Sikran Raid Guide in Nerub-ar Palace
Sikran is the 3rd boss encounter in the Nerub-ar Palace raid in The War Within.
On this page you will find a both a short and a full written guide for this encounter, with everything you need to know to take the boss on in Normal, Heroic, or Mythic difficulty.
Nerub-ar Palace Guides
TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE
1.
Sikran Raid Guide
2.
Quick TLDR Guide
- Move away with
Phase Blades. This leaves behind a Simulacrum.
- Destroy Simulacrums with
Decimate. This leaves behind a
Cosmic Residue pool on the ground.
- Healers: Destroying Simulacrums applies
Cosmic Shards to the raid.
- Avoid
Rain of Arrows.
- Tanks: Taunt after 2x
Exposes to prevent your co-tank dying from
Phase Lunge.
- 100 Energy: Run away from the boss (just to be outside of the circle) for
Shattering Sweep. This also destroys any remaining Simulacrum.
2.
Strategy Guide: Full Guide
1.1.
Core Abilities:
- Tanks:
Captain's Flourish
- This tank mechanic is a set of three attacks. 2x
Exposes and 1x
Phase Lunge in that order.
Expose deals a large amount of Physical damage and increases physical damage taken by 200%. Use a defensive ability for the second hit.
Phase Lunge should not hit the tank that was hit by
Expose.
- This tank mechanic is a set of three attacks. 2x
Rain of Arrows creates a series of pools on the ground that hits any player standing in them. Simply move out of these to avoid taking damage.
- 100 Energy:
Shattering Sweep.
- After two sets of
Decimates Sikran will cast
Shattering Sweep.
- This cast will deal a very large amount of Physical damage to the raid, which can be reduced by moving 15 yards away.
- This will also destroy any remaining Simulacrums.
- After two sets of
1.2.
Managing Simulacrums
1.2.1.
Phase Blades
- Several players are marked with
Phase Blades and have lines connecting them to the next person in the chain.
- Your aim here is to spawn Simulacrums close to each other so they can be destroyed by
Decimate.
- You also want to avoid
Phase Blades charging through other players.
- Move towards the edge of the room and ideally in a box or rectangle formation.
1.2.2.
Decimate
Decimate highlights several players, and Sikran will fire this ability to the player and behind them.
- Aim to always have at least one Simulacrum in your path.
- When a Simulacrum is destroyed, two effects occur:
Cosmic Shards is applied to the raid dealing ticking damage. This stacks based on the amount destroyed.
Cosmic Residue pools are left on the ground. This means that you need to ensure that the Simulacrums are in good locations to not limit the amount of space you have and that Tanks need to keep moving Sikran around the room to allow players to place their
Phase Blades in good locations.
1.3.
Heroic Changes:
Cosmic Residue is permanent and stays for the rest of the fight, making your space management even more important.
Phase Blades will spawn an additional Simulacrum if players are hit on the path.
2.
Mythic Strategy
Currently, this tab will only contain information on what changes on Mythic. A more robust strategy will be added after the raid goes live.
1.4.
Mythic Changes:
- If any Simulacrums are within 5 yards of each other, they will deonate and trigger
Collapsing Nova wiping the raid.
2.
Changelog
- 09 Sep. 2024: Guide created.
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This guide has been written by Panthea, who raids in Catalyst and is the author of TankNotes. He plays all tanks and is a Moderator for the Hammer of Wrath Paladin Discord. You can follow him on Twitter.
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