Scalecommander Sarkareth Guide - Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (2024)

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FIGHT OVERVIEW

  • Fight in 3 phases. P1 ends when Sarkareth casts Glittering Surge for the second time.P2 ends at 4min or when he drops to 40% HP.

  • In P1, Sarkareth applies a debuff on the raid. Players need to get hit by his breath or beam to clear it before he recasts Glittering Surge.

  • At the start of P2, Sarkareth sends everyone in the Emptiness Between Stars, a different phase. Everyone needs to soak the circles to come back within 20s or he wipes the raid.

  • In P2 and P3, getting hit by most abilities grants stacks of Oblivion. If you reach 10, you're sent back in the Emptiness Between Stars.

  • In P2 and P3, players need to soak bombs and get sent to the Emptiness to explode there and not kill the raid.

  • In P2, dodge the boss' big breaths and kill the adds.

  • In P3, dodge the boss' massive crash on the platform, the asteroids and the ghosts. Hide behind an asteroid to survive the boss' Supernova.

  • In P3, destroy the asteroids with a bomb applied on a player that must be soaked to split the damage.

PHASE

1

Stay grouped up to bait the bombs together.Try to bait them near the edges.

Sarkareth howls and debuffs the raid. Clear the debuff by getting hit by his breath or by a beam, before he casts his 2nd Glittering Surge. After that 2nd cast, P2 starts.

EVERYONE

RAID IS PUSHBACKED AND EVERYONE

IS DEBUFFED. CLEAR DEBUFF BY

GETTING HIT BY BREATH OR BEAM.

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Oppressing Howl

Pushback

At the start of P1, Sarkareth casts a howl, deals damage and slightly knocks players back.

It also applies the Echoing Howl debuff to everyone. Players need to be hit by either Mass Disintegrate or Searing Breath to remove it.

Dispelling Echoing Howl deals a small burst of damage to the raid. Don't get dispelled all at the same time.

If players still have the debuff when the boss casts Glittering Surge, they die.

WHAT TO DO

CLEAR DEBUFF

EVERYONE

GET HIT BY BREATH TO REMOVE

ECHOING HOWL DEBUFF.

OTHERWISE DODGE

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Searing Breath

3s Cast Frontal

Regularly, the boss casts a breath in a cone towards a random player that applies a stackable but dispellable DoT. The breath hits 3 times.

Getting hit by a tick of the breath dispells Echoing Howl. Players who get dispelled take a DoT until the end of P1.

If you don't need to dispel Echoing Howl, dodge.

WHAT TO DO

GET HIT BY BREATH OR DODGE

EVERYONE

GET HIT BY BEAM TO REMOVE

ECHOING HOWL DEBUFF.

OTHERWISE DODGE.

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Mass Disintegrate

6s Cast

Regularly, the boss summons a ghost that casts beams towards a player that hits everyone in their trajectories.

Getting hit by a beam dispells Echoing Howl. Players who get dispelled are slowed and get a DoT for the rest of P1.

If you don't need to dispel Echoing Howl, dodge.

WHAT TO DO

GET HIT BY BEAM OR DODGE

EVERYONE

HEAVY RAID DAMAGE.

PLAYERS STILLWITH HOWL

DEBUFF WILL DIE.

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Glittering Surge

8s Channel

At the beginning and the end of P1, Sarkareth casts casts a 8s channel on the raid. It deals heavy damage.

Any player who still has the Howl debuff at the end of P1 gets stunned for 12s and takes lethal damage.

WHAT TO DO

HEAL THROUGH

EVERYONE

BAIT THE BOMBS AND

QUICKLY MOVE OUT.

HEAVY RAID DAMAGE.

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Scorching Bomb

12s Bombs

Regularly, Sarkareth spawns 2 bombs near players. They deal heavy pulsing damage to nearby players.

After 12s they explode, dealing heavy damage and applying a DoT to the raid. They also leave fire patches that grow and only disappear in P2.

Stay grouped up to bait the bombs at the same location, ideally starting with the sides of the platform.

WHAT TO DO

BAIT & MOVE OUT

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Burning Claws

Tank Mechanic

Tank stomp attack, inflicting heavy physical damage and a 27s DoT.

Upon DoT expiration, 15% of the DoT damage are inflicted to the raid. Try to mitigate them as much as possible.

WHAT TO DO

MITIGATE AND TANK SWAP

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Burning Claws

Tank Mechanic

Tank stomp attack, inflicting heavy physical damage and a 27s DoT.

Upon DoT expiration, 15% of the DoT damage are inflicted to the raid. Try to mitigate them as much as possible.

WHAT TO DO

MITIGATE AND TANK SWAP

The Emptiness Between Stars

At the start of P2, Sarkareth sends everyone in the Emptiness Between Stars, a different phase. Collect your soul by soaking the circles to come back.

In P2 and P3, getting hit by most abilities applies stacks of Oblivion.

When you reach 10 stacks of that DoT you're sent into the Emptiness for 20s. Collect buffs and your soul to come back to the fight or die.

EVERYONE

GETTING HIT BY ABILITIES GIVES

YOU STACKS. IF YOU REACH 10,

QUICKLY SOAK THE CIRCLES!

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Oblivion

20s Debuff

In P2 and P3, getting hit by most shadow abilities gives you a 25s stacking DoT.

If you reach 10 stacks, you're sent into the Emptiness, a different dimension, and you have 20s to collect your soul and return to the fight, or you die.

You can also collect orbs to stack a haste and speed buff, up to 10 stacks.

WHAT TO DO

PLAY SAFE

EVERYONE

WHILE IN THE EMPTINESS

TRY TO GATHER THE ORBS

TO GAIN HASTE AND SPEED.

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Astral Flare

23s Buff

While gathering your soul, you can gather nearby orbs to gain a stackable 5% haste and 10% movement buff for 23 seconds.

You can only have 10 stacks at max.

WHAT TO DO

GATHER THE ORBS

PHASE

2

After the second Glittering Surge, P2 starts. The boss sends all the players in the Emptiness Between Stars world mentioned above, you have maximum 20 seconds to exit.

Sarkareth spawns new bombs that must be soaked ASAP by a player. Then, this player needs to get sent to the Emptiness to explode there.

Dodge Sarkareth' breath, get out of the Desolate Blossoms and kill the adds.

EVERYONE

PLAYERS SOAK THE BOMBS ASAP

AND THEN GET SENT TO THE

EMPTINESS TO EXPLODE THERE.

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Void Bomb

20s Avoidable Bombs

Regularly, Sarkareth spawns a few bombs near players, they deal constant raid damage and apply stacks of Oblivion to everyone very quickly.

Each bomb must be soaked by a player ASAP. After 20s, the bombs explode and kill the raid.

Players who soaked the bombs must reach 10 stacks of Oblivion to be sent to the Emptiness and explode there. Quickly accumulate stacks of Oblivion by standing in Desolate Blossom pools.

WHAT TO DO

SOAK BOMBS ASAP

EVERYONE

EVOKER LIKE BREATH.

DODGE IT AND KILL

THE ADDS THAT SPAWN.

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Abyssal Breath

2.5s Cast

The boss flies to a targeted location with a big dragon breath, knocking back and inflicting heavy damage to players hit. Also applies Oblivion stack.

Leaves behind Null Glimmer adds that must be interrupted and killed. Feel free to use CCs (stun, silences, etc) here.

WHAT TO DO

DODGE THE BREATH

EVERYONE

GO IN A BLOSSOM IF YOU HAVE

THE VOID BOMB. OTHERWISE

STAY AWAY, THEY STACK OBLIVION.

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Desolate Blossom

Oblivion Stacks Source

After each breath, Sarkareth drops a few shadow pools that apply an healing absorb shield and very quickly apply Oblivion stacks to players in them.

Move away from them, unless you want to get sent to the Emptiness with a bomb.

WHAT TO DO

USE THE BOMBS TO STACK OBLIVION

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Ebon Might

Stackable Buff

Each ability casts by the boss grants any add alive a stackable 15% damage done and movement speed buff.

Upon reaching 5 stacks, adds are immune to CC and interrupts.

WHAT TO DO

KILL THE ADDS QUICKLY

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Void Claws

Tank Mechanic

Tank buster ability, heavy on hit damage with a stackable 18s DoT and a 25% healing reduction.

Upon expiration, the tank explode in a 20y radius inflicting 40% of the damage taken from the DoT.

WHAT TO DO

TANK SWAP AND EXPLODE FAR

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Ebon Might

Stackable Buff

Each ability casts by the boss grants any add alive a stackable 15% damage done and movement speed buff.

Upon reaching 5 stacks, adds are immune to CC and interrupts.

WHAT TO DO

KILL THE ADDS QUICKLY

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Void Claws

Tank Mechanic

Tank buster ability, heavy on hit damage with a stackable 18s DoT and a 25% healing reduction.

Upon expiration, the tank explode in a 20y radius inflicting 40% of the damage taken from the DoT.

WHAT TO DO

TANK SWAP AND EXPLODE FAR

PHASE

3

When Sarkareth drops to 40% HP or 4min into the fight, P3 starts.

Play the bombs just like in P2. Dodge Sarkareth' massive crash on the platform, the falling asteroids and the ghosts.

Destroy the asteroids with the bomb applied on a player. Hide behind an asteroid when Sarkareth casts his Supernova.

The tank buster ability is now a cleave. If any non-tank player is hit by it, it will kill the raid.

EVERYONE

PLAYERS SOAK THE BOMBS ASAP

AND THEN GET SENT TO THE

EMPTINESS TO EXPLODE THERE.

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Void Bomb

20s Avoidable Bombs

Similar to P2

Regularly, Sarkareth spawns a few bombs near players, they deal constant raid damage and apply stacks of Oblivion to everyone very quickly.

Each bomb must be soaked by a player ASAP. After 20s, the bombs explode and kill the raid.

Players who soaked the bombs must reach 10 stacks of Oblivion to be sent to the Emptiness and explode there. Quickly accumulate stacks of Oblivion by standing in Desolate Blossom pools.

WHAT TO DO

SOAK BOMBS ASAP

EVERYONE

WHEN THE BOSS DISAPPEARS,

GET READY TO DODGE A MASSIVE

AOE AND KILL THE ADDS.

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Cosmic Ascension

4s Cast

The boss disappears and comes crashing on the platform. Players hit take lethal damages and are knocked back.

Causes several asteroids to fall on the platform near players. Also summons similar adds than in P2.

Asteroids deal damage to nearby players and apply Oblivion stacks. Hide behind them to survive the supernova presented just below.

WHAT TO DO

DODGE

EVERYONE

HIDE BEHIND A ROCK TO

BREAK LINE OF SIGHT WITH

THE PORTAL AND SURVIVE.

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Scouring Eternity

5.5s Cast

The boss casts a massive explosion that kills anyone within line of sight of a summoned portal.

Hide behind an asteroid left by Cosmic Ascension to survive. Each active asteroid then deals a burst of damage to the raid. Too many asteroids will wipe you.

There are lines behind asteroids that show where it's safe. Don't stand in the puddles surrounding them.

WHAT TO DO

BREAK LOS QUICKLY

EVERYONE

HELP SOAK THE BOMB ON THE

PLAYER. PLACE BOMB NEAR ASTEROIDS.

MOVE AWAY AFTER SOAKING.

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Embrace of Nothingness

Soak on a Random Player

The boss puts a bomb on a player that explodes after 8s. Players must help soak it to split the damage. Also applies Oblivion stacks.

The explosion leaves a blackhole that destroys nearby asteroids. Try to destroy as many as possible while keeping a few to hide from the supernova.

Then the blackhole explodes and kills nearby players.

WHAT TO DO

SOAK THE BOMB THEN MOVE OUT

EVERYONE

IF TARGETTED, MOVE AWAY

FROM THE GROUPS. DON'T

STAND IN GHOST'S PATHS.

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Hurtling Barrage

Charge on Random Players

Sarkareth targets a few players, a few seconds later, flying ghosts cross the platform towards them, dealing heavy damage on their path and applying Oblivion stacks.

Players targetted need to move away from the group. Ghosts spawn from portals on the edges with an arrow to show their direction.

WHAT TO DO

DODGE

EVERYONE

DODGE THE SWIRLIES

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Motes of Oblivion

AoEs

Projectiles fall on the platform. Players hit gain 5 stacks of Oblivion.

Get hit by them If you need to go to the Emptiness to explode a bomb there.

WHAT TO DO

DODGE

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Void Slash

Tank Mechanic

Tank buster ability CLEAVE, heavy on hit damage with a stackable 21s DoT and a 25% healing reduction.

If anyone else but the current tank is also hit, it will most likely kill the raid.

Upon expiration, the tank explode, inflicting 40% of the damage taken from the DoT. The tank must explode in the Void Between Stars.

WHAT TO DO

TANK GOES IN THE VOID TO EXPLODE - TANK SWAP

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Void Might

P3 Soft Enrage

After each Cosmic Ascension, the boss gains a stackable 10% damage done buff.

WHAT TO DO

KILL THE BOSS

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Void Slash

Tank Mechanic

Tank buster ability CLEAVE, heavy on hit damage with a stackable 21s DoT and a 25% healing reduction.

If anyone else but the current tank is also hit, it will most likely kill the raid.

Upon expiration, the tank explode, inflicting 40% of the damage taken from the DoT. The tank must explode in the Void Between Stars.

WHAT TO DO

TANK GOES IN THE VOID TO EXPLODE - TANK SWAP

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Void Might

P3 Soft Enrage

After each Cosmic Ascension, the boss gains a stackable 10% damage done buff.

WHAT TO DO

KILL THE BOSS

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