Evoker Augmentation Rotation & Opener

Data updated 2026-09-06

Built from the current top-100 Mythic parses on WarcraftLogs — the real opener sequences, casts-per-minute and buff uptimes of the best Augmentation players, not theorycraft.

Raid 5 top logs sampled Median kill 6:08
AI coach — raid
How to play: Augmentation's damage IS your allies' damage — Ebon Might on cooldown (96.5% self uptime), Prescience pre-applied to burst players (6.7/min). Essence feeds Eruption (top players: 19.6/min); Upheaval and Fire Breath on cooldown, with Tip the Scales for an instant max-empower during big windows. Watch: Ebon Might's remaining duration — if it drops, your raid-wide buff chain breaks; keep Prescience cycling on two targets with no gaps.

Real Opener Sequences — Mythic boss M2

Sample kills 2026-09-02 – 2026-09-03

First ~12 casts of actual top-ranked kills. Trinkets and racials vary by setup; the skill order is what to copy.

EvookTichondrius · US kill date 2026-09-03 Talents →
yeongneungteonjongyeongneungajeusyara · KR kill date 2026-09-03 Hero talentChronowardenTalents →
OlbahamutTarren Mill · EU kill date 2026-09-03 Talents →
Burst key — from the top parses above Macro commands →
#showtooltip Prescience
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Tip the Scales
/cast Prescience

A macro can fire only one global-cooldown ability per press — that is the game's limit, not ours. So a burst key is exactly: on-use trinkets + the off-GCD cooldowns top players press in their opener + one opener spell. Nothing else fits.

Off-GCD cooldowns pressed within the first 8 casts by at least 2 of the 3 sampled players, defensives and movement removed. Ends with the first on-GCD opener so everything fires in one press.

Slot 13 / 14: the data cannot tell which slot the on-use trinket sits in, so both are listed; the passive one just prints cannot use.

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Casts Per Minute — Raid Benchmark

Sample kills 2026-09-02 – 2026-09-03
AbilityTop-player CPM
Eruption 17.3
Chrono Flames 9.5
Prescience 6.4
Upheaval 5.7
Fire Breath 4.2
HoverOff-GCD 3.1
Ebon Might 2.1
Tip the ScalesOff-GCD 0.9
Obsidian ScalesOff-GCD 0.7
Breath of Eons 0.7
Azure Strike 0.5
Time Skip 0.5
Time Spiral 0.3

CPM = median casts per minute across the sampled top kills. If you're far below on a core ability, that's usually the first thing to fix.

Buff Uptimes to Watch

BuffTop-player uptime
Ebon Might 92.8%
Rune of Masterful Cunning 86.2%
Devotion Aura 80.9%
Inferno's Blessing 80.3%
Earthliving Weapon 72.3%
Arcanoweave Insight 68.7%
Renew 68.6%
Primacy 68.4%
Hover 67.1%
Momentum Shift 57.8%
Mythic+ Differences 8 top key runs sampled Median run 32:06
AI coach — Mythic+
How to play: Same hands as raid — Ebon Might permanent, Prescience rotating, Eruption as the main button, breaths on cooldown. The five-man extra: never stop casting (Unrelenting Siege's 92% uptime depends on it), even through transitions. Watch: sync Ebon Might with pull rhythm — refresh it before the tank grabs the next pack.

Real AoE Opener — First Trash Pack

Sample kills 2026-08-27 – 2026-09-05

First ~12 casts after the pull starts, taken from actual top key runs: the AoE opener is the first pack of the run, the single-target opener is the first boss. Trinkets and racials vary by setup; the skill order is what to copy.

LizzimcguireZul'jin · US kill date 2026-09-02 pull Primal Juggernaut · 22 enemies Hero talentChronowardenTalents →
XephyrisBlackrock · EU kill date 2026-08-29 pull Primal Juggernaut · 11 enemies Hero talentChronowardenTalents →
Iwamihina暗影之月 · TW kill date 2026-09-02 pull Bribed Captain · 18 enemies Talents →
Burst key — from the top parses above Macro commands →
#showtooltip Time Spiral
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Time Spiral

A macro can fire only one global-cooldown ability per press — that is the game's limit, not ours. So a burst key is exactly: on-use trinkets + the off-GCD cooldowns top players press in their opener + one opener spell. Nothing else fits.

Bloodlust / Time Warp is called by the raid leader, so it is deliberately left out.

Off-GCD cooldowns pressed within the first 8 casts by at least 1 of the 3 sampled players, defensives and movement removed. Ends with the first on-GCD opener so everything fires in one press.

Slot 13 / 14: the data cannot tell which slot the on-use trinket sits in, so both are listed; the passive one just prints cannot use.

Real Single-Target Opener — First Boss

Sample kills 2026-08-27 – 2026-09-05
LizzimcguireZul'jin · US kill date 2026-09-02 pull Melidrussa Chillworn Hero talentChronowardenTalents →
XephyrisBlackrock · EU kill date 2026-08-29 pull Melidrussa Chillworn Hero talentChronowardenTalents →
Iwamihina暗影之月 · TW kill date 2026-09-02 pull Kystia Manaheart Talents →
Burst key — from the top parses above Macro commands →
#showtooltip Azure Strike
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Tip the Scales
/cast Azure Strike

A macro can fire only one global-cooldown ability per press — that is the game's limit, not ours. So a burst key is exactly: on-use trinkets + the off-GCD cooldowns top players press in their opener + one opener spell. Nothing else fits.

Off-GCD cooldowns pressed within the first 8 casts by at least 2 of the 3 sampled players, defensives and movement removed. Ends with the first on-GCD opener so everything fires in one press.

Slot 13 / 14: the data cannot tell which slot the on-use trinket sits in, so both are listed; the passive one just prints cannot use.

Casts Per Minute — Mythic+ Benchmark

Sample kills 2026-08-27 – 2026-09-05
AbilityTop-player CPM
Eruption 15.0
Chrono Flames 6.0
Prescience 5.3
Upheaval 4.9
Fire Breath 3.8
HoverOff-GCD 2.4
Ebon Might 1.7
Glide 1.2
Tip the ScalesOff-GCD 0.7
Azure Strike 0.6
Obsidian ScalesOff-GCD 0.6
Breath of Eons 0.5
Time Skip 0.4

Mythic+ Buff Uptimes

BuffTop-player uptime
Ebon Might 81.9%
Rune of Masterful Cunning 73.5%
Arcanoweave Insight 67.7%
Primacy 63.5%
Momentum Shift 50.5%
Hover 44.6%
Duplicate 43.6%
Temporal Burst 35.9%
Leaping Flames 34.4%
Magnified Fate 33.1%
Spec macros · 12.1 11 macros

Collected from public Patch 12.1 guides and checked for this patch. Spell names follow the language you selected on this site and must match your game client. If a macro does not work on your client, report it with the button on the card.

Spell names below are shown in this site's language . Your game client must use the same language, or the macro will say unknown spell.
Prescience (mouseover)
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Prescience
Casts on the mouseover ally, otherwise default targeting
Blistering Scales (mouseover)
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Blistering Scales
Casts on the mouseover ally, otherwise default targeting
Spatial Paradox (mouseover)
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Spatial Paradox
Casts on the mouseover ally, otherwise default targeting
Bestow Weyrnstone (mouseover)
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Bestow Weyrnstone
Casts on the mouseover ally, otherwise default targeting
Emerald Blossom (mouseover)
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Emerald Blossom
Heals the mouseover ally, otherwise yourself
Rescue (mouseover)
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Rescue
Rescues the mouseover ally, otherwise your target
Verdant Embrace (mouseover)
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Verdant Embrace
Casts on the mouseover ally, otherwise yourself
Cauterizing Flame (mouseover)
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Cauterizing Flame
Dispels the mouseover ally, otherwise yourself
Attunement swap on mount
#showtooltip
/cast [nostance:2] Bronze Attunement
/cast [mounted,nostance:1] Black Attunement
/run C_MountJournal.SummonByID(0)
Bronze Attunement when you mount, back to Black when you dismount
Black Attunement + Eruption
#showtooltip Eruption
/cast [nostance:1] Black Attunement
/cast Eruption
Swaps to Black Attunement first if you are not in it
Tip the Scales instant cancel (Chronowarden)
#showtooltip
/cast Tip the Scales
/cancelaura Tip the Scales
Cancels the buff right away to start the cooldown sooner (Chronowarden only)
Keybind suggestion by casts per minute

Keybinds are personal — this is not a layout to copy wholesale. What it does say is which abilities you press most, measured from the same top parses above: the more often an ability is cast, the less effort its key should take. Interrupts, defensives and movement are deliberately left out; they barely register in cast data yet must always be within reach, so choose those yourself.

Rows marked Passive are not pressed at all — they fire on their own (auto-attacks, procs) and get no key, even though they top the casts-per-minute table.

KeyAbilityTop-player CPM
1 Eruption 17.3
2 Chrono Flames 9.5
3 Prescience 6.4
4 Upheaval 5.7
5 Fire Breath 4.2
Z HoverOff-GCD 3.1
X Ebon Might 2.1
C Glide 1.2
V Tip the ScalesOff-GCD 0.9
R Obsidian ScalesOff-GCD 0.7
F Breath of Eons 0.7
T Azure Strike 0.6
G Time Skip 0.5
Shift+1 Time Spiral 0.3

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