Protection Warrior Tank Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Raid Guide — Season 4

On this page, you will find Protection Warrior-specific information to deal with each boss in the Aberrus raid.

This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Protection Warrior and how you can deal with each fight as best as possible.

We will frequently update Spell Reflection, Shield Block, and Spell Block tips as the abilities which you can reflect/deflect/block can change at any time.

This talent builds works well for every single boss encounter. If you do not struggle with magic damage input, feel free to spend the extra point in Bloodborne instead of Spell Block.

Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Talent recommendations for this boss are the default ones at the top of the page.

Ability name	Blockable	Reflectable	Notes
Dread Rifts	No	No	Use Demoralizing Shout, Shield Wall, Ignore Pain, Spell Reflection to reduce the damage as needed.
Hellbeam	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Hellsteel Fragment	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Infernal Heart	No	No	Use Demoralizing Shout, Shield Wall, Ignore Pain, Spell Reflection to reduce the damage as needed.
Ray of Anguish	No	No	Use Demoralizing Shout, Shield Wall, Ignore Pain, Spell Reflection to reduce the damage as needed. Avoid the rays and the spots they leave behind.
Revenant's Blood	No	No	Use Demoralizing Shout, Shield Wall, Ignore Pain, Spell Reflection to reduce the damage as needed.
Terror Claws	Yes	No	Physical part is blockable with Shield Block, magical part is blockable with Spell Block.
Wings of Extinction	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.

For more information, please refer to our Kazzara guide.

Talent recommendations for this boss are the default ones at the top of the page.

Ability name	Blockable	Reflectable	Notes
Blazing Heat	No	No	Use Demoralizing Shout, Shield Wall, Ignore Pain, Spell Reflection to reduce the damage as needed.
Corrupting Shadow	No	No	Use Demoralizing Shout, Shield Wall, Ignore Pain, Spell Reflection to reduce the damage as needed.
Withering Vulnerability	Yes	No	Blockable with Shield Block.
Fiery Meteor	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block
Flame Slash	Yes	Yes	Blockable with Spell Block, and deflectable with Spell Reflection.
Gloom Conflagration	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Shadowflame Burst	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Shadows Convergence	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block. Avoid the orbs.
Shadow Spike	Yes	Yes	Blockable with Spell Block, and defectable with Spell Reflection.

Talent recommendations for this boss are the default ones at the top of the page.

Ability name	Blockable	Reflectable	Notes
Bellowing Roar	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Deep Breath	No	No	Avoid the breath.
Infused Strikes	Yes	No	Blockable with Shield Block. Use Demoralizing Shout, Shield Wall, Ignore Pain, Spell Reflection to reduce the damage from the magic part as needed.

For more information, please refer to our Forgotten Experiments guide.

Talent recommendations for this boss are the default ones at the top of the page.

Ability name	Blockable	Reflectable	Notes
Blazing Spear	No	No	Use Demoralizing Shout, Shield Wall, Ignore Pain to reduce the damage as needed.
Catastrophic Slam	No	No	Stack up with other members to soak this damage. Use Demoralizing Shout, Shield Wall, Ignore Pain to reduce the damage as needed.
Flaming Cudgel	Yes	Yes	Blockable with Shield Block, and the fire damage part is reflectable with Spell Reflection.
Heavy Cudgel	Yes	No	Blockable with Shield Block.
Lava Bolt	Yes	Yes	Blockable with Spell Block, and reflectable with Spell Reflection.
Molten Barrier	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Scorching Roar	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.

For more information, please refer to our Assault of the Zaqali guide.

Talent recommendations for this boss are the default ones at the top of the page.

Ability name	Blockable	Reflectable	Notes
Charged Smash	No	No	Stack up with other members to soak this damage. Use Demoralizing Shout, Shield Wall, Ignore Pain to reduce the damage as needed.
Doom Flames	No	No	Use Demoralizing Shout, Shield Wall, Ignore Pain, Spell Reflection to reduce the damage as needed.
Earthen Crush	Yes	No	Blockable with Shield Block, pair with Ignore Pain. Ensure you do not take 2 in a row.
Flaming Slash	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block, pair with Ignore Pain, followed with Impending Victory. Ensure you do not take 2 in a row.
Scorching Heatwave	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Searing Slam	No	No	Avoid the leap location and dodge the Lava waves that are spawned. Use Ignore Pain, Spell Reflection to reduce the damage as needed.
Shadowlava Blast	No	No	Frontal cone from the boss, simply move out of it.

For more information, please refer to our Rashok the Elder guide.

Talent recommendations for this boss are the default ones at the top of the page.

Ability name	Blockable	Reflectable	Notes
Blast Wave	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Dragonfire Traps	No	No	Avoid these traps.
Searing Claws	No	No	Use Demoralizing Shout, Shield Wall, Ignore Pain, Spell Reflection to reduce the damage as needed.
Shrapnel Bomb	No	No	Bombs that need to be soaked leave a DoT on you. Use Shield Wall and Ignore Pain to help reduce the damage taken.
Tactical Destruction	No	No	Avoid the areas where the dragon statues are exploding, they light up.
Unstable Embers	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.

Talent recommendations for this boss are the default ones at the top of the page.

Ability name	Blockable	Reflectable	Notes
Blazing Breath	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Igniting Roar	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Incinerating Maws	Yes	No	Physical part is blockable with Shield Block and magical with Spell Block.
Molten Spittle	No	No	Use Shield Wall, Ignore Pain, Spell Reflection to reduce the damage as needed.
Overpowering Stomp	No	No	Knocks you back, use Demoralizing Shout, Shield Wall, Ignore Pain to reduce the damage as needed.
Searing Heat	No	No	Debuff from soaking Magma Puddle. Use Shield Wall, Spell Reflection, Ignore Pain to reduce the damage as needed.
Catastrophic Eruption	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block. Acts as an enrage on this boss.

For more information, please refer to our Magmorax guide.

Talent recommendations for this boss are the default ones at the top of the page.

Ability name	Blockable	Reflectable	Notes
Calamitous Strike	Yes	No	Blockable with Shield Block.
Echoing Fissure	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block. Circle below boss, avoid it.
Sunder Shadow	Yes	No	Blockable with Shield Block.
Shadow Strike	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Shatter	Yes	No	Debuff from breaking the walls. Blockable with Shield Block.

For more information, please refer to our Neltharion guide.

Talent recommendations for this boss are the default ones at the top of the page.

Ability name	Blockable	Reflectable	Notes
Burning Claws	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Oblivion	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Scorching Detonation	Yes	Yes	Blockable with Spell Block, and can deflect with Spell Reflection.
Searing Breath	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Void Claws	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Void Slash	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.
Void Surge	Yes	No	Blockable with Spell Block.

For more information, please refer to our Scalecommander Sarkareth guide.