wow The Fated Raid Affix in Shadowlands Season 4

[Stan 5,239]

Fated is a new raid affix introduced in Shadowlands Season 4. It will be active in a different Shadowlands raid each week, resulting in loot drops being upgraded to a higher item level.

The Adventure Guide shows you which raid is currently tagged as Fated. That raid will come with a special affix and offer better loot from the remaining Shadowlands raids The affix introduces something called Fated Powers.

It's important to note that Fated also applies to LFR.

Now, let's look at Fated Powers in more detail. Currently, we were able to datamine 4 Fated Powers that will be active in a Fated raid of the week.

Fated Powers

• Fated Power: Chaotic Essence - Summons a Chaotic Essence which casts Chaotic Destruction, inflicting 800 Cosmic damage to all players if successful. Upon interaction, the essence becomes hostile and instead continuously manifests Chaotic Motes. These motes channel 2 Cosmic damage into targeted players every 0.5 sec. for 3 sec. When defeated each mote splits into additional motes. After 15 sec the Chaotic Essence dissipates, granting all players 2% increased damage done, 2% increased healing done, and 2% absorbs done for 30 sec. This effect stacks for each Chaotic Mote slain.
• Fated Power: Protoform Barrier - Protects the caster, reducing damage taken by 5% for 15 sec. This effect stacks every 1 sec. Upon removal this barrier manifests as an attackable enemy, sharing a 1,400 absorb shield with all other enemies for 15 sec. Upon expiration the barrier shatters, inflicting 80 Cosmic damage to all players. If broken this effect backfires, inflicting all damage done to each enemy during the barrier as Cosmic damage, and additionally grants all players 10%-20% increased damage done for 20 sec.
• Fated Power: Reconfiguration Emitter - Taints a player, inflicting 15 Cosmic damage every 1 sec. for 15 sec. Upon removal this power manifests as an attackable enemy, which continuously casts. Successful casts inflict 40 Cosmic damage to all players. While present the caster grants all players 5% increased damage done, 15% increased damage taken, and 15% increased healing done. This effect is disabled while the caster is unable to act.
• Fated Power: Replicating Essence - Ensnares afflicted players, reducing movement speed by 15% and inflicting 15 Cosmic damage every 1 sec. for 5 sec. Upon removal this essence patterns itself as 2/4 attackable enemies, which continuously channels 2 Cosmic damage every 0.5 sec. into targeted players for 4 sec. Upon defeat grants all players 10% increased damage done and 10% increased healing and absorbs done for 10 sec. Upon reaching full power, this essence replicates itself into 2 |4additional copy:additional copies;, exhausting itself preventing additional replication and no longer grants players any beneficial effects upon defeat. Exhausted Essences continuously channels 5 Cosmic damage every 1 sec. into multiple targeted players for 4 sec.

[Migol 433]

Glad it's not all raids empowered at the same time, that would have been chaos trying to decide with the hunters + rogues all wanting Sanctum for instance.

Am a bit worried at just how far away Dragonflight is with this sort of system being conjured up...I had hoped they'd aim for Christmas 2022 but that seems unlikely given the lack of a preorder already available.   

[Q 200]

Interesting idea but my concern is will there be a point to doing the older raids or will normal sepulcher's gear just be better than what is given from the older two?

Edited April 20, 2022 by Q

[Viriledub 8]

6 hours ago, Migol said:

Glad it's not all raids empowered at the same time, that would have been chaos trying to decide with the hunters + rogues all wanting Sanctum for instance.

Am a bit worried at just how far away Dragonflight is with this sort of system being conjured up...I had hoped they'd aim for Christmas 2022 but that seems unlikely given the lack of a preorder already available.   

Christmas 2022 will bring us Wotlk classic, No way they would release both during that time, id say Dragons wont be here for atleast a year

[Znifler 58]

On 4/20/2022 at 3:48 PM, Migol said:

Glad it's not all raids empowered at the same time, that would have been chaos trying to decide with the hunters + rogues all wanting Sanctum for instance.

Am a bit worried at just how far away Dragonflight is with this sort of system being conjured up...I had hoped they'd aim for Christmas 2022 but that seems unlikely given the lack of a preorder already available.   

Q1 2023, realistically.

You have WotLoK in 2022, which they use as a helper.

[Kissyrezzy 1]

On 4/20/2022 at 1:33 PM, Viriledub said:

Christmas 2022 will bring us Wotlk classic, No way they would release both during that time, id say Dragons wont be here for atleast a year

This comment did not age well. 🤣

[Viriledub 8]

11 hours ago, Kissyrezzy said:

This comment did not age well. 🤣

I dont mind being wrong, Wotlk classic coming earlier is better in my book