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Raids / The Venomous Abyss / Ula'tek
The Venomous Abyss · Boss 8

Ula'tek

Single target · eggs, adds, shrinking platformsBloodlust First Rage of the Shackled (Phase 1)
Difficulty

The serpent mother. Eggs are fine, Vipers are not: any green venom that touches an egg or its carrier hatches a lethal Blightscale Viper. Phase 1 is soaks and waves, Phase 2 splits the raid across two sides, and Phase 3 is a race across platforms that break under you.

Phase 1: Fury of the Serpent Mother

Pull
Coils group 1Coils group 2ThrashCaustic Wavesrun from the wave sideUla'tekTTtail★MRHEgg
YouMeleeTankRangedHealerBossAdd / objectAvoidFrontalSoak
0:00 / 0:10
  1. 0:00Spectral Coils: soak with your group
  2. 0:04She pulls back the right wing
  3. 0:05Caustic Waves: run to the other side
  4. 0:08Rage of the Shackled: burn the Heart
Ula'tek in the water. Two groups soak the Spectral Coils tail impacts. Run to the side opposite the wing she pulls back for Caustic Waves.

Your job (melee)

  • Soak Spectral Coils with your assigned group. More bodies means less damage, and the soak pops held eggs on purpose.
  • Caustic Waves come from the wing she pulls back. Run to the other side. She alternates sides.
  • Never let green venom (waves, Coils, Nature damage) touch an egg or an egg carrier. That hatches a Viper.
  • If you carry an egg (Malignant Shell), stay away from waves. Kill Rawlings when they hatch.
  • Stay out of the Mephitic Thrash tail sweep (35 yards).
  • On Rage of the Shackled, fly in and hit the exposed Venomous Heart (+100% damage taken for 20 seconds). Bloodlust goes here.

Abilities

  • Spectral Coilssoak
    Tail impacts deal raid damage, reduced by players stacked at each impact.
  • Caustic Wavesdodge
    Venom waves across the platform. Heavy damage plus a stacking DoT, and eggs they touch hatch Vipers.
  • Blightscale Viperaddpriority
    From venom touching an egg. Raid-wide DoT, Petrifying Sting (stones players within 10 yards) and Acidic Burst.
  • Blightscale Rawlingadd
    Harmless hatch from a controlled egg. Kill it.
  • Mephitic Thrashdodge
    Tail sweep with knockback within 35 yards. A DoT beyond that.
  • Rage of the Shackledpriority
    20-second burn window on the Venomous Heart, with Falling Debris to dodge.
  • Mother's Wrathtankswap
    Knockback tank buster with Stone Venom stacks. If the tank is out of reach, the raid takes it.
  • Rattler Slamtank
    Heavy raid damage if no one is in range of the tail.
  • Necrotic Vaporsheal
    Constant stacking raid Nature damage.

Phase 2: Children of the Doomscale

After the first Rage of the Shackled
Tether anchorDoomscale WardenCauldronBig egg (last)EggsT★MRHGroup 2 mirrors this side
YouMeleeTankRangedHealerAdd / objectSoak
0:00 / 0:09
  1. 0:00Kill the Doomscale Warden (kick Malice)
  2. 0:04Carry small eggs to the cauldron
  3. 0:07Big egg goes in last
Raid splits to two sides. Kill the Warden, feed small eggs into the cauldron and the big egg last, then kill the Weakened Doomscale.

Your job (melee)

  • Interrupt Malice on the Doomscale Warden. Kill it to free the eggs.
  • Break Blightscale Clutches before they mature.
  • Feed small eggs into the cauldron first. The big Doomscale Egg goes last, because disturbing it starts Mass Gestation.
  • Interrupt Anguished Cry on the Weakened Doomscale and kill it.
  • If Grasping Fangs tethers you, snap tethers two at a time and let the DoT fall off between pairs.

Abilities

  • Doomscale Wardenkickpriority
    Casts Malice (raid channel, kick it) and Writhing Gestation. While it lives, Warden's Protection stops anyone touching eggs.
  • Grasping Fangsmove
    Tethers 3 players per side. Each snap hits the raid with Blight Vein.
  • Blightscale Clutchadd
    Empowered egg cluster that grows over time. Break it early.
  • Ravenous Doomscaleenrage
    Hatches 20 seconds after the big egg is disturbed. Dread Roar stuns the raid for 20 seconds. Never let it free-cast.
  • Weakened Doomscalekickpriority
    Priority kill. Interrupt Anguished Cry.
  • Virulent Spitdodge
    Swirlies at several spots.

Intermission: The Shattering

Back on the main platform
Coils 1Coils 2Avoid the middleUla'tek★MRH
YouMeleeRangedHealerBossAvoidSoak
0:00 / 0:08
  1. 0:00Group 1 soaks Coils 1, 3 and 5
  2. 0:02Group 2 soaks Coils 2, 4 and 6
  3. 0:06Platform shatters: stand to the side
Groups alternate Coils soaks while running tail to tail and grabbing eggs. Stand to the side when the platform shatters.

Your job (melee)

  • Group 1 takes Coils casts 1, 3 and 5. Group 2 takes 2, 4 and 6.
  • Grab eggs while running between soaks.
  • Stand to the side, not the middle, when the platform shatters. You get knocked up into Phase 3.

Abilities

  • Spectral Coilssoak
    Alternating group soaks.
  • Soul Constrictorheroic onlysoak
    Soakers can't help with the next Coils for 6 seconds. Heroic rotates players out.

Phase 3: Ula'tek's Ascension

After the shatter
next platformUla'tekT★MRRHShrieker
YouMeleeTankRangedHealerBossAdd / objectAvoid
0:00 / 0:10
  1. 0:00Fight on the boss platform
  2. 0:04Circling Prey targets it
  3. 0:05Move to the next platform
  4. 0:07The old platform breaks
Shrinking platforms. Melee and tanks stay on the boss platform and move off before Circling Prey breaks it. Ranged go to the left.

Your job (melee)

  • Melee handle the Blightscale Clutch on their own platform.
  • If you have Serpent's Bite, or your group is soaking it, leech it fully with your group (within 7 yards), then spread before Volatile Purge.
  • Never let a Serpent's Bite tick out. A Calcified Corpse wipes the raid.
  • Interrupt Vicious Echoes on every Blightscale Shrieker.
  • Move off your platform before Circling Prey destroys it (lethal within 13 yards).
  • On the final platform, burn her before it breaks. Jumping into the water buys a few seconds.

Abilities

  • Serpent's Bitesoakspread
    DoT on one melee, one healer and one ranged. Leech it within 7 yards, then spread for Volatile Purge.
  • Calcified Corpseenrage
    A bite that ticks out stones the player and radiates lethal raid damage.
  • Circling Preymove
    Destroys the melee platform. Lethal within 13 yards.
  • Blightscale Shriekerkickadd
    Acidic Expulsion stacks a raid DoT. Vicious Echoes is an interruptible raid hit plus stun.
  • Fury Unleashedenrage
    Hard enrage.

Retribution Paladin tips

  • Rebuke Malice in Phase 2 and Vicious Echoes in Phase 3.
  • Cleanse Toxins helps with the poison DoTs. Ask your healers which ones they want.
  • Divine Steed helps you get between platforms in Phase 3.
  • Lust and wings go on the first Rage of the Shackled.

Death Knight (Frost / Unholy) tips

  • Mind Freeze Malice and Vicious Echoes. Death Grip works as a backup interrupt on Shriekers.
  • Death Grip is often used to pull teammates' adds or help with the Phase 2 crossing. Listen for assignments.
  • Anti-Magic Shell is great on Caustic Waves and Necrotic Vapors stacks.
  • Wraith Walk gets you off a breaking platform.
Other roles (short)

Tanks

  • One on the boss, one on the tail (always). Be at her resurface bubble right away. Swap during casts, not on open GCDs.

Healers

  • Poison dispels and heavy cooldowns for the Phase 3 bites and Shriekers.
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