# Den of Nalorakk +10 — TIMED
21:59 · 5 deaths · affix 160, Fortified, Tyrannical
*2026-09-06 · 22:16 · `WoWCombatLog-090626_221415.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), from the combat log and the archive.
**Tip:** Press Divine Protection into the spike, not off cooldown
## First key on the Herald build: damage up 66% in the same dungeon three hours later, from worst in the party to best.
Three hours before this run, the same character ran the same dungeon one key level higher on a raid loadout and graded C- with 109,626 DPS -- 58% of what the other damage dealers were doing. This key: 182,046 DPS, 120% of their median, and a B.
The cause is not in doubt, because the cast counts say it directly. Avenging Wrath went from 6 casts, the first at 18 minutes 31 seconds, to 18 casts with the first at 30 seconds. Wings uptime went from 153 seconds to 442 -- 40% of combat, which is roughly the ceiling a 60-second cooldown with a 24-second window allows. Execution Sentence went from one press in 25 minutes to fifteen. Hammer of Wrath went from 25 to 71.
Two caveats on the headline number. The weapon is 13 item levels better than it was, which is a real damage increase that has nothing to do with talents. And the two keys had different parties, so "58% of the median" and "120% of the median" are measured against different people. The cast counts are the part that carries no confound, and they all move the same way.
What is left is smaller and more ordinary: a resource leak, a dead trinket, and a defensive that has never been pressed.
**What to change**
1. Spend Holy Power earlier inside the Avenging Wrath window. 25% overcap is now the biggest single loss, and it exists because the new build's income outruns a five-Holy-Power spend cadence.
2. Replace Ruby Whelp Shell with any current-season Strength trinket. Two keys, zero damage from that slot.
3. Press Divine Protection into the spike, not off cooldown. It was used 11 times this key and none of them covered the death at 21:28. It is also what casts Shield of Vengeance -- there is no separate button for that.
4. Treat the Divine Arbiter prompt as 'do not sit on it', not as 'press the other key'. The opposite-spender rule the player was given after the previous key is retracted above.
5. Change nothing about the cooldown usage. Wings at 40% uptime, Execution Sentence every 70 seconds and Hammer of Wrath every 7 are at or near what top parses of this dungeon do, and they are the whole reason this key graded a B.
## The run
| | |
|---|---|
| on the clock | **21:59** — 18:21 fighting |
| deaths | **5** — !! timer implies 5.94 |
| party damage taken | **179,348,354** — 162,851/s while fighting |
| enemies killed | **138** |
| interrupts | **47/181** — 26% |
| dispels | **12/19** — 5,412,911 came through |
## Players
| player | spec | role | ilvl | DPS | HPS | taken/s | deaths | grade |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|:---:|
| Prot Paladin | Prot Paladin | tank | 291 | 101,110 | 28,074 | 72,995 | 0 | **B** 77 |
| Holy Priest | Holy Priest | heal | 311 | 45,081 | 59,060 | 14,483 | 0 | **C-** 63 |
| Fury Warrior | Fury | dps | 298 | 189,246 | 7,600 | 17,950 | 1 | **B+** 82 |
| Hyporock | Ret Paladin | dps | 316 | 182,046 | 5,828 | 14,369 | 1 | **B** 79 |
| Deva Evoker | Deva Evoker | dps | 307 | 108,406 | 5,184 | 18,415 | 3 | **F** 38 |
### Prot Paladin — Prot Paladin — B (77/100)
**Where the points went**
- **-10 mitigation** — scored 65: 80% uptime of the 100% this kit can hold, 100% of worst windows covered
- **-5 activity** — scored 64: 95% engaged while alive in combat
- **-3 damage (rank)** — scored 81: 101,110 dps, 63% of the average DPS
All axes
- **survival− 100** [no charge] — 0 death(s)
- **mitigation 65** [w 27%] — 80% uptime of the 100% this kit can hold, 100% of worst windows covered
- **damage~ 81** [w 18%] — 101,110 dps, 63% of the average DPS
- **mechanics− 98** [−0.3 pts] — 1% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 88** [w 27%] — 25 stops vs 20 expected (group stopped 37% of what it could reach, not scored here)
- **activity 64** [w 15%] — 95% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 93** [w 12%] — 2 used of ~4 the kit offered
- _overcapped Holy Power: 112 of 771 generated (15%)_
- _never pressed: Blessing of Spellwarding, Blinding Light, Lay on Hands_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Shield of the Righteous_
All axes
- **survival− 100** [no charge] — 0 death(s)
- **throughput 48** [w 34%] — covered 60% of the 103,470,207 that needed an outside heal (38% of the party's intake was self-covered or overkill); 1,646,767 absorbed
- **response 48** [w 25%] — put back 33% of the 71,521,236 that landed in the party's worst windows
- **mechanics− 90** [−1.3 pts] — 2% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts** — n/a. no interrupt on the bar
- **dispel 74** [w 16%] — 12/16 of what one dispeller could reach (19 landed; the rest overlapped a debuff already being cleansed)
- **activity 96** [w 15%] — 95% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 99** [w 10%] — 11 used of ~13 the kit offered
- _never pressed: Divine Hymn_
All axes
- **survival− 86** [−2.5 pts] — 1 death(s)
- **damage~ 91** [w 42%] — 189,247 dps, 131% of the other damage dealers' median
- **mechanics− 92** [−1.6 pts] — 2% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 84** [w 32%] — 12 stops vs 10 expected (group stopped 37% of what it could reach, not scored here)
- **activity 84** [w 26%] — 96% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 99** [w 0%] — 4 used of ~3 the kit offered
- _overcapped Rage: 1,801 of 14,357 generated (13%)_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Bloodbath, Bloodthirst, Charge, Odyn's Fury, Odyn's Fury Off-Hand, Rampage, Whirlwind_
All axes
- **survival− 86** [−2.5 pts] — 1 death(s)
- **damage~ 86** [w 42%] — 182,046 dps, 120% of the other damage dealers' median
- **mechanics− 95** [−0.9 pts] — 1% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 76** [w 32%] — 8 stops vs 10 expected (group stopped 37% of what it could reach, not scored here)
- **activity 85** [w 26%] — 96% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 87** [w 0%] — 11 used of ~55 the kit offered
- _never pressed: Blinding Light_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Crusading Strikes_
All axes
- **survival− 39** [−11.0 pts] — 3 death(s)
- **damage~ 45** [w 42%] — 108,406 dps, 59% of the other damage dealers' median
- **mechanics− 90** [−2.0 pts] — 2% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 57** [w 32%] — 2 stops vs 7 expected (group stopped 37% of what it could reach, not scored here)
- **activity 54** [w 26%] — 84% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility** — n/a. no utility cooldown with a measured recharge yet
- _never pressed: Landslide, Renewing Blaze, Zephyr_