Dragonflight Devastation Evoker DPS Guide

Slot	Best Enchant	Cheaper Version
Weapon	Sophic Devotion	Sophic Writ/ Earthen Writ
Cloak	Homebound Speed	Writ of Speed
Chest	Waking Stats
Bracers	Devotion of Speed	Writ of Speed
Legs	Frozen Spellthread	Frozen Spellthread
Boots	Plainsrunner's Breeze	Plainsrunner's Breeze
Ring	Devotion of Mastery	Writ of Mastery

Devastation Evoker Phials

Overall the best phial for Devastation Evokers is  Iced Phial of Corrupting Rage, assuming that you don't consistently trigger the downside.  Phial of Elemental Chaos is a much safer option that trades the downside for a bit of RNG.  Phial of Tepid Versatility is only slightly behind  Phial of Elemental Chaos but is much cheaper and provides a damage taken decrease.

For Mythic+,  Phial of Glacial Fury is recommended for the best damage but generally  Phial of Tepid Versatility is the best pick since it helps us live.

Devastation Evoker Weapon Buff

For their weapons, Devastation Evokers want to use  Howling Rune, or lower quality versions to save gold. At some stat levels, Critical Strike can be preferred to Haste.  Buzzing Rune is the Critical Strike version of the same item.

Best Devastation Evoker Food

• Feast:  Hoard of Draconic Delicacies or  Grand Banquet of the Kalu'ak
• Personal Food:  Fated Fortune Cookie or  Sizzling Seafood Medley

Best Devastation Evoker Gems

It is always best to use sims to decide which gems to use, but generally you want a  Skillful Illimited Diamond with  Keen Neltharite.

Devastation Evoker Rotation Priority

Devastation Evoker Opener

1. Precast  Living Flame then Light of Creation (if you have  Kharnalex, The First Light equipped)
2. Begin your normal rotation if delaying  Dragonrage
3. Use  Dragonrage with trinkets.

• Without  Bloodlust, your first  Dragonrage of the fight should be delayed as long as possible without losing a usage during the encounter.
• Rank 1 Empower  Fire Breath. For the duration of  Dragonrage, Empower  Fire Breath at rank 1 on cooldown
•  Shattering Star to apply the damage increase debuff on cooldown. During  Dragonrage and  Bloodlust, hold it until you have enough Essence and  Essence Burst to chain 3  Disintegrate casts or  Eternity Surge and 2  Disintegrate casts.
•  Tip the Scales - Instant  Eternity Surge (Can be delayed for the 2nd  Eternity Surge as needed to fit it inside of  Dragonrage)
•  Disintegrate with  Essence Burst. Use up all  Essence Burst procs. You can cast  Disintegrate again after the 3rd tick of  Disintegrate to overlap them without losing damage
•  Disintegrate if Essence is capped or nearing cap. You can cast  Disintegrate again after the 3rd tick of  Disintegrate to overlap them without losing damage.
• Instant cast  Living Flame with  Burnout to gain  Essence Burst if not capped on Essence and  Essence Burst to gain  Essence Burst
• Without  Burnout, use  Azure Strike to gain  Essence Burst
• At this point, things repeat during  Dragonrage
• In the last 2 seconds of  Dragonrage, use  Burnout procs or  Azure Strike to exit with 2 stacks of  Essence Burst
• Proceed with normal rotation when  Dragonrage fades

Important Note: Delayed  Dragonrage on the pull without  Bloodlust
With  Bloodlust on the pull, you can send  Dragonrage right away to get the full benefit of the haste from  Bloodlust.

Because  Tyranny gives the full effect of  Mastery: Giantkiller during  Dragonrage, it is worth it to delay your first  Dragonrage for as long as possible on the pull so long as you maintain the same total uses of  Dragonrage during the encounter if  Bloodlust is not used on the pull. When delaying  Dragonrage be mindful of putting  Eternity Surge and  Fire Breath on cooldown, these abilities should be available for the start of  Dragonrage. If  Eternity Surge or  Fire Breath will be unavailable for the start of  Dragonrage, delay  Dragonrage. The rotation while delaying  Dragonrage is the same as the rotation outside of cooldowns

Devastation Evoker Single-Target Rotation and Priority

1. Rank 1 Empower  Fire Breath on cooldown, as long as  Dragonrage cooldown is longer than 10 seconds.
2.  Shattering Star to apply the damage increase debuff on cooldown
3. Empower  Eternity Surge at rank 1 on cooldown, as long as  Dragonrage cooldown is longer than 15 seconds.
4. Instant cast  Living Flame with  Burnout. Avoid capping Essence and  Essence Burst over  Burnout
5. Spend Essence and  Essence Burst on  Disintegrate. You can cast  Disintegrate again after the 3rd tick of  Disintegrate to overlap them without losing damage
6. Cast  Living Flame
7. Use  Azure Strike on the move
8. Use  Dragonrage when  Fire Breath and  Eternity Surge are ready, or if the fight has less than 30 seconds left. See opener for  Dragonrage rotation

Devastation Evoker Multi-Target Rotation and Priority

1. In preparation for AoE, try to quickly build  Charged Blast stacks with  Disintegrate and  Azure Strike.
2. Use  Dragonrage with stacks of  Charged Blast depending on the length of the pull, it can be worthwhile to hold until 18+ stacks of  Charged Blast.
3. Empower  Fire Breath on cooldown, usually at max rank. Empower rank depends on target count and how long targets will live. Generally speaking, you can use Rank 1 for 1-2 targets Rank 2 for 3 targets, Rank 3 for 4 targets, Rank 3 (or 4 with  Font of Magic) for 5 targets. For more information, click here.
4.  Deep Breath at 2 or more targets. Delay your first use for when the lowest target reaches 30% or less health, so long as you get the same amount of total uses since  Tyranny makes it get the full effect of  Mastery: Giantkiller.
5. Empower  Eternity Surge on cooldown. Empower level depends on targets within 12 yards of the target:

   •  Eternity Surge at Rank 2 for 3-4 targets - With  Eternity's Span
   •  Eternity Surge at Rank 3 for 5-6 targets - With  Eternity's Span
   •  Eternity Surge at Rank 4 for 7 or more targets - With  Eternity's Span
6. Instant cast  Living Flame with  Burnout and  Leaping Flames if  Essence Burst is not capped at 2 stacks. In  Dragonrage, spend all  Essence Burst and use Essence to give yourself time to avoid capping because  Leaping Flames will provide 2  Essence Bursts.
7. Use  Pyre in AoE with  Volatility:

   • At 3 targets: Spend  Essence Burst and Essence on  Pyre with >=10  Charged Blast stacks.
   • At 4 targets: Spend  Essence Burst and Essence on  Pyre full time.
8. Spend  Essence Burst and Essence on  Disintegrate. Target high health targets (50-60% higher health percent than the average health percent of the pack) to make use of  Mastery: Giantkiller and gain  Charged Blast stacks
9. At 3 or less targets: Instant cast  Living Flame with  Burnout
10. At 3 or more targets: Cast  Azure Strike with  Protracted Talons
11. When  Dragonrage is available in less than 10 seconds, stop casting  Pyre. For 3 or more targets, always build 18+ stacks of  Charged Blast for  Dragonrage
12. When the pull is wrapping up (last 8 or so seconds of AoE), fully empower  Fire Breath to increase the upfront damage at the cost of damage over time.
13. Avoid casting  Living Flame to save  Leaping Flames for the next pull, if it is happening in 30 seconds or less.
14. Avoid casting  Pyre to save  Charged Blast for the next pull, if it is happening in 60 seconds or less.