WoW The War Within: Ulgrax the Devourer Boss Abilities Datamine

World of Warcraft's next expansion The War Within will feature a brand new raid upon launch, inviting players to defeat the mighty Nerubian race in the Nerub'ar Palace. Wowhead was able to datamine a lot of content from the Alpha build, so we will be taking a look at all of the bosses in the new raid. 

It is interesting to see what Blizzard has in store for the players, as retail prides itself on mechanically complex but rewarding fights that will surely offer a challenge to everyone. 

We will go over the abilities that were discovered along with some mechanics so we can get a grasp of what to expect from each encounter, starting with Ulgrax the Devourer.

Nerub'ar Palace Ulgrax the Devourer Boss Abilities

We will look at each ability as well as take a look at the encounter itself. 

• Slathering Maw: Ul'grax spews web fluid at his current target, inflicting 749491 Nature damage divided between all players within 10 yards of impact.
  Afterward, all players hit are pulled closer to Ul'grax. Players within 45 yards after 4 sec are Devoured (Ul'grax devours the player inflicting 225304 Physical damage every 1 sec until canceled.)
• Stalkers Webbing: Ul'grax shoots webs over random destinations, inflicting 187373 Nature damage to players within 4 yards of impact, and leaves behind Stalker Netting. 
• Stalker Netting: REUSE traps players, rooting them for 12 seconds. Players trapped suffer 17488 Nature damage every 2 sec.
• Venomous Lash: Ul'grax whips around, inflicting 87441 Nature damage on impact and an additional 9993 Nature damage every 1 sec for 12 sec to all players. Players within 20 yards get knocked back.
• Digestive Venom: Your veins burn, inflicting 29980 Nature damage every 2 sec for 6 sec. Once removed venom erupts from your skin, inflicting 20 Nature damage to players within 7 yards and dissolving any Stalker Netting.
• Brutal Crush: Ul'grax crushes players in a cone in front of him, inflicting 115 Physical damage. In addition, the attack also afflicts players with 20 applications of Tenderized (Afflicted players receive 10% reduced healing. This effect stacks, but loses an application every 1 sec.) 

• Gnawing Frenzy: Ul'grax flies into a hunger-induced rage.
• Ravenous Spawn: Emerging from Ul'grax, the ravenous swarm must feed.
• Disembowel: The beetle bites at the player's guts. inflicting 37475 Physical damage and an additional 7495 Physical damage every 2 sec for 10 sec.
• Chunky Viscera: On death, the beetles' innards spill across the floor creating a tempting appetizer. Feed: Hurl viscera into Ul'grax's gullet to sate his hunger.
• Juggernaut Charge: Ul'grax tears across the field, leaving Stalker Netting in his wake and inflicting 90 Shadow damage to players in his path and knocking them back.
  At his destination energy erupts from Ul'grax inflicting 249830 Shadow damage to players within 20 yards 49966 Shadow damage on impact and 7495 Shadow damage every 1 sec for 8 sec to everyone else.
• Swallowing Darkness: Ul'grax emerges from under his prey, inflicting 237339 Shadow damage to all players within 30 yards. 
• Hungering Bellows: Ulgrax screams for food, inflicting 29980 Nature damage to all players on impact and an additional 4997 Nature damage every 1 sec for 10 sec. Each time Ulgrax screams, he gains an application of Insatiable Rage (With each Hungering Bellows Ulgrax grows angrier, gaining 25% increased damage done for 30 sec.)
• Hulking Crash: Ulgrax smashes the ground inflicting 249830 Nature damage to players within 300 yards, 0 Nature damage to players outside the impact zone, and knocks all players back.

Nerub'ar Palace Ulgrax the Devourer Boss Overview

Ul'grax attempts to devour players with [Voracious Hunger] and uses [Viscous Slobber] to place pools of [Syrupy Drool] throughout the arena. At zero energy, Ul'grax goes mad with hunger and continually gains applications of [Insatiable Rage] until returned to 100 energy.

Damage Dealers: While a player is within [Syrupy Drool] they are rooted.
Ravenous Spawn continually places applications of [Disembowel] on a player.

Healers: [Digestive Venom] inflicts significant damage to nearby allies when removed. Each application of [Instiable Rage] increases Ul'grax's damage.

Tanks: Ravenous Spawn continually places applications of [Disembowel] on a player.
Coordinate with another player to manage applications of [Tenderized].

And that covers everything we know so far from the Ulgrax the Devourer Boss encounter in the upcoming Nerub'ar Palace raid in The War Within. The spider-themed instance will surely prove to be an interesting way of Blizzard to integrate swarm-like mechanics, coupled with webs, poisons, and many more obstacles for players to overcome.