Feral Druid DPS Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.1.7
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 10.1.7.
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.
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.
Talent Builds
Single-Target
Hybrid
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.
Tips
- Do not use any movement tools to get out with
Dread Rifts; your passive speed should be enough. Also, wait for the pool to drop before using
Wild Charge so you do not drop it under the raid.
- Use
Dash to kite the
Rays of Anguish beam if you are targeted into an appropriate rift. You can also use
Stampeding Roar to help slow allies.
- Have either
Barkskin or
Survival Instincts active for the
Hellsteel Carnage casts.
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.
Tips
- If on the Fire side, use
Barkskin /
Survival Instincts on the
Molten Eruption soaks. Likewise on the Shadow side, use it if you are targeted by
Umbral Detonation.
- Save
Dash to get to a safe distance during
Coalescing Void if on the Shadow side, and
Wild Charge back in.
- In Phase 2, cycle
Barkskin and
Survival Instincts for the
Gloom Conflagration soaks.
- Similarly, use
Stampeding Roar after the initial soak for the raid to get out, then
Wild Charge back in after the dropoff damage completes.
- Aim to use
Nature's Vigil (ideally with cooldowns) when stacks of
Shadowflame Contamination get high in Phase 2.
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. In Mythic, there is a consideration to switch to a more hybrid build, so you can cleave both bosses and help deal with Erratic remnant spawns efficiently.
Tips
- You can use strong defensives such as
Survival Instincts to stay in during
Bellowing Roar for more uptime. The safe option however is to
Dash out and
Wild Charge back in.
- Use
Barkskin if you get multiple stacks of
Rending Charge>.
- In Phase 2 and onward, Erratic Remnants will spawn. If playing
Hybrid use
Primal Wrath to efficiently cleave them down; otherwise, make sure you have Bleeds applied for
Predator resets when they get burned down.
- In Phase 2, use
Barkskin if you have to hold
Unstable Essence to high stacks before getting dispelled.
- In Phase 3 use
Stampeding Roar during
Deep Breath to help the raid get out of the beam.
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, there are two options between the more Hybrid option that can deal with all aspects of the encounter or go all out AoE to focus on the main add phase.
Tips
- You can consider switching to
Convoke the Spirits to help burn down Magma Mystic's
Molten Barrier shields if the group is struggling. In this case, you should drop a point from
Carnivorous Instinct to take
Ashamane's Guidance as well.
- Make sure to keep Bleeds active on as many targets as possible to
leverage
Predator resets.
- With the wide range granted by
Astral Influence, you should be able to hit a large number of adds with good positioning while keeping close to the high-priority targets.
- In Phase 2, cycle
Barkskin and
Survival Instincts for assigned
Catastrophic Slam soaks. Also, use
Stampeding Roar to help your group get to and from the soak.
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.
Tips
- Have
Barkskin up for the
Charged Smash soaks.
Survival Instincts can also be overlapped if the raid is unstable.
- Save
Dash in case you are targeted by
Searing Slam so you can get to the edge of the room quickly.
- Make use of the additional range from
Astral Influence during
Elder's Conduit to stay active on the boss while being safe from
Shadowflame Fissures.
- Also use
Stampeding Roar during this to assist the raid in navigating the area.
- Use
Nature's Vigil (ideally with cooldowns) during the intermission when the raid is under the most consistent pressure.
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 really make use of Feral's AoE tools efficiently. As such, while you can take some of the cleave options, we recommend going pure single-target and just target swapping if necessary.
Tips
- You can use both
Wild Charge and
Skull Bash's charge effect to counter the
Blast Wave knockback.
- Use
Stampeding Roar for each
Tactical Destruction cast to help the raid beat the waves.
- Save
Barkskin for when you are targeted by
Unstable Embers.
Barkskin is best used if you accidentally get hit by any traps or during
Blast Waves that hit the raid when unstable.
Magmorax
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Magmorax is an entirely single-target encounter without any burn windows, so a standard single-target build is recommended.
Tips
- You can use both
Wild Charge and
Skull Bash's charge effect to stick to the boss after
Overpowering Stomp.
- Use
Barkskin if you are ever targeted by
Molten Spittle.
- Save
Survival Instincts for situations where this overlaps with other dangerous AoE such as
Igniting Roar and the raid is unstable.
- Try to line up your
Nature's Vigil casts with cooldowns and an
Igniting Roar cast to assist the healers.
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 2 and 3 purposes.
Tips
- Be careful when using
Wild Charge here so you do not accidentally path through ground effects such as
Collapsed Earth.
- Save
Dash so you can get into the line of sight safely when affected by
Volcanic Heart.
- Aim to have cooldowns or some resources ready for the Voice from Beyond
spawns in Phase 2, especially if you are sent down and need
to break the
Hidden in Void shield.
- Use
Barkskin liberally for each
Umbral Annihilation cast here as well.
- In Phase 3, aim to use it and
Survival Instincts when standing in the
Sundered Reality pool during
Ebon Destruction, as the pool itself still deals heavy damage.
- Use
Stampeding Roar during these casts as well so the raid can get to a soaking pool in time.
- You should be flooded with Energy here thanks to
Predator resets as Twisted Aberration adds should be constantly dying. Make sure to keep
Primal Wrath active on all of them and funnel your
Apex Predator's Craving procs into the boss.
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 to help deal with them. That means a
more hybrid build is recommended here, but if this is covered, you can stick to
a purely single-target approach.
Tips
Phase 1:
- You can use
Skull Bash or
Wild Charge to counter-act the knockback from
Oppressing Howl.
- Use
Barkskin aggressively when clearing your Oppressing Howl effect in the
Searing Breath cast.
- Both
Survival Instincts as the phase ends (roughly 1:40 into the fight) during the
Glittering Surge cast.
Stampeding Roar should be used when the group reaches 9 stacks of
Oblivion just before they are sent downstairs.
Phase 2:
- Throughout 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 casts (which are roughly 40 seconds apart) to immediately
Primal Wrath.
- Both
Skull Bash and
Wild Charge can be used to counteract the knockback from
Infinite Duress and stay on the platform.
Typhoon can be considered to knock the Null Glimmers into the
Desolate Blossom to prevent them from healing, and
Ursol's Vortex can be placed to immediately pull them back out.
Phase 3:
- Be very careful of positioning here as the the boss frontal is extremely dangerous.
Stampeding Roar can be used when the group is getting out of
Cosmic Ascension, and when hiding from
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.
Changelog
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7, slight restructuring.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5 builds.
- 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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