# Voidscar Arena +13 — ABANDONED
5:52 · 8 deaths · Tyrannical, Fortified, affix 147
*2026-08-29 · 13:37 · `WoWCombatLog-082926_133452.txt`*
> **AI-WRITTEN ANALYSIS** — The numbers come from the combat log. The verdict and notes were written by an AI reading them, and can be wrong in ways the numbers cannot. Written by Claude (Opus 5), via Claude Code.
**Why it failed:** Lack of interrupts: Shadowbolt Volley leaked 6 of 11 (Demo Lock, Arcane Mage, Shadow Priest)
## One interruptible spell is in the killing burst of all five deaths in the opening wipe. Shadowbolt Volley hits a non-tank for more than half their health, it was cast eleven times, and six of them landed.
This key was lost in the first ninety seconds, on the same opening pull that four previous Voidscar Arena runs cleared without a single death.
The mechanism is not subtle. Voidtouched Magi cast Shadowbolt Volley eleven times on that pull and six of those casts got through. It is an interruptible cast that hits everybody, and on this roster it hits for 455,705 on the healer, 445,481 on the shadow priest, 385,936 on the warlock. Set that against their health pools -- 779,020, 1,004,508, 870,450 -- and one leaked cast takes half the party to roughly 45% of health at the same instant. Two of them inside a few seconds is a wipe with no healing answer.
Shadowbolt Volley appears in the damage burst of every one of the five deaths on that pull, and in four of them it is the single largest component. The killing blows themselves were tiny -- Shadow Priest was finished by a 195,844 leap, the healer by a 97,345 leap. Nothing killed anyone directly. The volley emptied the health bars and whatever landed next collected.
The group stopped 17 of 48 stoppable casts, 35%. The four previous runs of this dungeon stopped 74%, 76%, 77% and 81%. That is the whole story of the key in one number.
Abandoning was arithmetically correct and was not a close call. Eight deaths at 15 seconds each is 2:00 of penalty spent inside the first 5:51 of a +13.
**What to change**
1. Assign Shadowbolt Volley by name before the pull. Voidtouched Magi, eleven casts on the opener, and one leaked cast takes the party to half health -- it is the single highest-value kick in the dungeon.
2. Get the three damage dealers to six kicks each rather than six between them. The tank was already doing double his share and cannot cover more.
3. Treat a death in Voidscar Arena as costing 15 seconds even though you stand straight back up. The dungeon hides the price; the timer still charges it.
4. Reset the opener rather than healing through it once two people are down. Four previous runs cleared that wave with zero deaths, so a wave that has already killed two is not going to be recovered.
5. Arcane Mage: Ice Block and Alter Time went unpressed across two deaths. Prismatic Barrier alone is not the answer to a 455k party-wide nuke.
6. For the Chitigoth race, hold damage cooldowns for it rather than spending them on the opening wave -- both deaths in the +11 and two here came from the same aura ramping past what could be healed.
## The run
| | |
|---|---|
| on the clock | **5:52** — 5:24 fighting |
| deaths | **8** |
| party damage taken | **92,204,997** — 284,583/s while fighting |
| enemies killed | **31** |
| interrupts | **17/48** — 35% |
## Players
| player | spec | role | ilvl | DPS | HPS | taken/s | deaths | grade |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|:---:|
| Doryhunky | Veng DH | tank | 313 | 143,405 | 52,466 | 95,721 | 0 | **A** 88 |
| Hyporock | Holy Paladin | heal | 311 | 11,168 | 144,867 | 52,460 | 1 | **B-** 72 |
| Demo Lock | Demo Lock | dps | 314 | 238,336 | 4,452 | 41,021 | 2 | **C+** 71 |
| Arcane Mage | Arcane Mage | dps | 314 | 192,730 | 3,779 | 30,303 | 2 | **C-** 62 |
| Shadow Priest | Shadow Priest | dps | 302 | 175,708 | 11,932 | 42,663 | 3 | **D-** 48 |
### Doryhunky — Veng DH — A (88/100)
**Where the points went**
- **-5 mitigation** — scored 82: 97% uptime of the 100% this kit can hold, 100% of worst windows covered
- **-3 activity** — scored 84: 97% engaged while alive in combat
- **-2 damage (rank)** — scored 89: 143,405 dps, 71% of the average DPS
All axes
- **survival− 100** [no charge] — 0 death(s)
- **mitigation 82** [w 31%] — 97% uptime of the 100% this kit can hold, 100% of worst windows covered
- **damage~ 89** [w 21%] — 143,405 dps, 71% of the average DPS
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 96** [w 31%] — 11 stops vs 7 expected (group stopped 35%, not scored here)
- **activity 84** [w 17%] — 97% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility** — n/a. no utility cooldown with a measured recharge yet
- _never pressed: Darkness, Imprison_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Felblade, Fracture, Soul Fragment_
All axes
- **survival− 86** [−2.1 pts] — 1 death(s)
- **throughput 66** [w 41%] — covered 72% of the 50,488,143 that needed an outside heal (44% of the party's intake was self-covered or overkill); 2,235,178 absorbed
- **response 89** [w 29%] — put back 48% of the 74,916,324 that landed in the party's worst windows
- **mechanics− 92** [−1.1 pts] — 2% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts** — n/a. no interrupt on the bar
- **dispel** — n/a. too few known-dispellable debuffs to judge
- **activity 79** [w 18%] — 91% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 72** [w 12%] — 8 used of ~17 the kit offered
- _overcapped Holy Power: 28 of 175 generated (16%)_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Reclamation_
All axes
- **survival− 61** [−7.0 pts] — 2 death(s)
- **damage~ 91** [w 42%] — 238,336 dps, 132% of the other damage dealers' median
- **mechanics− 94** [−1.3 pts] — 2% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 70** [w 32%] — 2 stops vs 3 expected (group stopped 35%, not scored here)
- **activity 72** [w 26%] — 93% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility** — n/a. no utility cooldown with a measured recharge yet
All axes
- **survival− 61** [−7.0 pts] — 2 death(s)
- **damage~ 70** [w 42%] — 192,730 dps, 91% of the other damage dealers' median
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 77** [w 32%] — 3 stops vs 3 expected (group stopped 35%, not scored here)
- **activity 56** [w 26%] — 86% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 0** [w 0%] — 0 used of ~14 the kit offered
- _never pressed: Alter Time, Ice Block, Remove Curse, Spellsteal_
All axes
- **survival− 39** [−11.0 pts] — 3 death(s)
- **damage~ 63** [w 42%] — 175,708 dps, 82% of the other damage dealers' median
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 58** [w 32%] — 1 stops vs 3 expected (group stopped 35%, not scored here)
- **activity 56** [w 26%] — 86% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility** — n/a. no utility cooldown with a measured recharge yet
- _overcapped Insanity: 21 of 1,034 generated (2%)_
- _never pressed: Dispel Magic, Mass Dispel, Psychic Scream, Purify Disease_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Shadowy Apparition_