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Preservation Evoker PvP Guide — The War Within (11.0.7)

Last updated on Dec 15, 2024 at 16:00 by Mysticall 16 comments
General Information

This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to play Preservation 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.

PvP Preservation Evoker Guides
Introduction Talents Gear & Stats Battleground Blitz Compositions Playstyle & Rotations Macros Races
TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE
1.

Preservation Evoker in the Current Meta

Evokers are the newest class being introduced in Dragonflight and Preservation is the healing specialization. In PvP, they are fun, challenging, and extremely mobile. The playstyle of Preservation is a combination of Restoration Druid and Mistweaver Monk. Keep your primary HoTs up on targets taking damage and use your mobility to avoid crowd control.

2.

Preservation Evoker Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths icon Strengths
  • +Great mobility
  • +Strong damage output that helps contribute to kills
  • +Multiple instant healing spells to keep teammates alive
Weaknesses icon Weaknesses
  • -If mobility is not used properly, easy to crowd control
  • -Struggles against teams with spammable crowd control
  • -30 yard range on spells makes it an easy target to crowd control
3.

Notable 11.0.5 Changes to Preservation Evoker

  • Tail Swipe Icon Tail Swipe is now learned baseline for Evokers.
  • Permeating Chill Icon Permeating Chill is now baseline for Evoker.
  • Unravel Icon Unravel damage increased by 25%.
  • Clobbering Sweep Icon Clobbering Sweep reduces Tail Swipe Icon Tail Swipe's cooldown by 2 minutes (was 45 seconds).
  • Heavy Wingbeats Icon Heavy Wingbeats reduces Wing Buffet Icon Wing Buffet’s cooldown by 2 minutes (was 45 seconds).
  • Renewing Blaze Icon Renewing Blaze is no longer affected by healing received modifiers (both positive and negative). Dampening in arena is a special case and will continue to decrease the healing of Renewing Blaze.
  • Heavy Wingbeats Icon Heavy Wingbeats and Clobbering Sweep Icon Clobbering Sweep are no longer a choice node, and their position has changed in the class tree.
4.

Notable The War Within Changes to Preservation Evokers

  • New Class Talents:
    • Renewing Blaze Icon Renewing Blaze and Source of Magic Icon Source of Magic have swapped positions.
  • New Preservation Evoker Talents:
    • Grace Period Icon Grace Period
    • Lifespark Icon Lifespark
  • Multiple talents have moved from 2 points to 1 point nodes.
5.

Changelog

  • 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.
  • 18 Nov. 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed healing rotations.
  • 18 Nov. 2024 (comps): Updated recommended team compositions.
    • Updated best 2v2 team compositions.
    • Updated best 3v3 team compositions.
  • 18 Nov. 2024 (blitz): Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 18 Nov. 2024 (gear): Updated Recommended enchants.
  • 18 Nov. 2024 (talents): Updated recommended talents.
    • Updated recommended PvP talents.
  • 18 Nov. 2024 (this page): Updated Weaknesses.
  • 18 Nov. 2024 (this page): Updated Weaknesses.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 28 Sep. 2024 (gear): Updated Recommended Gear.
  • 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.
  • 29 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 Recommended Talents.
  • 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): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (gear): Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
    • Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 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.
  • 10 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 Recommended Gear.
    • Added Embellishment section.
    • Updated Gems and Enchants section.
  • 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.
  • 06 May 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 06 May 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 06 May 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 06 May 2023 (comps): Updated for Patch 10.1.
    • Updated Best 2v2 Team Compositions.
    • Updated Best 3v3 Team Compositions.
  • 06 May 2023 (gear): Updated for Patch 10.1
    • Updated Recommended Gear.
    • Updated Tier Sets.
  • 06 May 2023 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 06 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.
  • 06 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 2v2 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 Tree.
    • 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.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (races): Page created.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (macros): Page created.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (playstyle): Page created.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (comps): Page created.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (gear): Page created.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (talents): Page created.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Page Created.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Page Created.
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