Blood Death Knight Tank Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.1.7

Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Aberrus. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible guides.

On this page, you will find Blood Death Knight specific information to deal with each boss in the Aberrus raid. These are not complete encounter guides but rather provide specific tips for doing the bosses as a Blood Death Knight.

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 Blood Death Knight and what you can do to deal with each fight as best as possible.

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For this, boss, I suggest you use the default build at the top of this page.

• Taunt swap on every stack of Terror Claws.
• Terror Claws deals a combination of Physical and Magic damage. If you have Blood Shield active and some Runic Power for Death Strike you should be more than fine. You can use additional cooldowns if necessary, depending on your HP% at the time of cast.
• Death's Advance to negate the pushback from Wings of Extinction.

For this, boss, I suggest you use the default build at the top of this page.

• Be prepared with Death Strike for Shadow Spike / Flame Slash.
• Depending on your strategy for this encounter, you may need to swap bosses during Phase 1. If this is the case, be ready to run with Death's Advance.
• Fire - Phase 1: You can comfortably solo soak Fiery Meteor with Anti-Magic Shell.
• Shadow - Phase 1: The stacking health reduction from this boss will make Shadow Spike more deadly. Be prepared to use cooldowns to survive these hits.
• Phase 2: The tank combo in this phase will require a taunt immediately after Withering Vulnerability and the tank that taunted should make sure that the other tank is not hit by Shadowflame Burst.

For more information, please refer to our Amalgamation Chamber guide.

For this, boss, I suggest you use the default build at the top of this page.

• Taunt swap at 3-4 stacks of Infused Strikes.
• When both tanks have Infused Strikes stacks, run into each other to clear them. Do not do this again until Infused Explosion has faded.
• Phase 3: Whoever is not tanking the boss should focus on keeping Temporal Anomaly orbs away from the boss by running into them.

For this, boss, I suggest you use the default build at the top of this page.

• Be ready to Dark Command and Death Grip adds as they appear.
• Tank all adds on top of the Magma Mystic.
• Taunt the boss as soon as he jumps to your platform.
• Mythic: The pushback from Ignara can be negated with Death's Advance.

For this, boss, I suggest you use the default build at the top of this page.

• The tank mechanic of this fight is a combo hit. Taunt when you see the same attack appear in the pattern. You do not want to be hit by Flaming Slash or Earthen Crush twice in the same combo.
• When Shadowlava Blast is cast (big purple cone). Use this as your indicator to drag the boss into the middle of the room.

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

For this, boss, I suggest you use the default build at the top of this page.

• Taunt swap at 5-6 stacks of Searing Claws.
• When you are not tanking, try to soak Shrapnel Bomb's. Aim to have some Blood Shield active for this so you do not die whilst being out of range of the boss.
• The pushback from Blast Wave can be negated with Death's Advance.
• The Golems can be gripped together. You can opt to save Abomination Limb on the pull and use it on their first appearance, or use it on pull and save it for the second set.
• You can stop the casts from the Golems with Death Grip, Mind Freeze, Blinding Sleet and Asphyxiate.
• Tactical Destruction is always cast on the pillars closest to the boss. When the Golems spawn, move the boss closer to the middle so the melee DPS do not have to run as much.

For this, boss, I suggest you use the default build at the top of this page.

• When Incinerating Maws is cast, wait until the attack has finished before taunting.
• If you are the target of Incinerating Maws use Anti-Magic Shell to help survive the hits.
• Keep the boss away from Magma Puddle's.
• When you are not tanking soak Magma Puddle's to reduce their size.
• The knockback from Overpowering Stomp can be negated with Death's Advance.

For more information, please refer to our Magmorax guide.

For this, boss, I suggest you use the default build at the top of this page.

• Do not use Death's Advance on the knockbacks in this fight. You want to be knocked through walls.
• Phase 1: Taunt after Calamitous Strike.
• Phase 1: After Calamitous Strike the boss will cast Echoing Fissure, and this will be your indicator to move to a new area.
• Phase 2: Keep the boss near the Voice from Beyond adds to kill them.
• Phase 2: When an add has died, move to the next one.
• Phase 2: The tank mechanic in this phase is Sunder Shadow. He will knock you through a wall, and shortly after, all walls between where you were knocked from to where you are now will be destroyed.
• Phase 3: Gain threat on the spawning adds.
• Phase 3: When Ebon Destruction is cast run into a portal to survive.

For this, boss, I suggest you use the default build at the top of this page.

This boss was not testable on PTR. These tips will be added after the raid has gone live.

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