This past week, Blizzard revealed new Hero Talent Trees in a First Look at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Augmentaiton guide writer, Jereico, offers an early review of the Chronowarden Hero Talents for Augmentation excited to further manipulate time and space but raising some concerns about doubling down on Prescience and it's associated burnout.
First Look at Hero Talents in The War WithinHero Talents Overview
Chrono Flame
Living Flame is enhanced with Bronze magic, repeating 15% of the damage or healing you dealt to the target in the last 5 sec as Arcane, up to a fixed amount.Warp
Hover now warps you through time and space and its cooldown is reduced by 5 seconds.
Hover continues to allow Evoker spells to be cast while moving.Temporal Burst
Tip the Scales overloads you with temporal energy, increasing your haste, movement speed and cooldown recovery rate by 2%, ramping up to 40% over 20 seconds.Reverberations
Spiritbloom heals for an additional 30% over 8 seconds.
Upheaval deals 30% additional damage over 8 seconds.
Interdimensional Phase
Warp reduces damage taken by 30%, starting high and reducing over 2 sec.Motes of Acceleration
Warp leaves a trail of Motes of Acceleration. Allies who come in contact with a mote gain 20% increased movement speed for 30 sec.Threads of Fate
Casting an Essence ability during Temporal Burst causes a nearby ally to gain a Thread of Fate for 15 sec, granting them a chance to echo their damage or healing spells, dealing 15% of the amount again.Primacy
For each damage over time effect from Upheaval or Spiritbloom, gain 3% haste, up to 9%.Careful Contemplation
Your Intellect and Stamina and increased by 10%, but your cooldowns are increased by 10%.Time