Mythic Queen Ansurek

The fight is started with the boss brought to the tip immediately to the right if you were running onto the platform. Everyone will stack on her to keep acid pools as close together as possible, just as on heroic.

Roots are placed as closely as possible to any preceding acid, but avoid crossing into the trapezoid on the other side of the red line as we want to keep this area clean for the intermission.

• If you have assigned utility like Freedom, Tiger’s Lust, or Master’s Call on another player, their raid frame will glow thanks to the MRT note.
• Tanks or those with immunities can dip into the acid before removing their root to save space.

During Web Blades melee will stack with the active tank in front of the boss near the edge and ranged loosely spread on the other side of the boss.

• The Web Blades will spawn every 0.5 seconds until 3 are spawned, after which there is a 1-second delay before they erupt every 0.5 seconds in the same order they spawned in.

• Everyone will refer to the WeakAura on their screen and wait to move until the last blade spawns (the last green tick), or at the least stagger movement as a cohesive unit. We want to avoid someone running 20 yards ahead of the group and cutting everyone off if they are targeted.

The first set of Reactive Toxin goes out on 2 players and spawns 2 Reactive Froth bombs.

• A WeakAura will assign players with Reactive Toxin to spawn their bomb on (stack 1) or (stack 2). Consider the following when placing these bombs:
• There will not be world markers for this set.
• There must be enough room between these bomb circles for the raid to stack between.
• The bombs can partially overlap the web miasma to save space. If the boss is too close the melee popper can go a half-second early.

If the and markers are placed correctly there will be a cubbie between the two. If there isn't, the raid can stack just outside of their intersection.

If necessary, you can cheat into the middle of the room. Only cheat ahead if it prevents you from being killed. Remember, immunities (that don't prevent you from dropping webs) should be used during webs so that you may dip into the acid and save room for the rest of the group.

This starts a sequence of 2 back-to-back Web Blades. This image depicts the first blades, and nothing about them is different from the first time we've done them. Reminder of web blade mechanics:

• Melee are in front of the boss with the tanks.
• Ranged are loosely spread opposite of the melee group, behind the boss.
• Don't move until the WeakAura shows the third blade has spawned.
• Dodge in the same direction as your group. Otherwise, you can be out of position for the next mechanic.

However, once we finish dodging everyone should remain in position to bait the next set of Web Blades away from where we just came from.

After the first Web Blades are spawned, and we've waited where we've dodged to, we will spawn a second set. We dodge these Web Blades by still listening to the WeakAura, but back towards the wall of web miasma.

As we are running back, the boss will spawn the 2nd set of Reactive Toxin debuffs.

The second set of Reactive Toxin goes on 3 players instead of 2. To deal with this we will place them in a line with the radius of each debuff touching the miasma from the webs.

Unlike the first set, sets of 3 toxin debuffs do not need to have a space between them.

The popper needs to be careful to follow the DON'T POP WeakAura, not the assignment WeakAura as that is an estimate. The popper must always pop the moment the vulnerability falls off from

This is the difficult dance of the phase. The following happens in quick succession:

1. 1:35 — (Prior Slide) The Reactive Froth bombs have finished exploding.
2. 1:38 — Web Blades spawn. Since we have too little time to reconvene back at the bomb miasma, we instead dodge towards the opposite side of this platform section.
3. 1:40 — The moment we can dodge the blades coincides with Liquefy puddles. So the ranged and melee groups should move into a safe position after the third blade spawns, then stack together for Liquefy.

Some level of mess is acceptable here in the name of safety, but avoid crossing into the next section of room. You may cheat into the middle of the room, or behind us, if you wish.

After a short break from the previous mechanic set we have Silken Tomb roots. Then, as we're dodging with our melee and ranged groups, we get Web Blades. We dodge towards the next secton of the room.

The last overlap of the phase is Web Blades at 2:20 followed by the Reactive Froth bomb-popping sequence starting at 2:23. This is most difficult for the group, but other players should be trying to dodge these blades towards their assigned bomb positions.

The intermission starts with a Wrest. Fit as tightly against the acid as possible, even dipping in if you have a strong enough personal. Eveyone should stay ahead of the red line so that melee have more room to spread after.

Melee should get comfortable and consistent with clustering between the oncoming waves.

The second wrest is the most dangeorus part of the intermission, but should come easily with comfort. She stops casting waves during the 6-second Wrest cast, so when you see your WeakAura popup for the cast position yourself between the most recent waves. There is another red line we do not cross; we want prevent webs from taking all of the melee space.

It's easy for players to misjudge their position with encroaching web pools and waves. When in doubt, you want to be on the left side of a wave before you're gripped.

The rest of the intermission is a burn. Get comfortable figuring out where to stand to cast your spells before she grips us or we wipe.

As we enter the second phase the raid will split and deal with the Ascended Voidspeakers spawning in front of their assigned sides. You may see the following nomenclature throughout the known cosmos for the sides:

• Melee, Left, Close, or North: Northermost on the minimap, or to the left of our position post-intermission facing Ansurek.
• Ranged, Right, Far, or South: Southermost on the minimap, or to the right of our position post-intermission facing Ansurek.

After everyone briefly collects their dignity from being ragdolled in the intermission, we split into our groups and moves to their respective Voidspeaker.

• The goal is to kill the Voidspeakers in under 20 seconds.

  • We want to only need to use the Shadowgates once. The Shadowgates cast for 12 seconds, and if the first swap happens at 4 seconds left, we have those first 8 seconds + 12 from the second cast, or a 20 second hard limit. These first people can go at like, ~2 seconds, but don't play any risky games edging the gate.
  • During progression we may need to use the Shadowgates a second time on this platform if we aren't killing the Shadowspeakers fast enough.
  • Do not use any kind of damage cooldowns here and save them for the next platform.

• The Voidspeaker interruptable cast and orbs are simple, but if anyone falls asleep at the wheel these are 1-shot mechanics. Ranged should also stay away from melee whenever possible to not spawn the orbs in melee.

Shadowgate Rundown ✨

The first Shadowgates we will assign a pair of healers to swap sides. These healers will need to wait for the Shadowgate cast to be near its end. Swapping anywhere from 4 to 2 seconds before the cast finishes will suffice. These healers can then dispel themselves immediately, right on top of the Shadowgate, or slightly to the side, it doesn't matter Mr. Pollock. When everyone else should use the gates is described in the next slide, but I discuss the assignment aura below so don't skip ahead sweaty.

• The tanks will keep the Voidspeakers directly in line with the Shadowgate, only moving it forward a few yards if needed to avoid the Gloom miasma from the debuff.

• The Shadowgate assignment WeakAura is a pair of bars visible that represent the cast time of the actual Shadowgates themselves. As a reminder, when this 12 second cast reaches 0, everyone nearby dies, so we send someone through to force the gate to restart its cast. When we clear a platform the gates also reset their cast as they move to the next platform.

  

• The assignment aura will pick the next viable (not deceased) person in the assignment list for each cast. This person will see in the middle of their screen something like, GATE --> RIGHT or GATE --> LEFT and a countdown until the Shadowgate explodes. This isn't a countdown to when you should go through the gate, again, this is a countdown to when it kills us. If you aren't the very first set of players swapping, when you use the gate is also again, explained in the next slide.

• Don't stress your melon about the left and right in the WeakAura. If you want to understand it or you'll explode, it means said person is going to that side. In the picture, Waysoone (Right) means Waysoone is currently on the left platform, or melee side, and is being sent to the right, or ranged, side. Waysoone doesn't need to know this though, as all they need to know is they're next to use the gateway on their side.

The final platform is just like the start of phase 2 with a lone Ascended Voidspeaker.

• Follow the Shadowblast kick rotation.
• Ranged stay away from melee and the Voidspeaker to bait the Gloom Orbs.
• Use the Shadowgates when when safe but avoid going early. When the Voidspeaker dies, the Shadowgate will disappear.

• Once we reach her platform she casts Aphotic Communion for 20 seconds so we can blast before she lands at .
• Ranged will stack on the edge of the platform with their right shoulder by pillar across from . Melee will stay tightly stacked against the edge of the platform as she is dragged to the pillar across from .
• The first tank gets Infest, spawning Gloom Hatchlings.
  • If any of these spiderbebbies reach her it will be a wipe. We will lay out a Ring of Peace and immediately stun and focus them down.
  • Melee don't be in the circle around the tank, Infested Gloomburst.
• The other tank will taunt for Gorge, dealing raid damage and causing Gloom Splatter to spawn Gloom swirlies under players feet everyone pre-stacked for.
  • This tank should stutter-step Ansurek slightly away from the location the adds are spawning from.
  • Ranged should stutter-step along the edge of the platform not into the room to maximize platform space.

• Next we get 3 Summoned Acolytes while we dodge Web Blades.

  • Ansurek must be near as she summons the Acolytes centered on the closest corner of the inner hexagon.

• The raid will focus on killing the adds with Ansurek positioned in cleave range of until it dies, then moving to . Ranged will focus on the Acolyte at .

  • Use Curse of Tongues on any Acolyte that melee isn't currently dealing with, as melee will melt their shield and make them interruptable.
  • The essences spawn directly in front of the markers, so melee should be careful not to accidentally pick them up, nor should Ansurek be tanked directly in front of a marker.

• Ansurek will then put Abyssal Infusion on two players that drop portals after 6 seconds. We want one of them in melee at and one at ranged on .

  • You may be marked by BigWigs but they mean nothing and since you have 6 seconds there are no assignment auras.
  • Be careful as orbs will shoot out of their spawning location.

• As the portals open and players are dodging the orbs the first 3 players will see a WeakAura telling them when to pick up an essence. Any essence. Coordinate with your fellow essence-touchers or Briar as to which one you want.

  

• Ansurek will then teleport to the middle and cast the ring.

  • Players who can teleport over the ring should do so in the area between and to give the other players space to spread out with their debuffs. This is also where the boss will be next.
  • The cast time for this ability is 5 seconds, which is enough time to disengage and prepare things like Transcendance.

• If you cannot teleport over the ring, there is a WeakAura that will tell you when to use the portal. Follow it exactly!

  • The WeakAura instructs melee to go 1 second before ranged as melee are often faster moving and can spread out from the exit portal further. Melee should spread as far as they can to help the ranged.
  • Essence holders are told to go 0.5 seconds after ranged as any essence holder going through the portal causes it to quickly destabilize and explode.
  • As you spread out be weary of the portals as they will spawn more orbs and leave miasma behind.

• The next sequence is Web Blades while the 3 essences are expiring and about to fall on the floor.

  • Essence holders will place their now expiring essences slightly behind while avoiding dropping their essence directly on the marker; see the picture below.

  • The only important bit is that the essences safely in the trapezoid formed by , and the pillars opposite them. It's incredibly dangerous if an essence were to be placed anywhere past the line drawn from to the pillar opposite it, aka the next section of the room we'll be playing in.

  

• The sequence resets with another set of adds from Infest and puddles from Gorge where the ranged are on the edge by the pillar across from and the boss by the pillar across from .
  • Remember, ranged should stutter-step forward to avoid the puddles. Melee follows the stutter movements of the boss.
• There will be Web Blades during the add set.
• Next, we simultaneously get our first Royal Condemnation debuffs while 4 Summoned Acolytes will spawn.
  • The players with Royal Condemnation will go to to spawn the Royal Shackles. These players need to pop a large personal and healers external them.
  • Everyone else and the boss will stack on to kill that Acolyte while the Royal Condemnation debuffs explode. Ranged will focus on the acolyte and the shackles as they spawn.
  • The acolyte will melt, after which the boss is taken to to burn down the shackles and nearby Acolyte, then lastly .

• New portal debuffs go out, placed at the new locations of and and spawning orbs to dodge.
• The ring sequence repeats, now with 7 essences on the floor. The WeakAura will show assigned players a countdown when to pick up an essence, and another WeakAura will tell everyone when to use the portal.
  • Those who can teleport should do so in the & area.
• After the ring the essences can be hapharzardly dropped near . We are not going to be touching the essences again.

• The final Infest spawns some adds while ranged are across from and the boss across from . There will be Web Blades as we kill the adds.
• We will move the boss towards then we burn the boss or we die trying.
• Players who get Royal Condemnation will just fuck off towards like , pop personals, and make it back.
• Melee will incidentally kill the Acolyte and ranged can cleave off of the others so that we remove their shields to get some interrupts, but killing them is not important.