# Temple of Sethraliss +15 — TIMED

28:12 · +1, 12% under the 32:00 par · 4 deaths · Tyrannical, Fortified, affix 147

*2026-09-14 · 18:07 · `WoWCombatLog-091426_180545.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:** Space Divine Shield, LoH and BoP; don't spend all at once

## Timed with 3:49 to spare and four deaths; Hyporock died twice with no defensive pressed, the second time over nine seconds with Lay on Hands and Blessing of Protection both off cooldown.

A comfortable +1: 28:11 against a 32:00 par, 95% of the clock in combat across eight big pulls, and a minute of death penalty that did not threaten the timer. The party was strong — an Arms Warrior at 282k, a Devourer at 232k and Hyporock at 241k, all within 20% of each other — and the route was the aggressive kind, 197 kills in eight pulls, three of them over 20 mobs.

The deaths are the story, and none of them cost the key. Hyporock's C reads harshly for a 241k parse; nine of the points are the two deaths, and the damage axis is a rank against a Warrior who out-parsed him. The first death was a spent kit — Divine Shield, Lay on Hands and Blessing of Protection had all gone out in the ninety seconds before a 1.04 M two-hit burst. The second one had two buttons available and unpressed: nine seconds under fifty-three mobs, 1.58 M of it plain melee, with Lay on Hands and Blessing of Protection both sitting ready — the latter used sixty-eight seconds later.

This key is also the before-picture for the Kings' Rest that followed it: Avenging Wrath went out with Expurgation on the target 10 of 23 times here, and 26 of 26 an hour and a half later with the new cue on screen.

**What to change**

1. Hyporock: in a long melee grind press what is ready — at 21:14 Lay on Hands and Blessing of Protection both were, and Protection alone would have removed 1.58 M of the 2.61 M that killed you.
2. Hyporock: space the immunities. Divine Shield, Lay on Hands and Blessing of Protection all went in one 64-second stretch at 6:39-7:43, and the arrow at 8:36 found nothing left.
3. Arms Warrior: a defensive under Thunder Spit — 13.6 seconds of ticking is time to press Die by the Sword.
4. Resto Shaman: Astral Shift when Merektha burrows; Burrow alone was 845k on you.
5. Nothing to change on kicks: 78% stopped as a group, and the three melee carried it.

## The run

| | |
|---|---|
| on the clock | **28:12** — 25:57 fighting |
| deaths | **4** — timer agrees (3.97 implied) |
| party damage taken | **336,395,103** — 216,053/s while fighting |
| enemies killed | **197** |
| interrupts | **76/104** — 73% |
| dispels | **9/41** — 26,441,420 came through |

## Players

| player | spec | role | ilvl | DPS | HPS | taken/s | deaths | grade |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|:---:|
| Blood DK | Blood DK | tank | 320 | 123,502 | 35,248 | 83,912 | 0 | **C** 66 |
| Resto Shaman | Resto Shaman | heal | 316 | 38,094 | 114,463 | 32,885 | 1 | **C-** 62 |
| Arms Warrior | Arms | dps | 322 | 282,065 | 10,558 | 26,684 | 1 | **B** 79 |
| Devourer DH | Devourer DH | dps | 323 | 231,730 | 17,050 | 33,686 | 0 | **C+** 69 |
| Hyporock | Ret Paladin | dps | 320 | 240,564 | 6,943 | 27,889 | 2 | **C** 65 |

*Gear and M+ score are from Raider.IO. Percentiles are from Warcraft Logs, against other +15 runs; WCL does not say how many. As a whole, this clear ranks 95th of 993,979 logged clears of this dungeon.*

### Blood DK — Blood DK — C (66/100)

*M+ score 3,218 · DPS 6th percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-11 mitigation** — scored 60: 68% uptime of the 77% this kit can hold, 75% of worst windows covered
- **-8 interrupts (rank)** — scored 69: 21 stops vs 24 expected
- **-7 damage (rank)** — scored 60: 123,502 dps, 49% of the average DPS

<details><summary>All axes</summary>

- **survival− 100** [no charge] — 0 death(s)
- **mitigation 60** [w 27%] — 68% uptime of the 77% this kit can hold, 75% of worst windows covered
- **damage~ 60** [w 18%] — 123,502 dps, 49% of the average DPS
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 69** [w 27%] — 21 stops vs 24 expected (group stopped 78% of what it could reach, not scored here)
- **activity 55** [w 15%] — 94% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 96** [w 12%] — 3 used of ~6 the kit offered
- _overcapped Runic Power: 1,023 of 12,691 generated (8%)_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Death Strike, Marrowrend_

</details>

### Resto Shaman — Resto Shaman — C- (62/100)

*M+ score 3,275 · HPS 35th percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-10 response** — scored 53: put back 36% of the 111,831,351 that landed in the party's worst windows
- **-9 interrupts (rank)** — scored 40: 7 stops vs 15 expected
- **-6 dispel** — scored 60: 9/34 of what one dispeller could reach (41 landed

<details><summary>All axes</summary>

- **survival− 72** [−4.2 pts] — 1 death(s)
- **throughput 89** [w 29%] — covered 83% of the 199,509,603 that needed an outside heal (45% of the party's intake was self-covered or overkill); 19,118,309 absorbed
- **response 53** [w 21%] — put back 36% of the 111,831,351 that landed in the party's worst windows
- **mechanics− 59** [−5.3 pts] — 10% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 40** [w 15%] — 7 stops vs 15 expected (group stopped 78% of what it could reach, not scored here)
- **dispel 60** [w 14%] — 9/34 of what one dispeller could reach (41 landed; the rest overlapped a debuff already being cleansed)
- **activity 90** [w 12%] — 93% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 100** [w 8%] — 33 used of ~20 the kit offered
- _never pressed: Spirit Link Totem_

</details>

### Arms Warrior — Arms — B (79/100)

*M+ score 3,288 · DPS 90th percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-6 damage (rank)** — scored 85: 282,065 dps, 120% of the other damage dealers' median
- **-5 survival** — scored 72: 1 death(s)
- **-5 activity** — scored 82: 95% engaged while alive in combat

<details><summary>All axes</summary>

- **survival− 72** [−5.0 pts] — 1 death(s)
- **damage~ 85** [w 42%] — 282,065 dps, 120% of the other damage dealers' median
- **mechanics− 79** [−4.2 pts] — 5% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 96** [w 32%] — 24 stops vs 12 expected (group stopped 78% of what it could reach, not scored here)
- **activity 82** [w 26%] — 95% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 94** [w 0%] — 3 used of ~7 the kit offered
- _overcapped Rage: 1,752 of 4,261 generated (41%)_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Mortal Strike_

</details>

### Devourer DH — Devourer DH — C+ (69/100)

*M+ score 3,269 · DPS 35th percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-13 damage (rank)** — scored 68: 231,730 dps, 88% of the other damage dealers' median
- **-7 interrupts (rank)** — scored 77: 11 stops vs 12 expected
- **-6 activity** — scored 78: 94% engaged while alive in combat

<details><summary>All axes</summary>

- **survival− 100** [no charge] — 0 death(s)
- **damage~ 68** [w 42%] — 231,730 dps, 88% of the other damage dealers' median
- **mechanics− 78** [−4.3 pts] — 5% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 77** [w 32%] — 11 stops vs 12 expected (group stopped 78% of what it could reach, not scored here)
- **activity 78** [w 26%] — 94% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 84** [w 0%] — 2 used of ~20 the kit offered
- _never pressed: Consume Magic, Sigil of Misery_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Reaper's Toll, Soul Fragment, The Hunt, Vengeful Retreat, Voidblade_

</details>

### Hyporock — Ret Paladin — C (65/100)

*M+ score 3,279 · DPS 40th percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-12 damage (rank)** — scored 72: 240,564 dps, 94% of the other damage dealers' median
- **-9 survival** — scored 50: 2 death(s)
- **-8 activity** — scored 70: 92% engaged while alive in combat

<details><summary>All axes</summary>

- **survival− 50** [−9.0 pts] — 2 death(s)
- **damage~ 72** [w 42%] — 240,564 dps, 94% of the other damage dealers' median
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 81** [w 32%] — 13 stops vs 12 expected (group stopped 78% of what it could reach, not scored here)
- **activity 70** [w 26%] — 92% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 86** [w 0%] — 15 used of ~94 the kit offered
- _never pressed: Blinding Light_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Crusading Strikes_

</details>

*Axes marked ~ are ranked against the other players in this key, not measured on their own. Someone is always in the middle.*

## Deaths

4 deaths in 4 separate incidents.

**What was landing while people died** — Counts only the seconds before each death, not the whole key.

| spell | in | damage | killing blows |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Melee | 1 of 4 | 1,579,150 | — |
| Thunder Spit | 1 of 4 | 1,537,122 | 1 |
| Caustic Stomp | 1 of 4 | 1,031,888 | — |
| Burrow | 1 of 4 | 844,713 | 1 |
| Sandburst Arrow | 1 of 4 | 745,944 | 1 |
| Lingering Storm | 1 of 4 | 297,839 | — |

### Death · 8:37 · Hyporock · dps

**8:37 · Hyporock · dps** — killed by **Sandburst Arrow** for 745,944 from Sandswept Hunter

took **1,044,721** · in **0.4 s** · health at the start **59%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 4.5s before | ? | 97,148 |
| 1.5s before | ? | 100,503 |
| 0.6s before | ? | 77,807 |
| 0.4s before | Lingering Storm | 297,839 |
| 0.4s before | Rune of Void-Tainted Shell | 938 |
| at death | Sandburst Arrow (killing blow) | 745,944 |
| | 3 smaller hits | 2,796 |

**no defensive pressed** · 53,630 healed · Resto Shaman

### Death · 12:05 · Resto Shaman · heal

**12:05 · Resto Shaman · heal** — killed by **Burrow** for 844,713 from Merektha

took **940,735** · in **1.3 s** · health at the start **88%** · before the last hit **83%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 3.2s before | Burrowquake | 23,844 |
| 2.2s before | Burrowquake | 48,012 |
| 1.3s before | Burrowquake | 48,011 |
| 0.2s before | Burrowquake | 48,011 |
| at death | Burrow (killing blow) | 844,713 |

**no defensive pressed** · 2,013 healed · all their own

### Death · 13:11 · Arms Warrior · dps

**13:11 · Arms Warrior · dps** — killed by **Thunder Spit** for 786,610 from Merektha

took **1,604,557** · in **13.6 s** · health at the start **85%** · before the last hit **64%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 13.3s before | A Knot of Snakes | 67,435 |
| 3.0s before | Thunder Spit | 179,876 |
| 2.1s before | Thunder Spit | 190,212 |
| 0.9s before | Thunder Spit | 190,212 |
| at death | Thunder Spit (killing blow) | 976,822 |

**no defensive pressed** · 553,970 healed · Hyporock, Resto Shaman

### Death · 21:14 · Hyporock · dps

**21:14 · Hyporock · dps** — killed by **Rune of Void-Tainted Shell** for 943 from Hyporock

took **2,613,846** · in **9.2 s** · health at the start **67%** · before the last hit **56%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 8.9s before | Caustic Stomp | 303,600 |
| 8.1s before | Caustic Stomp | 87,487 |
| 3.2s before | Caustic Stomp | 88,388 |
| 2.9s before | Melee | 502,412 |
| at death | Melee | 1,036,270 |
| at death | Caustic Stomp | 87,487 |
| | 10 smaller hits | 508,202 |

**no defensive pressed** · 899,680 healed · Resto Shaman

## Where the time went

| | seconds | |
|---|---:|---|
| combat | 1,557 | 25:57 |
| routing | 72 | 1:12 |
| death penalty | 60 | 1:00 |
| lead in | 11 | 0:11 |

Costliest pulls — *Cost is the time the pull lost: a wipe loses the whole pull, a pull that held loses only its deaths.*

| pull | at | fighting | enemies | deaths | taken | cost |
|---:|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 4 | 11:10 | 3:08 | 29 | 2 | 33,556,143 | 0:30 |
| 3 | 8:05 | 3:00 | 23 | 1 | 51,135,750 | 0:15 |
| 7 | 20:02 | 3:49 | 53 | 1 | 37,965,899 | 0:15 |

## What the group left up

**Casts that could have been interrupted and were not**

- Lightning Bolt: 25 of 65 got through
- Venom Bolt: 3 of 18 got through

**Debuffs that could have been dispelled and were not**

- Serrated Charge: 23x, up for 137s in total, 17,493,838 damage
- Cytotoxin: 9x, up for 86s in total, 8,947,582 damage

**Damage one player took that similar players did not (check the raw hits before acting on this; a spell only one role can take looks the same)**

- Resto Shaman: 5,316,428 (mostly Siphon Energy)
- Devourer DH: 2,808,135 (mostly Spark Step)
- Arms Warrior: 2,204,317 (mostly Arrow Barrage)

**Hit most of the party (not graded: everyone took it, so nobody is charged for it)**

- Caustic Stomp: 5/5 players, 184 hits, 16,828,153 (5% of party intake)
- Cytotoxin: 4/5 players, 122 hits, 12,526,684 (4% of party intake)
- Burrowquake: 5/5 players, 260 hits, 11,828,915 (4% of party intake)
- Arrow Barrage: 4/5 players, 119 hits, 9,795,511 (3% of party intake)
- Release Charge: 5/5 players, 28 hits, 9,702,833 (3% of party intake)
- Induction: 5/5 players, 28 hits, 8,886,286 (3% of party intake)

**Aimed at most of the party (the targeted player is not charged; hits on anyone else could have been avoided)**

- Serrated Charge: 4/5 players, 170 hits, 20,310,602 (6% of party intake)
- Galvanized: 5/5 players, 275 hits, 15,657,425 (5% of party intake)
- Gust: 4/5 players, 141 hits, 10,653,153 (3% of party intake)
- Lightning Bolt: 4/5 players, 22 hits, 6,006,753 (2% of party intake)
- Thunder Spit: 4/5 players, 20 hits, 3,751,745 (1% of party intake)

## Notes

### Whose fault: four deaths, three of them in the first thirteen minutes

**Hyporock, 8:36, second trash pull.** From 92% health: Lingering Storm for 297,839, then Sandburst Arrow for 745,944, 0.4 s apart. No reaction fits in 0.4 s. What would have fitted is an immunity in hand, and there was none: Divine Shield had gone at 6:39, Lay on Hands at 7:05, Blessing of Protection at 7:43 — three majors in sixty-four seconds, all on cooldown when the arrow landed. That is a pacing problem, not a reaction problem.

**Resto Shaman, 12:05, Merektha.** Burrow for 844,713 — the boss surfacing under the healer — with no defensive and only her own 2k of healing in the window. Astral Shift was the button.

**Arms Warrior, 13:11, Merektha.** Thunder Spit ticked for 1.54 M over 13.6 s. Resto Shaman and Hyporock put 554k back into that window and did not outrun it; no defensive over thirteen seconds is the miss.

**Hyporock, 21:14, the 53-mob pull.** 2.61 M over 9.2 s — melee 1.58 M, Caustic Stomp 1.03 M — against 900k of healing from Resto Shaman. His health sat between 42% and 73% for the whole nine seconds. Divine Shield was down (19:22) and Forbearance had cleared at 19:52; Lay on Hands (last used 16:24) and Blessing of Protection (7:43) were both ready. Protection makes you immune to physical damage and would have zeroed the melee that was 60% of the window; it was pressed at 22:22 instead, and Lay on Hands at 24:33.

### What the group left up

Lightning Bolt got through 25 of 65 times and Venom Bolt 3 of 18; the group stopped 78% of what it could reach, and the melee did it — Arms Warrior 24 stops, Blood DK 21, Hyporock 13, Devourer DH 11, Resto Shaman 7. Serrated Charge was left up 23 times for 137 seconds and 17.5 M, the largest single line in the party's intake at 20.3 M; Cytotoxin 9 times for 8.9 M. Serrated Charge is a bleed nobody in this party can remove, so the healer's dispel score (9 of 34) charges her for debuffs that were never hers. Cytotoxin is a Poison — Purify Spirit cannot take it, Cleanse Toxins can, and Hyporock pressed Cleanse Toxins four times this key.

Resto Shaman read C- with 83% of the outside-heal need covered and 36% of the worst windows put back; a third of the deduction is one death and a tenth of her intake being Siphon Energy, a channel aimed at her 36 times where her peers took 4. Spirit Link Totem was never pressed.

### Hyporock's rotation, as the control for the next key

Measured the same way as the Kings' Rest that followed: Avenging Wrath was pressed with Expurgation already on the target 10 of 23 times, a median 7.1 s after the last Blade of Justice, and twice more than 20 s after it. Execution Sentence followed Wings within 0.1 s every time. Hammer of Wrath inside Wings ran 12.2 a minute and Blade outside Wings 6.1 — both where the list wants them. Autos ran 42 a minute with a Shaman's Skyfury doubling 30% of them.

So the only thing that changed between this key and the next was the Blade-before-Wings order, and the log of the next key shows it moving from 43% to 100%. The 241k here is the higher DPS of the two nights and says nothing against the change: this is an AoE dungeon with 197 kills, the next was a boss-heavy one with 111, and Warcraft Logs has this run at the 40th percentile among +15 Ret parses.

## Method

Each axis is scored 0 to 100 against what this run allowed, not against a fixed target. A player is only scored on things their spec can do. An axis that does not apply is left out and the other weights are scaled up. 100 means nothing was missed; a solid, even key usually lands near 75. Survival and mechanics carry no weight of their own: they start at 100 and take points off when something went wrong.

*Generated 2026-09-14T20:26:09 · schema 8 · written analysis: Claude (Opus 5), from the combat log and the archive*
