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Summoned Acolyte
Queen Ansurek - Nerub-ar Palace
Summoned Acolyte is a boss of the Queen Ansurek encounter in Nerub-ar Palace.
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Encounter Facts
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
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
As the battle begins, Ansurek ejects Reactive Froth and then unleashes Venom Nova. Eventually, Ansurek tries to feed on her weakened enemies with Predation. After players break her web shield, Ansurek begins ascending to her private chamber and calls reinforcements. They prepare to unleash Cosmic Apocalypse while Ansurek attacks players from afar. When players breach her private chamber, Ansurek stops casting Acidic Apocalypse and initiates Aphotic Communion. Using heightened cosmic power, Ansurek intends to consume Queen's Summons with Frothing Gluttony. Using heightened cosmic power, Ansurek intends to consume Acolyte's Essence with Frothing Gluttony.
Damage Dealers
- Devoted Worshippers cast Cosmic Apocalypse if not defeated.
- Froth Vapor occurs if Frothing Gluttony absorbs Queen's Summons.
- Venom Nova inflicts significant harm unless avoided with Reactive Froth.
- Frothing Gluttony inflicts significant harm unless avoided with Abyssal Conduit.
- Gloom Hatchlings cause lethal damage if they reach Ansurek.
- Reation Vapor occurs if Venom Nova detonates Reactive Froth.
- Froth Vapor occurs if Frothing Gluttony absorbs Acolyte's Essence.
Healers
- Gloom Touch inflicts significant damage unless dispelled.
- Paralyzing Venom increases damage from Wrest.
- Royal Condemnation inflicts significant damage to all players.
- Acrid Presence and Dreadful Presence cause steady damage to all players.
- Feast absorbs significant healing.
Tanks
- Liquefied players are highly vulnerable to Feast.
- Infest inflicts significant damage to allies within a large radius upon expiration.
- Gorge causes an increasing amount of damage with each strike.
- Venom Nova makes Reactive Froth unusable upon contact.
- Feast absorbs a signficant amount of healing.
- Infest creates Gloom Hatchlings that cause lethal damage if they reach Ansurek.
- Gorge causes several bursts of damage to all players that mitigation reduces.
Stage One: A Queen's Venom
Ansurek battles with poison and web to show her mastery of traditional Nerubian power.
Reactive Toxin
Spell details
Reactive Froth
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Venom Nova
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Reaction Vapor
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Silken Tomb
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Grasping Silk
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Liquefy
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Acid Explosion
Spell detailsIn Heroic difficulty and above, the explosion inflicts damage to all players and Ansurek's globs of venom form Acid.
Feast
Spell detailsIn Heroic difficulty and above, the healing absorbed increases based on this ability's inflicted damage.
Web Blades
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Acrid Presence
Spell detailsIntermission: The Spider's Web
Ansurek shrouds herself in webbing and feeds on her weakened enemies.
Predation
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Predation Threads
Spell detailsIn Heroic difficulty and above, this affliction causes damage to nearby players.
Paralyzing Venom
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Wrest
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Devour
Spell detailsStage Two: Royal Ascension
Ansurek calls reinforcements to her aid as she ascends to her private chamber.
Shadowgate
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Gloom Touch
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Shadowy Distortion
Spell detailsQueen Ansurek
Acid Bolt
Acidic ApocalypseAscended Voidspeaker
Shadowblast
Radiating GloomDevoted Worshipper
Gloom Touch
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, this affliction also damages nearby players.
Worshipper's Protection
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Cosmic Apocalypse
Spell detailsChamber Guardian
Oust
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Echoing Connection
Spell detailsChamber Expeller
Expulsion Beam
Spell detailsEchoing Connection
Spell detailsChamber Acolyte
Dark Detonation
Spell detailsCaustic Skitterer
Caustic Skitterers land and attack nearby players.
Caustic Fangs
Spell detailsStage Three: Paranoia's Feast
Ansurek embraces a dark power as paranoia takes hold.
Abyssal Infusion
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Abyssal Conduit
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Frothing Gluttony
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Glutton Threads
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Froth Vapor
Spell detailsIn Heroic difficulty and above, this effect also occurs if Frothing Gluttony touches Acolyte's Essence.
Consume
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Queen's Summons
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Acolyte's Essence
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, Abyssal Conduits do not consume Acolyte's Essence.
Dark Barrier
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Null Detonation
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Royal Condemnation
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Royal Shackles
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Infest
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Infested Gloomburst
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Gorge
Spell detailsIn Heroic difficulty and above, this ability inflicts additional Shadow damage based on the amount of Physical damage done.
Gloom Splatter
Spell detailsWeb Blades
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Dreadful Presence
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Cataclysmic Evolution
Spell detailsAbility 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.
Reactive Toxin
Nature · 1 sec cast
Upon expiration, the toxin forms into, inflicting Nature damage to players and knocking them away.]
Reactive Froth
Nature · Instant · Lasts 12 min
Concentrated Toxin
Nature · Instant · Lasts 6 sec
Ansurek's volatile acid absorbs into the victim, inflicting Nature damage every 1 sec for 6 sec. Upon expiration, the toxin detonates, applying to the victim and inflicting Nature damage to players.
Reaction Trauma
Nature · Instant · Lasts 3 min
The victim's organs corrode, increasing damage taken from by 1000% for 3 min.
Frothy Toxin
Nature · Instant · Lasts 9 sec
A viscous froth covers the player for 9 sec and then detonates, causing them to suffer Nature damage. This effect stacks. Each player of a bursting reduces this affliction's applications. Upon expiration, the victim receives with matching applications.
Lingering Toxin
Nature · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
Ansurek's diluted toxin inflicts Nature damage every 2 sec for 10 sec. This effect stacks.
Toxic Reaction
Nature · Instant · Lasts 1 sec
Toxic particles cling to all players, increasing damage taken from by 2000% for 1 sec. This effect stacks.
Toxic Waves
Nature · Instant
A toxic splatter inflicts Nature damage to players of the impact. Waves of poison roll outward, inflicting Nature damage to players in their paths and knocking them away.
Venom Nova
Nature · 6 sec cast
Ansurek unleashes a ring of venom, inflicting Nature damage to players. The ring expands, inflicting Nature damage every 0.5 sec for 8 sec to players that touch it and slowing them by 50%.
Reaction Vapor
Nature · Instant · Lasts 20 sec
vaporizes, inflicting Nature damage to all players and an additional Nature damage every 2 sec for 20 sec. This effect stacks.
Silken Tomb
Nature · 6 sec cast
This webbing inflicts Nature damage to its victims every 1 sec until destroyed.]
Grasping Silk
Nature · Instant
Sticky webbing reduces movement speed by 25% and inflicts Nature damage every 0.5 sec to players within it.
Acid Explosion
Nature · Instant
Acidic venom explodes outward from Ansurek, inflicting Nature damage to all players and forming a large pool of underneath her. Globs of her venom launch towards players, inflicting Nature damage to players of the impacts.
Feast
Physical · 1 sec cast
Ansurek feasts on a chunk of her current target's flesh, inflicting Physical damage.
Web Blades
Nature · Instant
Silk strands pull bladed webbing towards players, inflicting Nature damage to players struck and slowing them by 95% for 3 sec.
Acrid Presence
Nature · Instant
Ansurek radiates acidic fumes, inflicting Nature damage to all players every 2 sec.
Predation
Nature · 4 sec cast
Ansurek attaches to all players and gains a web shield that absorbs damage. While shielded, she assaults players with and occasionally yanks players towards her, devouring any that get within 12 yards.
Paralyzing Venom
Nature · 2.5 sec cast
Ansurek splashes venom, slowing all players by 4% and increasing damage taken from by 20%. This effect stacks. Additionally, each splash ejects.
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.
Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Queen Ansurek encounter in Nerub-ar Palace.
After a revelation of traitors in her court, Queen Ansurek decides she must eradicate the palace's invaders herself. However, paranoia over whom she can trust gnaws at her psyche. With her allies dwindling, Queen Ansurek may delve into dark powers to attain victory, even if that means her most loyal soldiers become her next meal...
What Each Drop Is
The Queen Ansurek encounter lists 17 items in the dungeon journal, item level 571. Equip slots covered: Waist, One-Hand, Hands, Shield, Wrist, Shoulder, Legs, Trinket, Chest and Finger. 1 of them can be traded and 16 bind when picked up.
- Acrid Ascendant's Sash Waist (Cloth), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 46 gold55 silver for it.
- Ansurek's Final Judgment One-Hand (One-Handed Axe), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 133 gold57 silver for it.
- Clutches of Paranoia Hands (Mail), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 50 gold99 silver for it.
- Crest of the Caustic Despot Shield, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike, Haste and Intellect. A vendor pays 89 gold22 silver for it.
- Devoted Offering's Irons Wrist (Plate), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 46 gold91 silver for it.
- Frame of Felled Insurgents Shoulder (Leather), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 70 gold77 silver for it.
- Liquified Defector's Leggings Legs (Mail), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 101 gold4 silver for it.
- Mad Queen's Mandate Trinket, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Critical Strike. A vendor pays 86 gold29 silver for it. Use: Abyssal Gluttony.
- Omnivore's Venomous Camouflage Chest (Leather), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 97 gold76 silver for it.
- Queensguard Carapace Chest (Plate), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 93 gold13 silver for it.
- Seal of the Poisoned Pact Finger, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 61 gold11 silver for it.
- Sovereign's Disdain One-Hand (Dagger), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 140 gold21 silver for it.
- Voidspoken Sarong Legs (Cloth), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 100 gold68 silver for it.
- Web-Wrapped Curio Reagent, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “In the end, Queen Ansurek's paranoia served neither her nor her people. Kir'xal near The Cobwebs in The Burrows might be able to find a use for this.”
- Reins of the Ascendant Skyrazor Miscellaneous, item level 30, requires level 10. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to summon this mount. This mount changes depending on your Riding skill and location.” Use: Learning. Effect: Ascendant Skyrazor.
- Reins of the Sureki Skyrazor Miscellaneous, item level 30, requires level 10. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to summon this mount. This mount changes depending on your Riding skill and location.” Use: Learning. Effect: Sureki Skyrazor.
- Formula: Enchant Weapon - Authority of the Depths Recipe, item level 1. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to perform the Authority of the Depths enchantment.” A vendor pays 1 copper for it. Lowest listed price right now: 1,953 gold89 silver across 55 US realms. Use: Learning. Effect: Authority of the Depths.
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
12 achievements list a victory over Summoned Acolyte among their criteria.
