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: