WoW players are stacking one class and one-shotting Aberrus bosses

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The entrance to Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible sits on the northern end of WoW's newest zone, Zaralek Cavern.
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World of Warcraft players are rather creative and always find ways to bend rules. While most players are struggling to take down Scalecommander Sarkareth, other guilds are stacking one class and one-shotting the bosses in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible. 

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On July 2, reports and videos of players stacking Windwalker Monks and one-shotting bosses in Aberrus started to circulate. 

The trick here is to bring as many Windwalker Monks in tier sets as you can and just let them have their fun with the boss. Soon after combat starts, Monks will start proccing their Dragonfligtht season two set passives. But, the four-piece bonus that “deals 30 percent increased damage to the primary target and increases Shadowflame Nova damage you deal to all targets hit by 50 percent for 15 seconds” doesn’t only apply to your damage but all incoming damage from Windwalker Monks and it multiplies.

So, only a minute or two in combat, one chosen Windwalker Monk will nuke the boss and the fight will be over before you know it. 

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Two Goblin WoW characters in WoW Dragonflight.
This bug was already reported to Blizzard. Image via Blizzard Entertainment

According to players from WoW’s subreddit on June 2, this bug has been reported to Blizzard Entertainment “multiple times in multiple ways for many weeks,” and it still persisted. The bug was first discovered during the Patch 10.1 PTR testing, but the devs didn’t fix it. 

Code saying Windwalker Shadowflame Nova interactions have been fixed.
Players have reported this bug has been fixed. Screenshot by Jaba01

Although there’s no official news from Blizzard, the community is claiming the interaction between the Shadowflame Vulnerability debuff and Windwalker Monks has been shadow hotfixed. 

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Staff Writer & World of Warcraft lead. Izabela has a long history with writing and games like World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Fortnite, and The Sims. Before finding her home at Dot Esports in 2021, Izabela was an English teacher and a freelancer at Hotspawn, GGRecon, and Gameranx. In her free time, you’ll find her writing novels, wandering Azeroth, or inting on Summoner’s Rift.