Tier Sets
In Midnight Season One, Evoker has one shared tier set for Flameshaper and Chronowarden. It is very strong for both Flameshaper and Chronowarden, but for different reasons.
Midnight Season 1 Pres Evoker Tier Set Bonuses:
- (2) Set Bonus: Verdant Embrace healing increased by 20% and cooldown reduced by 2 sec.
- (4) Set Bonus: Verdant Embrace grows an Emerald Blossom on your target at 100% effectiveness.
Tier Set Discussion
Flameshaper benefits heavily from the reduced Verdant Embrace cooldown, which increases overall healing uptime and directly feeds into the four-piece bonus. More Verdant Embrace casts mean more Emerald Blossom procs, and since both abilities trigger Consume Flame, this results in stronger spot healing and significantly more AoE healing.
Chronowarden, on the other hand, gains most of its value from the two-piece bonus. Because the spec already revolves around Verdant Embrace through talents like Reverberations, the 20% healing increase is a direct and impactful throughput gain. The four-piece bonus has no meaningful interactions.
Regarding the talent tree, the four-piece interacts cleanly with Twin Echoes, as the automatic Emerald Blossom procs enable double Echo casts. The Emerald Blossom cast from the four-piece set bonus does not trigger Merithra's Blessing.
preservation evoker Best in Slot Gear
You should still prioritize the gear you use by running a sim for your character on QE Live, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Preservation Evoker, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.
Overall Best Gear for Preservation Evoker
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Oblivion Guise | March on Quel’Danas |
| Neck | Amulet Of The Abyssal Hymn | March on Quel’Danas |
| Shoulders | Beacons Of The Black Talon | The Voidspire / Catalyst |
| Cloak | Shroud Of The Black Talon | Catalyst |
| Chest | Frenzyward Of The Black Talon | Raid / Catalyst |
| Wrist | Amberfrond Bracers | Windrunner Spire |
| Gloves | Untethered Berserker's Grips | The Voidspire |
| Belt | Scornbane Waistguard | The Dreamrift |
| Legs | Greaves Of The Black Talon | Raid / Catalyst |
| Boots | Void-Coated Stompers | Seat of the Triumpvirate |
| Ring | Eye Of Midnight | March on Quel’Danas |
| Ring | Bond Of Light | The Voidspire |
| Trinket | Locus-Walker's Ribbon | The Voidspire |
| Trinket | Volatile Void Suffuser | The Voidspire |
| Main Hand | Blade Of The Blind Verdict | The Voidspire |
| Off Hand | Tome Of Alnscorned Regret | The Dreamrift |
| Two-Hand | Brazier Of The Dissonant Dirge | March on Quel’Danas |
Best Gear from the Raid for Preservation Evoker
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Oblivion Guise | March on Quel’Danas |
| Neck | Amulet Of The Abyssal Hymn | March on Quel’Danas |
| Shoulders | Beacons Of The Black Talon | The Voidspire |
| Cloak | Draconic Nullcape | The Voidspire |
| Chest | Frenzyward Of The Black Talon | March on Quel’Danas |
| Wrist | Fallen King's Cuffs | The Voidspire |
| Gloves | Untethered Berserker's Grips | The Voidspire |
| Belt | Scornbane Waistguard | The Dreamrift |
| Legs | Greaves Of The Black Talon | The Voidspire |
| Boots | Darkstrider Treads | The Voidspire |
| Ring | Bond Of Light | The Voidspire |
| Ring | Eye Of Midnight | March on Quel’Danas |
| Trinket | Locus-Walker's Ribbon | The Voidspire |
| Trinket | Volatile Void Suffuser | The Voidspire |
| Main-Hand | Blade Of The Blind Verdict | The Voidspire |
| Off-Hand | Tome Of Alnscorned Regret | The Dreamrift |
| Two-Hand | Brazier Of The Dissonant Dirge | March on Quel’Danas |
Best Gear from Mythic+ for Preservation Evoker
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Vortex Visage | Magisters’ Terrace |
| Neck | Barbed Ymirheim Choker | Pit of Saron |
| Shoulders | Pauldrons Of The Void Hunter | Seat of the Triumpvirate |
| Cloak | Rigid Scale Greatcloak | Skyreach |
| Chest | Decaying Cuirass | Maisara Caverns |
| Wrist | Amberfrond Bracers | Windrunner Spire |
| Gloves | Grips Of Forgotten Honor | Windrunner Spire |
| Belt | Scabrous Zombie Leather Belt | Pit of Saron |
| Legs | Greaves Of The Divine Guile | Nexus-Point Xenas |
| Boots | Void-Coated Stompers | Seat of the Triumpvirate |
| Ring | Bifurcation Band | Magisters’ Terrace |
| Ring | Omission Of Light | Nexus-Point Xenas |
| Trinket | Emerald Coach's Whistle | Algethar’ Academy |
| Trinket | Radiant Sunstone | Skyreach |
| Two-Hand Weapon | Corespark Multitool | Nexus-Point Xenas |
| Two-Hand Weapon | Final Grade | Algethar’ Academy |
| One-Hand | Spellboon Saber | Algethar’ Academy |
| Off-Hand | Rukhran's Solar Reliquary | Skyreach |
Trinkets
The current recommended trinkets are a mix of raid and dungeon trinkets.
- Locus-Walker's Ribbon: Mastery trinket with an Intellect proc that ramps up the longer you stay in combat. Very strong in sustained fights, which makes it especially good in raid.
- Gaze Of The Alnseer: Mastery trinket with a proc that allows you to ramp up a stacking intellect buff.
- Refueling Orb: Intellect trinket that provides versatility to your teammates and heals them if they are below 50% HP.
- Emerald Coach's Whistle: Intellect trinket that lets you “coach” an ally. Your helpful spells can grant both you and that target a Mastery buff.
- Radiant Sunstone: On-use trinket that heals an ally and causes your spells to also heal them for a short duration. Useful for planned healing moments, but generally weaker than passive proc trinkets for overall throughput.
Embellishments
You only get two embellishment slots, so your goal is to pick something that stays valuable and doesn’t lock you into awkward tradeoffs.
Your best first craft is a two-handed weapon with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt.
Your long-term crafted goal for both M+ and raiding is the Root Warden’s Regalia (set):
It performs very well once it’s active, but it uses both embellishment slots, so you need to fully commit to it and you won’t get value until you can activate the set bonus.