Aberration - new unit type?

[Netherspark]

[Turn Evil] The power of the Light compels an Undead, Aberration or Demon target to flee for up to 40 sec.

[Banish] Banishes an enemy Demon, Aberration or Elemental for up to 30 sec.

According to the lastest patch notes a paladin's Turn Evil and warlock's Banish can now be cast on a new type on enemy called "Aberrations". But just what is an Aberration? (Yes, I know what the word means).

What do you think could be classified as an Aberration in Wow; the Sha? Old Gods? Just anything that doesn't quite fit into other catagories?

[foxHeart]

I'd guess it's sha, seeing as they're elementals atm and that doesn't make much lolore sense.

[Deleted]

abberration sounds more like an undead thingy though.

[Lyriok]

abberration sounds more like an undead thingy though.

This can be true in many cases but I don't see why they would need a sub-catagory for undead.

Nice find I'm trying to figure out what it could actually be.

Elemental Aberration
Undead Aberration

[Auloria]

abberration sounds more like an undead thingy though.

An undead sha?

[Olianda]

Pretty sure it'll be the warped things that have been in the game since BC. The ones with the tentacles and the weird heads.

[InDecisive]

Oozes, slimed, the things in the picture in the post above mine, old gods, sha, all those things that genuinely don't belong in any other category.

Things that are absolutely unholy evil nasty things but aren't categorisable as either undead or demonic.

[Drilnos]

Pretty sure it'll be the warped things that have been in the game since BC. The ones with the tentacles and the weird heads.

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That'd be a flesh beast, which was also the first thing that jumped to my mind. There are a number of mobs called "aberrations" already, but they're all over the place in terms of type. Undead, elementals and dragonkin (the adds in the Maloriak encounter). If I had to guess I'd go with InDecisive. They're probably going to re-categorize mobs with a sense of wrongness that aren't demons or undead into the Aberration type. Flesh Beasts are most likely a prime candidate, since IIRC they don't even have a type right now.

[Baneador]

Aberrations: sha, faceless, old gods, oozes (my opinion)

[Tangra]

I guess what really matters is whether the various priest summons like fiend, mind-bender, and psy-fiend will count. I would assume not since this would completely annihilate a priest's mana... perhaps some hunter pets might qualify too.

[Lazuli]

Aberrations: sha, faceless, old gods, oozes (my opinion)

inb4 world first banish kill on the old gods!

[Golden Yak]

Yea, aberration is typically used for any really weird, unnatural enemy. Fleshbeasts, old god-related monsters, and Sha would probably qualify. Elementals are creatures of natural forces, while something made of hatred or anger is a bit differen (especially since they come from an Old God).

[Deleted]

I would love to banish the priests ridicolous pets on my warlock. pleeeease blizz. can i have new toys?

[Viscoe]

No Track Aberrations added to hunters, though, and considering we can track every single mob type in the game...

[TEHPALLYTANK]

Finally they adding in a type for those damn things, drove me crazy seeing them and not seeing what type of enemy it was (I hated it back in TBC when hunters got bonus dmg against targets they were tracking, but ofc can't track mobs that don't have a type).