City of Threads Mythic Dungeon Guide

Summary

In this guide, viewers are offered a comprehensive walkthrough of the 'City of Threads' dungeon in 'Mythic Plus' difficulty for 'World of Warcraft: Shadowlands'. The presenter shares essential mechanics, strategies for boss fights, and tips for dealing with various mobs, including the Lieutenant-style mob 'Heral of Aner' and the final boss 'Eo the Grand Splicer'. The guide also covers the importance of group coordination, dispelling debuffs, and managing damage over time effects to ensure a successful run.

Takeaways

• 🏰 The City of Threads is a dungeon in 'The War Within' designed for Mythic Plus difficulty, with unique mechanics and strategies.
• 🔧 Players can interact with statues of the queen at the beginning for a short buff, which is helpful but not crucial for success.
• 🛡 Interrupting and managing the Caster mobs and Patrols with AOE disruption is essential for efficient clearing.
• 👥 Coordination within the group is key, especially for managing the debuff mechanics from mobs like Swarm Guards and Lieutenant mobs.
• 💊 The boss 'Raider Cricks Visis' requires players to stay within a specific circle and manage the 'Shadow of Doubt' debuff effectively.
• 👀 Uncovering the 'Eyes of the Queen' involves avoiding detection and following spirit illusions to locate mini-bosses.
• 🗡 The 'Fangs of the Queen' fight is a two-boss council with phases that require managing group damage and defensive cooldowns.
• 🐍 The Crypt Lord 'Royal Venom Shell' has a lethal 'Venomous Spray' mechanic that demands careful dodging and poison dispels.
• 🥚 The 'Unnaturals' and 'Unstable Test Subjects' in the transformatory require interrupting casts and managing additional damage mechanics.
• 🧬 The boss 'Coalation' involves soaking orbs to prevent healing the boss while managing the 'Black Blood' debuff.
• 🧩 The final boss, 'The Grand Splicer', has a sequenced fight with heavy group damage and tank busters that require strategic use of defensives and healing cooldowns.

Q & A

What is the main topic of the video?

The video is a guide explaining the mechanics and strategies for the 'City of Threads' dungeon in the game 'World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' at Mythic Plus difficulty.

What is the significance of the Statues of the Queen at the beginning of the dungeon?

The Statues of the Queen provide a short 30-second buff to damage, healing, and movement speed for the group if interacted with by a priest, rogue, or someone with at least 25 skill in engineering.

How should players deal with Caster mobs in the dungeon?

Caster mobs, known as Silk Binders, should have their bolts interrupted and ideally be grouped together for area-of-effect (AOE) disruption.

What is the strategy for dealing with Swarm Guards' ravenous swarm mechanic?

Swarm Guards' ravenous swarm mechanic applies a 5-second damage-over-time effect that cannot be dispelled. Players should proceed at their own pace, coordinating based on group capabilities and interrupt availability.

How should players handle the Lieutenant Style mob 'Heral of Aner'?

Players should dispel the 'Shadows of Doubt' debuff as needed, wait a few seconds to allow the affected player to position correctly to avoid others being hit by the orbs, and interrupt the 'Twist Thoughts' cast to prevent random damage and puddle creation.

What is the key mechanic for the first boss encounter, 'Ur'zul and the Vile Familiars'?

The key mechanic involves standing within a tight circle and managing the 'Shadow of Doubt' debuff, 'Indoctrination' damage pulses, and avoiding puddles of damage under the boss.

How does the dungeon's stealth section work?

Players must uncover four 'Eyes of the Queen' in the city without being detected by guards. They follow 'Spirit Illusions' to locate the mini-bosses, who become hostile once uncovered.

What is the main mechanic to watch out for during the 'Eyes of the Queen' encounter?

The main mechanic is 'Void Rush', where the mob dashes to multiple players, dealing heavy damage and a short damage-over-time effect. Players should use damage cooldowns, healing, and defensives to manage this mechanic.

What are the key mechanics for the 'Fangs of the Queen' boss encounter?

The fight involves managing 'Knife Throw' damage over time, 'Shade Slash' frontal attacks, 'Duskbringer' AOE damage, and 'Ice Sickle' group damage. Players should use defensives and dispels strategically.

How should players approach the 'Crypt Lord the Royal Venom Shell' encounter?

Players should be prepared to dodge 'Venomous Spray' and manage the long poison it applies, using personal defensives or poison dispels as necessary.

What is the strategy for the final boss, 'The Grand Splicer'?

The strategy involves managing heavy group damage phases, avoiding 'Tremor Slam' and 'Umbrell Weave' mechanics, and dealing with 'Splice' damage over time effects and tank busters.

Outlines

00:00

🛡️ City of Threads Mythic Plus Guide Overview

This paragraph introduces the video guide for the City of Threads dungeon in the War Within, specifically for Mythic Plus difficulty. The guide covers essential mechanics, noting that some may differ from normal or heroic modes. It mentions the optional but helpful buff from the Statue of the Queen, which requires specific classes or skills to activate. The guide also touches on the initial challenges of the dungeon, such as dealing with caster mobs and patrol groups, and provides strategies for managing them effectively.

05:00

🗡️ Encounters and Mechanics in City of Threads

This section delves into the various encounters and mechanics within the City of Threads, including the Lieutenant Style mob, Heral of Aner, which applies a debuff and requires careful positioning to avoid damage. The first boss, Raider Cricks Visis, is discussed, with its unique mechanics involving a tight circle and a damaging puddle. The guide also covers the strategy for the second boss, the Fangs of the Queen, highlighting the importance of managing damage over time effects and group damage abilities. The paragraph concludes with tips for navigating the transformative area, emphasizing the need for stealth and speed to uncover the Eyes of the Queen and avoid unnecessary combat.

10:02

🐉 Boss Strategies and Dungeon Completion

The final paragraph outlines the strategies for the later bosses in the City of Threads, including the third boss, the Coalition, which involves soaking orbs to prevent healing the boss and managing a healing absorb debuff. The guide details the mechanics of the final boss, the Grand Splicer, with its sequenced attacks and the importance of using defensive and healing cooldowns effectively. The summary also mentions the post-boss flight point and the dense mob area leading to the final bosses, advising on tactics to avoid unnecessary fights. The guide concludes with a reminder to collect loot and an invitation for viewers to share any additional tips in the comments.

Keywords

💡Mythic Plus

Mythic Plus is a difficulty level in the game 'World of Warcraft', where players face more challenging versions of dungeons with added modifiers. It is central to the video's theme as the entire guide is about strategies for Mythic Plus dungeons, specifically the 'City of Threads'.

💡Dungeon Mechanics

Dungeon mechanics refer to the specific challenges, enemy behaviors, and environmental interactions that players must understand and overcome within a dungeon. In the video, the guide explains various mechanics such as 'Shadow of Doubt' and 'Ravenous Swarm', which are crucial for successful completion of the 'City of Threads' dungeon.

💡Buff

A buff in gaming terminology is a temporary beneficial effect that enhances a player's abilities. The script mentions a 30-second buff obtained from interacting with the Statue of the Queen, which boosts damage, healing, and movement speed, although its impact is considered minor due to its short duration.

💡AOE (Area of Effect)

AOE refers to abilities or spells that affect multiple targets within a certain area. The guide discusses using AOE disruption on caster mobs to efficiently handle multiple enemies at once in the dungeon.

💡Interrupt

Interrupting is a game mechanic where a player can stop an enemy from casting a spell or ability. The script emphasizes the importance of interrupting 'Caster mobs' to prevent them from casting damaging bolts and roots.

💡Debuff

A debuff is the opposite of a buff, inflicting negative effects on a player or enemy. The 'Shadows of Doubt' is a debuff that deals damage over time and requires dispelling, as explained in the video for the boss fight strategy.

💡Raider

A Raider in 'World of Warcraft' is a player who participates in challenging PvE content such as raids and dungeons. The script uses the term to describe the boss 'Raider Cricks Visis', indicating a challenging encounter in the dungeon.

💡Duskbringer

Duskbringer is a specific ability mentioned in the script, used by the boss NX in the 'Fangs of the Queen' encounter. It is a dangerous AOE ability that pulses light damage to the group, requiring careful management of defensive cooldowns.

💡Cooldown

A cooldown is the period of time after using a skill or ability during which it cannot be used again. The guide advises players to use their damage and healing cooldowns strategically during the 'Void Rush' mechanic to mitigate the heavy damage dealt by the boss.

💡Encounter

An encounter in a dungeon refers to a specific challenge or battle with a boss or group of enemies. The video script details several encounters, such as 'Raider Cricks Visis' and 'The Fangs of the Queen', each with unique mechanics and strategies.

💡Puddle

In the context of the game, a puddle refers to an area on the ground that deals damage over time to players standing in it. The script mentions avoiding puddles created by 'Indoctrination' during the first boss fight to prevent taking additional damage.

Highlights

Introduction to the City of Threads dungeon in Mythic Plus difficulty with tips on the mechanics and group composition.

Explanation of the statues of the queen that provide a 30-second buff if interacted with by specific classes or professions.

Details on dealing with Silk Binders and Swarm Guards, emphasizing the importance of interrupts and careful pacing.

Strategies for handling the Herald of Aner, including the timing of dispels to avoid damage from the orbs.

Tips for the first boss, Raider Cricks Visis, focusing on positioning and the importance of staying within the boss's tight circle.

Guide on navigating the city area, uncovering the Eyes of the Queen, and avoiding unnecessary trash mobs.

Overview of the Fangs of the Queen boss fight, highlighting the importance of managing group damage and soaking mechanics.

Description of the Royal Venom Shell mini-boss, with a focus on avoiding venomous spray and utilizing poison dispels.

Strategy for the third boss, Coalition, involving soaking orbs and managing healing absorb debuffs.

Explanation of the final boss fight mechanics, particularly the sequence of group damage, tank busters, and dealing with orbs.

Advice on how to manage the orbs that chase players during the final boss fight, ensuring the tank can survive the tank buster.

Recommendation to stay loosely stacked during the final boss fight to maximize AOE healing and efficiently break out of roots.

Summary of the dungeon mechanics and how to approach each section for a successful Mythic Plus run.

Emphasis on the use of personal and group defensives during high-damage phases in the dungeon.

Final tip to use the flight point unlocked after the second boss to avoid a long run back to the dungeon entrance.

Transcripts

Hello friends this is growl in this

video I'm going to teach you everything

you need to know about the city of

threads for Mythic Plus in the war

within I've been testing all of the

dungeons thoroughly on beta and I wanted

to make a quick and easy to understand

guide for all of the important mechanics

remember that this is for Mythic plus

difficulty so some of the mechanics may

be missing if you're running this

dungeon on normal or heroic city of

threads is a straightforward dungeon

with no important group composition

requirements the only minor thing is

these statues of the queen that you can

interact with at the beginning of the

dungeon if you have a priest Rogue or

someone with at least 25 skill in

engineering you can talk to the Statue

and get a short 30-second buff to your

damage healing and movement for your

group this can be helpful but ultimately

isn't super important for the success of

the Run considering how short the buff

is the beginning of the dungeon can be a

bit frustrating with a slew of Caster

mobs and patrols silk binders are Caster

mobs that continuously cast bolts and

Roots these should be interrupted and

ideally gathered together so that you

can use AOE disruption on them once your

team runs out of kicks swarm guards

Patrol the area and frequently cast

ravenous swarm while in combat this puts

a 5-second damage overtime effect on

each player that cannot be dispelled

although this damage isn't lethal it can

quickly lead to Deaths when paired with

bolts going off from the casters go at

your own pace in this area depending on

the coordination of your group and how

many interrupts you have available heral

of aner is another Lieutenant Style mob

that debuffs players with shadows of

doubt this deals damage over time to one

player and surrounds them in orbs this

debuff can be dispelled but once

dispelled it shoots out orbs in each

Direction stunning and dealing damage to

any player they pass through although

you do want to dispel this debuff it's a

good idea to wait a few seconds to allow

the player to position correctly so that

nobody else is going to get hit by the

orbs this mob also casts twist thoughts

which if not interrupted deals damage to

a random party member and creates a

puddle at their feet that deals

increased ticking damage while anyone

stands inside the first boss uh or

Raider cricks visis can be a bit

intimidating at first but once you learn

the dance it actually becomes quite easy

the boss has a very tight Circle that

you must stand in and if you leave that

Circle you get yed in and take extra

damage the boss places the same Shadow

of Doubt debuff from earlier on two

different players at once one of these

players should be dispelled fairly

quickly just be a aware of your allies

position in the circle in order to not

get hit I've seen teams try and maintain

a square formation so that dispels can

be instant however this might be

difficult to pull off in random pug

groups after the debuff the boss casts

indoctrination which pulses damage to

the entire party once that cast ends a

pool starts to spawn and grow under the

boss dealing heavy damage to anyone

inside during the damage cast your party

should be stacking on the tank and then

moving together in that direction in

order to avid avoid the puddle if you

aren't paying attention you're very

likely to die with the combination of

the puddle hitting you and also getting

yint from the boss as the rest of your

team walks away this cycle repeats over

and over until the boss is dead continue

past the bridge to subdue an easy mini

boss that grants you with a buff

allowing you entry into the city this

part of the dungeon is quite strange you

must uncover four eyes of the queen

throughout the city you don't have to

fight any of the trash in this area

besides the Four Queens as long as you

aren't detected by the guards patrolling

around you can basically just walk

freely without AGG gring anything in

order to detect which mobs are the

Queens you must always follow the path

of spirit Illusions in the city you can

see where they're facing and follow them

they're almost always going to lead you

to the next mini boss generally speaking

there's one of these right at the start

and then the other three are kind of

spread out in different parts of the

city it isn't known yet how these random

spawns work maybe there might be some

sort of pattern or way that you can

detect them even faster once you uncover

the eye of the queen it will become

hostile and attack your party sometimes

with even more mobs to help the main

mechanic here to worry about is void

Rush the mob dashes to multiple players

and Deals heavy damage also inflicting a

large but short damage overtime effect

on each person hit since you're spending

a lot of time running around from spot

to spot you want to just expend all of

your damage cooldowns healing defensives

on these void rushes and these mobs

since they can be pretty lethal this

part of the dungeon can can be a bit

slow and tedious but things pick up

quickly once all four of them are

defeated find your way to exeggutor

nisel to open the way to the second boss

the fangs of the queen this is a two

boss Council fight that has multiple

phases that it Cycles through but in

general the mechanics are quite simple

knife throw will go out periodically

dealing moderate damage and also

applying a short damage overtime debuff

make sure you're healing these up and if

you happen to overlap these with a group

damage use a defensive NX has a frontal

attack shade slash that also sends a

beam out and then copies itself each

time it's used and sends the beam out

from that location we found that it

wasn't really too difficult to just sort

of YOLO this and Dodge it but you may

want to be a bit more strategic as a

tank for where you're placing these

after a certain amount of time NX will

cast duskbringer pulsing light AOE

damage to the group this is dangerous

because VX also uses ice sickles a heavy

group damage ability which is a great

time to use defensives for both of these

the icicles leave a 11 second long

damage over time on all party members

but this can be dispelled so it's great

to use dispels dwarves or even something

like Mass dispel from priest to reduce

the damage in the next phase VX will

cast rhyme dagger on the tank this

creates a blue circle around the tank

that must be soaked by your entire party

and it deals moderate group damage it's

a good idea to just preemptively sit

around the tank since this mechanic can

come out pretty quickly in phase two

after two rhyme dagger come out there's

another duskbringer and then the bosses

switch back to the first phase in

between each phase there's sort of a

dance line Dodge that gives you a little

bit of a break in the action and let

some of your cooldowns come up since the

damage is so heavy during the phases

just keep dealing with the mechanics

powering through the group damage and

the fangs of the queen will go down

defeating this boss as well as the third

boss unlocks a flight point that you can

take from the start of the dungeon we're

very far away so don't run back all the

way if you've made it this far the the

next area is incredibly mob dense but

most of the mobs here are relatively

harmless just some basic melee and

ranged attacking units with a few

casters sprinkled in on top of the

stairs however is a giant Crypt Lord the

Royal Venom shell this mob has one major

mechanic but it can be quite lethal

venomous spray it puts a long poison on

each party member but is also creating

dangerous swirlies on the ground to

dodge it can be very difficult for a

Healer to keep up with all the dodging

so it's a good spot to use personal

defensives or ideally just poison

dispels in the transformatory you'll

find the last two bosses of the dungeon

the hallway is full of eggs that if you

run over them they spawn Caster mobs

that can be very annoying and don't

contribute to the enemy forces of

completing the dungeon for this reason

we preferred not to fight in these

hallways and instead to try and pull

things into the boss room you can use

this strategy at your own risk the

unnaturals are casters that have a long

void wave cast if this goes off it deals

group damage and knocks everyone back so

so it should be a priority stop

especially in the hallways where you're

worried about getting knocked back into

the eggs the unstable test subjects have

some group damage and also Dodge

mechanics but is a fairly simple mob for

how dangerous it looks once you clear

your way into the third boss room the

coalation is formed this void ooze boss

is another fairly simple but fun fight

orbs fly from the outside of the room

inwards toward the boss and must be

soaked or they heal the boss for 5%

Health per orb when you soak these orbs

as a player however they inflict you

with black blood a healing absorb that

deals damage over time until it's healed

off generally you should be soaking as

many orbs as possible and then using a

major defensive or selfhealing button if

your healer starts to fall behind you

don't want to use everything in this

phase though because once the boss

reaches 100 energy it casts Dark Pulse

dealing heavy group damage over 6

seconds this is a good time to use major

healing cooldowns and get stacked for

maximum efficiency since there isn't

really much else going on in the fight

after the Dark Pulse more orbs spawn and

the cycle of the boss repeats again once

coalation is defeated you can make your

way to the final boss room where you'll

meet the two mini bosses these guys show

off the main mechanics of the boss fight

I'll go over them in a second when I

talk about the final boss one thing to

know though is fighting these guys

together can be really dangerous because

you get very scary overlaps I believe it

was intended to only fight one at a time

although they're very close I wouldn't

recommend fighting them together unless

you have blood lust in an experienced

group EO the grand splicer is another

very sequenced boss that has some pretty

scary mechanics that get more manageable

as you get used to them throughout the

fight the boss deals heavy group damage

followed by a major tank Buster splice

is a cast that puts a pretty nasty

damage overtime effect on your entire

party attempting to soften the group up

for the following major group attack

Tremor slam is the first one it summons

a giant nerubian that slams The ground

creating a large Circle and also dealing

a heavy burst of group damage umbrell

weave also deals heavy group damage but

this mechanic Roots players to the

ground and you must destroy the weave on

each player to get free being free is

important because of the orbs that chase

you throughout the fight during each

mechanic EO will send the orbs towards

players so be careful and try not to

Greed casts while breaking the roots or

surviving the group damage after the

group damage is over they will then send

all three orbs to attack the tank as a

major tank Buster the tank must get out

of the group and then pop a major

defensive in order to survive this might

seem like a lot but it's the same

sequence over and over splice group

damage splice group damage and then tank

Buster be sure to actively use and

spread out all of your defensive and

healing cooldowns and watch your feet

from the orbs we have found a good

strategy is just to stay Loosely stacked

up for the entire fight so that the

Healer can get efficient use of AOE

heals and so everyone can AOE down the

we leaves in order to break out of the

roots in time once you defeat the boss

the dungeon is over and you can collect

your loot that wraps up my guide to City

of threads in the war within if you

think there's anything important I

missed out leave it in the comments for

others to see thanks for watching and

happy he

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