Windwalker Monk DPS Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.2.5

On this page, you will find Windwalker Monk-specific information to deal with each boss in the Aberrus raid.

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 Windwalker Monks and what you can do to deal with each fight as best as possible.

All Monk specializations are capable of resetting most boss encounters with the use of Transcendence and Transcendence: Transfer. This can be especially useful in a progression environment to save on repair costs and allow players to keep their consumable buffs, such as food from a Hoard of Draconic Delicacies. All you have to do as a Monk is place your Transcendence spirit beyond the area that will normally be closed off after engaging the boss. Then, if you would like to reset the encounter, get the boss's attention with Provoke and teleport outside the encounter area with Transcendence: Transfer. If done successfully, the boss will follow you outside and despawn.

Unless otherwise used during an encounter or mentioned in its tips section, it is highly recommended to get into the habit of setting up this form of fight reset. However, you should never feel forced to do so if there is a point in an encounter that you prefer having access to one of your most powerful mobility tools.

The following talent tree is recommended for general use in raid encounters. Be aware that you may switch some points to gain specific utility against certain mechanics, which we will mention on specific bosses where relevant. Remember that you can also easily import the talent tree below into the game with either of the two "Copy Export String" buttons:

For this fight, use the generic raiding build linked above. As it is an exclusively single-target encounter.

• Avoid being knocked into any Dread Rifts by Wings of Extinction.
• As Kazzara loses health and more Dread Rifts and Rays of Anguish are formed, follow as the tanks begin moving her to other areas of the room to give players more space to deal with these mechanics.

Although there are two bosses present for the first part of this encounter, they must be kept far enough apart that you will only ever be fighting in single-target throughout.

• Be aware that Eternal Blaze's Fiery Meteor will be placed directly in front of the boss, and can be soaked by one player. You can do so with just Dampen Harm, Diffuse Magic, or Fortifying Brew in combination with Touch of Karma.

This fight focuses largely on single-target damage, with some brief periods of fighting multiple adds with low health on Heroic difficulty. As such, the default build will be sufficient. Be aware that on Mythic difficulty, you will be fighting two bosses at a time for much of the fight instead!

Because of this, you'll want to drop 2/2 Touch of the Tiger and pick up Widening Whirl and Dance of Chi-Ji.

• When fighting Neldris:
  • Avoid being in the path of Rending Charge.
  • Quickly move away during each cast of Bellowing Roar.
• When fighting Thadrion:
  • Be sure to not be the closest player to someone with Unstable Essence when it is dispelled, or the debuff will jump to you and make things more complicated.
• When fighting Rionthus:
  • Use Tiger's Lust to remove the DoT and snare on players affected by Disintegrate.
  • Do not let any Temporal Anomaly orbs reach Rionthus; run into them to knock them away. Note in Mythic you will receive Temporal Fracture for 20 seconds every time that you do.

For this fight, use the generic raiding build linked above as it is an exclusively single-target encounter.

• Every player in the raid group must stand in each Charged Smash to prevent Rashok from gaining extra Energy and triggering Ancient Fury.

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

This fight is the main AOE encounter of the raid, with plenty of targets to fight at the same time. Because of this, you'll want to utilze the more AOE focused talent tree:

• At least five players must stand by the door being charged to with each Catastrophic Slam to split the damage and avoid triggering a Barrier Backfire. Avoid soaking this mechanic while affected by Flaming Cudgel or Weakened Vitality.

This encounter features an occasional set of adds spawning in far-away corners of the room. Because of this, you may want to drop 2/2 Touch of the Tiger and pick up Widening Whirl and Dance of Chi-Ji.

• Throughout the fight, Zskarn will trigger multiple Dragonfire Traps on the ground; the two nearest to where he is standing will always be activated. Plan your positioning accordingly, keeping the middle of the room as clean as possible.
• The Dragonfire Golems created by each cast of Animate Golems do not need to be tanked, but are susceptible to crowd control such as Paralysis, Leg Sweep, and Ring of Peace.

For this fight, use the generic raiding build linked above, as it is an exclusively single-target encounter.

• Although you can stand in Magma Puddles to reduce their size and remove them entirely, avoid reaching 25 stacks of Searing Heat from doing so or you will immediately be Incinerated in Heroic difficulty.
  • Note that on Mythic difficulty, your stacks of Searing Heat are permanent, but you will instead be Incinerated at 50 stacks.
• Make use of Transcendence and Transcendence: Transfer to negate the knockback from Overpowering Stomp.

For more information, please refer to our Magmorax guide.

This fight focuses largely on single-target damage, with some brief periods of fighting multiple adds with low health in the final phase and a few larger adds beforehand. As such, the default build above will be sufficient. You may want to talent into more AOE damage if necessary, but that will depend on the difficulty and your group's capabilities.

• Note that Transcendence is a particularly useful ability on this fight, as it enables you to bypass many of the restrictions created by Twisted Earth.
• Phase 1
  • Avoid causing any players to be separated from the sections of Twisted Earth rising up from the floor. These formations block line of sight!
• Intermission/Phase 2
  • As the intermission ends, be ready for more sections of Twisted Earth to emerge and again block the line of sight. If affected by Corruption, move to a section where a Voice From Beyond is hiding to reveal the location.
  • Be sure to not accidentally damage any players affected by Corruption, as they are hostile to you!
• Phase 3
  • During this phase, the Echo of Neltharion will trigger Sunder Reality when near sections of Twisted Earth, creating portals that continuously spawn Twisted Aberration adds. Be ready to blow them up!
  • During each cast of Ebon Destruction, stand in a portal to gain Sundered Reality and survive.

Scalecommander Sarkareth's encounter will largely consist of fighting only one target. It remains to be seen if additional mobility will be necessary or not; at this time, please use the default raid build.

• Time cooldowns to help blow up adds.
• Use Ring of Peace to knock adds back into the void circles so they get debuffed and take increased damage.
• There are many opportunities to use Touch of Karma here, don't get yourself killed trying to overdo it.

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