Augmentation Evoker Rotation Guide - Midnight

By Jereico Updated: 2026/04/25

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Keep your buffs up: Augmentation's rotation is centered around maximizing uptime of Ebon Might. Sands of Time allows us to extend the duration of Ebon Might through our damaging rotation: casting Upheaval and Fire Breath at appropriate ranks on cooldown, spending resources on Eruption, and filling downtime with Living Flame (or Azure Strike).

Always be casting: Keeping high uptime on your rotational spells is key to maintaining a solid resource economy in both raids and Mythic+. Use Hover effectively to cast spells on the move, and make sure to fill any "downtime" in your rotation with your filler spells, Living Flame and Azure Strike, in order to deal damage and generate Essence Burst.

Watch your Essence Burst: Augmentation Evoker has a few different potential sources of Essence Burst, and the buff only stacks up to 2. Make sure to spend your Essence Burst when capped, ideally before casting Essence Burst generators like Prescience and Living Flame to avoid wasting resources.

Mind your cooldowns: It's often correct to send cooldowns as soon as they've come back up, but look for opportunities to align your major cooldowns like Breath of Eons with allies' cooldowns and big damage moments during an encounter.

Best Augmentation Evoker RotationHero Talent Master Switchesentire page's Best Augmentation Evoker Single Target RotationEbon Might Please select a Hero Talent option to generate a Single Target priorityThe builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes.Priority

Maintain Prescience on allied DPS players. -

Cast Ebon Might if a few seconds or less remain on the active buff duration.

Cast Breath of Eons (see section on cooldown usage for more details).

Cast Tip the Scales (see section on cooldown usage for more details).

Cast Fire Breath at Max Rank whenever possible -

Cast Upheaval at Rank 1, unless increased radius is needed to hit relevant targets. -

Only if talented: Cast Time Skip (see section on cooldown usage for more details).

Cast Eruption. -

Cast Living Flame as filler in nearly all situations.

Cast Azure Strike as backup filler that can be cast while moving, or used to slow enemies.

Maintain Blistering Scales on a Tank. -

The builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes.Priority

Maintain Prescience on allied DPS players. -

Cast Ebon Might if a few seconds or less remain on the active buff duration.

Cast Breath of Eons (see section on cooldown usage for more details).

Cast Tip the Scales (see section on cooldown usage for more details).

Cast Fire Breath at Max Rank whenever possible. -

Cast Upheaval at Rank 1, unless increased radius is needed to hit relevant targets. -

Cast Eruption. -

Cast Living Flame as filler in nearly all situations.

Cast Azure Strike as backup filler that can be cast while moving, or used to slow enemies.

Maintain Blistering Scales on a Tank. -

Best Augmentation Evoker AoE RotationUpheavalBombardments Please select a Hero Talent option to generate a Single Target priorityThe builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes.Priority

Maintain Prescience on allied DPS players. -

Cast Ebon Might if a few seconds or less remain on the active buff duration.

Cast Breath of Eons (see section on cooldown usage for more details).

Cast Tip the Scales (see section on cooldown usage for more details).

Cast Fire Breath at Max Rank whenever possible. -

Cast Upheaval at Rank 1, unless increased radius is needed to hit relevant targets. -

Only if talented: Cast Time Skip (see section on cooldown usage for more details).

Cast Eruption. -

Cast Living Flame as filler in nearly all situations.

Cast Azure Strike as backup filler that can be cast while moving, or used to slow enemies.

Maintain Blistering Scales on a Tank. -

The builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes.Priority

Maintain Prescience on allied DPS players. -

Cast Ebon Might if a few seconds or less remain on the active buff duration.

Cast Breath of Eons (see section on cooldown usage for more details).

Cast Tip the Scales (see section on cooldown usage for more details).

Cast Fire Breath at Max Rank whenever possible. -

Cast Upheaval at Rank 1, unless increased radius is needed to hit relevant targets. -

Cast Eruption. -

Cast Living Flame as filler in nearly all situations.

Cast Azure Strike as backup filler that can be cast while moving, or used to slow enemies.

Maintain Blistering Scales on a Tank. -

Best Augmentation Evoker OpenerEbon MightPrescienceBreath of EonsHero Talent Please select a Hero Talent option to generate an Opener sequenceThe builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes.Sample TimelineOpener Sequence

Pre-cast Blistering Scales on a Tank.

Pre-cast Living Flame.

Cast Ebon Might. -

Cast Prescience on Buff Target 1. Use this time to position for Breath of Eons.

Cast Prescience on Buff Target 2.

Cast Breath of Eons. Aim for a short, safe flight path. -

Use trinket and Light's Potential. -

Cast Tip the Scales (off-GCD).

Fire Breath at Max Rank from Tip the Scales.

Upheaval at Rank 1, unless increased radius is needed to hit relevant targets.

Only if talented: Cast Time Skip, followed by Prescience, Fire Breath, Upheaval.

Cast Eruption until dry on Essence, and fill with Living Flame as needed.

Proceed onto the main rotation.

Pre-cast Blistering Scales on a Tank.

Pre-cast Living Flame.

Cast Ebon Might. -

Cast Prescience on Buff Target 1. Use this time to position for Breath of Eons.

Cast Prescience on Buff Target 2.

Cast Breath of Eons. Aim for a short, safe flight path. -

Use trinket and Light's Potential. -

Cast Tip the Scales (off-GCD).

Fire Breath at Max Rank from Tip the Scales.

Upheaval at Rank 1, unless increased radius is needed to hit relevant targets.

Cast Eruption until dry on Essence, and fill with Living Flame as needed.

Proceed onto the main rotation.

Pre-Combat Check Augmentation Evoker Major Cooldowns Empower Spells Fire BreathUpheavalonly cast these abilities while Ebon Might is upEbon MightShifting SandsFire BreathLeaping FlamesFire BreathLiving FlameEssence BurstEssence BurstFire BreathTip the ScalesFire BreathEbon MightDuplicateFire BreathFire BreathEbon MightDuplicatecast Fire Breath at Max Rank whenever possibleLeaping FlamesUpheavalin single-target situations Rank 1 Upheaval is entirely sufficientUpheaval Tip The Scales You can choose to pair Tip the Scales with either of your Empower spellsFire BreathLeaping FlamesUpheavalFire BreathTip the Scales Tip The ScalesTemporal BurstTip the ScalesTip the ScalesTemporal BurstTip the ScalesBreath of EonsTip the ScalesTime SkipTip the ScalesTime Skip Ebon MightEbon Mightcast this ability as often as possible while aligning with the DPS cooldowns of other playersEbon MightEbon MightEbon MightEbon MightEbon MightIt is ideal to re-cast Ebon Might with no more than 3-4 seconds remainingEbon Might Breath of EonsBreath of Eons aim to cast Breath of Eons roughly on cooldownBreath of EonsBreath of Eons Time SkipInterwoven ThreadsTime SkipTime SkipTime SkipTime Skipduring your opener and following your first set of Empower spells Fire Breath and Upheaval.Shifting SandsTime SkipTemporal BurstTime SkipTemporal BurstTime SkipFire BreathUpheavalPrescienceBreath of Eons Augmentation Evoker Advanced Tips Spreading Bombardments EruptionMass EruptionBombardmentsEruptionBombardmentsExtended BattleBombardmentsBreath of EonsWingleader Resource Pooling Breath of EonsWingleaderEruptionLiving FlamePrescienceMass EruptionBombardmentsEruptionBombardmentsAccretionBombardmentsExtended BattleEbon MightEruptionEssence BurstEruptionEbon MightDuplicate Cancelaura MacrosTime SkipTip the ScalesTime SkipTime SkipTemporal BurstTip the ScalesTip the ScalesTemporal BurstTip the ScalesTip the ScalesTime SkipInterwoven ThreadsTip the ScalesView ChangelogNavigation BarRelated GuidesTable of ContentsDo not cast these abilities pre-pull.

Comments

Comment by Fister

I have a question regarding Prescience use and what it actually affects. Does the ability only affect the buffed player's abilities and spells, or also their pet's abilities and spells?

You mention Unholy Death Knight as a very good target for Prescience on pull due to high burst of the spec, which revolves around Army and Gargoyle, but leave out Demo Lock which has a higher burst ceiling than any class in the game do to Pit Lord and Tyrant (and all the demons summoned from Nether Portal along with the normal demons being summoned: Dreadstalkers, Grimoire Felguard, Vilefiend, Imps (from Hand of Guldan), etc.) all active at the same time.

My question is, if Prescience's buff flows down to pets and allows for their damage to be affected by Fate Mirror allowing spell/abilities to strike again for 15%, wouldn't that put Demo Lock at the top (or close to) priority on pull for Prescience?

Comment by Relm

WIth Mass eruption. wouldn't it be best to cast Fire breath, Eruption, Upheval, Eruption?

Comment by Rick442

When will the Rotation page be updated for TWW ? with molten embers you dont use firebreath at max rank etc.

Comment by frozenembers

Why are we not also pre-casting tip the scales?

Augmentation Evoker Rotation Guide - Midnight

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