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Skeinspinner Takazj
The Silken Court - Nerub-ar Palace
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for The Silken Court encounter in Nerub-ar Palace.
Scarab Lord Anub'arash and Skeinspinner Takazj are Queen Ansurek's most trusted advisors, yet these two powerful nerubians harbor a hatred for each other even more powerful than their loyalty to the throne. While unleashing their considerable strength onto their enemies, each also fights to ensure their counterpart doesn't survive.
Encounter Facts
Instance Entrance: Azj-Kahet
Nerub-ar Palace entranceThe Nerub-ar Palace entrance is in Azj-Kahet, at 43.5, 90.4 on the Azj-Kahet map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
The lords of the Silken Court fight as rivals for the queen's favor, alternatingly assaulting their enemies with Web Bomb and Reckless Charge. Upon reaching 100 void energy, Takazj ascends into void form and begins to Shatter Existence. After rejoining the battle, Anub'arash begins to summon Stinging Swarms as Takazj evokes Cataclysmic Entropy. Upon reaching 100 anger, Anub'arash enters a raging fury and unleashes a Spike Storm. Now with both members of the court at their full power, Anub'arash storms across the chamber with Reckless Charge as Takazj conjures Cataclysmic Entropy.
Damage Dealers
- Shatter Existence and Spike Storm apply heavy absorb shields to their casters.
- Players who are Impaled are stunned until their impaling spike is destroyed.
- Anub'arash summons scarabs into the chamber with Call of the Swarm.
Healers
- Stinging Swarm transfers to the nearest player or Takazj upon removal.
- Anub'arash becomes Entangled if he charges through Binding Webs.
- Burrowing Eruption and Unleashed Swarm inflict heavy raid damage.
Tanks
- Anub'arash's Piercing Strike inflicts heavy Physical damage.
- Takazj moves throughout the chamber using Skittering Leap and Void Step.
- The fates of Anub'arash and Skeinspinner Takazj are linked through Queen's Proclamation.
Stage One: Clash of Rivals
Anub'arash
Reckless Charge
Burrowed Eruption
Call of the Swarm
Impaling Eruption
On Mythic difficulty, players hit by a spike create a Mote of Unrelenting Rage or a Mote of Overwrought Paranoia.
Piercing Strike
Skeinspinner Takazj
Web Bomb
Venomous Rain
On Mythic difficulty, players hit create a Mote of Unrelenting Rage or a Mote of Overwrought Paranoia.
Skittering Leap
Poison Bolt
Intermission: Void Ascension
Shatter Existence
Entropic Barrage
On Mythic difficulty, players hit create a Mote of Unrelenting Rage or a Mote of Overwrought Paranoia.
Stage Two: Grasp of the Void
Anub'arash
Stinging Swarm
Impaling Eruption
On Mythic difficulty, players hit with this spell create either a Mote of Unrelenting Rage or a Mote of Overwrought Paranoia.
Call of the Swarm
Piercing Strike
Skeinspinner Takazj
Cataclysmic Entropy
On Mythic difficulty, Takazj launches an Entropic Barrage as she begins casting.
Web Vortex
On Mythic difficulty, players hit create a Mote of Unrelenting Rage or a Mote of Overwrought Paranoia.
Entropic Desolation
On Mythic difficulty, players hit create a Mote of Unrelenting Rage or a Mote of Overwrought Paranoia.
Strands of Reality
On Mythic difficulty, players hit create a Mote of Unrelenting Rage or a Mote of Overwrought Paranoia.
Void Step
Void Bolt
Intermission: Raging Fury
Spike Storm
Impaled
Seismic Upheaval
On Mythic difficulty, players hit with this spell create either a Mote of Unrelenting Rage or a Mote of Overwrought Paranoia.
Stage Three: Unleashed Rage
Anub'arash
Stinging Swarm
Reckless Charge
Burrowed Eruption
Spike Eruption
On Mythic difficulty, players hit with this spell create either a Mote of Unrelenting Rage or a Mote of Overwrought Paranoia.
Unleashed Swarm
Piercing Strike
Skeinspinner Takazj
Web Vortex
On Mythic difficulty, players hit with this spell create either a Mote of Unrelenting Rage or a Mote of Overwrought Paranoia.
Cataclysmic Entropy
On Mythic difficulty, Takazj launches an Entropic Barrage as she begins casting.
Entropic Desolation
On Mythic difficulty, players hit create a Mote of Unrelenting Rage or a Mote of Overwrought Paranoia.
Strands of Reality
On Mythic difficulty, players hit create a Mote of Unrelenting Rage or a Mote of Overwrought Paranoia.
Void Step
Void Bolt
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for this encounter, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Whispers of The Silken Court
Physical · 6 sec cast
Mark of Paranoia
Physical · Instant
Mote of Overwrought Paranoia
Physical · Instant · Lasts 25 sec
Void Degeneration
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 8 sec
The void degenerates the target, inflicting Shadow damage every 2 sec for 8 sec. This effect stacks. At 5 stacks, Chaos damage is inflicted on the affected player.
Mark of Rage
Physical · Instant
Mote of Unrelenting Rage
Physical · Instant · Lasts 25 sec
Burning Rage
Fire · Instant · Lasts 8 sec
The unquenchable rage torments the target, inflicting Fire damage every 2 sec for 8 sec. This effect stacks. At 5 stacks, Chaos damage is inflicted on the affected player.
Mark of Death
Holy, Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow, Arcane · Instant
Players are condemned by the court and filled with the essence of death, inflicting Chaos damage every 1 sec. This aura persists through death.
Queen's Proclamation
Physical · Instant
Anub'arash and Skeinspinner Takazj are bound to each other by the will of Queen Ansurek, sharing health
Reckless Charge
Physical · Instant
Anub'arash charges forward, inflicting Nature damage to any player in his path and knocking them away. Upon colliding with a wall, Anub'arash releases a deadly shockwave that inflicts Nature damage to all players.
Burrowed Eruption
Nature · Instant · Lasts 12 sec
Anub'arash burrows into the ground then erupts from a nearby location, inflicting Nature damage and an additional Nature damage every 1 sec to all players for 12 sec.
Call of the Swarm
Nature · 3 sec cast
Anub'arash summons several Shattershell Scarabs that fixate upon players.
Harden Carapace
Physical · Instant · Lasts 24 sec
The Shattershell Scarab's carapace begins in a hardened state, reducing damage by 80%. This effect stacks. The scarab begins with 8 applications of Hardened Carapace and naturally loses an application every 3 sec over 24 sec.
Shattered Shell
Nature · Instant · Lasts 30 sec
The Shattershell Scarab's melee attacks shred their target's defenses, increasing the target’s damage taken by 5% for 30 sec. This effect stacks.
Scarab Lord's Perseverance
Physical · Instant
Upon reaching 100 energy, the Shattershell Scarab increases its movement speed by 25% and becomes immune to crowd control effects.
Impaling Eruption
Nature · 4 sec cast
Anub'arash rips spikes from the earth in a frontal cone, inflicting Nature damage to players in the area and applying Impaled.
Impaled
Physical · Instant
The spike impales the player, stunning them and inflicting Physical damage every 1 sec until destroyed.
Web Bomb
Nature · Instant
Takazj flings sticky knots of webbing throughout the chamber, slowing players’ movement speed by 20% and and inflicting Physical damage every 1 sec while within the area. If Anub'arash charges through strands of Binding Webs, he becomes Entangled.
Binding Webs
Physical · Instant
Sticky strands bind targets together, inflicting Physical damage every 0.5 sec and reducing movement speed by 20%. Moving 30 yards apart snaps the strands.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Nerub-ar Palace.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The The Silken Court encounter lists 14 items in the dungeon journal, item level 571. Equip slots covered: Two-Hand, Feet, Neck, Wrist, Trinket, Hands and Shoulder. 1 of them can be traded and 13 bind when picked up.
- Anub'arash's Colossal Mandible Two-Hand (Two-Handed Axe), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 170g 78s for it.
- Dreadful Conniver's Badge Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Death Knight, Warlock and Demon Hunter. Use: Chittering Egg.
- Mystic Conniver's Badge Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter, Mage and Druid. Use: Chittering Egg.
- Shattershell Greaves Feet (Plate), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 70g 51s for it.
- Silken Advisor's Favor Neck, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. Tooltip: “To my most trusted advisors for their loyalty, wisdom, and above all - unity.” A vendor pays 41g 21s for it.
- Skeinspinner's Duplicitous Cuffs Wrist (Cloth), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 46g 38s for it.
- Spymaster's Web Trinket, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Mastery. A vendor pays 85g 76s for it.
- Swarmlord's Authority Trinket, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Haste. A vendor pays 85g 7s for it. Use: Ravenous Swarm.
- Takazj's Entropic Edict Two-Hand (Staff), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 177g 16s for it.
- Thousand-Scar Impalers Hands (Leather), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 48g 98s for it.
- Venerated Conniver's Badge Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Shaman. Use: Chittering Egg.
- Whispering Voidlight Spaulders Shoulder (Mail), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 72g 11s for it.
- Zenith Conniver's Badge Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Rogue, Monk and Evoker. Use: Chittering Egg.
- Design: Magnificent Jeweler's Setting Recipe, item level 1. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to craft Magnificent Jeweler's Setting.” A vendor pays 50g for it. Lowest listed price right now: 2,000g 1s across 46 US realms. Use: Learning. Effect: Magnificent Jeweler's Setting.
Read from the current game build's item data. Listed prices come from our latest US Auction House scan; a drop that binds when picked up never has one.
Achievements for Defeating It
7 achievements list a victory over Skeinspinner Takazj among their criteria.