InWoW: The War Within, the Silken Court is a three-phase fight featuring two bosses: Skeinspinner Takazj, and Anub’arash. It’s the seventh and penultimate boss encounter in Nerub-ar Palace, the firstRaid in Season 1 of the expansion, and it’s proven to be one of the hardest fights in the Raid for many groups – even on LFR and Normal difficulties.
This guide is an in-depth explanation of the fight, including details on every ability,how to prepare your Raidfor the Silken Court, the basics for each boss phase, and how to correctly follow each boss mechanic. The fight requires a lot of coordination from everyone in your group, and knowing mechanics is more important than pumping out high DPS.
Silken Court Overview & Raid Preparation
There are three phases in the Silken Court boss fight, with two intermissions (after Phase 1 and Phase 2). All three main phases feature both bosses, who share a health pool, but each intermission centers on each boss individually.
There are a lot of mechanics to learn for this fight, and it’s a good idea to prepare ahead of time if you want to beat the Silken Court. Before pulling the bosses, assign members of your group to these roles.
It’s also not a bad idea to tell your DPS that can Pull other players to their location to keep an eye out for group members who can’t get out of certain mechanics, like if the Caster pulls the raid onto one of the melee boss' Spike Storm rings.
You do not need to worry about setting up Raid groups for this fight, but be certain that you get at least one Binding Webs across Anub’arash’s charge path. If you are assigned this role, stick close to your partner, and communicate with them when it’s time to get Webbed and block the Reckless Charge move.
Silken Court TWW Boss Guide – Phase By Phase
Phase One
Phase One features a few mechanics from each boss that need to be followed. Don’t stand in each other’s Poison Bolt circles, kill Adds as soon as they appear, and correctly execute the Web Bomb mechanic to breeze through this first part.
Phase One Intermission: Skeinspinner Only
In this phase, Anub’arash burrows underground, while the Skeinspinner takes center stage. The P1 intermission ends when the boss' Shield is destroyed.
Phase Two
Phase Two is largely the same as Phase One, but now the melee boss will not use Reckless Charge. You don’t need to worry about the Binding Web mechanic for this phase – instead, you’ll have to deal with three new Skeinspinner abilities, plus everything else in P1.
Phase Two Intermission
In this phase, the Skeinspinner beams away while the Raid focuses on Anub’arash. Just like in P1, The P2 intermission ends when the boss' Shield is destroyed.
Phase Three
Phase three borrows mechanics from all other phases, including the first phase’s Reckless Charge, but not Web Bombs.
Instead,when the caster boss pulls everyone inand binds them together with webs,it’s imperative that at least one Tether remains unbroken. Youdo not get another source of websin this phase, and you will be randomly paired with someone else, so stick with your random partner if your Raid group tells you to keep your Tether or not.
Keep in mind that on Heroic difficulty, you still need two tethers, not one, to break Anub’arash’s charge in Phase 3.
Aside from that, just avoid swirlies and conal attacks, Dispel the Stinging Swarm debuffs when affected players are near the caster boss, Tank Swap with every Piercing Strike, and you will beat the Silken Court.
