# Ruby Life Pools +16 — ABANDONED

4:09 · -85% over the 28:00 par · 8 deaths · Fortified, Tyrannical, Xal'atath's Guile

*2026-09-21 · 17:44 · `WoWCombatLog-092126_174135.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.

**Why it failed:** Overpull: 18-mob entrance pull (Veng DH)

**Tip:** Press a defensive in big pulls; neither death had one

## One pull, 18 mobs, 8 deaths. Excavating Blast alone was 27% of everything the party took.

The key lasted one pull. It opened at 0:10, ran 2:32 and killed everyone twice.

174 ticks of Excavating Blast did 16,966,379 of the damage, 27% of the party's whole intake, and it landed on all five every time. The first three died at 1:37 to 1:42 with the healer going first, and the rest went down between 2:33 and 2:40. Of the 4:08 on the clock, 2:00 was death penalty.

Kicking was not the problem. 18 of the 19 stoppable casts were stopped. The pack was too big for the damage it put out.

**What to change**

1. Split the entrance pack; 18 mobs is two pulls at +16.
2. Healer presses a cooldown as the pack lands, not at 48% health.
3. Rebuke and Counterspell were nearly unused. 19 casts were stoppable.

## The run

| | |
|---|---|
| on the clock | **4:09** — 2:32 fighting |
| deaths | **8** |
| party damage taken | **61,788,252** — 407,574/s while fighting |
| enemies killed | **18** |
| interrupts | **22/23** — 96% |

## Players

| player | spec | role | ilvl | DPS | HPS | taken/s | deaths | grade |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|:---:|
| Veng DH | Veng DH | tank | 324 | 192,718 | 88,942 | 117,139 | 1 | **B+** 84 |
| Holy Paladin | Holy Paladin | heal | 323 | 8,675 | 105,836 | 30,976 | 2 | **B** 77 |
| Arms Warrior | Arms | dps | 303 | 250,836 | 14,808 | 42,080 | 1 | **B-** 76 |
| Hyporock | Ret Paladin | dps | 323 | 281,988 | 6,807 | 32,650 | 2 | **C** 67 |
| Arcane Mage | Arcane Mage | dps | 324 | 245,226 | 46 | 25,520 | 2 | **D+** 58 |

*Gear and M+ score are from Raider.IO. No Warcraft Logs percentiles: not on warcraft logs (nobody uploaded this key).*

### Veng DH — Veng DH — B+ (84/100)

*M+ score 3,396*

**Where the points went**

- **-7 mitigation** — scored 80: 96% uptime of the 100% this kit can hold, 100% of worst windows covered
- **-5 utility** — scored 65: 1 used of ~10 the kit offered
- **-3 survival** — scored 86: 1 death(s)

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

- **survival− 86** [−2.8 pts] — 1 death(s)
- **mitigation 80** [w 33%] — 96% uptime of the 100% this kit can hold, 100% of worst windows covered
- **damage~** — n/a. 192,718 dps, 74% of the average DPS; not scored, because a tank's damage can only be compared with other tanks (Warcraft Logs), not with this party's damage dealers
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 95** [w 33%] — 14 stops vs 10 expected (group stopped 100% of what it could reach, not scored here); pressed 7x: 1 on nothing casting
- **activity 100** [w 19%] — 100% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 65** [w 15%] — 1 used of ~10 the kit offered
- _never pressed: Consume Magic, Sigil of Misery_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Demon Spikes, Felblade, Fracture, Soul Cleave, Soul Fragment, Spirit Bomb, Throw Glaive_

</details>

### Holy Paladin — Holy Paladin — B (77/100)

*M+ score 3,399*

**Where the points went**

- **-13 throughput** — scored 77: covered 77% of the 31,170,149 that needed an outside heal (54% of the party's intake was self-covered or overkill); 3,436,517 absorbed
- **-6 activity** — scored 77: 91% engaged while alive in combat
- **-4 survival** — scored 72: 2 death(s)

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

- **survival− 72** [−4.2 pts] — 2 death(s)
- **throughput 77** [w 58%] — covered 77% of the 31,170,149 that needed an outside heal (54% of the party's intake was self-covered or overkill); 3,436,517 absorbed
- **response** — n/a. n/a: the party's worst windows cover 84% of a 152s fight, so there is no calmer stretch to compare them with
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% 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 77** [w 25%] — 91% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 100** [w 17%] — 5 used of ~4 the kit offered
- _overcapped Holy Power: 22 of 72 generated (31%)_
- _never pressed: Blessing of Protection_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Reclamation_

</details>

### Arms Warrior — Arms — B- (76/100)

*M+ score 3,462*

**Where the points went**

- **-12 damage (rank)** — scored 71: 250,836 dps, 92% of the other damage dealers' median
- **-8 interrupts (rank)** — scored 76: 5 stops vs 6 expected
- **-3 survival** — scored 86: 1 death(s)

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

- **survival− 86** [−2.5 pts] — 1 death(s)
- **damage~ 71** [w 42%] — 250,836 dps, 92% of the other damage dealers' median
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 76** [w 32%] — 5 stops vs 6 expected (group stopped 100% of what it could reach, not scored here); pressed 6x: 2 on nothing casting; 1 of those wasted the kick and a cast got through before it came back
- **activity 92** [w 26%] — 97% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility** — n/a. no utility cooldown with a measured recharge yet
- _overcapped Rage: 110 of 234 generated (47%)_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Mortal Strike_

</details>

### Hyporock — Ret Paladin — C (67/100)

*M+ score 3,342*

**Where the points went**

- **-12 interrupts (rank)** — scored 64: 2 stops vs 5 expected
- **-9 activity** — scored 63: 90% engaged while alive in combat
- **-7 damage (rank)** — scored 83: 281,988 dps, 116% of the other damage dealers' median

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

- **survival− 72** [−5.0 pts] — 2 death(s)
- **damage~ 83** [w 42%] — 281,988 dps, 116% of the other damage dealers' median
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 64** [w 32%] — 2 stops vs 5 expected (group stopped 100% of what it could reach, not scored here)
- **activity 63** [w 26%] — 90% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 86** [w 0%] — 2 used of ~11 the kit offered
- _overcapped Holy Power: 58 of 182 generated (32%)_
- _never pressed: Blessing of Protection, Blinding Light, Cleanse Toxins_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Avenging Wrath, Crusading Strikes_

</details>

### Arcane Mage — Arcane Mage — D+ (58/100)

*M+ score 3,311*

**Where the points went**

- **-13 interrupts (rank)** — scored 61: 1 stops vs 3 expected
- **-12 activity** — scored 52: 81% engaged while alive in combat
- **-12 damage (rank)** — scored 72: 245,226 dps, 93% of the other damage dealers' median

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

- **survival− 72** [−5.0 pts] — 2 death(s)
- **damage~ 72** [w 42%] — 245,226 dps, 93% of the other damage dealers' median
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 61** [w 32%] — 1 stops vs 3 expected (group stopped 100% of what it could reach, not scored here)
- **activity 52** [w 26%] — 81% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 0** [w 0%] — 0 used of ~6 the kit offered
- _never pressed: Alter Time, Greater Invisibility, Remove Curse, Spellsteal_

</details>

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

## How to improve

**Veng DH — Veng DH**

You held it and the mitigation held up, so this is about the pull, not the tanking. 18 mobs with enough Primal Juggernauts among them to land 174 Excavating Blasts is more incoming than any healer covers. Take it in two.

**Holy Paladin — Holy Paladin**

You died first at 1:37, from 48% to dead in 4.7 s, with nothing pressed. At that intake the bar does not survive a reaction. Divine Protection or the bubble goes out when the pack lands, not when the health bar moves.

**Arms Warrior — Arms**

Four kicks, the second most in the key, and you lasted to 2:36. Nothing to change in the 2:32 you had. Rallying Cry into the first cascade at 1:37 is the one press that could have held three people up.

**Hyporock — Ret Paladin**

Two deaths, no defensive in either, and 2 kicks in a pull where 19 casts were stoppable. Rebuke was the spare button here. Activity 63 is the lowest of the five, which on a 2:32 pull mostly means the 63 seconds you spent dead.

**Arcane Mage — Arcane Mage**

Prismatic Barrier at 1:42 was the right call and it still was not enough. The gap is everything else: one kick, no Alter Time, no Mass Barrier, and the lowest activity in the key. Blink out of Excavating Blast rather than eating 5 ticks of it.

### As a group

One pull, 18 enemies, at 0:10. Nobody had a cooldown spent and it still wiped twice inside 63 seconds. Excavating Blast is a 3.5 s cast that lands on everyone and is not kickable, so the only control over it is how many Primal Juggernauts are alive at once. Pull the entrance pack in two halves and this is an ordinary opener.

### The comp

Four minutes is not enough to judge a comp. Nothing in the wipe points at one.

## Deaths

8 deaths in 2 separate incidents. The wipe at 2:34 (5 deaths in 6s) was the big one.

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

| spell | in | damage | killing blows |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Excavating Blast | 8 of 8 | 4,374,341 | 2 |
| Earthbound's Imprint | 4 of 8 | 2,111,763 | 2 |
| Melee | 4 of 8 | 1,820,687 | 3 |
| Blast Chunks | 2 of 8 | 1,633,378 | 1 |
| Frostbolt | 2 of 8 | 634,001 | — |
| Tectonic Strike | 1 of 8 | 174,860 | — |

### Cascade · 1:37 · 3 deaths in 5s — the healer went first

**1:37 · Holy Paladin · heal** — killed by **Earthbound's Imprint** for 111,951 from Earthbound Guardian

took **1,201,690** · in **4.7 s** · health at the start **48%** · before the last hit **4%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 4.7s before | Frostbolt | 419,004 |
| 2.1s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 237,088 |
| 0.9s before | Excavating Blast | 315,477 |
| 0.9s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 118,170 |
| at death | Earthbound's Imprint (killing blow) | 111,951 |

**no defensive pressed** · 340,714 healed · Hyporock

**1:40 · Hyporock · dps** — killed by **Melee** for 136,712 from Infused Whelp

took **931,926** · in **4.2 s** · health at the start **67%** · before the last hit **25%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 4.1s before | Excavating Blast | 286,243 |
| 3.2s before | Excavating Blast | 80,268 |
| 2.1s before | Excavating Blast | 97,771 |
| 1.1s before | Excavating Blast | 96,753 |
| 0.2s before | Excavating Blast | 95,735 |
| at death | Melee (killing blow) | 271,629 |
| | 4 smaller hits | 3,527 |

**no defensive pressed** · 8,042 healed · all their own

**1:42 · Arcane Mage · dps** — killed by **Excavating Blast** for 68,651 from Primal Juggernaut

took **1,749,515** · in **12.0 s** · health at the start **74%** · before the last hit **1%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 11.6s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 201,314 |
| 10.9s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 106,211 |
| 9.8s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 106,211 |
| 9.4s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 198,264 |
| 7.5s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 91,791 |
| 6.0s before | Excavating Blast | 259,743 |
| | 20 smaller hits | 785,981 |

Prismatic Barrier -5.7s · 929,149 healed · Veng DH, Holy Paladin, Hyporock

### Full wipe · 2:34 · 5 deaths in 6s — the healer went first

**2:34 · Holy Paladin · heal** — killed by **Blast Chunks** for 924,737 from Primal Juggernaut

took **1,268,944** · in **3.0 s** · health at the start **78%** · before the last hit **57%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 3.0s before | Excavating Blast | 174,779 |
| 2.1s before | Excavating Blast | 54,500 |
| 0.9s before | Excavating Blast | 54,500 |
| at death | Blast Chunks (killing blow) | 924,737 |
| at death | Excavating Blast | 60,428 |

**no defensive pressed** · **no healing landed**

**2:36 · Veng DH · tank** — killed by **Excavating Blast** for 109,940 from Primal Juggernaut

took **1,429,769** · in **2.0 s** · health at the start **42%** · before the last hit **23%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 4.9s before | Melee | 116,993 |
| 1.9s before | Blast Chunks | 708,641 |
| 1.1s before | Tectonic Strike | 174,860 |
| 0.9s before | Melee | 144,681 |
| 0.9s before | Excavating Blast | 109,941 |
| at death | Melee | 181,706 |
| | 6 smaller hits | 349,355 |

Demon Spikes -1.9s · 71,496 healed · Hyporock

**2:37 · Arms Warrior · dps** — killed by **Melee** for 300,291 from Deepstone Earthshaper

took **1,673,415** · in **7.0 s** · health at the start **74%** · before the last hit **42%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 6.8s before | Frostbolt | 214,997 |
| 5.9s before | Excavating Blast | 224,570 |
| 5.0s before | Excavating Blast | 108,440 |
| 3.9s before | Excavating Blast | 108,439 |
| 2.8s before | Excavating Blast | 108,439 |
| at death | Melee (killing blow) | 597,485 |
| | 3 smaller hits | 311,045 |

**no defensive pressed** · 592,957 healed · Holy Paladin, Hyporock

**2:39 · Hyporock · dps** — killed by **Melee** for 268,036 from Deepstone Earthshaper

took **1,696,796** · in **14.5 s** · health at the start **85%** · before the last hit **21%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 14.1s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 127,547 |
| 13.2s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 126,271 |
| 7.7s before | Excavating Blast | 133,649 |
| 2.7s before | Excavating Blast | 105,061 |
| 0.9s before | Melee | 357,150 |
| at death | Melee (killing blow) | 268,036 |
| | 9 smaller hits | 579,082 |

**no defensive pressed** · 743,548 healed · Holy Paladin

**2:40 · Arcane Mage · dps** — killed by **Earthbound's Imprint** for 201,314 from Earthbound Guardian

took **953,048** · in **9.5 s** · health at the start **82%** · before the last hit **9%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 9.2s before | Excavating Blast | 135,581 |
| 4.4s before | Excavating Blast | 92,246 |
| 3.3s before | Excavating Blast | 92,246 |
| 2.4s before | Excavating Blast | 92,247 |
| 1.2s before | Excavating Blast | 92,246 |
| at death | Earthbound's Imprint (killing blow) | 201,314 |
| | 13 smaller hits | 247,168 |

**no defensive pressed** · 53,611 healed · Holy Paladin, Hyporock

## Where the time went

| | seconds | |
|---|---:|---|
| combat | 152 | 2:32 |
| death penalty | 120 | 2:00 |
| lead in | 10 | 0:10 |

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 |
|---:|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 | 0:10 | 2:32 | 18 | 8 | 60,049,916 | 4:32 |

*Under each pull: who pulled, where the healer was (from their nearest cast), and which cooldowns were still recharging.*

- pull 1: opened by Veng DH (Fiery Brand on Primal Juggernaut); healer Holy Paladin 19 yd away; on cooldown: Veng DH Fiery Brand 32s

## What the group left up

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

- Frostbolt: 1 of 19 got through

**Party damage eaten by shields on the enemies: 3.1% of what was dealt never landed (not graded)**

- 7,917,025 absorbed of 243,665,850 landed
- Ice Shield: 7,917,025
- on: Earthbound Guardian (6,775,141), Deepstone Earthshaper (570,942), Infused Whelp (570,942)

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

- Excavating Blast: 5/5 players, 174 hits, 16,966,379 (27% of party intake)

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

- Earthbound's Imprint: 4/5 players, 104 hits, 12,493,243 (20% of party intake)

## 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 2026-09-22T18:19:15 · schema 11 · written analysis: Claude Opus 5*