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Devastation Evoker: Pyre & Eye of Infinity Tuning Explained - Single Target Nerfs, AoE Buffs
Dragonflight
Criado
06/11/2022 em 08:00
por
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
Olho da Infinidade
, these changes are all related to
Pira
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.
Conjurante, Devastação, Conjunto de Classe, 2 pç
Hotfix:
Cintilação
procs no longer provide
Potencial Ilimitado
.
Pira
&
Volatilidade
At face value, this is a 30% buff to
Pira
, and a buff to the
Volatilidade
as well.
Volatilidade
is finally a worthy choice in AoE, although points are still very tight.
Impacto Carregado
and other buffs to
Pira
that are consumed on cast do not affect
Volatilidade
. On Average, 1 point in
Volatilidade
will increase your natural
Pira
damage by 17.5%. 2 points further increase it to around 42.8% per
Pira
.
The bottom line is that
Pira
is now worth casting starting at 4 targets, and it is worthwhile to cast at 2 or 3 targets under certain circumstances, such as
Impacto Carregado
. This means Devastation is far better off in AoE.
So
Pira
got buffed! Great! What about that other part?
Olho da Infinidade
&
Cintilação
At first glance you may be wondering how
Olho da Infinidade
could possibly relate to
Pira
, but its actually pretty important that this talent changes. One of the biggest reasons why
Pira
was devalued was
Estouro de Essência
generation from
Desintegrar
when using
Cintilação
,
Amplitude da Eternidade
, and
Olho da Infinidade
. Each
Cintilação
proc hits 2 targets with
Amplitude da Eternidade
, which means twice the chances to critically strike and return
Estouro de Essência
via
Olho da Infinidade
.
Since
Desintegrar
was able to generate
Estouro de Essência
but
Pira
was not, this meant that using
Pira
also meant having to cast more
Ataque Lazúli
s in AoE. The opportunity cost of spending
Essência
or
Estouro de Essência
on
Pira
was too high, and it was forcing a playstyle where we often ignored
Pira
aside from extreme AoE or high
Impacto Carregado
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
Causalidade
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
Essência
and makes
Pira
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
Olho da Infinidade
loss and the additional nerf to the Evoker 2p bonus (
Cintilação
procs no longer provide
Potencial Ilimitado
) 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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