Enhancement Shaman DPS Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.1

Last updated on May 09, 2023 at 15:00 by Wordup 33 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Enhancement Shaman for each boss of the following raid: Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.1.

1.

Introduction

In this section, you will find information and guidance for each boss individually in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible as a Enhancement Shaman. These are not complete encounter guides but provide specific tips for any Enhancement Shaman on each boss.

This page will be updated closer to the release of Aberrus and over the course of progression as more bosses are defeated.

2.

Enhancement Shaman Talents in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible

Below, we list most bosses' "base" talent setup. However, we will also list a boss-specific talent tree for each boss as well that will include any necessary talent swaps.

Considering that Enhancement has relative parity between both its Elementalist and Storm builds, most of the decisions will be made based on damage profile needs or personal preference. There will be a code linked for each build archetype for each boss with recommendations. The sample build will have an import code for single-target encounters but will use the most flexible Season 1 build, Elementalist, for now. Check our Talent page for more details about variants.

The standard single-target builds for each archetype are as follows:

  • Elementalist - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQSSKRSCSSIIJUSIAAAAAAAAAAAAgSESCJoIQSLJpEAkkQaI
  • Storm - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJJHAkcARSSSQSiECAAAAAAAAAAAAoEhkQCKCk0SSKBA5AJSKI

You can easily import the talent tree below into the game with the "Copy Export String" button.

3.

Kazzara, the Hellforged

3.1.

Talent Recommendations:

  • Elementalist - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQSSKRSCSSIIJUSIAAAAAAAAAAAAgSESCJoIQSLJpEAkkQaI
  • Storm - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJJHAkcARSSSQSiECAAAAAAAAAAAAoEhkQCKCk0SSKBA5AJSKI

Kazzara is an entirely single-target encounter without any burn windows, so standard builds apply here, with Storm being the recommendation.

3.2.

Tips

4.

The Amalgamation Chamber

4.1.

Talent Recommendations:

  • Elementalist - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQSSKRSCSSIIJUSIAAAAAAAAAAAAgSESCJoIQSLJpEAkkQaI
  • Storm - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJJHAkcARSSSQSiECAAAAAAAAAAAAoEhkQCKCk0SSKBA5AJSKI

While The Amalgamation Chamber spends half of the fight with two bosses active, they are separated by such a large distance that we generally recommend standard builds. With some creativity, though, Elementalist might be able to squeeze out some damage with multi-DoT tools.

4.2.

Tips

5.

The Forgotten Experiments

5.1.

Talent Recommendations:

  • Elementalist - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJJpEJgkEikkQJhAAAAAAAAAAAAAKRIJkgiAJtkkSAQSCBC
  • Storm - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJJHAkcAhkkEkkIRCAAAAAAAAAAAAoEhkQCKCk0SSKBAJJkCC

While in most situations, there is only one boss active on Normal and Heroic, as soon as Thadrion enters the arena, Erratic Remnant adds will spawn for the remainder of the encounter. This gives an edge to Elementalist builds who can capitalize on the funnel, and for Storm to activate Crash Lightning Icon Crash Lightning, so builds are slightly changed here to accomodate that.

5.2.

Tips

6.

Assault of the Zaqali

6.1.

Talent Recommendations:

  • Elementalist - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJJpEJISSISCUSkAAAAAAAAAAAAAKRIJkgiAJtkkSAQSCBC
  • Storm - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJJHAkcgESSSgkIRCAAAAAAAAAAAAoEhkQCKCk0SSKBAJJkCC

Depending on both your raid's needs and your current build, you will have different jobs and specialties on this encounter. Elementalist excels at funnel damage and priority burst while losing very little single-target to AoE, so is especially good for the Magma Mystics. Storm, on the other hand, can provide strong boss damage and consistent AoE if needed, so we recommend more AoE-oriented builds for each.

6.2.

Tips

  • Depending on which build you play, your focus will be on different parts of the encounter due to your toolkit:
    • Elementalist builds can provide AoE mostly for free due to both Hailstorm Icon Hailstorm and Ice Strike Icon Ice Strike, allowing you to prioritize the most dangerous enemy while still dealing with small ones. It also has Primordial Wave Icon Primordial Wave for each Magma Mystic's Molten Barrier Icon Molten Barrier to break the shield quickly.
    • Storm, on the other hand, brings raw AoE and can switch up its damage quite easily depending on what stage of the encounter you are in. It also makes good use of the extra Maelstrom Weapon Icon Maelstrom Weapon from Crash Lightning Icon Crash Lightning to feed more boss damage. You can also consider Ascendance Icon Ascendance for more Phase 2 damage.
  • Astral Shift Icon Astral Shift is mostly whenever you feel in danger in Phase 1, but in Phase 2, save it for your assigned Catastrophic Slam Icon Catastrophic Slam soak.
  • Similarly, save Spirit Walk Icon Spirit Walk to get there in good time to avoid a raid wipe.
  • Make sure to Wind Shear Icon Wind Shear the Magma Mystic's cast after you break the shield. Otherwise, spend your Wind Shear Icon Wind Shear aggressively on Lava Bolt Icon Lava Bolt casts.
7.

Rashok, the Elder

7.1.

Talent Recommendations:

  • Elementalist - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQSSKRSCSSIIJUSIAAAAAAAAAAAAgSESCJoIQSLJpEAkkQaI
  • Storm - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJJHAkcARSSSQSiECAAAAAAAAAAAAoEhkQCKCk0SSKBA5AJSKI

Rashok is an entirely single-target encounter without any burn windows, so standard builds apply here, with Storm being the recommendation

7.2.

Tips

8.

The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn

8.1.

Talent Recommendations:

  • Elementalist - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJJpEJgkEikkQJhAAAAAAAAAAAAAKRIJkgiAJtkkWAQSCBC
  • Storm - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJJHAkcARSSSQSiECAAAAAAAAAAAAoEhkQCKCk0SSaBAJJkCC

While Zskarn is a mostly single-target encounter first, there are waves of adds that need to be dealt with. Due to this, Elementalist has an edge due to its burst AoE tools and that it can do it to extremely spread out targets, which the golems usually are. Storm on the other hand just uses a standard single-target build

8.2.

Tips

9.

Magmorax

9.1.

Talent Recommendations:

  • Elementalist - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQSSKRSCSSIIJUSIAAAAAAAAAAAAgSESCJoIQSLJpFAkkQaI
  • Storm - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJJHAkcARSSSQSiECAAAAAAAAAAAAoEhkQCKCk0SSKBA5AJSKI

Magmorax is an entirely single-target encounter without any burn windows, so standard builds apply here, with Storm being the recommendation. It does however, always take Gust of Wind Icon Gust of Wind to deal with the knockback effects.

9.2.

Tips

10.

Echo of Neltharion

10.1.

Talent Recommendations:

  • Elementalist - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJJpEJgkEikkQJhAAAAAAAAAAAAAKRIJkgiAJtkkSAQSCBC
  • Storm - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJJHAkcAhkkEkkIRCAAAAAAAAAAAAoEhkQCKCk0SSKBAJJkCC

While the most important part of this encounter is boss damage, there are some extremely high-importance adds that spawn that need to be burned down quickly. They also allow for funnel and cleave effects to be activated, so the flexibility of Elementalist makes it recommended here. Storm also switches to Crash Lightning Icon Crash Lightning here to be able to assist with the Phase 3 add waves.

10.2.

Tips

11.

Scalecommander Sarkareth

11.1.

Talent Recommendations:

  • Elementalist - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJJpEJgkEikkQJhAAAAAAAAAAAAAKRIJkgiAJtkkSAQSCBC
  • Storm - BcQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIJBQyBSkkkEkkIRCAAAAAAAAAAAAoEhkQCKCk0SSKBAJJkCC

While the majority of this encounter is spent focused on boss damage that can encourage a Storm playstyle, the most important aspect of the fight is dealing with the waves of Null Glimmer adds, therefore we recommend playing Elementalist due to how well its cooldowns align with their spawns.

As this boss was not tested on the PTR, more details will be added after it is revealed on Live servers. For now, use standard builds with the recommendation being Elementalist due to its flexibility.

11.2.

Tips

Phase 1:

Phase 2:

Phase 3:

  • Be very of the frontal from the boss during this phase as it is extremely dangerous.
  • Save Spirit Walk Icon Spirit Walk for Cosmic Ascension Icon Cosmic Ascension if you are having issues getting out. Similarly, use Wind Rush Totem Icon Wind Rush Totem here to help the group.
  • Null Glimmer spawns are more spread out here, with the first two coming a minute apart and then another 1:40 until the third. Plan your Sundering Icon Sundering and Primordial Wave Icon Primordial Wave casts around these.
12.

Changelog

  • 25 May 2023: Added Sarkareth tips.
  • 09 May 2023: Updated with tips and builds for all bosses except Sarkareth.
  • 29 Apr. 2023: Page added ready for tips to follow after Season 2 launch.
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