ARBITER
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The Blinding Vale

+16
Timed · +130:00 timer4 bosses killed8 deathsTyrannicalFortifiedXal'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.Tyrannical · Bosses have 25% more health and hit up to 15% harder.Fortified · Trash has 20% more health and hits up to 20% harder.Xal'atath's Guile · Every death takes 15 seconds off the timer.
TipCleanse Toxins on Toxic Spew

Timed despite a wipe, and Toxic Spew poison did 11M of damage while it sat on players uncleansed.

The group timed this 12% under par with one wipe in it. The wipe pull started with the healer far from the group and most of the big cooldowns still recharging. Nobody killed an enemy before everyone was dead, and it cost almost 2 minutes.

The steadier loss was debuffs left on the party. Toxic Spew is a poison and did more damage while it sat unremoved than anything else the group could have cleansed. Spore Spines and Bloodthorn Roots are magic and added more.

This was Hyporock's last key on the old rotation.

Written by Claude (Opus 5.5) 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
DPS286.6K
HPS9,300
Taken/s33.6K
Deaths1
iLvl325
M+3,374
Parse63rd
Keep doing this

Kicks and damage held up

You stopped more casts than your Rebuke cooldown was expected to allow, and your Lay on Hands on the tank in the wipe was the right call.

Best grade of the last 8 keys in the archive
High confidence
The one change

PRESSCleanse Toxins

WHEN
Whenever Toxic Spew is on anyone and Cleanse Toxins is ready.
WHY
Toxic Spew was left on players for over 2 minutes in total. You cleansed it only 4 times (from the log).
PAYOFF
Toxic Spew did the most damage of anything the group left up.
Last 8 keys in the archive

Your best of the last 8

Temple of Sethraliss +16: C+ 7171ToS+16Voidscar Arena +15: B- 7676VA+15Kings' Rest +16: D+ 5959KR+16Ruby Life Pools +15: B 7777RLP+15Temple of Sethraliss +16: D- 5050ToS+16Altar of Fangs +16: C 6565AoF+16Altar of Fangs +15: C+ 7171AoF+15The Blinding Vale +16: B+ 8080BV+16

80 is above your median of 71 over these 8 keys. It is the best of them.

How the grade was built

◆ = 75, a solid key
Survival86−2.5
1 death
Starts at 100. Each death takes points off.
Damage7942%
63th percentile of your spec on Warcraft Logs
Your damage, against your spec on Warcraft Logs when the key was uploaded, otherwise against this group.
Mechanics99−0.2
No avoidable damage that others in your role dodged · compared with this party
Damage you took that players in your role avoided.
Interrupts8832%
32 stops, 23 expected. 7 kicks on casts already stopped · compared with this party
Casts you stopped, against how many your kick allowed.
Activity8326%
Casting or attacking 95% of your time alive in combat
The share of your time alive in combat that you spent casting or attacking.
Utility87not counted
20 uses, about 103 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 death

bars = hits · line = your health · red = the killing blow
19:47 Light Bolt412.5Kfrom Radiant Spellsower
Lay on Hands
−13 s−8 s−4 sdeath
took 915.8Kin 12.5 shealth at the start 23%before the last hit 46%no healing landed
Lay on Hands -3.0s

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 timertimed 26:28Lightblossom TrinityIkuzz the Light HunterLightwarden RuiaZiekett
0:007:3015:0022:3030:00

Where the 26:28 went

fighting 22:36
Before the first pull0:10
Fighting22:36
Walking between pulls1:23
Running back after wipes0:18
Death penalty2:00

8 deaths added 2:00 to the timer, 15 seconds each.

How it went

  1. 7:29Lightblossom Trinity died after 2:52.
  2. 8:17Resto Shaman to Thornblade from Underbrush Stalker. No defensive pressed.
  3. 11:45Ikuzz the Light Hunter died after 2:56.
  4. 14:55Arcane Mage to Lightfire from Lightwarden Ruia. No defensive pressed.
  5. 16:15Affli Lock to Lightfall from Spirit Moonkin. No defensive pressed.
  6. 16:54Lightwarden Ruia died after 2:56.
  7. 19:40Full wipeAffli Lock, Hyporock, Blood DK, Resto Shaman and Arcane Mage in 19 s, to Melee, Light Bolt, Lightmaw Beams and Bullet Seeds. Affli Lock went first. 2 of 5 with no defensive pressed.
  8. 24:36Ziekett died after 2:37.
  9. 24:36Timed with 3:32 to spare.

What to change, biggest first

  1. Blood DK: open pulls with the healer in range and cooldowns back.
  2. Hyporock: Cleanse Toxins on every Toxic Spew when it is ready.
  3. Resto Shaman: Purify Spirit on Spore Spines, and Purge Spiny Shield.
  4. Hyporock: Divine Storm on 2 or more targets.

What the group changes together

Wait for the healer and the big cooldowns before the next pull. The wipe started with the healer far away and most of the group's defensives and healing cooldowns still recharging. Then clear the debuffs: Hyporock and the totem for Toxic Spew, Resto Shaman for Spore Spines and Bloodthorn Roots, and Purge for Spiny Shield.

The comp

The comp was fine. Poison removal rested on Hyporock and the Poison Cleansing Totem.

Kick board stops against expected

expected
Blood DK35 / 40
Resto Shaman7 / 252 kicks on stopped casts
Arcane Mage19 / 142 kicks on stopped casts
Hyporock32 / 237 kicks on stopped casts
Affli Lock14 / 1712 kicks on stopped casts
23 of the group's 137 kick presses landed on casts somebody had already stopped.

What the group left up

Casts that went off
Light Bolt
16 of 52got through
Lightspore Shot
7 of 18got through
Disorienting Screech
5 of 35got through
Light Bolt Volley
1 of 12got through
Warden's Wrath
1 of 6got through
Debuffs left up
Spore Spines
6.63M14 times, 201 s up
Could have been dispelled and was not.
Toxic Spew
11.24M15 times, 128 s up
Could have been dispelled and was not.
Bloodthorn Roots
5.73M10 times, 61 s up
Could have been dispelled and was not.
Hit most of the party
Oozing Xylem
11%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Spouting Floret
6%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Toxic Spew
4%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Bedrock Surge
4%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Eaten by enemy shields
Spiny Shield, Lightbloom Pollination
1.6%of the damage dealt
A normal key loses 0.4 to 2.5%.

What Each of You Takes Away

One thing to keep, one to change
Blood DKBlood DKC-60
KEEPDamage in the 94th percentile
CHANGEPull with the healer and cooldowns ready
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Resto ShamanResto ShamanC+69
KEEPHealing covered the key
CHANGEPurify Spirit on Spore Spines
Open the breakdown ↑
Arcane MageArcane MageB+81
KEEPTop damage in the key
CHANGEBarrier when Lightfire hits you
Open the breakdown ↑
HyporockRet PaladinB+80
KEEPKicks and damage held up
CHANGECleanse Toxins on Toxic Spew
Open the breakdown ↑
Affli LockAffli LockB78
KEEPDamage in the 87th percentile
CHANGEUnending Resolve under Lightfire
Open the breakdown ↑

Notes

Where the numbers need a second look

Dispels and the old rotation, from the log

The report shows Toxic Spew (Poison) left up 15 times for 128 s and 11.2M damage. In the log Hyporock cast Cleanse Toxins 4 times (8 s cooldown) and removed 4, and the totem removed 2. On the rotation, this was the last key before rowB went live: Wake went out with Wings on 29% of Wings and Toll on 10%, against 86-100% in the rowB keys that night. About 17% of Final Verdicts went into packs of 3 or more with no Arbiter asking for one, against 3-11% in the later keys.