Marksmanship Hunter DPS Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.1.7

Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Aberrus. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible guides.

On this page, you will find Marksmanship Hunter specific information to deal with each boss in the Aberrus raid. These are not complete encounter guides, but rather provide specific tips for doing the bosses as a Marksmanship Hunter.

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 Marksmanship Hunter and what you can do to deal with each fight as best as possible.

All recommendations are progression based tips and will not necessarily be the best for an overall DPS ranking.

The build above is your generic single target talent tree. Each boss below will note if it uses this build or a different one if anything should be tweaked. Running the same talent build for every single boss is not optimal.

When using defensives on any account, it is generally wisest to use them in ascending order of cooldown. In other words, when a situation calls for defensives, you want to use them in the following order of priority:

• Exhilaration
• Fortitude of the Bear
• Survival of the Fittest
• Aspect of the Turtle

In situations where you will only get to use your defensives one more time in the fight, you should use defensives in descending order of strength:

• Survival of the Fittest
• Aspect of the Turtle
• Fortitude of the Bear
• Exhilaration

Marksmanship cooldowns are generally split into two: Your 2-minute cooldown Trueshot, and your 45-second cooldowns in your Death Chakram/ Volley/ Salvo Combo.

• We recommend the standard single-target build above for this fight.

• Use your defensives for Wings of Extinction and Hellsteel Carnage, in particular their overlaps at ~1:30 and ~2:30 in the encounter.

• No special considerations.

• Use Disengage when targeted by Rays of Anguish to more easily drag the laser over the Dread Rifts.

• We recommend the standard single-target build above for this fight.

• Use your defensives for Gloom Conflagration in Phase 2. Generally, Phase 2 hurts far more than Phase 1, so you want to enter Phase 2 with all of your defensives available if possible.

• No special considerations.

• Use Disengage when targeted by Blistering Twilight to place the puddles optimally.
• Use Aspect of the Turtle to solo-soak the Fiery Meteor/ Gloom Conflagration mechanics.

For more information, please refer to our Amalgamation Chamber guide.

• We recommend the standard single-target build above for this fight on Normal/Heroic Mode.
• For Mythic difficulty, we recommend a sort of hybrid build that has decent burst AoE for Erratic Remnants, without sacrificing too much single-target DPS. Copy the string for this here:
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• Use defensives when you have Unstable Essence if needed to hold onto the debuff for longer. You will definitely want to use defensives if you have Unstable Essence and Infused Explosion occurs at the same time.

• If it becomes relevant, it is good to save cooldowns for when a new boss becomes active, so that you can stack your Trueshot with attacking a boss above 70% health for Careful Aim benefit.
• Alternatively, do as above, but holding cooldowns for sub-20% health bosses to maximize Bullseye benefit!

• You can use Aspect of the Turtle to prevent the Bleed application from Rending Charge.

• We recommend a typical Raid AoE Build for this Encounter, combining Raid Utility with Mythic+-style AoE Talents.
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• Molten Barrier hurts and you should use your defensives for surviving the tail-end of it happening. It can coincide with Scorching Roar as well, which you should have a defensive prepared for every time.

• Use your 2-minute cooldowns for the first and third Molten Barrier. Send the others on cooldown.

• You cannot use Aspect of the Turtle to soak Catastrophic Slam.
• Kick Lava Bolt as much as possible.

• We recommend the standard single-target build above for this fight.

• This fight hurts and you will have to be smart about your defensive usage. The main mechanics to look out for are Overcharged/ Conduit Flare, and their overlaps at roughly 1:00, 2:30, and 3:20. You might also want to use a defensive on Scorching Heatwave.

• No special considerations.

• Use Aspect of the Turtle either as part of your defensive kit, or to negate the knockback from Smoldering Rage.
• You can also use Disengage immediately after the knockback to optimize your positioning.
• When targeted by Searing Slam, use Disengage to place it well.

For more information, please refer to our Rashok, the Elder guide.

• We recommend the standard single-target build above for this fight.

• Use defensives for overlaps of Blast Wave with other mechanics. These are separated by around 35 seconds, starting 45 seconds in. At 2:30 and 3:00, they will possibly overlap with Unstable Embers if you are targeted by it.

• Save your 2-minute cooldowns for the first set of adds, and then hold it again later in the fight for the ~2:57 add spawn. Send your 45-seconds on cooldown.

• We have no specific tips for the mechanics of this fight besides using Disengage liberally to position yourself optimally. If anything arises, we will add some more tips to this section.

• We recommend the standard single-target build above for this fight.

• Defensives should primarily be used for Igniting Roar, which happens at various intervals throughout the fight. When a Roar is coming up, pay attention to your health and that of the raid before deciding on using a defensive.

• No special considerations.

• Use Aspect of the Turtle to negate the Overpowering Stomp mechanic where possible. Use Disengage otherwise.
• Use Disengage to be a mechanical hero! Your mobility makes you excellent for soaking Magma Puddles on this fight, especially ones far away.

For more information, please refer to our Magmorax guide.

• We recommend the standard single-target build above for this fight.
• If you do end up struggling with the slight AoE requirements of the fight, you could go with an AoE build instead:
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• For Mythic, go for this Volley-based single-target build:
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• Defensives should be used when targeted by Volcanic Heart, and when wall breaks in the fight overlap with other mechanics.
• If necessary, you can also use cooldowns for Umbral Annihilation, but this is generally a healer mechanic where if you would have died with no defensive, so would half the raid.

• If Surrender to Corruption is imminent, you might want to save your cooldowns to see if you get Corrupted. If you do, send your cooldowns on the add!

• We have no specific tips for the mechanics of this fight besides using Disengage liberally to position yourself optimally. If anything arises, we will add some more tips to this section.

• We recommend an AoE-style build for this encounter, as the add spawns are important and line up amazingly with our cooldowns.
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• You can assist your Healers by using defensives on Glittering Surge, though it should rarely be needed.
• Other than this, you should primarily use defensives to cover mistakes as there are no other, specific moments of high incoming damage.

• Simply use your cooldowns on cooldown. Every 45-second cooldown should line up with add spawns starting in Phase 2, and Trueshot lines up amazingly as well.

• When entering the Void Phase in both intermissions and other times, use Disengage to speed yourself up via the Posthaste Talent while collecting the orbs to increase your Haste. Use Aspect of the Cheetah to extend your movement speed. The faster you can get out, the more damage you can do!

For more information, please refer to our Scalecommander Sarkareth guide.