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

Last updated on Sep 04, 2023 at 17:00 by Azortharion 116 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Marksmanship Hunter for each boss of the following raid: Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.1.7.

1.

Introduction

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.

1.1.

General Defensive Usage Notes

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 Icon Exhilaration
  • Fortitude of the Bear Icon Fortitude of the Bear
  • Survival of the Fittest Icon Survival of the Fittest
  • Aspect of the Turtle Icon 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 Icon Survival of the Fittest
  • Aspect of the Turtle Icon Aspect of the Turtle
  • Fortitude of the Bear Icon Fortitude of the Bear
  • Exhilaration Icon Exhilaration
1.2.

General Cooldown Usage Notes

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

2.

Kazzara, the Hellforged

2.1.

Talents/Build

  • We recommend the standard single-target build above for this fight.
2.2.

Defensive Usage

  • Use your defensives for Wings of Extinction Icon Wings of Extinction and Hellsteel Carnage Icon Hellsteel Carnage, in particular their overlaps at ~1:30 and ~2:30 in the encounter.
2.3.

Cooldown Timings

  • No special considerations.
2.4.

Mechanical Tips

  • Use Disengage Icon Disengage when targeted by Rays of Anguish Icon Rays of Anguish to more easily drag the laser over the Dread Rifts Icon Dread Rifts.
3.

The Amalgamation Chamber

3.1.

Talents/Build

  • We recommend the standard single-target build above for this fight.
3.2.

Defensive Usage

  • Use your defensives for Gloom Conflagration Icon 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.
3.3.

Cooldown Timings

  • No special considerations.
3.4.

Mechanical Tips

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

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

4.

The Forgotten Experiments

4.1.

Talents/Build

  • 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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4.2.

Defensive Usage

  • Use defensives when you have Unstable Essence Icon Unstable Essence if needed to hold onto the debuff for longer. You will definitely want to use defensives if you have Unstable Essence Icon Unstable Essence and Infused Explosion Icon Infused Explosion occurs at the same time.
4.3.

Cooldown Timings

  • If it becomes relevant, it is good to save cooldowns for when a new boss becomes active, so that you can stack your Trueshot Icon Trueshot with attacking a boss above 70% health for Careful Aim Icon Careful Aim benefit.
  • Alternatively, do as above, but holding cooldowns for sub-20% health bosses to maximize Bullseye Icon Bullseye benefit!
4.4.

Mechanical Tips

  • You can use Aspect of the Turtle Icon Aspect of the Turtle to prevent the Bleed application from Rending Charge Icon Rending Charge.
5.

Assault of the Zaqali

5.1.

Talents/Build

  • We recommend a typical Raid AoE Build for this Encounter, combining Raid Utility with Mythic+-style AoE Talents.
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5.2.

Defensive Usage

  • Molten Barrier Icon Molten Barrier hurts and you should use your defensives for surviving the tail-end of it happening. It can coincide with Scorching Roar Icon Scorching Roar as well, which you should have a defensive prepared for every time.
5.3.

Cooldown Timings

  • Use your 2-minute cooldowns for the first and third Molten Barrier Icon Molten Barrier. Send the others on cooldown.
5.4.

Mechanical Tips

  • You cannot use Aspect of the Turtle Icon Aspect of the Turtle to soak Catastrophic Slam Icon Catastrophic Slam.
  • Kick Lava Bolt Icon Lava Bolt as much as possible.
6.

Rashok, the Elder

6.1.

Talents/Build

  • We recommend the standard single-target build above for this fight.
6.2.

Defensive Usage

  • This fight hurts and you will have to be smart about your defensive usage. The main mechanics to look out for are Overcharged Icon Overcharged/Conduit Flare Icon 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 Icon Scorching Heatwave.
6.3.

Cooldown Timings

  • No special considerations.
6.4.

Mechanical Tips

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

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

7.

The Vigilant Steward, Zskarn

7.1.

Talents/Build

  • We recommend the standard single-target build above for this fight.
7.2.

Defensive Usage

  • Use defensives for overlaps of Blast Wave Icon 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 Icon Unstable Embers if you are targeted by it.
7.3.

Cooldown Timings

  • 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.
7.4.

Mechanical Tips

  • We have no specific tips for the mechanics of this fight besides using Disengage Icon Disengage liberally to position yourself optimally. If anything arises, we will add some more tips to this section.
8.

Magmorax

8.1.

Talents/Build

  • We recommend the standard single-target build above for this fight.
8.2.

Defensive Usage

  • Defensives should primarily be used for Igniting Roar Icon 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.
8.3.

Cooldown Timings

  • No special considerations.
8.4.

Mechanical Tips

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

For more information, please refer to our Magmorax guide.

9.

Echo of Neltharion

  • 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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9.1.

Defensive Usage

  • Defensives should be used when targeted by Volcanic Heart Icon Volcanic Heart, and when wall breaks in the fight overlap with other mechanics.
  • If necessary, you can also use cooldowns for Umbral Annihilation Icon Umbral Annihilation, but this is generally a healer mechanic where if you would have died with no defensive, so would half the raid.
9.2.

Cooldown Timings

  • If Surrender to Corruption Icon 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!
9.3.

Mechanical Tips

  • We have no specific tips for the mechanics of this fight besides using Disengage Icon Disengage liberally to position yourself optimally. If anything arises, we will add some more tips to this section.
10.

Scalecommander Sarkareth

10.1.

Talents/Build

  • 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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10.2.

Defensive Usage

  • You can assist your Healers by using defensives on Glittering Surge Icon 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.
10.3.

Cooldown Timings

  • Simply use your cooldowns on cooldown. Every 45-second cooldown should line up with add spawns starting in Phase 2, and Trueshot Icon Trueshot lines up amazingly as well.
10.4.

Mechanical Tips

  • When entering the Void Phase in both intermissions and other times, use Disengage Icon Disengage to speed yourself up via the Posthaste Icon Posthaste Talent while collecting the orbs to increase your Haste. Use Aspect of the Cheetah Icon 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.

11.

Changelog

  • 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
  • 27 Jun. 2023: Additional Talent Change, and moved Steel Trap to be default for single-target.
  • 26 Jun. 2023: Updated the single-target build to account for new tuning.
  • 03 Jun. 2023: Updated the recommended default talent build, and added a Mythic build for Forgotten Experiments.
  • 13 May 2023: Updated with tips for Scalecommander Sarkareth.
  • 08 May 2023: Page added.
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