Preservation Evoker Healing Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (11.0.5)

Last updated on Oct 21, 2024 at 21:00 by Mytholxgy 25 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Preservation Evoker for each boss of the following raid: Nerub-ar Palace. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.0.5).

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Introduction

Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Nerub-ar Palace. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Nerub-ar Palace guides.

This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Preservation Evoker and how you can deal with each fight as best as possible.

All recommendations are progression-based tips and will not necessarily be the best for an overall HPS ranking. In general we recommend a Chronowarden focused build that utilizes Echo Icon Echos and Lifebind Icon Lifebind. This playstyle offers you the highest potential HPS but can be quite a bit harder than simply playing a typical Flameshaper build. That being said, in smaller group settings (Normal/Heroic), you will almost always want to be Chronowarden.

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Nerub'ar Palace Boss Guides for Preservation Evoker

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Nerub'ar Palace Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Preservation Evoker

Ulgrax the Devourer The Bloodbound Horror Sikran Rasha'nan Broodtwister Ovi'nax Nexus-Princess Ky'veza The Silken Court Queen Ansurek
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Tips for Ulgrax the Devourer for Preservation Evoker

Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.1.

Defensive Tips

  • You may want to defensive if you are at low HP when Hungering Bellows happens.
2.2.

Cooldown Usage

  • Generally, you can aim to use cooldowns such as Dream Flight Icon Dream Flight and Rewind Icon Rewind during Hungering Bellows Icon Hungering Bellows casts. Ideally, you never combine these two cooldowns and, instead rotate one for each Bellow.
2.3.

Mechanical Tips

  • Once the boss is testable on live, more information is sure to be added/edited.
2.4.

Best Talents

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

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Tips for Bloodbound Horror for Preservation Evoker

Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.5.

Defensive Tips

  • Defensive cooldowns such as Obsidian Scales Icon Obsidian Scales should be used to help reduce the damage intake of Bloodcurdle Icon Bloodcurdle on Mythic difficulty.
2.6.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use as much as possible.
2.7.

Mechanical Tips

  • Make sure to keep players with the Bloodcurdle Icon Bloodcurdle debuffs healthy before they explode to prevent unnecessary deaths. Time Dilation Icon Time Dilation can also be used on these players if they are very low. Just in Time Icon Just in Time is an interesting niche talent choice on this fight if you find your group to be struggling with Bloodcurdle.
  • When players are dealing with the Gruesome Disgorge Icon Gruesome Disgorge mechanic, they will be taking damage over time; make sure you keep them healthy if you are responsible for healing the The Unseeming Icon The Unseeming realm. Getting Dream Breath Icon Dream Breath on them before they go downstairs can add a ton of healing and make it easier for players to live.
2.8.

Best Talents

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

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Tips for Sikran for Preservation Evoker

Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.9.

Defensive Tips

  • As you run to place your Cosmic Simulacrum Icon Cosmic Simulacrum, you may want to use a defensive if you are at low HP. If you are not dealing with this mechanic, instead, ensure that you are keeping an eye on players with it to help them stay healthy.
2.10.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use as much as possible.
2.11.

Mechanical Tips

  • The damage of Shattering Sweep Icon Shattering Sweep reduces with distance, meaning that you may want to disconnect from Melee and run far away to help reduce your damage taken.
2.12.

Best Talents

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

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Tips for Rasha'nan for Preservation Evoker

Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.13.

Defensive Tips

  • If you are low on HP as Erosive Spray Icon Erosive Spray is going out, consider using a defensive.
2.14.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use as much as possible; there is a chance that you can use Dream Flight Icon Dream Flight when running across the platform to not only get players healthy but get to the end faster. If you are fairly stacked when running, this could be a good choice; otherwise, simply save it for when your group is stacked up at the end.
  • Rewind Icon Rewind can be used to deal with Spinneret's Strands Icon Spinneret's Strands or Erosive Spray Icon Erosive Spray.
2.15.

Mechanical Tips

  • Deep Breath Icon Deep Breath can be used to help you move across the platform a bit quicker.
2.16.

Best Talents

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

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Tips for Broodtwister Ovi'nax for Preservation Evoker

Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.17.

Defensive Tips

  • Because Volatile Concoction Icon Volatile Concoction deals increased damage the more HP you are missing, so I strongly recommend using a defensive if you are at low HP when it expires.
2.18.

Cooldown Usage

  • In general, this boss can have a very high damage output; once more about it has been tested, cooldown recommendations will be updated, but aim for as much usage as possible. It can be a great opportunity to execute a triple Temporal Anomaly Icon Temporal Anomaly pre-pull Stasis for Emerald Communion Icon Emerald Communion.
  • You may struggle to find value from Dream Flight Icon Dream Flight, but even with it offering less healing here than on other fights, having an extra cooldown is still helpful in keeping your raid alive through dangerous moments compared to alternative talents. If you decide to not use this, you could opt for Life-Giver's Flame Icon Life-Giver's Flame which would give you high value when used on Parasites.
2.19.

Mechanical Tips

  • Wing Buffet Icon Wing Buffet can be useful to help knock adds into melee, making them easier to be cleaved.
2.20.

Best Talents

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

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Tips for Nexus-Princess Ky'veza for Preservation Evoker

Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.21.

Defensive Tips

  • Dropping below 10% can result in you being executed by the boss; it is important you manage defensives well and keep an eye out for very low-health players.
  • Dodging is extremely important in this fight, but also don't be afraid to use Time Dilation Icon Time Dilation on yourself or other players when in tricky situations where you can't avoid it.
2.22.

Cooldown Usage

  • In general, this boss can have a very high damage output; once more about it has been tested, cooldown recommendations will be updated, but aim for as much usage as possible. It can be a great opportunity to execute a triple Temporal Anomaly Icon Temporal Anomaly pre-pull Stasis for Emerald Communion Icon Emerald Communion.
2.23.

Mechanical Tips

  • Nothing fancy here yet, but do check back in after the Season has been out for a couple of weeks to see if any tricks or tips have been found.
2.24.

Best Talents

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

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Tips for The Silken Court for Preservation Evoker

Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.25.

Defensive Tips

  • This boss has many dangerous moments of heavy burst. Try to aim to use Obsidian Scales Icon Obsidian Scales during each Charge or when the boss pulls you in.
2.26.

Cooldown Usage

  • Rewind Icon Rewind will be useful in dealing with the boss's charge mechanic; otherwise, you can aim to use your CDs as much as possible. Dream Flight Icon Dream Flight will be difficult to find value on this fight.
2.27.

Mechanical Tips

  • This fight will split you into groups of 10 players, meaning that small-group healing becomes much more important. There is a potential risk that Dream Flight Icon Dream Flight becomes undesirable due to the split nature of the fight, but in most cases, it should still be worth using, even if it can only hit around half the raid.
2.28.

Best Talents

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

3.

Tips for Queen Ansurek for Preservation Evoker

Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

2.29.

Defensive Tips

  • If your raid makes mistakes and stacks Frothy Toxin Icon Frothy Toxin to anythin above 3-4 stacks, you will want to use Obsidian Scales Icon Obsidian Scales to ensure you live the explosion. In addition, you may want to use Rewind Icon Rewind during these moments to help keep the raid alive.
  • Gloom Touch Icon Gloom Touch will deal a ton of damage to the raid and to the healers it is on. You will want to make sure you use Obsidian Scales Icon Obsidian Scales when you have this debuff. You may also wan to use Time Dilation Icon Time Dilation on yourself or another healer who has the debuff to ensure they don't die early before you have time to deal with the mechanic.
2.30.

Cooldown Usage

  • In Phase 2, your raid will split up and go to different sides. Because you cannot hit the entire raid with Dream Flight Icon Dream Flight, you will want to ideally use it in Phase 1 and Phase 3. While it can be dangerous to do so, Dream Flight Icon Dream Flight can be good on root sets.
  • When playing Chronowarden builds, this can be a great fight to start with a triple Temporal Anomaly Icon Temporal Anomaly Stasis Icon Stasis, followed by Emerald Communion Icon Emerald Communion.
2.31.

Mechanical Tips

  • Feast Icon Feast will put a very large healing absorb on the tank. It is important that you focus heal them and break this effect as soon as possible, otherwise they may just die from not being healed. While Evoker isn't great at dealing with this mechanic, you will still want to make sure that you deal as much healing as possible to them to help break the debuff as soon as possible.
  • Deep Breath Icon Deep Breath and Dream Flight Icon Dream Flight can be used to break the root mechanic in Phase 1, but generally it can be quite dangerous to do so.
  • Gloom Touch Icon Gloom Touch will target healers and needs to be dispelled. Each time it is dispelled the raid will take large amounts of damage. It is important that you only dispel when full health, and you do not dispel at the same time that the boss attempts to pull you off the platform.
2.32.

Best Talents

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

2.33.

General Defensive Usage Notes

Preservation Evoker has several defensive spells that you should plan to use and rotate throughout mechanics. Two charges of Obsidian Scales Icon Obsidian Scales means that you can almost always have a defensive active for dangerous situations. It also means that you shouldn't be afraid to use one of the charges early in order to start the recharging process. Renewing Blaze Icon Renewing Blaze has incredible synergy with Emerald Communion Icon Emerald Communion and Lifebind Icon Lifebind, and you will generally want to find a way to use those together.

  • Obsidian Scales Icon Obsidian Scales
  • Renewing Blaze Icon Renewing Blaze
  • Emerald Communion Icon Emerald Communion - should be used primarily as a healing cooldown through Lifebind Icon Lifebind
2.34.

General Cooldown Usage

Preservation Evoker has a few cooldowns to think about using optimally on the fights in Nerub-ar Palace:

  • Rewind Icon Rewind — Our strongest cooldown available. You should aim to use this AFTER damage occurs in order to get the maximum value. Any very large hits will give you the best value.
  • Dream Flight Icon Dream Flight — While powerful, it can be difficult to get full value because it requires your raid to be stacked well, which is not always possible. Look for moments in the fight where your raid is stacked for a heavy damage window and use this cooldown then.
  • Emerald Communion Icon Emerald Communion — Extremely powerful when combined with a Lifebind Icon Lifebind ramp. You will never want to use this alone; always aim to have as many Lifebinds as possible through Temporal Anomaly Icon Temporal Anomaly and Echo Icon Echo casts.

In addition to the general rotation, you want to keep in mind that your goal is to use your cooldowns as often as possible during an encounter. With that in mind, your secondary goal is to use them at the correct time. Of course, if your Healing Officer ever assigns your cooldown to a specific moment, you will want to use it there instead.

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Changelog

  • 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
  • 07 Oct. 2024: Boss recommendations updated.
  • 19 Sep. 2024: Talent recommedations and tips added.
  • 09 Sep. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
  • 30 Aug. 2024: Page added.
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