Elemental Shaman DPS Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Raid Guide — Dragonflight 11.0
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Elemental Shaman for each boss of the following raid: Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 11.0.
Introduction
On this page, you will find Elemental Shaman 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 Elemental Shaman and how you can deal with each fight as best as possible.
As a rule of thumb, if you can use those talents, use
Healing Stream Totem and
Earth Shield during movement when your
only alternative is a regular
Frost Shock or if you are out of range of
the boss for a bit (such as when dropping void zones in a corner).
Demonic Gateway, if available (and it almost always should be),
helps simplify many movement-heavy mechanics, so adjust your movement cooldown
usage depending on what your raid decides to use Demonic Gateway on (also true
of
Stampeding Roar). You should absolutely buy
Gateway Control Shard in Valdrakken in order to use Gateways more
reliably.
We also recommend being very aware of how boss abilities cycle and not using
defensive cooldowns or Health consumables just because your Health drops low;
it is likely that the "dangerous" ability just happened, and you should not
take much damage for a while. Try to figure out in advance the situations where
you would benefit the most from them, as they are not necessarily best used as
"panic buttons." Feel free to cast Healing Surge on yourself (or
others) when in doubt.
Fire-dominant builds are currently vastly superior, especially with T31. We do not recommend ever using a hybrid or Lightning-dominant build at the moment.
Kazzara, the Hellforged
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Tips
- Very straightforward fight, but you will need to move more and more the
longer the fight lasts, so as the Boss gets below 40% health, try to use your
movement cooldowns sparingly, and always pay attention to the Boss's Energy so
you can move immediately out of
Hellbeam.
- If targeted by a
Ray of Anguish, you can maintain full DPS by simply using
Spiritwalker's Grace If you can deal with the Ray easily, you could instead, keep it for when the Boss starts a
Hellbeam in your direction.
Wind Rush Totem should work very well to help people targeted with
Ray of Anguish reposition.
- MYTHIC ONLY: People targeted by
Rays of Anguish need to be very careful and move in a predetermined pattern to avoid a ray touching the puddles left behind by other rays.
For more information, please refer to our Kazzara guide.
The Amalgamation Chamber
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Tips
- If you try to keep
Flame Shock on both bosses in Phase 1, be very careful about the different DoT stacks you are getting, or you will get yelled at.
Spiritwalker's Grace is best used on
Coalescing Void if it spawns fairly close to you, although if it spawns right on you, it may be worth using
Gust of Wind/
Spirit Walk or
Ghost Wolf to minimize damage. Otherwise, Spiritwalker's Grace may be kept for
Umbral Detonation, although you again may want to use additional movement tools to move even farther away.
Wind Rush Totem is probably best used on
Coalescing Void and
Fiery Meteor in Phase 1, and
Gloom Conflagration in Phase 2.
- Try to keep defensive abilities and Health consumables for late into Phase 2
when the
Shadowflame Contamination stacks get high.
- Make sure to have cooldowns (probably only your Elemental) available for Phase 2,
and that your raid uses
Bloodlust/
Heroism for it as the first phase is quite easy, and the second has a soft enrage.
For more information, please refer to our Amalgamation Chamber guide.
The Forgotten Experiments
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Tips
Wind Rush Totem is very handy to drop on the people getting their
Unstable Essence mass dispelled, so they can quickly move out of the circle. It can also be used to help deal with
Massive Slam. It is imperative for the entire raid to get out of the path of the last Boss's
Deep Breath, so do not hesitate to drop it even on one person.
Gust of Wind should be available for every
Massive Slam.
- You should use a defensive when targeted by
Rending Charge.
Assault of the Zaqali
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Tips
- You should kill (and interrupt)Magma Mystics first, then Obsidian Guards, Flamebound Huntsmen and finally Zaqali Wallclimbers last.
- Use a defensive on as many
Molten Barriers as seem necessary.
Spiritwalker's Grace is probably best used to grab
Cave Rubble and move to the edge of the platform to drop it on adds before they finish climbing.
For more information, please refer to our Assault of the Zaqali guide.
Rashok, the Elder
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Tips
Spiritwalker's Grace is probably best used when targeted by
Searing Slam, though it can be nice to get out of
Shadowlava Blast or get in
Doom Flames.
- Do not hesitate to use
Gust of Wind and
Ghost Wolf to reposition properly for any of the three previously mentioned abilities. Failing any of these is very bad.
Wind Rush Totem is likely best used to help get people out of
Shadowlava Blast or to assist someone who needs to drop
Searing Slam far away. It could also be used to get people inside
Doom Flames faster.
- Defensives are best used during
Scorching Heatwave. Do not hesitate to use healing consumables and/or heal yourself if your Health is looking scary during that part of the fight.
For more information, please refer to our Rashok the Elder guide.
The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn
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Tips
Wind Rush Totem is probably best used to move out of the breath attacks caused by
Tactical Destruction.
Spiritwalker's Grace is nice against
Blast Wave but you may want to keep it repositioned during
Tactical Destruction.
- Use defensives when affected by
Unstable Embers (especially in Mythic for
Elimination Protocol).
Magmorax
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Tips
- Use
Gust of Wind to counter
Overpowering Stomp, get out of
Blazing Breath or to reposition
Molten Spittle and if you have time jump in the middle of
Magma Puddle to soak them. You can also use
Spiritwalker's Grace as your discretion for the last 3.
- Try to have defensive for when the Boss gets really low, as you will be taking
a lot of DoT damage. Use defensives during
Igniting Roar.
For more information, please refer to our Magmorax guide.
Echo of Neltharion
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Tips
Wind Rush Totem can be used to reposition when switching areas or to help people reposition for
Rushing Darkness. You can also use
Spiritwalker's Grace for that. Wind Rush Totem can also be used in Phase 3 to help people get inside
Sunder Reality portals.
- Use defensives during
Surrender to Corruption or at high stacks of Umbral Corruption, and possibly when targeted by
Volcanic Heart.
For more information, please refer to our Neltharion guide.
Scalecommander Sarkareth
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Tips
- During Stage 2 and 3, make sure to use
Wind Shear to kick
Cosmic Volley and
Blasting Scream,cast by the Images of Sarkareth after
Abyssal Breath occurs.
For more information, please refer to our Scalecommander Sarkareth guide.
Changelog
- 20 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviwed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 23 May 2023: Adjusted some talent builds, added a couple tips.
- 27 Apr. 2023: Page added.
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This guide has been written by Stormy, Elemental main since Wrath of the Lich King and member of the Storm, Earth and Lava Elemental theorycrafting team.
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