Destruction Warlock DPS Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.2.7
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Destruction Warlock for each boss of the following raid: Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2.7.
Introduction
In this section, you will find information for each boss in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible as a Destruction Warlock. These are not complete encounter guides but provide specific tips for any Destruction Warlock on each boss.
Destruction Warlock Talents in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible
Listed below is the default talent setup recommended for the Raid. However, if a boss requires a substantially different setup, it will be mentioned in the respective section.
Best Talents for Destruction Warlock
Single-Target Talents for Destruction Warlock
Single target-oriented setup, which also retains some adaptability towards adds that need to be focused down and light cleave.
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Cleave Talents for Destruction Warlock
Setup oriented towards scenarios that include multitarget but also require a certain degree of priority/single target damage, such as dungeon runs.
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Kazzara, the Hellforged
Tips
Single target encounter without additional phases.
Nothing overly complicated for a first boss in the Raid, as the main
mechanic of guiding the Ray of Anguish towards the
Dread Rift
can be trivialized by placing
Demonic Circle right behind
it.
Consider using active mitigation such as Dark Pact
and/or
Unending Resolve for
Hellsteel Carnage at 80%, 60% and
40% of the boss Health.
The Amalgamation Chamber
Tips
Two-phase encounter with 2 targets in the first phase, which then combine together in the second half of the fight.
During the first half, position yourself so you can cleave both targets with Havoc
taking care not to get both debuffs stacks too high in the process.
Demonic Circle can be used to trivialize movements from the
Shadow side.
Make use of Dark Pact and/or
Unending Resolve when soaking
the circles in the Fire Side and in the second phase.
The Forgotten Experiments
Tips
Three phases council encounter with 1 boss active at any time.
During Neldris phase Demonic Circle can help minimise
movements from
Rending Charge and
Bellowing Roar.
During the Thadrion phase, extract additional resources from the spawning adds
through the Immolate application and
Havoc usage.
Dark Pact and/or
Unending Resolve can help once again
mitigating the damage from
Violent Eruption.
During Rionthus phase Demonic Circle
and
Demonic Gateway can help repositioning to
avoid
Deep Breath.
Assault of the Zaqali
Tips
Two phases encounter with add management in the first, and a boss burn in the second.
Curse of Tongues can substantially reduce Magma Mystics damage on
Raid. Imp
Singe Magic can dispel Magma Flow, but Felhunter
can interrupt casts, so choose your pet accordingly to raid needs.
In the last phase, consider rotating Dark Pact
and
Unending Resolve for soaking
Catastrophic Slam when
debuffed.
Rashok, the Elder
Tips
Single target encounter.
Demonic Circle can help handling
Searing Slam, as
well as
Shadowlava Blast, together with
Demonic Gateway
for some emergency repositioning.
Dark Pact and
Unending Resolve can be rotated during the
various soaking mechanics in the fight to ease the pressure on healers.
The fight is a DPS check, therefore focusing on the rotation while minimizing movements to dodge the various damaging effects is paramount.
The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn
Tips
Single phase encounter with a limited number of adds spawning.
Crowd control can be used to interrupt Golems.
Demonic Circle can also be timed to counter the raid-wide
knockback
Blast Wave.
Magmorax
Tips
Single target encounter.
Warlocks, being innately tanky, are well-suited to
soak Molten Spittles and
Lava Ejection.
Demonic Circle can be timed to counter the raid-wide
knockback
Overpowering Stomp.
Echo of Neltharion
Tips
Three phases encounter with 3 adds during the second phase.
A pre-placed Demonic Circle can help move across various
sections of the arena despite the Walls being still intact.
The fight could not be tested in its entirety on the PTR, so further suggestions will come after release.
Scalecommander Sarkareth
Tips
Three phases single target encounter with some adds spawning.
Demonic Circle can help bait the various ground effects across
all three phases.
If personal cooldowns are not required for Glittering Surge,
consider saving
Dark Pact for when to soak
Fire Breaths
or
Disintegrates.
In the last phase, correctly placing Demonic Gateway is
pivotal to facilitate moving the whole raid group
outside
Cosmic Ascension.
Changelog
- 19 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Talents updated for patch 10.1.5.
- 06 May 2023: Page added.
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This guide has been written by Motoko, Warlock main since The Burning Crusade, co-admin in the Warlock Discord, and theorycrafter and contributor for LockOneStopShop.
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