As a returning player looking to get into the swing of things this is by far the best guide I've seen yet. Straight to the point and visually helpful as well
This is a fantastic guide. I especially liked how after explaining a spell or a step in the rotation, you paused for a brief moment before moving on to the next topic. It gives us as viewers a moment to think about what was said and apply it to our gameplay. I love healing in WoW, and now that I've seen some Evoker gameplay, this class looks extremely fun. I love Resto Druid and Mistweaver Monk, but I think Preservation Evoker is going to steal the spotlight here shortly. Thanks for the excellent content!
Best explanation so far. I watched the method guild video and realized, that a progress guild doesnt mean somebody has the skills to provide proper guides/explanations 😂 Keep up the good work.
A really good combo is having lifebind on verdant embrace. You throw out temporal anomaly twice to apply echo to people, verdant embrace yourself, which applies it to everyone with echo (including giving them ALL lifebind), then cast Emerald Communion (your channeled self heal) then half your raid gets put to full hp
Doesnt work well since echo is only triggered on 2 people every 1.9 seconds 3 times. You have to wait 6 seconds for temporal anomaly to fully echo everyone before you can start the combo, and it is very mana heavy. Good combo, but not for raiding. Bad mana usage, time sensative, and effects too few people.
@@ethanfogarty9540 It's a great combo I've used effectively many times. once you know raid boss attack patterns, you can have the echo applied when needed and heal everyone to full. It's mana heavy, but no more than spam healing many people to get them to full from 20%
I love that you break this down to simplicity, showing us the spell name & Icon, showing us what those spells look like, and when to cast them. Thanks!
@@Moarcookiezlive One more thing - thanks for not talking a hundred MPH in your vids. Sometimes it is hard to grasp what content creators are saying or meaning because they talk so fast! I know they mean well, but I can understand and process your info better because you speak at a normal human being pace. :D
This is SOOOO well done. Dude, the speed which you say the things is so on point. You give breathing room, people can read the spells, understand than... WOW.. just WOW! Thank you
Thank you for this! I'm brand new to retail so I was VERY confused with all the spells/abilities. This broke it down simply and explained my core setup/rotation. Healed my first dungeon and it went smooth as butter. Instantly fell in love with the class. Thanks again!
A lot of people forget to include this stuff and go over different topics just playing the evoker. Thanks for describing the small stuff and covering the basics
Good simple guide. Whats good to know, dream breath is healing the same amount like if you charge it to just one instead of five. If you charge it to one, it does more heal over time, if you charge it to five you have more initial heal and less heal over time. But the amount is the same. I like to throw a lvl one dream breath into the group to quickly get a huge HoT up, and then you can freely dmg without worry to get some free emerald proccs with living flame. (if you took the talent which you should, also all the emerald bloom talents are veery good.
Best explanation of the rotation for casual players such as myself. All I need to get started with healing dungeons. I'll pick up the other active talents as I get more experienced, but for now, I'm walking before I can run.
I've been playing an evoker since Dragonflight came out, but other than the initial small dungeon, I haven't done any and I've been super nervous about doing any dungeons or raids because I haven't played a healer in forever. I did figure out the damage rotation fairly early on however. Having said that, this is a great guide and I'm really looking forward to watching your other ones on preservation evokers. thank you so much for making these!
Your guides are the best, such an easy and understandable way to explain it. It shows you really understand what you're talking about. Thank you for these guides!
Thank you for the feedback. Super glad to hear the format and delivery is appreciated. I do my best to be sure I'm informed and confident about the content I make
Just got the expansion and I really wanted to try heals but this class seemed really daunting for a newcomer but this vid has helped me out a ton in understanding how it works! Thanks!
Brilliant breakdown of the healing spec. Others just list of spell tooltip, not helpful. The way you have broken down the spells and outlined its combos and usefulness is excellent. subbed.
I thought the evoker was weird at first, but after a decade of wow. Found the class design to be elegant. Amazing job. My favorite healer by far. The game play is very engaging and natural for dps.
For your healing rotation, I would suggest using Echo on one target and then Reversion on another, you will get two Reversions on two targets. You could even Echo one target and Reversion the same target to get two Reversions ticking if they are taking heavy damage. Awesome Video, I subbed!
Thank you, this is a great tip and I'll be sure to include all kinds of tricks and combos with Echo. For simplicity sake I wanted to keep echo short and simple. Someone just starting out can get plenty of value out of just Echo + Living Flame since this video is aimed at people probably not doing to difficult of content right away. Still awesome note so I'll be sure to include it in the full length guide
@@Moarcookiezlive Another note about echo [presumably excluded for simplicity as you mentioned], you do not have to cast a spell on a different ally to duplicate the effect. For some strong single target healing you can echo an ally in need, then cast your spell of choice on the same player for a double effect heal.
Man, this explanation is laid down amazingly! I look forward to more of your content and your channel’s growth! Thank you so much for the solid information.
What's great is we now have AI dungeons so we can practice healing on bots without the fear of backlash. I started doing that yesterday and it's been great. The bots even do stupid things like LoS you, stand in fire, run through the welp eggs and over-pull too many mobs on the way to the last boss in Ruby Life pools, etc. Not all the time, but I've had plenty of panic moments.
@@MrSalg7 if you have essence to spare and there isn't healing to do, you can use it on single target yes, it would be used after ensuring fire breath is on cooldown For beginners I don't talk about it because it can be difficult to grasp when you can spare the essence and procs on it
Thanks for this explanation. It's kinda hard to sort out the 'spell dump' into a decent rotation once you get level 60. I'll try using this in HealBot. Anyway, I do think that the burst healing spells need some good positioning of yourself and the other players. But with bosses in big rooms like Chrono-Lord Deios in Uldaman (and everybody spread out) it's kinda hard to use it properly.
I wish it could of started lower level like DH, DK, and the sub races. Trying to practice in a dungeon while trying to learn how to heal on preservation is a pain. I think Evoker is up there with Disc in terms of difficulty.
Great guide as always. Not sure if you went through this in another video but, The party frames are so nice and smooth. Is that a specific add on or the stock UI? And I also like the unit frames for the mobs, care to share that one too please? Thanks so much!
Elvui with the SharedMedia addon for the "flat" texture. You can find profiles for all my addons and weakauras in the community discord linked in the description of any video
I have mostly healed on Druid and some holy priest so this is all new to me but exciting. I'm curious what your oh shit spell is such as swift mend or some of the other high value quick healing spell?
it works in two ways. i can echo 3 people and reversion a 4th, and 4 people will have a HOT. OR i can echo 3 people and reversion one of the echos, and 3 people will have a HOT, while the one with both echo and reversion will have 2.
Thanks! Why are we not spending Essence on Disentrage when we have a free cast and there is no dmg? At how many targets is it worth casting azure strike over living flame?
Essence and procs can be used on disintegrate in exactly the situation you mentioned. Being a beginners guide I didn't feel it necessary to include disintegrate. Living Flame = 1-2 targets Azure strike = 3+ targets
1) Echo can duplicate spells on the same target. So like echo the tank and then reversion, and the tank will get 2 reversion. 2) Spiritbloom doesnt "heal more allies", it SPLITS the healing between more allies. And it can be echoed. It can be echoed on the target of spiritbloom, making it a massive heal. 3) Why is no one talking about Temporal Anomaly? Mostly with resonating sphere. Not only it spreads out shields, it also spreads out echoes. As opposed to disc priests, it lasts the full duration but at only 30% effectiveness. But you can talent echo to do 50% more healing. It will also duplicate both the instant heal and the HoT of dream breath. It SAYS only 2 allies, but its per PULSE, which there are 3 of. It can stack the shield to about 20k if no one else is in range or has damage on them, but if not, it will apply it to someone else on the next pulse, so up to 6 per cast. It only has a 5 sec CD, so you can cast 2 before casting your big spells, like dream breath or spiritbloom.
Yea in retrospect I needed to clarify that you can echo healing onto the same target of the initial heal. Other than this I would say the remaining points are intended for the full length guide that will go over more advanced concepts and talent choices and how they interact with the gameplay. I'll be sure to make note of all this and include it in the full length guide :)
If [Energy Loop] is talented disintegrate is worth pressing in single target, otherwise living Flame always does more damage. Energy loop is at the bottom right of the Spec Tree
Yes I believe it should. Disclaimer: I haven't tried that talent in my healing build yet. In my experience when there is only one or two target to damage, the extra flames will heal nearby allies, and presumably the other way around too. If you heal an ally, and there are less allies than flames, the extra flames will damage the nearby enemies.
Vuhdo - General - Bouquets - New Boquets name as Echo or w/e you want to name it - Put echo(spell that you want to track) on the buff/debuff name - Select default icon as none then Add. Go to Panels Category - Hot Icons - Hot Order choose the slot where you want to put your echo bouquets(the one that you just made) to show up on the vuhdo frame.
Great video!!! Would you say Reversion is kind of the evoker's lifebloom? I mean mostly using it on you and tank or it can be used on whoever needs it most?
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As a returning player looking to get into the swing of things this is by far the best guide I've seen yet. Straight to the point and visually helpful as well
Thank you!
This is a fantastic guide. I especially liked how after explaining a spell or a step in the rotation, you paused for a brief moment before moving on to the next topic. It gives us as viewers a moment to think about what was said and apply it to our gameplay.
I love healing in WoW, and now that I've seen some Evoker gameplay, this class looks extremely fun. I love Resto Druid and Mistweaver Monk, but I think Preservation Evoker is going to steal the spotlight here shortly.
Thanks for the excellent content!
Thank you so much for the feedback. Super happy you enjoyed the format and presentation
Best explanation so far. I watched the method guild video and realized, that a progress guild doesnt mean somebody has the skills to provide proper guides/explanations 😂
Keep up the good work.
A really good combo is having lifebind on verdant embrace. You throw out temporal anomaly twice to apply echo to people, verdant embrace yourself, which applies it to everyone with echo (including giving them ALL lifebind), then cast Emerald Communion (your channeled self heal) then half your raid gets put to full hp
This actually sounds like a 5head combo. I need to try it out, thanks for sharing!
Everyone is put to near full HP because lifebind affects ALL healing.
Doesnt work well since echo is only triggered on 2 people every 1.9 seconds 3 times. You have to wait 6 seconds for temporal anomaly to fully echo everyone before you can start the combo, and it is very mana heavy. Good combo, but not for raiding. Bad mana usage, time sensative, and effects too few people.
@@ethanfogarty9540 It's a great combo I've used effectively many times. once you know raid boss attack patterns, you can have the echo applied when needed and heal everyone to full. It's mana heavy, but no more than spam healing many people to get them to full from 20%
Bro. That is nutz. Echo functions how I always thought beacon should work.
I love that you break this down to simplicity, showing us the spell name & Icon, showing us what those spells look like, and when to cast them. Thanks!
Thank you for the feedback :) happy the format and delivery is easy to understand
@@Moarcookiezlive One more thing - thanks for not talking a hundred MPH in your vids. Sometimes it is hard to grasp what content creators are saying or meaning because they talk so fast! I know they mean well, but I can understand and process your info better because you speak at a normal human being pace. :D
@@roaringtigermom9787 I do my best. My bad habit is jumping and moving my mouse around while talking. We all have things to improve on i guess :)
This is SOOOO well done. Dude, the speed which you say the things is so on point. You give breathing room, people can read the spells, understand than... WOW.. just WOW! Thank you
Thank you! Expect updated versions to come close to the release of the new expansion!
man, I just picked up preservation, and it looked overwhelming. Your video really helped simplify it for me. Thank you so much.
Thank you for this! I'm brand new to retail so I was VERY confused with all the spells/abilities. This broke it down simply and explained my core setup/rotation. Healed my first dungeon and it went smooth as butter. Instantly fell in love with the class. Thanks again!
A lot of people forget to include this stuff and go over different topics just playing the evoker. Thanks for describing the small stuff and covering the basics
Good simple guide. Whats good to know, dream breath is healing the same amount like if you charge it to just one instead of five. If you charge it to one, it does more heal over time, if you charge it to five you have more initial heal and less heal over time. But the amount is the same. I like to throw a lvl one dream breath into the group to quickly get a huge HoT up, and then you can freely dmg without worry to get some free emerald proccs with living flame. (if you took the talent which you should, also all the emerald bloom talents are veery good.
This was much better than Method's video and easier to understand. Thank you!
Thank you so much! Happy to hear that the format I've been using for these has been really successful.
love this guide best one i seen out of all the high ranked evokers thanks for this !
Thank you!
Great guide for a returning player, no jargon or minimax talk.. I just wanna pug something and not embarrass myself lol ty
great guide, I was getting lost in all the details and this clarified a start for me.
Best explanation of the rotation for casual players such as myself. All I need to get started with healing dungeons. I'll pick up the other active talents as I get more experienced, but for now, I'm walking before I can run.
I'm new to wow and this explanation has been the best one I've found by far. Thanks for this!
Amazing and simple guide, i'm new as evoker but after watching this i understand this clases...tysm
Thank you! 😊
I've been playing an evoker since Dragonflight came out, but other than the initial small dungeon, I haven't done any and I've been super nervous about doing any dungeons or raids because I haven't played a healer in forever. I did figure out the damage rotation fairly early on however. Having said that, this is a great guide and I'm really looking forward to watching your other ones on preservation evokers. thank you so much for making these!
Thank you for leaving a comment to let me know! :)
thank you so much for the basics. i didn't dare lvl my char due to just not getting it. this helps a lot
Most straightforward explanation I've found so far. Thank you! 😊
Best evoker healing guide on RUclips! Thanks.
The best guide I've seen on RUclips!!!
Thank you so much
Your guides are the best, such an easy and understandable way to explain it. It shows you really understand what you're talking about. Thank you for these guides!
Thank you for the feedback. Super glad to hear the format and delivery is appreciated. I do my best to be sure I'm informed and confident about the content I make
Easily the best guide I've seen for the new healer spec. Great job.
this will definitely help for me, since i play healer evoker 90%
of the time
Just got the expansion and I really wanted to try heals but this class seemed really daunting for a newcomer but this vid has helped me out a ton in understanding how it works! Thanks!
THANK YOU!!! I just finished the Evoker quests and I wanted to play Preservation, but I was so scared.
Thank you for the comment
Brilliant breakdown of the healing spec. Others just list of spell tooltip, not helpful. The way you have broken down the spells and outlined its combos and usefulness is excellent. subbed.
This is a great guide, not overwhelming and very straight forward. Thanks dawg.
Used even now after a year ! Really good explantion! Thanks !
I plan to update them all for the new expansion. Thank you
I thought the evoker was weird at first, but after a decade of wow. Found the class design to be elegant. Amazing job. My favorite healer by far. The game play is very engaging and natural for dps.
thanks you made me less nervous to try healing aa an evoker
For your healing rotation, I would suggest using Echo on one target and then Reversion on another, you will get two Reversions on two targets. You could even Echo one target and Reversion the same target to get two Reversions ticking if they are taking heavy damage.
Awesome Video, I subbed!
Thank you, this is a great tip and I'll be sure to include all kinds of tricks and combos with Echo. For simplicity sake I wanted to keep echo short and simple. Someone just starting out can get plenty of value out of just Echo + Living Flame since this video is aimed at people probably not doing to difficult of content right away.
Still awesome note so I'll be sure to include it in the full length guide
@@Moarcookiezlive Another note about echo [presumably excluded for simplicity as you mentioned], you do not have to cast a spell on a different ally to duplicate the effect. For some strong single target healing you can echo an ally in need, then cast your spell of choice on the same player for a double effect heal.
@@SethBrenevin Yea this is something I should have mentioned when talking about Echo. I'll be sure to go over it in the full length guide :)
@@Moarcookiezlive Sweet and I look forward to the full length guide. Looking forward to your other videos.
Man, this explanation is laid down amazingly! I look forward to more of your content and your channel’s growth! Thank you so much for the solid information.
Your videos are the most informative I have found, thank you
What's great is we now have AI dungeons so we can practice healing on bots without the fear of backlash. I started doing that yesterday and it's been great. The bots even do stupid things like LoS you, stand in fire, run through the welp eggs and over-pull too many mobs on the way to the last boss in Ruby Life pools, etc. Not all the time, but I've had plenty of panic moments.
Dope video! What addon are you using for your essence resource bar? Ive been trying to find something just like the way you have yours
Awesome been waiting for your guide on them
Yea since I didn't play them in the beta I wanted to wait and now I have enough confidence to at least make a beginners guide :)
@@Moarcookiezlive should we never use disintergrate?
@@MrSalg7 if you have essence to spare and there isn't healing to do, you can use it on single target yes, it would be used after ensuring fire breath is on cooldown
For beginners I don't talk about it because it can be difficult to grasp when you can spare the essence and procs on it
@@Moarcookiezlive tyvm
You need more subs - well done!
Dragonflight is the biggest opportunity for growing the channel. Thank you so much
This is such a useful video. Thanks!
Thank you for the guide! Very helpful.
thank you so much for breaking it down for us.
great guide thank you & well spoken.
Thanks for this explanation. It's kinda hard to sort out the 'spell dump' into a decent rotation once you get level 60. I'll try using this in HealBot. Anyway, I do think that the burst healing spells need some good positioning of yourself and the other players. But with bosses in big rooms like Chrono-Lord Deios in Uldaman (and everybody spread out) it's kinda hard to use it properly.
These things are OP right now when healing. In blues keeping up with HP in mythic gear.
I wish it could of started lower level like DH, DK, and the sub races. Trying to practice in a dungeon while trying to learn how to heal on preservation is a pain. I think Evoker is up there with Disc in terms of difficulty.
Thank you. This is helpful
Wahoooo thx sooo much!!!
amazing as usual! good job
Thank you for the guide !!
I am brand new to WoW I want to play this specialization now
@@noahwagoner7650 I've been playing it a lot more and it's super fun
Thank you!
Great guide as always. Not sure if you went through this in another video but, The party frames are so nice and smooth. Is that a specific add on or the stock UI? And I also like the unit frames for the mobs, care to share that one too please? Thanks so much!
Elvui with the SharedMedia addon for the "flat" texture.
You can find profiles for all my addons and weakauras in the community discord linked in the description of any video
simple and nice
Thanks! Really nice guide =]
You say that some healers' abilities feel disconnected, what are these classes in your opinion?
Coming back to the game trying to learn the Evoker healing class . So far been fun playing . Wonder if disintergate is useful or just for damage ?
Yea you basically use it when wanting to do damage instead of healing.
I have mostly healed on Druid and some holy priest so this is all new to me but exciting. I'm curious what your oh shit spell is such as swift mend or some of the other high value quick healing spell?
That would be Verdant Embrace and Spiritbloom
Ty❤
you can echo and reversion as well. so can be a druid :P
it works in two ways.
i can echo 3 people and reversion a 4th, and 4 people will have a HOT.
OR
i can echo 3 people and reversion one of the echos, and 3 people will have a HOT, while the one with both echo and reversion will have 2.
also echo itself is not a HOT
I am not yet fully getting echo, does it work with only single target heals? The description of the spell isnt very clear, non-echo spell.
Any direct healing spell that isn't echo. That is my understanding and in practice that's how it seems to work.
It works on aoe too i believe. I usually echo on some of my party members and use emrald breath on them which gives 2 ticking hots xD
Thanks! Why are we not spending Essence on Disentrage when we have a free cast and there is no dmg? At how many targets is it worth casting azure strike over living flame?
Essence and procs can be used on disintegrate in exactly the situation you mentioned. Being a beginners guide I didn't feel it necessary to include disintegrate.
Living Flame = 1-2 targets
Azure strike = 3+ targets
@@Moarcookiezlive thanks for the fast reply :)
Good video
1) Echo can duplicate spells on the same target. So like echo the tank and then reversion, and the tank will get 2 reversion.
2) Spiritbloom doesnt "heal more allies", it SPLITS the healing between more allies. And it can be echoed. It can be echoed on the target of spiritbloom, making it a massive heal.
3) Why is no one talking about Temporal Anomaly? Mostly with resonating sphere. Not only it spreads out shields, it also spreads out echoes. As opposed to disc priests, it lasts the full duration but at only 30% effectiveness. But you can talent echo to do 50% more healing. It will also duplicate both the instant heal and the HoT of dream breath.
It SAYS only 2 allies, but its per PULSE, which there are 3 of. It can stack the shield to about 20k if no one else is in range or has damage on them, but if not, it will apply it to someone else on the next pulse, so up to 6 per cast. It only has a 5 sec CD, so you can cast 2 before casting your big spells, like dream breath or spiritbloom.
Yea in retrospect I needed to clarify that you can echo healing onto the same target of the initial heal. Other than this I would say the remaining points are intended for the full length guide that will go over more advanced concepts and talent choices and how they interact with the gameplay. I'll be sure to make note of all this and include it in the full length guide :)
Spiritbloom does not get split BETWEEN allies hit, it splits TO more allies. The amount of healing isn't degraded by more allies/ a longer charge
@@heyywoody correct, though it would cause a loss in time since the empowerment levels do nothing if there is not enough targets
For damage do you ever work in Disintigrate?
If [Energy Loop] is talented disintegrate is worth pressing in single target, otherwise living Flame always does more damage.
Energy loop is at the bottom right of the Spec Tree
After casting fire breath, will living flame heal 3 targets as well? If you cast it on an ally?
Yes I believe it should. Disclaimer: I haven't tried that talent in my healing build yet.
In my experience when there is only one or two target to damage, the extra flames will heal nearby allies, and presumably the other way around too. If you heal an ally, and there are less allies than flames, the extra flames will damage the nearby enemies.
What addon are you using to heal?
Elvui with mouseovers enabled
How do get echo to show on your frames? I use VuhDo and cant seem to get it to work.
I unfortunately dont know how to put it into Vuhdo, wherever you import spell IDs to display, the spell id = 364343
Had same issue. I made a bouquet for it. Same with time dilation if u want to use hot bars for ur external.
Vuhdo - General - Bouquets - New Boquets name as Echo or w/e you want to name it - Put echo(spell that you want to track) on the buff/debuff name - Select default icon as none then Add.
Go to Panels Category - Hot Icons - Hot Order choose the slot where you want to put your echo bouquets(the one that you just made) to show up on the vuhdo frame.
talents tree?
You don't use disintegrate?
@@timothyholland34 unless you take all the talents that buff it, no. It's better to just spam living flame
@@Moarcookiezlive thanks
You missed the aoe heal
Whats ur addon for party ui please
Elvui, a link to all of my UI and Weakaura profiles can be found in the community discord linked in the description of any of my videos.
echo is a hot?
No I misspoke. It it just a instant heal for a low amount
Guide for what? PVP? PVE? Mythics? put it in your title.
for begginers =)
Great video!!! Would you say Reversion is kind of the evoker's lifebloom? I mean mostly using it on you and tank or it can be used on whoever needs it most?
Sort of yea. One should always be on the tank and the other can be used on whoever is taking damage or alongside echo for bigger group healing