# Ruby Life Pools +15 — TIMED

25:42 · +1, 8% under the 28:00 par · 6 deaths · Fortified, Tyrannical, Xal'atath's Guile

*2026-09-21 · 17:54 · `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.

**Tip:** Press a defensive under Imprint; 4 deaths, none pressed

## Timed by 2:18, with 151,619,049 of the party's damage eaten by barriers nobody removed.

One chest at 25:42, 2:18 inside the 28:00 par.

13.9% of everything the party swung for was absorbed by shields on the enemies, and 151,619,049 of that was Stormcloud Barrier in the storm gauntlet. It is a Magic buff. Purge and Spellsteal both strip it and this group had both.

The other cost was deaths: 6 of them, 1:30 of penalty, and 4 were Hyporock. Removing all six gives 24:12, still one chest. The barriers are the bigger number by a long way.

**What to change**

1. Purge or Spellsteal the Stormcloud Barriers. 151 million of damage went into them.
2. Assign Cinderbolt at the fire camp; 25 of 59 got through.
3. Ret: press something. Four deaths, no defensive in any of them.

## The run

| | |
|---|---|
| on the clock | **25:42** — 22:13 fighting |
| deaths | **6** — timer agrees (6.04 implied) |
| party damage taken | **323,490,688** — 242,642/s while fighting |
| enemies killed | **179** |
| interrupts | **95/128** — 74% |
| dispels | **5/5** — 0 came through |

## Players

| player | spec | role | ilvl | DPS | HPS | taken/s | deaths | grade |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|:---:|
| Veng DH | Veng DH | tank | 321 | 123,897 | 70,222 | 81,232 | 0 | **B-** 75 |
| Resto Shaman | Resto Shaman | heal | 301 | 27,970 | 129,379 | 37,366 | 0 | **B+** 82 |
| Arms Warrior | Arms | dps | 322 | 231,208 | 17,933 | 40,480 | 1 | **B-** 73 |
| Arcane Mage | Arcane Mage | dps | 324 | 236,773 | 286 | 27,672 | 1 | **C+** 70 |
| Hyporock | Ret Paladin | dps | 323 | 208,436 | 10,757 | 34,841 | 4 | **D+** 58 |

*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 94th of 1,086,290 logged clears of this dungeon.*

### Veng DH — Veng DH — B- (75/100)

*M+ score 3,259 · DPS 64th percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-10 mitigation** — scored 64: 89% uptime of the 100% this kit can hold, 88% of worst windows covered
- **-7 interrupts (rank)** — scored 73: 33 stops vs 36 expected
- **-4 damage** — scored 80: 123,897 dps, 64th percentile of logged +15 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs)

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

- **survival− 100** [no charge] — 0 death(s)
- **mitigation 64** [w 27%] — 89% uptime of the 100% this kit can hold, 88% of worst windows covered
- **damage 80** [w 18%] — 123,897 dps, 64th percentile of logged +15 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs)
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 73** [w 27%] — 33 stops vs 36 expected (group stopped 81% of what it could reach, not scored here); pressed 29x: 13 on casts already stopped, 1 on nothing casting; 3 of those wasted the kick and a cast got through before it came back
- **activity 94** [w 15%] — 98% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 71** [w 12%] — 14 used of ~87 the kit offered
- _never pressed: Imprison, Sigil of Misery_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Demon Spikes, Fracture, Soul Cleave, Soul Fragment, Throw Glaive_

</details>

### Resto Shaman — Resto Shaman — B+ (82/100)

*M+ score 3,294 · HPS 34th percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-9 interrupts (rank)** — scored 40: 10 stops vs 21 expected
- **-5 response** — scored 74: put back 45% of the 103,382,870 that landed in the party's worst windows
- **-3 activity** — scored 73: 90% engaged while alive in combat

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

- **survival− 100** [no charge] — 0 death(s)
- **throughput 100** [w 29%] — covered 107% of the 149,820,084 that needed an outside heal (55% of the party's intake was self-covered or overkill); 12,691,269 absorbed
- **response 74** [w 21%] — put back 45% of the 103,382,870 that landed in the party's worst windows
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 40** [w 15%] — 10 stops vs 21 expected (group stopped 81% of what it could reach, not scored here); pressed 17x: 6 on casts already stopped, 1 on nothing casting; 1 of those wasted the kick and a cast got through before it came back
- **dispel 100** [w 14%] — 5/5 of what one dispeller could reach
- **activity 73** [w 12%] — 90% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 100** [w 8%] — 30 used of ~17 the kit offered
- _never pressed: Purge_

</details>

### Arms Warrior — Arms — B- (73/100)

*M+ score 3,273 · DPS 60th percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-9 damage** — scored 78: 231,209 dps, 60th percentile of logged +15 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs); 102% of the other damage dealers' median, not scored
- **-6 interrupts (rank)** — scored 82: 23 stops vs 20 expected
- **-5 survival** — scored 72: 1 death(s)

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

- **survival− 72** [−5.0 pts] — 1 death(s)
- **damage 78** [w 42%] — 231,209 dps, 60th percentile of logged +15 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs); 102% of the other damage dealers' median, not scored
- **mechanics− 92** [−1.6 pts] — 2% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 82** [w 32%] — 23 stops vs 20 expected (group stopped 81% of what it could reach, not scored here); pressed 32x: 5 on casts already stopped, 1 just after the cast finished, 1 on unkickable casts, 4 on nothing casting; 4 of those wasted the kick and a cast got through before it came back
- **activity 80** [w 26%] — 95% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 97** [w 0%] — 4 used of ~6 the kit offered
- _overcapped Rage: 852 of 2,663 generated (32%)_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Mortal Strike_

</details>

### Arcane Mage — Arcane Mage — C+ (70/100)

*M+ score 3,311 · DPS 49th percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-11 damage** — scored 75: 236,773 dps, 49th percentile of logged +15 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs); 107% of the other damage dealers' median, not scored
- **-8 interrupts (rank)** — scored 75: 9 stops vs 12 expected
- **-7 activity** — scored 74: 94% engaged while alive in combat

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

- **survival− 72** [−5.0 pts] — 1 death(s)
- **damage 75** [w 42%] — 236,773 dps, 49th percentile of logged +15 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs); 107% of the other damage dealers' median, not scored
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 75** [w 32%] — 9 stops vs 12 expected (group stopped 81% of what it could reach, not scored here); pressed 16x: 3 on casts already stopped, 1 just after the cast finished, 1 on unkickable casts, 2 on nothing casting; 2 of those wasted the kick and a cast got through before it came back
- **activity 74** [w 26%] — 94% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 93** [w 0%] — 22 used of ~57 the kit offered
- _never pressed: Alter Time, Remove Curse_

</details>

### Hyporock — Ret Paladin — D+ (58/100)

*M+ score 3,342 · DPS 20th percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-15 damage** — scored 64: 208,436 dps, 20th percentile of logged +15 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs); 92% of the other damage dealers' median, not scored
- **-13 survival** — scored 28: 4 death(s)
- **-7 activity** — scored 72: 93% engaged while alive in combat

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

- **survival− 28** [−13.0 pts] — 4 death(s)
- **damage 64** [w 42%] — 208,436 dps, 20th percentile of logged +15 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs); 92% of the other damage dealers' median, not scored
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 79** [w 32%] — 20 stops vs 20 expected (group stopped 81% of what it could reach, not scored here); pressed 31x: 6 on casts already stopped, 2 just after the cast finished, 3 on nothing casting; 4 of those wasted the kick and a cast got through before it came back
- **activity 72** [w 26%] — 93% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 84** [w 0%] — 10 used of ~99 the kit offered
- _never pressed: Cleanse Toxins_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Avenging Wrath, 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.*

## How to improve

**Veng DH — Veng DH**

No deaths and 19 kicks. Mitigation scored 64: Demon Spikes covered the uptime but not the party's worst windows, which on this route are the Cinderweaver camp and the Juggernaut packs. Fiery Brand on the pull rather than on cooldown.

**Resto Shaman — Resto Shaman**

No deaths, 21 dispels and the healing held all key. The one thing left is Purge on the Stormcloud Barriers in the storm gauntlet; they ate 151 million of the party's damage and a Purge is off the global cooldown.

**Arms Warrior — Arms**

21 kicks, the most in the key, and one death. Nothing much to change. The death at 1:47 came after 10 seconds of chip damage with Die by the Sword and Rallying Cry both up.

**Arcane Mage — Arcane Mage**

22 dispels is the most in the key. Spellsteal on Stormcloud Barrier does two jobs at once, taking the shield off the mob and putting it on you. Nine kicks against 59 Cinderbolt casts is the other gap.

**Hyporock — Ret Paladin**

Four of the six deaths, and no defensive pressed in any of them. Two were Earthbound's Imprint grinding you down over 4 to 6 seconds, which is the kind you can see coming. 20 kicks was the joint best in the key, so the damage was not the issue.

### As a group

Two things cost time. Cinderbolt got through 25 times out of 59 at the fire camp, and the storm gauntlet's Stormcloud Barriers were never removed. Both belong to the same two players, and the group has the kit for each. Inferno was another 45,702,856, 14% of everything taken, and that one is a radius stamp with no cast to stop, so it is a movement problem rather than a kick problem.

### The comp

The comp was fine and, for once, precisely right for the dungeon: two Magic dispels against a dungeon whose biggest single number is a Magic shield.

## Deaths

6 deaths in 6 separate incidents.

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

| spell | in | damage | killing blows |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Living Bomb | 2 of 6 | 1,468,282 | 1 |
| Earthbound's Imprint | 2 of 6 | 1,437,486 | 1 |
| Melee | 2 of 6 | 1,341,711 | 1 |
| Burnout | 1 of 6 | 1,263,131 | 1 |
| Inferno | 2 of 6 | 1,225,991 | 1 |
| Excavating Blast | 2 of 6 | 724,127 | 1 |

### Death · 0:51 · Hyporock · dps

**0:51 · Hyporock · dps** — killed by **Earthbound's Imprint** for 104,231 from Earthbound Guardian

took **1,437,116** · in **6.3 s** · health at the start **89%** · before the last hit **1%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 4.2s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 264,654 |
| 3.2s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 112,337 |
| 2.2s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 111,179 |
| 1.2s before | Excavating Blast | 276,067 |
| 1.2s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 111,179 |
| 1.0s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 209,700 |
| | 4 smaller hits | 352,000 |

**no defensive pressed** · 386,309 healed · Resto Shaman

### Death · 1:48 · Arms Warrior · dps

**1:48 · Arms Warrior · dps** — killed by **Excavating Blast** for 365,711 from Primal Juggernaut

took **1,791,740** · in **10.9 s** · health at the start **60%** · before the last hit **26%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 10.6s before | Frostbolt | 372,102 |
| 3.1s before | Melee | 272,868 |
| 2.4s before | Tectonic Strike | 422,273 |
| 1.4s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 214,889 |
| 0.3s before | Earthbound's Imprint | 143,897 |
| at death | Excavating Blast (killing blow) | 365,711 |

**no defensive pressed** · 753,504 healed · Hyporock, Resto Shaman

### Death · 2:57 · Hyporock · dps

**2:57 · Hyporock · dps** — killed by **Melee** for 681,338 from Earthbound Guardian

took **1,068,843** · in **one hit**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| at death | Melee (killing blow) | 1,068,843 |

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

### Death · 8:36 · Arcane Mage · dps

**8:36 · Arcane Mage · dps** — killed by **Inferno** for 77,352 from Blazebound Destroyer

took **1,278,588** · in **5.5 s** · health at the start **82%** · before the last hit **7%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 5.4s before | Living Bomb | 142,431 |
| 4.9s before | Inferno | 241,720 |
| 2.4s before | Living Bomb | 113,945 |
| 1.5s before | Living Bomb | 113,945 |
| 0.9s before | Inferno | 77,352 |
| 0.4s before | Living Bomb | 253,175 |
| | 8 smaller hits | 336,020 |

Prismatic Barrier -4.7s · 465,459 healed · Veng DH, Hyporock, Resto Shaman

### Death · 10:08 · Hyporock · dps

**10:08 · Hyporock · dps** — killed by **Living Bomb** for 148,000 from Primalist Cinderweaver

took **1,464,760** · in **4.4 s** · health at the start **70%** · before the last hit **9%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 4.3s before | Inferno | 263,050 |
| 3.9s before | Living Bomb | 151,171 |
| 3.0s before | Living Bomb | 166,194 |
| 1.9s before | Living Bomb | 167,943 |
| 0.9s before | Living Bomb | 152,934 |
| at death | Living Bomb (killing blow) | 148,000 |
| | 8 smaller hits | 415,468 |

**no defensive pressed** · 329,787 healed · Resto Shaman

### Death · 12:54 · Hyporock · dps

**12:54 · Hyporock · dps** — killed by **Burnout** for 1,263,131 from Blazebound Destroyer

took **1,520,912** · in **1.2 s** · health at the start **70%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1.1s before | Thunderstorm | 257,781 |
| at death | Burnout (killing blow) | 1,263,131 |

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

## Where the time went

| | seconds | |
|---|---:|---|
| combat | 1,333 | 22:13 |
| routing | 117 | 1:57 |
| death penalty | 90 | 1:30 |
| 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 | 2:53 | 20 | 3 | 57,624,350 | 0:45 |
| 4 | 8:15 | 3:14 | 31 | 2 | 51,415,647 | 0:30 |
| 5 | 11:41 | 1:17 | 14 | 1 | 15,846,058 | 0:15 |

*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 (Sigil of Flame on Earthbound Guardian); healer Resto Shaman 18 yd away
- pull 4: opened by Veng DH (Melee on Scorchling); healer Resto Shaman 33 yd away; on cooldown: Hyporock Lay on Hands 153s, Divine Shield 81s; Resto Shaman Spirit Link Totem 141s
- pull 5: opened by Veng DH (Throw Glaive on Scorchling); healer Resto Shaman 70 yd away; on cooldown: Veng DH Darkness 136s; Hyporock Divine Shield 114s; Arcane Mage Ice Cold 58s, Prismatic Barrier 1s; Arms Warrior Rallying Cry 84s, Impending Victory 6s, Die by the Sword 1s; Resto Shaman Spirit Link Totem 200s

## What the group left up

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

- Cinderbolt: 25 of 59 got through
- Frostbolt: 6 of 18 got through
- Frigid Shard: 1 of 15 got through
- Fiery Blast: 1 of 17 got through

**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)**

- Arms Warrior: 1,136,921 (mostly Living Bomb)

**Party damage eaten by shields on the enemies: 13.9% of what was dealt never landed (not graded)**

- 195,209,847 absorbed of 1,209,177,867 landed
- Stormcloud Barrier: 151,619,049
- Ice Bulwark: 14,400,050
- Tempest Stormshield: 13,419,110
- Ice Shield: 8,294,420
- Blaze of Glory: 7,477,218
- on: Primal Thundercloud (151,619,049), Melidrussa Chillworn (14,400,050), High Channeler Ryvati (13,419,110), Ashseer Flamelasher (7,477,218)

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

- Inferno: 5/5 players, 462 hits, 45,702,856 (14% of party intake)
- Thunderous Stomp: 5/5 players, 167 hits, 19,805,008 (6% of party intake)
- Excavating Blast: 5/5 players, 192 hits, 16,515,295 (5% of party intake)
- Molten Blood: 5/5 players, 55 hits, 11,427,842 (4% of party intake)
- Chillstorm: 5/5 players, 90 hits, 9,770,027 (3% of party intake)
- Tempest Stormshield: 5/5 players, 151 hits, 9,713,456 (3% 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, 134 hits, 13,570,074 (4% of party intake)
- Living Bomb: 3/5 players, 87 hits, 10,341,302 (3% of party intake)
- Lightning Torrent: 3/5 players, 59 hits, 10,048,072 (3% of party intake)
- Inferno Spit: 5/5 players, 86 hits, 7,977,236 (2% of party intake)
- Cinderbolt: 5/5 players, 33 hits, 7,626,222 (2% 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*