BUG on DK Obliterate spell animation

I’m posting this because I’m honestly at my wit’s end. I’ve submitted multiple bug reports in-game and haven’t received any response from Blizzard.

There’s a persistent animation bug with the Obliterate spell for Death Knights (and Warriors as well with execute) on certain races. The animation is completely out of sync — no sound or impact effects when the ability hits and the damage numbers are delayed.

From what I’ve been able to document, the issue affects:

Night Elf females

Tauren

Gnomes

Vulpera

Nightborne

Kul Tirans

The bug seems to have started around patch 10.1 — back in 2022 — and it’s still not fixed, which is really disappointing.

Here are some Reddit threads and official forum posts where other players have also reported the same issue:

(Good vidéo of comparison on this post) https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/104phyx/night_elf_dk_obliterations_effect_sound_and/?sort=new

https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/1fjfcq0/nelf_frost_dk_is_unplayable/

https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/1ezcapc/bugged_kul_tiran_melee_animations_impact_effects/

https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/1eu2ixb/kul_tiran_animations_are_lagging_delayed_bug/

It would be great if Blizzard could at least acknowledge the problem. It’s been going on for way too long.

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