# Temple of Sethraliss +16 — TIMED

29:18 · +1, 8% under the 32:00 par · 3 deaths · Tyrannical, Fortified, Xal'atath's Guile

*2026-09-27 · 11:47 · `WoWCombatLog-092726_111204.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.

**Tip:** Keep Divine Shield for Burrow on Merektha

## The group timed Temple with nearly 3 minutes to spare, after dropping the last few attempts.

The group timed it with room left. The long chained pull after Adderis and Aspix held, the bosses all died in about 3 minutes each, and the healing covered everything that needed an outside heal.

The three deaths each cost 15 s on the timer. None of them decided the key. Two were one big hit landing when the player's big defensive was already spent: Burrow on Hyporock at Merektha, and Agony of Sethraliss on Holy Paladin at the Avatar. Lightning Bolt was the kick the group missed most, about a third of them got through.

**What to change**

1. Hyporock: keep Divine Shield for Burrow on Merektha.
2. Everyone: agree a Lightning Bolt kick order before each caster pack.
3. Enh Shaman: step out of the Eye of Sethraliss beam.
4. Hyporock: when you hold Wings for 30 s or more, press Wake of Ashes anyway.

## The run

| | |
|---|---|
| on the clock | **29:18** — 27:42 fighting |
| deaths | **3** — timer agrees (3.00 implied) |
| party damage taken | **297,858,650** — 179,195/s while fighting |
| enemies killed | **209** |
| interrupts | **72/103** — 70% |
| dispels | **22/22** — 0 came through |

## Players

| player | spec | role | ilvl | DPS | HPS | taken/s | deaths | grade |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|:---:|
| Guardian Druid | Guardian | tank | 323 | 100,732 | 49,418 | 65,299 | 0 | **D-** 51 |
| Holy Paladin | Holy Paladin | heal | 323 | 50,782 | 120,052 | 19,746 | 1 | **B+** 82 |
| Unholy DK | Unholy DK | dps | 325 | 271,538 | 4,587 | 27,949 | 1 | **B-** 75 |
| Hyporock | Ret Paladin | dps | 325 | 272,147 | 6,671 | 29,303 | 1 | **B-** 73 |
| Enh Shaman | Enh Shaman | dps | 325 | 258,196 | 7,820 | 30,742 | 0 | **C** 66 |

*Gear and M+ score are from Raider.IO. Percentiles are from Warcraft Logs, against other +16 runs; WCL does not say how many. As a whole, this clear ranks 96th of 1,364,403 logged clears of this dungeon.*

### Guardian Druid — Guardian — D- (51/100)

*M+ score 3,356 · DPS 3rd percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-18 interrupts (rank)** — scored 34: 9 stops vs 30 expected
- **-12 damage** — scored 33: 100,732 dps, 3th percentile of logged +16 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs)
- **-8 mitigation** — scored 71: 91% uptime of the 100% this kit can hold, 100% of worst windows covered

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

- **survival− 100** [no charge] — 0 death(s)
- **mitigation 71** [w 27%] — 91% uptime of the 100% this kit can hold, 100% of worst windows covered
- **damage 33** [w 18%] — 100,732 dps, 3th percentile of logged +16 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs)
- **mechanics− 100** [no charge] — 0% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 34** [w 27%] — 9 stops vs 30 expected (group stopped 76% of what it could reach, not scored here); pressed 17x: 5 on casts already stopped, 1 just after the cast finished, 3 on nothing casting; 3 of those wasted the kick and a cast got through before it came back
- **activity 61** [w 15%] — 95% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 57** [w 12%] — 3 used of ~154 the kit offered
- _overcapped Astral Power: 1,318 of 1,382 generated (95%)_
- _never pressed: Soothe_

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### Holy Paladin — Holy Paladin — B+ (82/100)

*M+ score 3,546 · HPS 90th percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-7 response** — scored 71: put back 43% of the 81,057,114 that landed in the party's worst windows
- **-4 utility** — scored 54: 30 used of ~96 the kit offered
- **-4 survival** — scored 72: 1 death(s)

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

- **survival− 72** [−4.2 pts] — 1 death(s)
- **throughput 100** [w 34%] — covered 113% of the 218,524,330 that needed an outside heal (43% of the party's intake was self-covered or overkill); 68,304,158 absorbed
- **response 71** [w 25%] — put back 43% of the 81,057,114 that landed in the party's worst windows
- **mechanics− 83** [−2.2 pts] — 4% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts** — n/a. no interrupt on the bar
- **dispel 100** [w 16%] — 22/22 of what one dispeller could reach
- **activity 98** [w 15%] — 98% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 54** [w 10%] — 30 used of ~96 the kit offered
- _overcapped Holy Power: 91 of 1,043 generated (9%)_

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### Unholy DK — Unholy DK — B- (75/100)

*M+ score 3,246 · DPS 42nd percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-12 damage** — scored 72: 271,538 dps, 42th percentile of logged +16 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs); 102% of the other damage dealers' median, not scored
- **-6 activity** — scored 78: 94% engaged while alive in combat
- **-5 survival** — scored 72: 1 death(s)

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

- **survival− 72** [−5.0 pts] — 1 death(s)
- **damage 72** [w 42%] — 271,538 dps, 42th percentile of logged +16 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs); 102% of the other damage dealers' median, not scored
- **mechanics− 97** [−0.7 pts] — 1% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 95** [w 32%] — 29 stops vs 17 expected (group stopped 76% of what it could reach, not scored here); pressed 33x: 3 on casts already stopped, 4 on nothing casting; 3 of those wasted the kick and a cast got through before it came back
- **activity 78** [w 26%] — 94% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 98** [w 0%] — 2 used of ~2 the kit offered
- _overcapped Runic Power: 1,559 of 11,288 generated (14%)_

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### Hyporock — Ret Paladin — B- (73/100)

*M+ score 3,388 · DPS 55th percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-10 damage** — scored 77: 272,147 dps, 55th percentile of logged +16 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs); 103% of the other damage dealers' median, not scored
- **-7 activity** — scored 74: 94% engaged while alive in combat
- **-5 survival** — scored 72: 1 death(s)

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

- **survival− 72** [−5.0 pts] — 1 death(s)
- **damage 77** [w 42%] — 272,147 dps, 55th percentile of logged +16 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs); 103% of the other damage dealers' median, not scored
- **mechanics− 94** [−1.2 pts] — 1% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 87** [w 32%] — 23 stops vs 17 expected (group stopped 76% of what it could reach, not scored here); pressed 29x: 4 on casts already stopped, 1 just after the cast finished, 1 on unkickable casts, 4 on nothing casting; 3 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 83** [w 0%] — 11 used of ~127 the kit offered
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Crusading Strikes_

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### Enh Shaman — Enh Shaman — C (66/100)

*M+ score 3,395 · DPS 34th percentile*

**Where the points went**

- **-13 damage** — scored 70: 258,196 dps, 34th percentile of logged +16 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs); 95% of the other damage dealers' median, not scored
- **-11 interrupts (rank)** — scored 67: 10 stops vs 20 expected
- **-6 activity** — scored 77: 94% engaged while alive in combat

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

- **survival− 100** [no charge] — 0 death(s)
- **damage 70** [w 42%] — 258,196 dps, 34th percentile of logged +16 runs of this dungeon (Warcraft Logs); 95% of the other damage dealers' median, not scored
- **mechanics− 77** [−4.6 pts] — 6% of intake was damage comparable players did not take
- **interrupts~ 67** [w 32%] — 10 stops vs 20 expected (group stopped 76% of what it could reach, not scored here); pressed 26x: 4 on casts already stopped, 1 just after the cast finished, 3 on unkickable casts, 8 on nothing casting; 3 of those wasted the kick and a cast got through before it came back
- **activity 77** [w 26%] — 94% engaged while alive in combat
- **utility 0** [w 0%] — 0 used of ~48 the kit offered
- _never pressed: Cleanse Spirit, Earth Elemental, Purge_
- _not counted as button presses (procs, ticks): Doom Winds_

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*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

**Guardian Druid — Guardian**

Keep: Mitigation. Your active mitigation was up almost all the time and every heavy window was covered. You finished with no deaths. Change: kick Lightning Bolt when a caster starts it and your kick is ready. You stopped about a third of what a tank is expected to, and three of your kicks went on casts already stopped.

**Holy Paladin — Holy Paladin**

Keep: Healing and dispels. You covered all the damage that needed an outside heal and removed every damaging dispellable debuff. Change: press Divine Protection when a second Latent Hex lands on you at the Avatar. Two Hexes back to back and then Agony of Sethraliss killed you with Divine Shield on cooldown.

**Unholy DK — Unholy DK**

Keep: Anti-Magic Shell on Burrow. You took the second Burrow with Anti-Magic Shell up and it soaked most of the hit. That is the play for that mechanic. Change: press Icebound Fortitude when Serrated Charge bleeds stack on you in a big pull. You died in the long chained pull to Serrated Charge and Arrow Barrage with nothing pressed.

**Hyporock — Ret Paladin**

Keep: Kicks and damage. You stopped more casts than expected and your damage sat mid-pack for logged +16 Temples. Your Lay on Hands went on teammates when they needed it. Change: press Divine Shield keep it for Burrow on Merektha. You pressed it after a Thunder Spit that left you at 86% health. Burrow then one-shot you while it was still on cooldown. Burrow hits harder than your health pool, so an immunity is the only answer once it is yours.

**Enh Shaman — Enh Shaman**

Keep: No deaths. You stayed alive all key and your damage was in line with the other two damage dealers. Change: step out of Siphon Energy when the Eye of Sethraliss beam is on you. You took 36 Siphon Energy hits. Nobody else took more than a handful.

### As a group

Agree a kick order for Lightning Bolt before each caster pack, since it leaked more than any other cast. Several kicks landed on casts that were already stopped or on nothing at all, which is what happens when two people kick the same caster. The healer was well out of range when the long chained pull started, so wait for Holy Paladin before pulling.

### The comp

The comp was fine for Temple. It had Bloodlust, three battle resurrections and both poison and curse dispels.

## Deaths

3 deaths in 3 separate incidents.

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

| spell | in | damage | killing blows |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Burrow | 1 of 3 | 866,580 | 1 |
| Agony of Sethraliss | 1 of 3 | 685,013 | 1 |
| Serrated Charge | 1 of 3 | 440,172 | 1 |
| Latent Hex | 1 of 3 | 434,575 | — |
| Burrowquake | 1 of 3 | 376,185 | — |
| Arrow Barrage | 1 of 3 | 345,623 | — |

### Death · 6:17 · Unholy DK · dps

**6:17 · Unholy DK · dps** — killed by **Serrated Charge** for 93,287 from Swarming Krolusk

took **1,003,217** · in **2.5 s** · health at the start **81%** · before the last hit **2%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 2.4s before | Arrow Barrage | 99,674 |
| 1.9s before | Serrated Charge | 213,392 |
| 1.7s before | Arrow Barrage | 103,892 |
| 1.1s before | Arrow Barrage | 103,892 |
| 0.9s before | Serrated Charge | 133,493 |
| 0.2s before | Lingering Storm | 217,422 |
| | 3 smaller hits | 202,785 |

**no defensive pressed** · 106,553 healed · Guardian Druid, Hyporock, Holy Paladin

### Death · 12:29 · Hyporock · dps

**12:29 · Hyporock · dps** — killed by **Burrow** for 866,580 from Merektha

took **1,242,765** · in **11.5 s** · health at the start **89%** · before the last hit **75%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 11.2s before | Burrowquake | 49,644 |
| 10.4s before | Burrowquake | 50,301 |
| 9.4s before | Burrowquake | 48,799 |
| 8.3s before | Burrowquake | 48,778 |
| 7.2s before | Burrowquake | 25,153 |
| at death | Burrow (killing blow) | 866,580 |
| | 7 smaller hits | 153,510 |

**no defensive pressed** · 204,697 healed · Holy Paladin

### Death · 26:12 · Holy Paladin · heal

**26:12 · Holy Paladin · heal** — killed by **Agony of Sethraliss** for 685,013 from nil

took **1,119,588** · in **2.0 s** · health at the start **82%** · before the last hit **32%**

| when | what | damage |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1.9s before | Latent Hex | 102,367 |
| 0.9s before | Latent Hex | 332,208 |
| at death | Agony of Sethraliss (killing blow) | 685,013 |

Shield of the Righteous · 12,795 healed · Guardian Druid

## Where the time went

| | seconds | |
|---|---:|---|
| combat | 1,662 | 27:42 |
| routing | 49 | 0:49 |
| death penalty | 45 | 0:45 |
| lead in | 9 | 0:09 |

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 |
|---:|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2 | 5:48 | 8:54 | 81 | 2 | 94,498,503 | 0:30 |
| 6 | 25:28 | 3:13 | 31 | 1 | 19,395,698 | 0:15 |

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

- pull 2: opened by Guardian Druid (Moonfire on Sand); healer Holy Paladin 23 yd away; on cooldown: Unholy DK Anti-Magic Zone 142s
- pull 6: opened by Guardian Druid (Thrash on Corrupted Guardian); healer Holy Paladin 4 yd away; on cooldown: Hyporock Blessing of Protection 144s, Blessing of Sacrifice 74s; Guardian Druid Barkskin 34s, Survival Instincts 1s; Holy Paladin Divine Shield 89s, Aura Mastery 60s

## Defensives · Hyporock

| button | presses | most the cooldown allowed | on you | on others |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Divine Protection | 15 | 28 | 15 | 0 |
| Divine Shield | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| Lay on Hands | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| Blessing of Protection | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Blessing of Sacrifice | 4 | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| Health potion | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Stoneform | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 |

- Divine Protection: 5 of 15 went out before a real hit.
- Divine Shield: 4 of 4 blocked hits, cleared a debuff or met real damage.
- Stoneform: 4 of 4 blocked hits, cleared a debuff or met real damage.
- Lay on Hands on others: Unholy DK at 38% (13:46), Unholy DK at 23% (26:14).

**To look at**

- Divine Protection met little damage 7 of 15 times: 1:32, 3:37, 4:46, 7:31, 10:27, 14:23, 21:40.
- Blessing of Sacrifice on Holy Paladin at 11:21 moved almost nothing to you.
- Blessing of Protection on yourself at 22:31 blocked nothing; it only stops physical damage and bleeds.

<details><summary>Every press</summary>

- 0:18 Blessing of Protection at 48% health: met real damage
- 0:18 Health potion at 72% health: met real damage
- 0:27 Divine Protection at 100% health: before a real hit
- 0:38 Stoneform at 87% health: cleared a debuff (cleared Serrated Charge (bleed))
- 1:27 Lay on Hands on Guardian Druid at 98%, healed 886,600
- 1:32 Divine Protection at 37% health: met little damage
- 3:37 Divine Protection at 75% health: met little damage
- 4:46 Divine Protection at 100% health: met little damage
- 6:45 Blessing of Protection on Holy Paladin at 65%, cleared Serrated Charge (bleed), Arrow Barrage
- 6:56 Stoneform at 92% health: cleared a debuff (cleared Cytotoxin (poison))
- 7:31 Divine Protection at 90% health: met little damage
- 9:50 Stoneform at 65% health: met real damage (cleared Cytotoxin (poison))
- 10:04 Health potion at 83% health: met little damage
- 10:27 Divine Protection at 53% health: met little damage
- 11:21 Blessing of Sacrifice on Holy Paladin at 76%, moved 28,279 to you
- 11:51 Divine Shield at 89% health: blocked hits
- 13:46 Lay on Hands on Unholy DK at 38%, healed 245,700
- 14:23 Divine Protection at 75% health: met little damage
- 16:12 Health potion at 74% health: met little damage
- 16:39 Divine Shield at 78% health: blocked hits
- 17:08 Divine Protection at 53% health: met real damage
- 18:15 Divine Protection at 72% health: met real damage
- 19:22 Divine Protection at 100% health: before a real hit
- 19:55 Lay on Hands at 40% health: met real damage
- 20:33 Divine Protection at 86% health: before a real hit
- 20:58 Divine Shield at 100% health: blocked hits
- 21:40 Divine Protection at 100% health: met little damage
- 22:27 Blessing of Sacrifice on Guardian Druid at 30%, moved 445,646 to you
- 22:31 Blessing of Protection at 86% health: blocked nothing
- 23:04 Divine Protection at 61% health: met real damage
- 23:05 Health potion at 73% health: met real damage
- 24:41 Blessing of Sacrifice on Holy Paladin at 69%, moved 99,722 to you
- 25:53 Divine Protection at 91% health: before a real hit
- 26:14 Lay on Hands on Unholy DK at 23%, healed 665,993
- 27:12 Divine Protection at 96% health: before a real hit
- 27:17 Blessing of Sacrifice on Guardian Druid at 38%, moved 628,042 to you
- 27:28 Divine Shield at 48% health: blocked hits
- 27:43 Stoneform at 88% health: before a real hit

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## What the group left up

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

- Lightning Bolt: 21 of 63 got through
- Venom Bolt: 7 of 20 got through
- Poison Spit: 3 of 8 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)**

- Enh Shaman: 2,927,062 (mostly Siphon Energy)
- Holy Paladin: 1,360,138 (mostly Imbued Conduction)
- Hyporock: 728,038 (mostly Slither Strike)
- Unholy DK: 391,740 (mostly Vile Charge)

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

- Caustic Stomp: 5/5 players, 226 hits, 19,425,795 (7% of party intake)
- Burrowquake: 5/5 players, 360 hits, 13,297,331 (4% of party intake)
- Release Charge: 5/5 players, 32 hits, 11,534,596 (4% of party intake)
- Spark Step: 5/5 players, 66 hits, 9,905,826 (3% of party intake)
- Induction: 5/5 players, 30 hits, 8,887,041 (3% of party intake)
- Serpentstorm: 5/5 players, 81 hits, 7,112,398 (2% 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, 201 hits, 23,259,677 (8% of party intake)
- Galvanized: 3/5 players, 377 hits, 23,120,982 (8% of party intake)
- Gust: 4/5 players, 166 hits, 12,531,860 (4% of party intake)
- Lightning Bolt: 4/5 players, 22 hits, 5,752,549 (2% of party intake)

## Notes

### Checking Burrow

Burrow (264206, one id) landed twice in the key and hit one player each time. The first hit Hyporock for 1,138,184 raw at 665k of 884k health, with 69k absorbed, and killed him with 201k overkill. The second hit Unholy DK for the same 1,138,184 raw with Anti-Magic Shell pressed just before it, and 971k was absorbed, leaving him at 535k. Hyporock's Divine Shield went out 38 s before his Burrow, so it was on cooldown. Forbearance had ended 8 s before the hit, so Lay on Hands was available but can only be pressed after the damage.

## 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 2026-09-27T11:18:44 · schema 11 · written analysis: Claude (Opus 5.5), from the combat log and the archive*