Scalecommander Augmentation Evoker Hotfixes Explained - Overlord Interaction Fixed
A series of Scalecommander Augmentation Evoker hotfixes were released that fixed some unintended interactions with Overlord and Bombardments. Our Augmentation Writer, Jereico, discusses the changes, explains how to compensate, and addresses the bug that still need to be addressed.
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What Changed?
Last night Blizzard pushed through a couple of since-documented hotfixes for Augmentation Evoker that might have otherwise gone unnoticed. Essentially, Overlord no longer interacts with Mass Eruption, meaning that the spec is losing some of its burst during Breath of Eons, as well as the cheesy extra Bombardments which provided significant Breath of Eons cooldown reduction from Wingleader.
- Evoker
Augmentation
Fixed a Scalecommander issue where Mass Eruption would amplify the number of targets struck by the Overlord talent. - Fixed an issue where Overlord could apply Bombardments to enemy targets if Mass Eruption was active.
Implications
Overlord now goes back to being much less of an obvious talent choice for Scalecommander Aug, although it's still an option for pure AoE. With Motes of Possibility also providing relatively little value, I would recommend instead talenting these two points into Inferno's Blessing and Molten Embers for general play.
You may have gotten into the habit of casting your Empower spells before Breath of Eons when talented into Overlord. With Molten Embers, you definitely want your
