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Devastation Evoker: Pyre & Eye of Infinity Tuning Explained - Single Target Nerfs, AoE Buffs
Dragonflight
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06.11.2022 um 08:00
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Preheat
With a little over a week until their release on November 15th in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch,
Evoker tuning
remains an ongoing process on Beta realms. Our Devastation Evoker Guide Writer, Preheat, breaks down the latest tuning efforts, so you'll know exactly what to expect when this new Ranged DPS spec hits live servers.
Devastation Evoker recently received
some tuning
. Including the nerf to
Auge der Unendlichkeit
, these changes are all related to
Scheiterhaufen
and it's usage in AoE.
Class Tools
Devastation
Talents
Preservation
Talents
Talents (3)
Eternity Surge critical strikes grant you Essence Burst.generate 1 Essence.
Lob a ball of flame, dealing (81%105% of Spell power) Fire damage to the target and nearby enemies.
Pyre has a 20%15% chance to flare up and explode again on a nearby target.
Rank 1: Pyre has a 10%15% chance to flare up and explode again on a nearby target.
Rank 2: Pyre has a 20%30% chance to flare up and explode again on a nearby target.
Ruferklassenset, Verheerung, 2 Teile
Hotfix:
Schillern
procs no longer provide
Grenzenloses Potenzial
.
Scheiterhaufen
&
Instabilität
At face value, this is a 30% buff to
Scheiterhaufen
, and a buff to the
Instabilität
as well.
Instabilität
is finally a worthy choice in AoE, although points are still very tight.
Geladener Schlag
and other buffs to
Scheiterhaufen
that are consumed on cast do not affect
Instabilität
. On Average, 1 point in
Instabilität
will increase your natural
Scheiterhaufen
damage by 17.5%. 2 points further increase it to around 42.8% per
Scheiterhaufen
.
The bottom line is that
Scheiterhaufen
is now worth casting starting at 4 targets, and it is worthwhile to cast at 2 or 3 targets under certain circumstances, such as
Geladener Schlag
. This means Devastation is far better off in AoE.
So
Scheiterhaufen
got buffed! Great! What about that other part?
Auge der Unendlichkeit
&
Schillern
At first glance you may be wondering how
Auge der Unendlichkeit
could possibly relate to
Scheiterhaufen
, but its actually pretty important that this talent changes. One of the biggest reasons why
Scheiterhaufen
was devalued was
Essenzexplosion
generation from
Desintegration
when using
Schillern
,
Spanne der Ewigkeit
, and
Auge der Unendlichkeit
. Each
Schillern
proc hits 2 targets with
Spanne der Ewigkeit
, which means twice the chances to critically strike and return
Essenzexplosion
via
Auge der Unendlichkeit
.
Since
Desintegration
was able to generate
Essenzexplosion
but
Scheiterhaufen
was not, this meant that using
Scheiterhaufen
also meant having to cast more
Azurstoß
s in AoE. The opportunity cost of spending
Essenz
or
Essenzexplosion
on
Scheiterhaufen
was too high, and it was forcing a playstyle where we often ignored
Scheiterhaufen
aside from extreme AoE or high
Geladener Schlag
stacks.
This is a very painful nerf to Devastation and mostly eliminates one of the biggest strengths of the spec, 2 target funnel. It's around a 5% damage loss to swap to
Kausalität
instead, which seems to be the right choice for now. Our 2 target took an even larger hit at around a 7% loss. Overall this is a good but painful change, since it makes us actually pay attention to
Essenz
and makes
Scheiterhaufen
a better button to press to spend, comparatively.
Conclusion
The verdict is that Devastation finally got the AoE buff it needed, but at a heavy cost. In AoE it's hard to say the exact impact but we are far better off now. On the other hand, the
Auge der Unendlichkeit
loss and the additional nerf to the Evoker 2p bonus (
Schillern
procs no longer provide
Grenzenloses Potenzial
) have nerfed Devastation in Single Target and Cleave by around
8-10%
, and it wasn't exactly topping meters in Single Target before. Personally I feel this was a necessary change, and I hope Devastation gets some Single Target tuning to help it bounce back from this huge setback.
For more information on all things Dracthyr Evoker, check out our Evoker Class Overview below:
Evoker Class Overview
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