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Devastation Evoker: Pyre & Eye of Infinity Tuning Explained - Single Target Nerfs, AoE Buffs
Dragonflight
Publié
06/11/2022 à 08:00
par
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
Œil de l’infini
, these changes are all related to
Bûcher
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.
Ensemble de classe d’évocateur Dévastation (2 pièces)
Hotfix:
Scintillement
procs no longer provide
Potentiel illimité
.
Bûcher
&
Volatilité
At face value, this is a 30% buff to
Bûcher
, and a buff to the
Volatilité
as well.
Volatilité
is finally a worthy choice in AoE, although points are still very tight.
Explosion chargée
and other buffs to
Bûcher
that are consumed on cast do not affect
Volatilité
. On Average, 1 point in
Volatilité
will increase your natural
Bûcher
damage by 17.5%. 2 points further increase it to around 42.8% per
Bûcher
.
The bottom line is that
Bûcher
is now worth casting starting at 4 targets, and it is worthwhile to cast at 2 or 3 targets under certain circumstances, such as
Explosion chargée
. This means Devastation is far better off in AoE.
So
Bûcher
got buffed! Great! What about that other part?
Œil de l’infini
&
Scintillement
At first glance you may be wondering how
Œil de l’infini
could possibly relate to
Bûcher
, but its actually pretty important that this talent changes. One of the biggest reasons why
Bûcher
was devalued was
Explosion d’essence
generation from
Désintégration
when using
Scintillement
,
Tranche d’éternité
, and
Œil de l’infini
. Each
Scintillement
proc hits 2 targets with
Tranche d’éternité
, which means twice the chances to critically strike and return
Explosion d’essence
via
Œil de l’infini
.
Since
Désintégration
was able to generate
Explosion d’essence
but
Bûcher
was not, this meant that using
Bûcher
also meant having to cast more
Frappe d’azur
s in AoE. The opportunity cost of spending
Essence
or
Explosion d’essence
on
Bûcher
was too high, and it was forcing a playstyle where we often ignored
Bûcher
aside from extreme AoE or high
Explosion chargée
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
Causalité
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
Essence
and makes
Bûcher
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
Œil de l’infini
loss and the additional nerf to the Evoker 2p bonus (
Scintillement
procs no longer provide
Potentiel illimité
) 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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