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Augmentation Evoker

Support DPS: keep Ebon Might on the whole group and time Breath of Eons with their burst.

Damage
Gear: Method.ggBuilds: Archon consensus, M+ This Week (+7–+19)Updated 10/29/2026 by Guild guides
Playing

Augmentation adds most of its value through other players. In Midnight Ebon Might raises the primary stat of every damage-dealing ally, so the job is keeping it rolling with empowers and Eruption, spending Prescience charges on damage dealers, and flying Breath of Eons through enemies while the group bursts. Chronowarden is the usual hero tree.

Difficulty
In Midnight Ebon Might buffs every damage dealer, so the old two-target juggling is gone. What's left is keeping Ebon Might rolling, spending Prescience charges well and lining up Breath of Eons with the group's burst.
Resource
Essence and Mana
Hero talents in keys
Chronowarden
Standing this patch
BRaid
Brings to the group
  • InterruptQuell (20s)
  • StunTail Swipe, Wing Buffet, Sleep Walk, Landslide (root)
  • DispelExpunge (poison), Cauterizing Flame (bleed, poison, curse, disease)
  • PurgeOppressing Roar with Overawe (enrage)
  • Battle resnone
  • LustFury of the Aspects
  • MobilityHover, Rescue, Time Spiral

Pick any button below to follow it through the guide: where it sits in the opener, which rung of the priority fires it, and every mistake it is part of.

  1. 130sEbon Might
  2. 22mBreath of Eons
  3. 340sUpheaval
  4. 430sFire Breath
  5. 5Eruption
  6. 6Living Flame
  7. 7Azure Strike
  8. 83mTime Skip
  9. 92mTip the Scales
  1. s112sPrescience
  2. s230sBlistering Scales
  3. s320sQuell
  4. s41m 30sObsidian Scales
  5. s52mZephyr
  6. s635sHover
  7. s71mRescue
  8. s85mFury of the Aspects
  9. s9Source of Magic
  10. 8sExpunge
  11. 1mCauterizing Flame

Rotation

What do I press?

Press order

  1. 1Ebon Might0.0s
  2. 2Breath of Eons1.5s
  3. 3Upheaval3.0s
  4. 4Fire Breath5.5s
  5. 5Eruption8.0s
  6. 6Prescience10.5s
  7. 7Eruption12.0s
  8. 8Living Flame14.5s
  9. 9Eruption16.5s
  10. 10Ebon Might19.0s
  11. 11Living Flame20.5s
  12. 12Prescience22.5s
  13. 13Eruption24.0s
  14. 14Upheaval26.5s

Ebon Might0.0s

Fires because ebon Might has about 4-5 sec or less left, or is down.

0s5s10s15s20s25s30s
Ebon MightBreath of EonsEbon Might

One press per global at base haste (1.5s), longer for casts. Real pulls drift with haste and procs; the order is what matters.

Cooldowns and when to use them

2 min; line it up with the group's cooldowns. With Duplicate it also summons your future self.

What the simulations press

Executed every time the actor is available.

  1. Hovergcd.remains>=0.5 and (not raid event.movement.exists or raid event.movement.in<=6)
  2. Ebon Might(((ebon might self.remains-cast time)<=ebon might self.duration*ebon might pandemic threshold) and (active enemies>0 or raid event.adds.in<=3) or doubletime and crit fish>=1) and (eons remains>0 or not doubletime or ebon might self.up)
  3. Prescienceprescience.remains<gcd.max*2 and time<=8
  4. Fury of the Aspectstime convergence and not time convergence intellect.up and (essence>=2 or essence burst.react) and eons remains>=8
  5. Tip the Scales(not breath of eons.up or not allied virtual cd time.up and enforce timings=1) and (fire breath.up or temporal burst and fire breath.remains>gcd.max*2)
  6. Deep Breath
  7. Breath of Eonstarget.time to die>=20 and (not enforce timings) or enforce timings and allied virtual cd time.up
  8. Eruptionafterimage and essence burst.at max stacks
  9. Fire Breathebon might self.up and upheaval.up
  10. Fire Breathebon might self.up and not upheaval.up
  11. Upheavalebon might self.up and magnified fate.remains<=duration
  12. Prescience(prescience.remains<=gcd.max*2) and (not anachronism or essence burst.stack<essence burst.max stack) or time skip.up and time skipactions+=/prescience,target_if=min:(debuff.prescience.remains-200*(target.role.attack|target.role.spell|target.role.dps)+50*target.spec.augmentation),if=debuff.prescience.remains<gcd.max*2&(!talent.anachronism|buff.essence_burst.stack<buff.essence_burst.max_stack)|cooldown.time_skip.up&talent.time_skip
  13. Time Skipnot chronoboon and breath of eons.remains>=15 or tip the scales.remains>=6 and not tip the scales.up
  14. Emerald Blossomdream of spring and essence burst.react and (spam heal=2 or spam heal=1 and not ancient flame.up and ancient flame) and (ebon might self.up or essence.deficit=0 or essence burst.stack=essence burst.max stack and ebon might.remains>4)
  15. Eruptionebon might self.remains>execute time

From SimulationCraft's evoker_augmentation.simc, changed Sep 19, 2026. This is what the simulations behind most guides press; conditions are shown as SimC writes them.

What top players actually cast

Below are the opening rotations from a small sample of recent top Augmentation Evoker rankings for Altar of Fangs. You can use this to compare to your own opener and find potential points of improvement. Note that the opener for some specs may vary based on when certain buffs proc.

  1. 0.0s1Tip the Scales
  2. 0.0s2Ebon Might
  3. 1.0s3Glide
  4. 1.5s4Prescience
  5. 2.2s5Glide
  6. 3.4s6Prescience
  7. 3.7s7Glide
  8. 5.1s8Glide
  9. 13.9s9Glide
  10. 14.4s10Hover
  11. 21.2s11Glide
  12. 21.6s12Hover
  13. 22.4s13Wing Buffet
  14. 23.1s14Quell
48 castsover 75.0sSource log ↗

Abilities

What does each button do?

Rotation

  • EruptionSpender2.5s cast · -3 EssenceVolcanic damage split around the target that extends Ebon Might. Spend all Essence on it while Ebon Might is up.
  • Living FlameBuilder2s castFiller with an Essence Burst chance; Chronowarden turns it into Chrono Flame.
  • Azure StrikeFillerInstantInstant filler with an Essence Burst chance; use it while moving without Hover.

Cooldowns

  • Ebon MightCooldown1.5s cast · 30s cd · 10s longRaises the primary stat of every damage-dealing ally and your own damage. Eruption and empowers extend it; recast it with about 4-5 sec left.
  • PrescienceExternalInstant · 12s cd ×2Crit chance on an ally. Use it like a rotational spell on damage dealers and never sit at two charges.
  • Breath of EonsCooldownInstant · 2m cd · 6s longFly through enemies marking them with Temporal Wound, which records damage from your buffed allies and bursts at the end. Replaces Deep Breath; with Duplicate it also summons your future self.
  • UpheavalCooldown2.5s cast · 40s cdEmpowered earth blast that extends Ebon Might. Rank 1 on a single target; rank up to catch a whole pack.
  • Fire BreathCooldown2.5s cast · 30s cdEmpowered fire cone that extends Ebon Might. Release at rank 1 inside Ebon Might.
  • Time SkipCooldown2s cast · 3m cd2 sec channel that makes your cooldowns recover much faster. Use it once Breath of Eons and your empowers are on cooldown.
  • Tip the ScalesCooldownInstant · 2m cdNext empowered spell is instant at max rank. Use it in the Breath of Eons window.
  • Blistering ScalesExternalInstant · 30s cdArmor buff on the tank whose scales explode on melee attackers. Put it on the tank before the pull when talented.

Survival

  • Obsidian ScalesDefensiveInstant · 1m 30s cd · 12s long30% damage reduction for 12 sec; Renewing Blaze heals back part of what it prevented.

Utility

  • QuellInterruptInstant · 20s cd20 sec interrupt with 25 yd range.
  • ZephyrUtilityInstant · 2m cd · 8s longReduces area damage taken by you and nearby allies and speeds them up for 8 sec.
  • HoverMovementInstant · 35s cd · 6s longMove while casting for 6 sec.
  • RescueUtilityInstant · 1m cdPick up an ally and carry them to a target location.
  • Fury of the AspectsUtilityInstant · 5m cd · 40s long30% haste for the whole group for 40 sec.
  • Source of MagicUtilityInstantLink a healer: your empowered casts restore their mana. Set it once per dungeon or raid.
  • ExpungeUtilityInstant · 8s cdRemoves poisons from an ally.
  • Cauterizing FlameUtilityInstant · 1m cdRemoves bleeds, poisons, curses and diseases from an ally and heals them.

Builds / Talents

Raid and Mythic+ talents

  • ChronowardenRaid and Mythic+45 of the top 50 Mythic+ Augmentation players run it, and Maxroll uses it almost everywhere in raid. Chrono Flame, Time Convergence and Afterimage fit the spec's empower-and-Eruption loop.
  • ScalecommanderSituationalMass Eruption makes Eruption hit several targets, so it pulls ahead only with constant large AoE. Maxroll calls it clearly weaker in raid.

43 of the top 50 Mythic+ players run Chronowarden (3775–4179 rating). Murlok.io

Mythic+

10,850 logs · 2026-11-05T12:00:00Z

Consensus loadoutRecommended
Popularity 95.2% heatmap match · 95.2% heatmap match
Paste in-game: Talents → Import
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Sample Warcraft Logs report ↗

Recommended loadout is the closest match to Archon’s aggregate popularity across top parses — not a single one-off key.

Sample size: 10850 top parses. Only talents in the recommended loadout are drawn.

Class
1/21/21/21/21/2
Specialization
3/4
Hero

Only talents in this loadout are drawn (Chronowarden). Hover a node for its Wowhead tooltip.

Across 10,850 logs. A talent has to show up in at least 40% of them before it is part of the build.

Gear

What do I wear and enchant?

Stats for Mythic+

1Intellect
›
2Mastery
›
3Crit
›
4Haste
›
5Vers

Left to right — highest priority first. Sim your character when secondaries are close.

Based on data in the last 2 weeks, the stat priority for Augmentation Evoker looks to be Intellect > Mastery > Crit > Haste > Vers. However, there may be bias based on what gear is available to players.

What the top Mythic+ players actually have

  1. Mastery12% +1678
  2. Critical Strike23% +839
  3. Haste11% +499
  4. Versatility2% +111

Average secondary stats of the top 50 Mythic+ players (3775–4179 rating), from Murlok.io, updated 40 minutes ago.

4×piece set: Augmentation Evoker16×slots

Best in slot from Method.gg. Every slot is on the figure. Point at a piece to light it.

Wear 4 tier pieces. The 4-piece bonus is what this spec is tuned around.

2-piece: Upheaval 's cooldown is reduced by 10 sec.

4-piece: Upheaval magnifies your Fate Mirror effects for 8 sec, increasing the amount of damage echoed to 45%.

Patch 12.1.5

  • HeadTierBiS
    Sethraliss' Fanged Helm
    Temple of Selthraliss(Catalyst)
    (Tier Set)
  • NeckBiS
    Amulet Of The Twin Fangs
    Twin Fangs
  • ShoulderTierBiS
    Soulslither Spaulders
    The Coiled Altar (Catalyst)
    (Tier Set)
  • BackBiS
    Silken Voodoo Drape
    The Coiled Altar
  • ChestTierBiS
    Awoken Dreadfang Cuirass
    Ula'tek (Catalyst)
    (Tier Set)
  • WristBiS
    Farstrider's Plated Bracers
    Crafting
  • HandsTierBiS
    Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets (Tier Set)
    Kith'ix (Catalyst)
  • WaistBiS
    Farstrider's Trophy Belt
    Crafting
  • LegsTierBiS
    Cuisses Of The Uncoiled Union
    The Coiled Altar (Catalyst)
    (Tier Set)
  • FeetBiS
    Ferocious Scaleboots
    Sszorak
  • Finger 1BiS
    Band Of The Swarmcaller
    Kith'ix
  • Finger 2BiS
    Vile Alchemist's Band
    Vashnik the Malignant
  • Trinket 1BiS
    Font Of Venomous Rage
    Ula'tek
  • Trinket 2BiS
    Twisted Horror's Tendril
    Kith'ix
  • Main HandBiS
    Jan'thrazet, The Soul Fang
    Ula'tek
  • Off HandBiS
    Spine Of The Hissing Abyss
    Entombed Sentinels

Log meta from Archon · updated 2026-11-05T12:00:00Z

Embellishment

The combo the most logs are running.

  • Arcanoweave Lining+Arcanoweave Lining32.7%

Enchant on each piece

SlotEnchantPopularity
ChestMark of the Worldsoul80.0%
LegsSunfire Silk Spellthread75.4%
RingsZul'jin's Mastery63.1%
FeetLynx's Dexterity61.0%
ShouldersAmirdrassil's Grace60.6%
HeadEmpowered Rune of Avoidance58.0%
Main-HandArcane Mastery35.8%

Gem in each socket

SocketGemPopularity
Epic GemIndecipherable Eversong Diamond72.9%
GemFlawless Deadly Amethyst62.4%

Flasks, potions & food

Midnight tier picks for Augmentation — match flask to your simmed best secondary.

  • FlaskFlask of the Magisters
  • Combat potionTempered Potion or Potion of Unwavering Focus on burn windows
  • Health potionConcentrated Silvermoon Health Potion
  • FoodFeast or best personal food matching your sim
  • NotePre-pot before pull; second potion during lust or boss burn
  • NoteVoid-Touched Augment Rune for raid prog and high keys

More trinket options

  1. 1Font of Venomous RageBiS pick · 344 · Raids
  2. 2Vexhul's Everflowing Gland344 · Raids
  3. 3Mindpiercer's Sigil344 · Dungeons
  4. 4Sethraliss' Defiled Relic344 · Dungeons
  5. 5Fang of Umbral Malignance344 · Raids
  6. 6Sapling of the Dawnroot344 · Dungeons

Best-to-good single-target order from Liquid Armory (Oct 12, 2026). Filled marks = higher on the list. Your own gear can change the order — sim before you buy.

What top players wear

Trinkets

  • Font of Venomous Rage33
  • Twisted Horror's Tendril33
  • Fang of Umbral Malignance20
  • Gebbo's Bottomless Bag7
  • Hex Lord's Dooming Idol2

Embellishment

  • Arcanoweave Lining81

Players of the top 50 using each, from Murlok.io.

Utility

Interrupts, defensives, and what you bring

Interrupts

  • Quell is a 20 sec interrupt at 25 yd.
  • Tail Swipe and Wing Buffet knock enemies off their casts, and Sleep Walk disorients one caster.

Staying alive

  • Obsidian Scales: 30% damage reduction for 12 sec, with Renewing Blaze healing some of it back.
  • Zephyr cuts area damage for you and nearby allies and speeds the group up.
  • Verdant Embrace is a quick self-heal.

Utility

  • Fury of the Aspects is your group's Bloodlust.
  • Blistering Scales on the tank, Source of Magic on a healer.
  • Rescue moves an ally; Expunge and Cauterizing Flame cover poisons, bleeds, curses and diseases.

In Mythic+

  • Ebon Might reaches every damage dealer in the group, so focus on keeping it up rather than on who it lands on.
  • Rank Upheaval up so the whole pack is caught; it extends Ebon Might either way.
  • Fly Breath of Eons through the pack as your DPS press their cooldowns on big pulls.
  • You still have Quell; take a share of the kicks.

Mistakes

What do people get wrong?

  1. Letting Ebon Might drop

    Wrong
    1. Ebon Might expires
    2. Eruption
    3. Ebon Might later
    Right
    1. Ebon Might at about 4 sec left
    2. Eruption

    Eruption and empowers only extend Ebon Might while it is up, and your damage dealers lose their stat bonus in the gap.

  2. Sitting on Prescience charges

    Wrong
    1. 2 Prescience charges
    2. Living Flame
    3. Living Flame
    Right
    1. Prescience
    2. Living Flame
    3. Prescience

    Prescience recharges every 12 sec; a capped charge stops recharging.

  3. Breath of Eons out of sync

    Wrong
    1. Breath of Eons as allies' cooldowns end
    Right
    1. wait for the group's burst
    2. Breath of Eons

    Temporal Wound records your allies' damage during its window; it is worth far more while they burst.

Playstyle

Is this spec for me?

How it plays

  • Ebon Might buffs every damage dealer. Recast it with about 4-5 sec left; Eruption and empowers extend it.
  • Prescience is rotational: spend charges on damage dealers and never sit at two.
  • Fire Breath and Upheaval at rank 1 inside Ebon Might; rank Upheaval up to catch a whole pack.
  • Breath of Eons records your allies' damage during its window, so line it up with their cooldowns. Duplicate adds a future self that casts with you.
  • Spend Essence on Eruption only while Ebon Might is up.

Strong at

  • Raises the whole group's damage
  • Brings Fury of the Aspects (Bloodlust), Rescue, Blistering Scales and a 20 sec interrupt
  • Strong in both raid and Mythic+

Weak at

  • Personal damage looks low on meters
  • Value depends on lining up Breath of Eons with the group's burst
  • 25 yd range
Checked against patch 12.1.5 on 2026-10-22 using Method: Augmentation Evoker playstyle and rotation (12.1.5, 13 Oct 2026), Maxroll: Augmentation Evoker raid guide (12.1.5, 18 Oct 2026), Murlok.io: top Augmentation Evokers in Mythic+ (Season 2), SimulationCraft Augmentation APL (midnight branch), SimulationCraft spell data dump, 12.1.5.70448. Builds and gear from top logs via Archon, updated 2026-11-05T12:00:00Z. If something here disagrees with your own sim, trust the sim and tell an officer.
Numbers checked against game data on Nov 7, 2026: no errors.

Further reading

Augmentation Evoker on Wowhead ↗Augmentation Evoker on Icy Veins ↗