Devastation Evoker Leveling Guide

11.0.7 - The War Within

Last Updated:December 17, 2024|Changelog

Welcome to the Devastation Evoker leveling guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0.7! In this guide, you find a small overview of good talents to pick, a simplified rotation as well as a shopping list to prepare you for your leveling journey!
If you are already level 80, don't hesitate to check out the Mythic+ or Raid guide instead!

Talents

Patch 11.0.7 - The War Within
Devastation Evoker
Scalecommander Level 70 Questing
Scalecommander Level 70 Dungeons
Scalecommander Devastation Evoker Leveling Questing talents

Spec Tree

  • Dragonrage
    • Is your major cooldown every 2 minutes.
  • Onyx Legacy
    • Reduced cooldown on Deep Breath becomes more impactful as you level up and get additional points into your hero talent tree.
  • Eternity's Span
    • Huge for cleave damage with Scintillation procs and Mass Disintegrate.

Class Tree

  • Terror of the Skies
    • Adding a 3 second stun to Deep Breath is great for leveling.
  • Walloping Blow
    • When picked with Heavy Wingbeats they make Wing Buffet a much more reliable crowd control tool.
  • Forger of Mountains
    • Reduces the cooldown of Landslide and makes the root effect more resistant to breaking from damage, can be helpful especially when gathering pulls.
  • Spatial Paradox
    • Get extra range for pulling mobs, should be used as often as possible. Fire Breath is especially good to use as it covers a massive area with the increased range.
Scalecommander Devastation Evoker Leveling Dungeon talents

Talent Adjustments

Listing the major changes within Class and Spec tree compared to the questing build.

Spec Tree

  • Added
    • Big AoE damage increase.
      • Volatility
  • Removed
    • Slight single-target loss.
      • Power Nexus
      • Engulfing Blaze

Class Tree

  • Added
    • Group utility
      • Rescue
      • Twin Guardian
      • Source of Magic
      • Potent Mana
      • Zephyr
  • Removed
    • Unnecessary utility for dungeons
      • Forger of Mountains
      • Ancient Flame
      • Terror of the Skies
      • Walloping Blow

Hero Talents

  • Scalecommander hero talent tree grants and improves two great leveling spells Mass Disintegrate and Deep Breath which makes it the better choice over Flameshaper.

  • Onslaught
    • This talent is perfect for leveling as you are entering and exiting combat often, this way you always have an instant Living Flame cast to use with your Leaping Flames from the initial Fire Breath of the pull.
  • Bombardments
    • Mass Disintegrate becomes even more potent as it applies this debuff on your target, further improved by Wingleader and Extended Battle.
  • Deep Breath
    • Granted more damage and mobility by:
      • Melt Armor
      • Maneuverability
      • Slipstream

Leveling Talent Points

  • Talent point allocation
    • 1. Level 71
    • 2. Level 72
    • 3. Level 73
    • 4. Level 74
    • 5. Level 75
    • 6. Level 76
    • 7. Level 77
    • 8. Level 78
    • 9. Level 79
    • 10. Level 80
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1. Level 71
  • Choose Scalecommander as your Hero Spec.
  • Pick Onslaught
2. Level 72
  • Pick Bombardments
3. Level 73
  • Pick Might of the Black Dragonflight
4. Level 74
  • Pick Melt Armor
5. Level 75
  • Pick Wingleader
6. Level 76
  • Pick Extended Battle
7. Level 77
  • Pick Maneuverability
8. Level 78
  • Pick Unrelenting Siege
9. Level 79
  • Pick Slipstream
10. Level 80
  • Pick Hardened Scales

Rotation

Patch 11.0.7 - The War Within
Devastation Evoker

Opener / Cooldowns

  • Use Deep Breath and Dragonrage whenever they are ready, the spell sequence stays the same without them included.
  • Most often you end up killing mobs with the combination of your Empower spells and the following Mass Disintegrates, as all of these deal multi-target damage you should ideally always be pulling at least a few mobs at a time.
Devastation Evoker Leveling opener

Single-Target

  • Cast Fire Breath and Eternity Surge as often as possible, mostly on rank 1 Empower level, Fire Breath might be used on higher rank more often if the mob doesn't live for long.
  • Use your Essence always on Disintegrate.
  • Cast Living Flame with Burnout procs.
  • If the mob doesn't have much health Tip the Scales the first Fire Breath, otherwise use it on the next one when it becomes ready.
  • Try not to overcap on Essence or waste Essence Burst procs.

AoE

  • On multi-target situations you should cast your Empower spells at higher ranks according to the target amount.
  • Fire Breath should be used at a maximum rank for bigger burst damage and Leaping Flames value.
  • Eternity Surge hits 2/4/6/8 targets for Rank 1-4 Empower levels.
  • Start using Pyre as your Essence spender on 4+ targets if they are stacked together and you don't have a Mass Disintegrate cast ready.

Shopping List

Patch 11.0.7 - The War Within
Devastation Evoker
  • Consumables
    • 1. Phial
    • 2. Food
    • 3. DPS Potion
    • 4. Heal Potion
    • 5. Weapon Rune
    • 6. Augment Rune
  • Utility
    • 7. Goblin Glider Kit
    • 8. Gunshoes
    • 9. Mount Equipment
  • Experience Gains
    • 10. Banner of Cooperation
    • 11. Standard of Unity
    • 12. Battle Standard of Coordination
Milestones: 0 / 12
1. Phial
  • 20x Phial of Tepid Versatility
2. Food
  • 40x Fried Bonefish
3. DPS Potion
  • 40x Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
4. Heal Potion
  • 80x Potion of Withering Dreams
5. Weapon Rune
  • 4x Howling Rune
6. Augment Rune
  • Dreambound Augment Rune -- Requires Reputation
    or
  • 10x Draconic Augment Rune
7. Goblin Glider Kit
  • 20x Goblin Glider Kit
    • Nice to either prevent yourself from dying to fall damage or to fly over small gaps without mounting up.
8. Gunshoes
  • 20x Gunshoes
    • Use to gain a 200% movement speed & water walking buff for 25 seconds.
    • Use the "walk" toggle to slow down if you want to hand in quests.
9. Mount Equipment
  • Buy 1x Light-Step Hoofplates and use it as your mount equipment.
10. Banner of Cooperation

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Banner of Cooperation
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Banner of Cooperation
11. Standard of Unity

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Standard of Unity
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Standard of Unity
12. Battle Standard of Coordination

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Battle Standard of Coordination
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Battle Standard of Coordination

Credits

Written by: fraggo

Reviewed by: Xerwo

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