UPDATE 10/12: After extensive testing in-game, it appears that the passive 5% buff to empower abilities part of the 2p is
not working at all. The six second 5% buff is working as described.
The 4p has been hotfixed to no longer override the duration of your
Kampfrausch, but procs will not allow the buff to go above 40 seconds. This means that procs early in
Kampfrausch would be partially wasted.
Ruferklassenset, Verheerung, 2 TeileThe Evoker 2p tier is just a flat 5% buff to crit chance on
Ewigkeitswoge and
Feueratem, and a 5% buff for 6 seconds after casting them. This seems to also affect
Ewigkeitswoge from
Schillern, and the procs also increase your crit. Even though this is tame, the crit chance on
Ewigkeitswoge is really nice especially in cleave thanks to
Auge der Unendlichkeit and
Spanne der Ewigkeit.
At the time I am writing this, the flat 5% buff to crit chance on
Ewigkeitswoge and
Feueratem, is not functioning.
Ruferklassenset, Verheerung, 2 TeileThe Evoker 4p tier bonus is a chance for a short 6 seconds of the
Kampfrausch effect, but unfortunately it
overrides the duration of your actual Kampfrausch instead of extending it when it procs while under the effects of Kampfrausch. is capped at 40 seconds, which means that early procs are partially wasted.
Schillern procs do not interact with the 4p, which means that with a 30 second cooldown on
Ewigkeitswoge and a 20 second cooldown on
Feueratem you will get about 1.25 procs per min. Put another way, you get around 37.5 seconds of
Kampfrausch every 5 mins with average RNG. You have no way to control if this procs, since it is a 25% chance.
Preservation Evoker currently has one of the weaker healer tier set bonuses and we'll be pushing for changes or tuning before release.
Build Changes
Umkehrung is an awkward spell to pick for a tier set that isn't supposed to be influenced by build because if you play into an
Smaragdblüte type raid build then you have so few
Umkehrungs out that the bonus isn't very valuable. It also scales very hard with the crit you have on gear, which is unusual for crit bonuses and is caused by
Umkehrungs unique extension mechanic on crits. There can be a lot of power in the bonus, but only if you build, gear and play in a very specific way. If you don't then it can be very poor.
The 4pc also has some build requirements, though they're much easier to grab. You'll want
Springende Flammen so that you can cleave your high power
Lebende Flammes, and
Scharlachrote Anpassung since the 20% power increase occurs after the stored healing is added which means you get +20%
Scharlachrote Anpassung value too.
Looking at the Numbers
The 2pc has quite high potential uptime, however in practice it ends up lower since most fights emphasize layering your empowered spells rather than spacing them out. Fortunately Empowered casts are so long that you end up with quite good uptime anyway. Expect it to be active about 50% of the time, peaking around 70% if you're able to hit your Empowers on cooldown (this isn't very realistic).
The 4pc procs randomly so long as you have a
Umkehrung out and you can expect 2.25 x haste procs per minute. This is a pretty nice quality of life bonus and it's nice that it can be used flexibly between damage and healing. Sadly it doesn't really pack much actual power. If we're not able to take advantage of
Springende Flammen then we're looking at ~120 or so HPS (this is a sub 1% healing increase). It's tough to guarantee
Springende Flammen will line up with it unless we hold
Feueratem for a proc (not recommended) but it adds a little value - especially in Mythic+. Our 4pc needs
significant buffs in order to be competitive.
Playstyle & Set Issues
You won't need to make too many playstyle changes when you pick up the set. You'll want to maintain a
Umkehrung or two at all times, but the 4pc proc rate doesn't scale with the number you have out so you should maximize procs as long as you have a couple active. You'll also want to make sure you're doing the fundamentals correctly like casting Empowered spells frequently.
Ruferklassenset, Bewahrung, 2 TeileRuferklassenset, Bewahrung, 4 TeileThe instant
Lebende Flamme casts are notably very good from a quality of life perspective, but doesn't carry enough power budget to succeed as a set bonus. It could be supplemented by a flat bonus to our common healing spells - similar to the Paladin 4pc.
Quickfire Questions
- How long does the 4pc proc last? 15 seconds.
- Do I get more procs the more Umkehrungs I have out? No it's a roughly fixed number. You'll just need 1-2 out to maximize procs.
- Does the 2 set bonus also apply to Echoed Umkehrung? Yep!
- Does Lebende Flamme apply the 20% bonus to all Lebende Flamme targets? It does!
- Am I able to get infinite Umkehrung out yet? Not yet, but you can definitely get them up to 30 seconds or so with the set and a decent base amount of crit chance.
The Evoker set bonuses are a bit weak. They're build dependent, numerically weak and compare poorly to most of the other healer tier sets. They could use a bit of work before release.