Feral Druid DPS Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.1

Last updated on May 09, 2023 at 15:00 by Wordup 26 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Feral Druid 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 Feral Druid. These are not complete encounter guides but provide specific tips for any Feral Druid 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.

Feral Druid 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 Feral has builds that can focus on purely single-target or AoE, picking one when there are varied encounters is counter-intuitive. We generally recommend a single-target build in Aberrus due to the structure of many encounters, but a more hybridized AoE build is also listed below for encounters with important add spawns. We also post recommendations under each encounter for a loadout suited to the individual boss below.

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

3.

Kazzara, the Hellforged

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Kazzara is an entirely single-target encounter without any burn windows, so a standard single-target build is recommended.

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Tips

4.

The Amalgamation Chamber

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While The Amalgamation Chamber spends half of the fight with two bosses active, they are kept so far apart that there is no opportunity to multi-DoT. As such, a single-target build is recommended here.

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Tips

5.

The Forgotten Experiments

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In Normal and Heroic difficulties, these bosses will spawn one by one, so while there are some small adds that need to be dealt with, it is mostly a single-target encounter. There is a consideration to switch to a more hybrid build, so you can help on Erratic Remnants if needed.

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Tips

6.

Assault of the Zaqali

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Throughout this encounter, there are variable target counts, with an incentive to be able to both AoE and deal priority burst at the same time when possible. Due to that, a more hybrid build that takes advantage of the Primal Wrath Icon Primal Wrath AoE tools while maintaining a single-target core is recommended.

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Tips

7.

Rashok, the Elder

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Rashok is an entirely single-target encounter without any burn windows, so a standard single-target build is recommended.

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Tips

8.

The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn

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While Zskarn does have add spawns, and they are important, the spread they can spawn with makes it hard to decide if it is worth investing in cleave or not. Generally, we advise playing single-target here, but a Hybrid version is also an option if you position correctly to cleave efficiently.

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Tips

9.

Magmorax

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Magmorax is an entirely single-target encounter without any burn windows, so a standard single-target build is recommended.

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Tips

10.

Echo of Neltharion

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While the most important part of the encounter is boss damage and priority add focus with a single-target, the final phase also has a requirement to do high AoE DPS to add waves that spawn. Both are listed here, but currently, we recommend a Hybrid approach for Phase 3 purposes.

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Tips

11.

Scalecommander Sarkareth

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While the majority of Sarkareth is focused on boss damage, there are extremely important Null Glimmer add waves, meaning that Feral needs to spend some points picking up Primal Wrath Icon Primal Wrath to help deal with them. That means a more hybrid build is recommended here.

11.1.

Tips

Phase 1:

Phase 2:

  • Throughought this and the final phase, Null Glimmer waves will spawn. These need to be burst down, so try to have some Combo Points saved up during the Abyssal Breath Icon Abyssal Breath casts (which are roughly 40 seconds apart) to immediately Primal Wrath Icon Primal Wrath.
  • Both Skull Bash Icon Skull Bash and Wild Charge Icon Wild Charge can be used to counteract the knockback from Infinite Duress Icon Infinite Duress and stay on the platform.
  • Typhoon Icon Typhoon can be considered to knock the Null Glimmers into the Desolate Blossom Icon Desolate Blossom to prevent them from healing.

Phase 3:

  • Be very careful of positioning here as the the boss frontal is extremely dangerous.
  • Stampeding Roar Icon Stampeding Roar can be used when the group is getting out of Cosmic Ascension Icon Cosmic Ascension, and when hiding from Scouring Eternity Icon Scouring Eternity.
  • 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 cooldowns and resources around these.
12.

Changelog

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