculator.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (comps): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- Updated Best 3v3 Team Compositions.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (gear): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- Updated Stat Priority.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Tier Set.
- Added Embellishment section.
- Updated Gems and Enchants.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (talents): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- Updated Recommended Talents.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 14 May 2023 (playstyle): Updated correct spell ID.
- 08 May 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 08 May 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 08 May 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Patch 10.1.
- Updated all damage rotations.
- 08 May 2023 (comps): Updated for Patch 10.1.
- Updated Best 3v3 Team Compositions.
- 08 May 2023 (gear): Updated for Patch 10.1.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Tier-Set section.
- 08 May 2023 (talents): Updated for Patch 10.1.
- Updated Talent Calculator.
- 08 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.
- 08 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (comps): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- Updated Best 3v3 Team Compositions.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (gear): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Added Trinkets to Recommended Gear.
- Added Tier-Set section.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (talents): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- Updated Talent Calculator.
- Updated PvP Talents.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 30 Jan. 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 30 Jan. 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 30 Jan. 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 30 Jan. 2023 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 30 Jan. 2023 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 30 Jan. 2023 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 30 Jan. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 30 Jan. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 16 Jan. 2023 (talents): Updated Talent Calculator.
- 13 Dec. 2022 (races): Page created.
- 13 Dec. 2022 (macros): Page created.
- 13 Dec. 2022 (playstyle): Page created.
- 13 Dec. 2022 (comps): Page created.
- 13 Dec. 2022 (gear): Page created.
- 13 Dec. 2022 (talents): Page created.
- 13 Dec. 2022 (this page): Page Created.
- 13 Dec. 2022 (this page): Page Created.
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