# Murder Row +16 — ABANDONED 27:24 · -19% over the 34:00 par · 7 deaths · Tyrannical, Fortified, Xal'atath's Guile *2026-09-26 · 20:05 · `WoWCombatLog-092626_183241.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 5.5), from the combat log and the archive. **Why it failed:** Wrong target: a Legion Axe lived, Xathuux wipe cost ~5 min (group) **Tip:** Press Wings when it comes back on a boss ## The Xathuux wipe cost about 5 minutes, after one Legion Axe lived long enough for Fel Lightning to kill the damage dealers. The key was on pace until Xathuux. Bloodlust had gone out on Zaen, so the first Xathuux pull had none. One Legion Axe lived much longer than the others, Fel Lightning stacked up, and all three damage dealers died within seconds of each other. The tank and healer followed. Counting the recovery and the death penalty, the wipe cost about 5 minutes, and the kill after it had no deaths. Balance Druid's two earlier deaths came from Murder in a Row on Zaen and from Drain Life after it. The log stops just after the Xathuux kill, so the end of the key is not in this record. **What to change** 1. Save Bloodlust for Xathuux. 2. Everyone: burst each Legion Axe as it spawns. 3. Balance Druid: hide behind a crate for Murder in a Row. 4. Hyporock: press Wings when it comes back on a boss, and Lay on Hands before you die. ## The run | | | |---|---| | on the clock | **27:24** — 23:07 fighting | | deaths | **7** | | party damage taken | **398,287,252** — 287,240/s while fighting | | enemies killed | **116** | | interrupts | **53/91** — 58% | | dispels | **27/32** — 2,804,533 came through | ## Players | player | spec | role | ilvl | DPS | HPS | taken/s | deaths | grade | |---|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|:---:| | Doryhunky | Veng DH | tank | 324 | 118,810 | 63,747 | 91,701 | 1 | **B+** 81 | | Holy Priest | Holy Priest | heal | 323 | 11,803 | 142,229 | 36,946 | 1 | **A-** 86 | | Hyporock | Ret Paladin | dps | 325 | 244,128 | 8,531 | 39,277 | 1 | **B** 78 | | Balance Druid | Balance | dps | 322 | 201,198 | 9,160 | 37,751 | 3 | **C+** 71 | | Arcane Mage | Arcane Mage | dps | 325 | 234,392 | 1,285 | 36,651 | 1 | **C+** 71 | *Gear and M+ score are from Raider.IO. No Warcraft Logs percentiles: not on warcraft logs (nobody uploaded this key).* ### Doryhunky — Veng DH — B+ (81/100) *M+ score 3,316* **Where the points went** - **-12 interrupts (rank)** — scored 64: 22 stops vs 30 expected - **-3 activity** — scored 84: 97% engaged while alive in combat - **-3 survival** — scored 86: 1 death(s)
All axes - **survival− 86** [−2.8 pts] — 1 death(s) - **mitigation 96** [w 33%] — 99% uptime of the 100% this kit can hold, 100% of worst windows covered - **damage~** — n/a. 118,811 dps, 52% 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~ 64** [w 33%] — 22 stops vs 30 expected (group stopped 73% of what it could reach, not scored here); pressed 23x: 2 on casts already stopped, 2 just after the cast finished, 1 on unkickable casts, 5 on nothing casting; 2 of those wasted the kick and a cast got through before it came back - **activity 84** [w 19%] — 97% engaged while alive in combat - **utility 99** [w 15%] — 6 used of ~6 the kit offered - _never pressed: Sigil of Misery_ - _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Soul Fragment_
### Holy Priest — Holy Priest — A- (86/100) *M+ score 3,348* **Where the points went** - **-4 survival** — scored 72: 1 death(s) - **-3 dispel** — scored 82: 27/29 of what one dispeller could reach (32 landed - **-3 activity** — scored 81: 92% engaged while alive in combat
All axes - **survival− 72** [−4.2 pts] — 1 death(s) - **throughput 96** [w 34%] — covered 87% of the 217,129,127 that needed an outside heal (43% of the party's intake was self-covered or overkill); 5,410,101 absorbed; NOTE this key needed 132,105/s of healing, more than 95% of the 55 keys this scale was built from (cut-off 130,287/s, median 90,211/s). The score is a floor: no healer in that set has covered this much - **response 89** [w 25%] — put back 48% of the 112,163,856 that landed in the party's worst windows - **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take - **interrupts** — n/a. no interrupt on the bar - **dispel 82** [w 16%] — 27/29 of what one dispeller could reach (32 landed; the rest overlapped a debuff already being cleansed) - **activity 81** [w 15%] — 92% engaged while alive in combat - **utility 100** [w 10%] — 51 used of ~32 the kit offered - _never pressed: Dispel Magic, Guardian Spirit, Mass Dispel, Psychic Scream_
### Hyporock — Ret Paladin — B (78/100) *M+ score 3,361* **Where the points went** - **-8 damage (rank)** — scored 81: 244,128 dps, 112% of the other damage dealers' median - **-6 interrupts (rank)** — scored 81: 17 stops vs 16 expected - **-6 activity** — scored 78: 95% engaged while alive in combat
All axes - **survival− 86** [−2.5 pts] — 1 death(s) - **damage~ 81** [w 42%] — 244,128 dps, 112% of the other damage dealers' median - **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take - **interrupts~ 81** [w 32%] — 17 stops vs 16 expected (group stopped 73% of what it could reach, not scored here); pressed 19x: 1 on casts already stopped, 2 on nothing casting; 2 of those wasted the kick and a cast got through before it came back - **activity 78** [w 26%] — 95% engaged while alive in combat - **utility 87** [w 0%] — 20 used of ~106 the kit offered - _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Crusading Strikes_
### Balance Druid — Balance — C+ (71/100) *M+ score 3,199* **Where the points went** - **-15 damage (rank)** — scored 65: 201,198 dps, 85% of the other damage dealers' median - **-11 survival** — scored 39: 3 death(s) - **-2 activity** — scored 91: 97% engaged while alive in combat
All axes - **survival− 39** [−11.0 pts] — 3 death(s) - **damage~ 65** [w 42%] — 201,198 dps, 85% of the other damage dealers' median - **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take - **interrupts~ 97** [w 32%] — 10 stops vs 4 expected (group stopped 73% of what it could reach, not scored here); pressed 8x: 2 on unkickable casts, 1 on nothing casting; 1 of those wasted the kick and a cast got through before it came back - **activity 91** [w 26%] — 97% engaged while alive in combat - **utility 82** [w 0%] — 5 used of ~76 the kit offered - _overcapped Astral Power: 1,048 of 8,141 generated (13%)_
### Arcane Mage — Arcane Mage — C+ (71/100) *M+ score 3,567* **Where the points went** - **-11 interrupts (rank)** — scored 67: 4 stops vs 8 expected - **-9 damage (rank)** — scored 78: 234,392 dps, 105% of the other damage dealers' median - **-6 activity** — scored 77: 94% engaged while alive in combat
All axes - **survival− 86** [−2.5 pts] — 1 death(s) - **damage~ 78** [w 42%] — 234,392 dps, 105% of the other damage dealers' median - **mechanics− 96** [−0.9 pts] — 1% of intake was damage comparable players did not take - **interrupts~ 67** [w 32%] — 4 stops vs 8 expected (group stopped 73% of what it could reach, not scored here) - **activity 77** [w 26%] — 94% engaged while alive in combat - **utility 80** [w 0%] — 3 used of ~59 the kit offered - _never pressed: Ice Cold, Spellsteal_
*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 **Doryhunky — Veng DH** Nothing new to change. You died in Demonic Rage after the damage dealers were already dead, which is where the wipe was decided. **Holy Priest — Holy Priest** Keep: Healing a very heavy key. This key needed more healing than 95% of the keys the scale was built from, and you still covered most of what needed an outside heal. You removed almost every dispellable debuff you could reach. Change: press Guardian Spirit when the tank drops low in Xathuux's Demonic Rage. Guardian Spirit was never pressed in the key, and the tank died in a Demonic Rage during the wipe. **Hyporock — Ret Paladin** Your death in the wipe came with Lay on Hands ready. The axe you were hitting died moments after you did, so Lay on Hands would very likely have kept you up. On Xathuux you also pressed Final Verdict with a Final Verdict Arbiter up many times, where Divine Storm cashes it. **Balance Druid — Balance** Your second death came from Drain Life with Barkskin and Frenzied Regeneration already used. Kick or stun the Drain Life caster when it targets you. **Arcane Mage — Arcane Mage** Keep: Damage above the median. Your damage was above the other damage dealers' median. Change: press Ice Cold when Fel Lightning stacks are climbing and an axe is still alive. Fel Lightning killed you in the wipe, and Ice Cold was never pressed in the key. ### As a group Save Bloodlust for Xathuux rather than Zaen, since the wipe pull had none. Burst each Legion Axe as it spawns, because the one that lived longest is what let Fel Lightning stack high enough to kill. Take a breath before pulling Xathuux after a long trash chain, so cooldowns are back. ### The comp The comp was fine. It had Bloodlust, battle resurrections and poison removal for Heartstop Poison. ## Deaths 7 deaths in 3 separate incidents. The wipe at 22:36 (5 deaths in 23s) 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 | |---|---:|---:|---:| | Fel Lightning | 4 of 7 | 4,544,395 | 3 | | Melee | 2 of 7 | 1,693,751 | 1 | | Burning Steps | 2 of 7 | 1,446,120 | 1 | | Infernal Crush | 4 of 7 | 1,397,020 | — | | Murder in a Row | 1 of 7 | 995,658 | 1 | | Demonic Frenzy | 1 of 7 | 932,905 | — | ### Death · 13:43 · Balance Druid · dps **13:43 · Balance Druid · dps** — killed by **Murder in a Row** for 188,600 from Zaen Bladesorrow took **995,658** · in **1.0 s** · health at the start **5%** | when | what | damage | |---:|---|---:| | 4.9s before | ? | 180,401 | | 1.9s before | ? | 180,401 | | 0.9s before | Murder in a Row | 807,058 | | at death | Murder in a Row (killing blow) | 188,600 | **no defensive pressed** · 124,917 healed · Holy Priest, Hyporock ### Death · 16:18 · Balance Druid · dps **16:18 · Balance Druid · dps** — killed by **Fel Dash** for 98,401 from Demon Fly took **1,657,791** · in **14.1 s** · health at the start **43%** · before the last hit **5%** | when | what | damage | |---:|---|---:| | 12.3s before | Fel Dash | 98,401 | | 3.1s before | Drain Life | 114,801 | | 2.2s before | Drain Life | 114,800 | | 1.3s before | Drain Life | 114,801 | | 0.4s before | Drain Life | 114,801 | | at death | Fel Dash (killing blow) | 98,401 | | | 14 smaller hits | 1,001,786 | Barkskin -12.3s · Frenzied Regeneration -9.0s · 1,246,625 healed · Holy Priest, Hyporock ### Full wipe · 22:36 · 5 deaths in 23s — Balance Druid went first **22:36 · Balance Druid · dps** — killed by **Fel Lightning** for 163,463 from Legion Axe took **1,814,163** · in **9.0 s** · health at the start **83%** · before the last hit **2%** | when | what | damage | |---:|---|---:| | 4.8s before | Fel Lightning | 159,601 | | 3.9s before | Fel Lightning | 165,448 | | 2.8s before | Fel Lightning | 179,485 | | 2.0s before | Fel Lightning | 198,496 | | 0.6s before | Burning Steps | 240,049 | | at death | Fel Lightning (killing blow) | 163,463 | | | 6 smaller hits | 707,621 | Barkskin -1.7s · 909,330 healed · Holy Priest, Hyporock **22:38 · Arcane Mage · dps** — killed by **Fel Lightning** for 173,854 from Legion Axe took **1,201,890** · in **4.0 s** · health at the start **75%** · before the last hit **13%** | when | what | damage | |---:|---|---:| | 3.9s before | Fel Lightning | 142,201 | | 3.0s before | Fel Lightning | 153,058 | | 1.9s before | Fel Lightning | 151,746 | | 1.3s before | Infernal Crush | 196,100 | | 0.9s before | Fel Lightning | 162,850 | | at death | Fel Lightning (killing blow) | 173,854 | | | 8 smaller hits | 389,092 | **no defensive pressed** · 372,829 healed · Holy Priest, Hyporock **22:38 · Hyporock · dps** — killed by **Fel Lightning** for 259,032 from Legion Axe took **1,974,981** · in **14.0 s** · health at the start **45%** · before the last hit **5%** | when | what | damage | |---:|---|---:| | 3.9s before | Fel Lightning | 208,999 | | 2.6s before | Fel Lightning | 215,279 | | 1.8s before | Fel Lightning | 227,191 | | 1.3s before | Infernal Crush | 270,500 | | 0.9s before | Fel Lightning | 244,934 | | at death | Fel Lightning (killing blow) | 259,032 | | | 12 smaller hits | 549,046 | **no defensive pressed** · 1,300,646 healed · Holy Priest **22:46 · Doryhunky · tank** — killed by **Burning Steps** for 218,065 from Xathuux the Annihilator took **3,461,519** · in **11.2 s** · health at the start **84%** · before the last hit **5%** | when | what | damage | |---:|---|---:| | 4.9s before | Burning Steps | 227,344 | | 4.2s before | Demonic Rage | 366,445 | | 2.8s before | Burning Steps | 218,065 | | 1.7s before | Burning Steps | 218,065 | | 0.3s before | ? | 255,897 | | at death | Melee | 246,799 | | | 16 smaller hits | 1,928,904 | Demon Spikes -7.6s · 1,817,438 healed · Holy Priest, Hyporock **22:59 · Holy Priest · heal** — killed by **Melee** for 1,339,166 from Xathuux the Annihilator took **1,419,991** · in **3.4 s** · health at the start **69%** | when | what | damage | |---:|---|---:| | 14.0s before | Infernal Crush | 80,825 | | 10.9s before | Melee (killing blow) | 1,339,166 | **no defensive pressed** · 220,674 healed · all their own ## Where the time went | | seconds | | |---|---:|---| | combat | 1,387 | 23:07 | | routing | 158 | 2:38 | | wipe recovery | 68 | 1:08 | | death penalty | 105 | 1:45 | | 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 | |---:|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:| | 5 | 15:21 | 7:28 | 39 | 5 | 133,842,818 | 9:50 | | 4 | 11:20 | 3:37 | 9 | 1 | 75,777,188 | 0:15 | *Under each pull: who pulled, where the healer was (from their nearest cast), and which cooldowns were still recharging.* - pull 5: opened by Doryhunky (Throw Glaive on Shivan Punisher); healer Holy Priest 53 yd away; on cooldown: Doryhunky Fiery Brand 2s; Balance Druid Barkskin 7s; Holy Priest Desperate Prayer 32s, Fade 17s; Hyporock Lay on Hands 159s, Blessing of Protection 147s - pull 4: opened by Doryhunky (Immolation Aura on Keen Taskmaster); healer Holy Priest 30 yd away (last seen 9 s earlier); on cooldown: Doryhunky Darkness 7s; Hyporock Lay on Hands 104s, Divine Shield 9s ## Defensives · Hyporock | button | presses | most the cooldown allowed | on you | on others | |---|---:|---:|---:|---:| | Divine Protection | 13 | 27 | 13 | 0 | | Divine Shield | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | Lay on Hands | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | | Blessing of Protection | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | | Blessing of Sacrifice | 6 | 14 | 0 | 6 | | Health potion | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | | Stoneform | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | - Divine Protection: 3 of 13 went out before a real hit. - Divine Shield: 3 of 6 blocked hits, cleared a debuff or met real damage. - Stoneform: 4 of 5 blocked hits, cleared a debuff or met real damage. - Lay on Hands on others: Doryhunky at 24% (9:14). **To look at** - Divine Protection met little damage 6 of 13 times: 3:30, 7:54, 12:01, 18:05, 19:09, 25:12. - Died at 22:38 after 1.5 s under 40% with Lay on Hands ready.
Every press - 0:23 Blessing of Sacrifice on Holy Priest at 80%, moved 71,134 to you - 0:36 Stoneform at 65% health: met real damage (cleared Cutpurse (bleed)) - 0:39 Blessing of Protection on Balance Druid at 81%, cleared Cutpurse (bleed) - 1:38 Divine Shield at 100% health: blocked nothing - 3:20 Lay on Hands on Doryhunky at 99%, healed 929,180 - 3:23 Stoneform at 64% health: met real damage (cleared Cutpurse (bleed)) - 3:29 Blessing of Sacrifice on Arcane Mage at 93%, moved 148,316 to you - 3:30 Divine Protection at 66% health: met little damage - 4:51 Divine Protection at 58% health: met real damage - 5:55 Health potion at 46% health: met little damage - 6:58 Stoneform at 42% health: met little damage - 7:34 Divine Shield at 16% health: pressed under 35% - 7:54 Divine Protection at 27% health: met little damage - 8:52 Blessing of Sacrifice on Doryhunky at 40%, moved 723,458 to you - 9:14 Lay on Hands on Doryhunky at 24%, healed 822,505 - 11:26 Divine Shield at 98% health: cleared a debuff (cleared Sharp Nail (bleed)) - 11:37 Stoneform at 86% health: before a real hit (cleared Sharp Nail (bleed)) - 11:46 Blessing of Sacrifice on Doryhunky at 28%, moved 1,181,824 to you - 11:47 Health potion at 78% health: met real damage - 12:01 Divine Protection at 48% health: met little damage - 12:28 Blessing of Protection at 69% health: blocked hits - 13:04 Divine Protection at 100% health: before a real hit - 14:10 Lay on Hands on Balance Druid at 100%, healed 0 - 14:12 Divine Protection at 100% health: before a real hit - 15:30 Divine Shield at 100% health: blocked hits - 15:51 Blessing of Sacrifice on Holy Priest at 80%, moved 305,539 to you - 16:03 Divine Protection at 48% health: met real damage - 16:04 Stoneform at 48% health: met real damage (cleared Flay (bleed)) - 18:05 Divine Protection at 78% health: met little damage - 19:09 Divine Protection at 44% health: met little damage - 19:09 Health potion at 45% health: met little damage - 20:35 Divine Protection at 73% health: met real damage - 20:54 Divine Shield at 60% health: blocked nothing - 21:39 Divine Protection at 83% health: before a real hit - 21:51 Blessing of Sacrifice on Doryhunky at 50%, moved 99,378 to you - 24:38 Health potion at 44% health: met real damage - 25:12 Divine Protection at 58% health: met little damage - 25:36 Divine Shield at 49% health: blocked nothing - 25:38 Lay on Hands on Doryhunky at 45%, healed 926,920 - 26:18 Divine Protection at 52% health: met real damage
## What the group left up **Casts that could have been interrupted and were not** - Fel Missiles: 26 of 57 got through - Felfire Burst: 6 of 7 got through - Fel Rage: 5 of 13 got through - Scathing Review: 1 of 4 got through **Debuffs that could have been dispelled and were not** - Heartstop Poison: 5x, up for 46s in total, 2,804,533 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)** - Arcane Mage: 577,377 (mostly Drain Life) **Party damage eaten by shields on the enemies: 0.4% of what was dealt never landed (not graded)** - 5,899,740 absorbed of 1,331,865,447 landed - Dark Pact: 5,899,740 - on: Corrupted Warlock (5,899,740) **Hit most of the party (not graded: everyone took it, so nobody is charged for it)** - Chaotic Burst: 5/5 players, 179 hits, 21,940,120 (6% of party intake) - Infernal Crush: 5/5 players, 202 hits, 19,492,680 (5% of party intake) - Demonic Frenzy: 5/5 players, 243 hits, 17,954,686 (5% of party intake) - Killing Spree: 5/5 players, 156 hits, 14,508,942 (4% of party intake) - Axe Toss: 5/5 players, 29 hits, 13,009,982 (3% of party intake) - Burning Fel: 5/5 players, 114 hits, 11,297,515 (3% of party intake) **Aimed at most of the party (the targeted player is not charged; hits on anyone else could have been avoided)** - Cutpurse: 5/5 players, 236 hits, 15,289,040 (4% of party intake) - Fel Missiles: 5/5 players, 199 hits, 10,485,881 (3% of party intake) - Fel Dash: 5/5 players, 124 hits, 9,846,914 (2% of party intake) - Flay: 5/5 players, 49 hits, 5,812,952 (1% of party intake) ## Notes ### Why this key reads as abandoned The log ends about 21 s after the Xathuux kill, right after what looks like a /reload that turned combat logging off. There is no end-of-key event, so Arbiter files the run as abandoned and cannot say whether it was timed. Lithiel Cinderfury is not in the log. ### The wipe, from the log Six Legion Axes spawned on the wiped Xathuux pull. Five died in 9 to 12 s and the third lived 17 s. Fel Lightning reached 17 stacks, and Balance Druid, Arcane Mage and Hyporock died within 2 s of each other. Time Warp had been used on Zaen at 11:38, so it was still recharging when Xathuux was pulled at 20:09. ## 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 2026-09-26T19:35:21 · schema 11 · written analysis: Claude (Opus 5.5), from the combat log and the archive*