ARBITER
←SUN 20 SEP 2026 · 00:06 · KEY 64 OF 190→

Voidscar Arena

+15
Abandoned 20:26 in30:00 timer2 bosses killed7 deathsFortifiedTyrannicalXal'atath's Guile
Timer · The time allowed for the key. Beat it to upgrade the keystone.Kick · An interrupt that stops a cast.Personal · A defensive cooldown that only protects you.Cascade · Several deaths within seconds of each other.Leaked cast · An enemy cast that could have been interrupted and went off.Overcap · Resource generated while already full, so it was lost.Fortified · Trash has 20% more health and hits up to 20% harder.Tyrannical · Bosses have 25% more health and hit up to 15% harder.Xal'atath's Guile · Every death takes 15 seconds off the timer.
Bad pull13-mob pull 19 s after the tank diedGuardian DruidNo defensive4 of 7 deaths had nothing pressedgroupTipDivine Protection in the Insidious Aura window

The pack past Atroxus wiped the group at 19:53 with the healer in range. Eighth key since 14:06.

The group pulled the 13-mob pack past Atroxus at 17:46 and lost five people between 19:53 and 19:58. That pack has gone down clean before, and Resto Druid was 15 yards away this time, so healer position does not explain it. Guardian Druid had already died at 17:27 on Atroxus, 19 seconds before the pull went out.

Hyporock ran 199,805 dps here and died twice. That is about 20% below every other key he ran that day, and it is the only key of the eight where he lost points on mechanics.

Written by Claude (Opus 5) from the combat log and the archive. The numbers come from the log, and the text can be wrong.
BREAKDOWN FOR

Hyporock

Retribution Paladin · DPS
DPS199.8K
HPS9,136
Taken/s28.9K
Deaths2
iLvl324
M+3,326
The strongest part of your grade

Casting or attacking 96% of your time alive in combat

Activity scored 88. A solid, even key lands near 75.

From the write-up

199,805 dps is about 20% under every other key you ran that day, and this is the only one where you lost points on mechanics. You took Forked Lightning 8 times and nobody else took it once, worth 984,163. Divine Protection refused twice at 5:02, then the free global went to Divine Storm and you died 4 seconds later.

From the written analysis of this key.
Last 8 keys in the archive

Below your usual

Den of Nalorakk +15: C- 6060DoN+15Den of Nalorakk +15: B- 7575DoN+15The Blinding Vale +16: B 7878BV+16The Blinding Vale +15: B 7878BV+15Murder Row +16: B- 7373MR+16Voidscar Arena +15: B- 7575VA+15Murder Row +15: B+ 8080MR+15Voidscar Arena +15: C+ 7171VA+15

71 is below your median of 75 over these 8 keys. Best: 80 on Murder Row +15.

How the grade was built

◆ = 75, a solid key
Survival61−7.0
2 deaths
Starts at 100. Each death takes points off.
Damage7642%
199.8K DPS, level with the other damage dealers · compared with this party
Your damage, against your spec on Warcraft Logs when the key was uploaded, otherwise against this group.
Mechanics88−2.3
3% of the damage you took was damage others in your role avoided · compared with this party
Damage you took that players in your role avoided.
Interrupts8032%
9 stops, 9 expected. 3 kicks on casts already stopped · compared with this party
Casts you stopped, against how many your kick allowed.
Activity8826%
Casting or attacking 96% of your time alive in combat
The share of your time alive in combat that you spent casting or attacking.
Utility88not counted
15 uses, about 64 were available
How often you used your spec's utility buttons, like stuns and immunities.

% = its share of the grade. Survival and mechanics carry no share: they start at 100 and only take points off. "Not counted" parts are shown for context and do not move the grade.

Your deaths

bars = hits · line = your health · red = the killing blow
5:06 Insidious Aura177.5Kfrom Chitigoth
Ironbark from Resto Druid
−8 s−5 s−3 sdeath
took 1.30Min 8.0 shealth at the start 72%before the last hit 18%healed 419.2K by Resto Druid, Guardian Druid
Ironbark · Resto Druid -4.2s
19:58 Melee243.5Kfrom Voidminder
Nothing pressed
−6 s−4 s−2 sdeath
took 2.51Min 1.4 sbefore the last hit 30%healed 442.9K by Resto Druid

The Run

The same for everyone in the group

The whole key, on the timer

a pull, brighter = more damage takendeath penaltya death, in class colour
30:00 timerleft 22:03
0:007:3015:0022:3030:00

Where the 22:03 went

fighting 16:52
Before the first pull0:01
Fighting16:52
Walking between pulls2:58
Death penalty1:45
Out of combat, not walking0:26

7 deaths added 1:45 to the timer, 15 seconds each.

How it went

  1. 5:06Hyporock to Insidious Aura from Chitigoth. Ironbark from Resto Druid in the window.
  2. 17:27Guardian Druid to Melee from Atroxus. Ironfur and Frenzied Regeneration in the window.
  3. 19:53Full wipeFrost Mage, Guardian Druid, Demo Lock, Hyporock and Resto Druid in 6 s, to Savage Leap, Dreadbellow and Melee. Frost Mage went first. 3 of 5 with no defensive pressed.
  4. 20:26The key was dropped 20:26 in, with 7:57 left on the timer.

What to change, biggest first

  1. Press Divine Protection in the Insidious Aura window around 5:00. The global was free 4.6 s before death and went to Divine Storm.
  2. Guardian Druid: the 17:27 death on Atroxus sent the group into the 13-mob pack a body down 19 seconds later. Wait for the res.
  3. Treat the eighth key as optional. Output was 20% down on every other key of the day and this was the only mechanics charge of the night.

What the group changes together

The group pulled the 13-mob pack past Atroxus at 17:46 with Guardian Druid dead since 17:27 and lost 5 people between 19:53 and 19:58. That pack has gone down clean before with the healer in range, and Resto Druid was 15 yards away, so this was not a healing problem. Four of the 7 deaths had no defensive pressed. The simplest change is to not start a 13-mob pull 19 seconds after the tank died.

The comp

The comp was the best of the night on paper. Two battle reses through Resto Druid and Demo Lock, Bloodlust from Frost Mage, four kicks. Damage was where it fell short: two of the three dealers were under 200,000 and the pack that wiped the key is a damage check.

Kick board stops against expected

expected
Guardian Druid13 / 161 kick on stopped casts
Demo Lock6 / 51 kick on stopped casts
Hyporock9 / 93 kicks on stopped casts
Frost Mage5 / 73 kicks on stopped casts
8 of the group's 38 kick presses landed on casts somebody had already stopped.

What the group left up

Casts that went off
Lava Bolt
12 of 24got through
Mending Void
2 of 7got through
Mad Shriek
1 of 8got through
Hit most of the party
Toxic Aura
7%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Dreadbellow
6%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Poison Splash
4%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Insidious Aura
3%of all damage taken
Hit 4 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.

What Each of You Takes Away

One thing to keep, one to change
Guardian DruidGuardianC67
KEEPCasting or attacking 100% of your time alive in combat
CHANGEInterrupts cost 11 points: 13 stops, 16 expected. 1 kick on casts already stopped
Open the breakdown ↑
Resto DruidResto DruidB-75
KEEPCasting or attacking 96% of your time alive in combat
CHANGEHealing cost 12 points: Healed 75% of the damage that needed an outside heal
Open the breakdown ↑
Demo LockDemo LockB79
KEEP219.6K DPS, 16% above the other damage dealers
CHANGEDamage cost 7 points: 219.6K DPS, 16% above the other damage dealers
Open the breakdown ↑
HyporockRet PaladinC+71
KEEPCasting or attacking 96% of your time alive in combat
CHANGEDamage cost 10 points: 199.8K DPS, level with the other damage dealers
Open the breakdown ↑
Frost MageFrost MageC66
CHANGEDamage cost 15 points: 177.3K DPS, 15% below the other damage dealers
Open the breakdown ↑

Notes

Where the numbers need a second look

The output drop

Hyporock ran between 231,000 and 267,000 dps across the seven keys before this one. This key was 199,805, roughly 20% under that. Activity was still 96%, so he was not standing around. Nothing in the log accounts for the gap. The clock is the obvious candidate: this key started at 00:06, about 10 hours after the first key of the day.

Divine Protection again

At 5:02 Hyporock asked for Divine Protection twice while the global was running and it refused. The global cleared 4.6 seconds before he died to Insidious Aura, and Divine Storm took it. This is the same sequence as the Murder Row key at 22:47. Two keys in a row, the free global went to damage and the death followed.