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Depleted · 0:33 over28:00 timer3 bosses killed5 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.
Missed dispelStormcloud Barrier never purgedResto ShamanBad pullbig pull with the healer out of rangeBlood DKTipBreak Blaze of Glory before it runs out

The key missed par by 33 s while a shield that Purge removes soaked a large share of the party's damage.

This key missed par by 33 s. The deaths that counted against the timer cost a minute, which is about twice the margin.

The Primal Thunderclouds shield themselves with Stormcloud Barrier, a magic effect that Purge removes. Those shields absorbed 15% of all the damage the party dealt, so every Thundercloud pack took longer to kill. Ret Paladin's Arcane Torrent stripped some of them, and Purge was never pressed.

The group also took very large pulls, and the biggest one started with the healer far out of range. The loss is shared between slower kills through the shields and the deaths.

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
DPS236.8K
HPS9,350
Taken/s33.6K
Deaths1
iLvl325
M+3,374
Parse43rd
Keep doing this

Kicks and damage held up

You stopped more casts than your Rebuke cooldown was expected to allow, and your damage was above the other damage dealers' median.

Medium confidence
The one change

DOBreak the shield

WHEN
When an Ashseer Flamelasher shields itself with Blaze of Glory, switch to it until the shield is gone.
WHY
Blaze of Glory hit you twice, and the second one killed you with Divine Shield, Divine Protection and Lay on Hands already used.
Last 8 keys in the archive

About your usual

Kings' 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+16Temple of Sethraliss +16: B- 7474ToS+16Ruby Life Pools +16: B- 7474RLP+16

74 is right on your median of 72 over these 8 keys. Best: 80 on The Blinding Vale +16.

How the grade was built

◆ = 75, a solid key
Survival72−5.0
1 death
Starts at 100. Each death takes points off.
Damage7342%
43th percentile of your spec on Warcraft Logs
Your damage, against your spec on Warcraft Logs when the key was uploaded, otherwise against this group.
Mechanics100−0
No avoidable damage that others in your role dodged · compared with this party
Damage you took that players in your role avoided.
Interrupts8532%
32 stops, 24 expected. 5 kicks on casts already stopped · compared with this party
Casts you stopped, against how many your kick allowed.
Activity8026%
Casting or attacking 95% of your time alive in combat
The share of your time alive in combat that you spent casting or attacking.
Utility84not counted
12 uses, about 123 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
11:31 Blaze of Glory810.3Kfrom Ashseer Flamelasher
Nothing pressed
−6 s−4 s−2 sdeath
took 1.61Min 5.6 shealth at the start 73%before the last hit 70%healed 508.6K by Resto Shaman, Ret Paladin

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
28:00 timerfinished 28:33Melidrussa ChillwornKokia BlazehoofKyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein
0:005:0010:0015:0020:0025:00

Where the 28:33 went

fighting 26:37
Before the first pull0:02
Fighting26:37
Walking between pulls0:54
Death penalty1:00

4 deaths added 1:00 to the timer, 15 seconds each. 1 death after the timer ran out cost nothing.

How it went

  1. 0:56Demo Lock to Excavating Blast from Primal Juggernaut. No defensive pressed.
  2. 8:12Melidrussa Chillworn died after 3:34.
  3. 10:29Demo Lock to Living Bomb from nil. Dark Pact in the window.
  4. 11:31Hyporock to Blaze of Glory from Ashseer Flamelasher. No defensive pressed.
  5. 19:35Kokia Blazehoof died after 3:29.
  6. 22:37Ret Paladin to Stormcloud Detonation from Primal Thundercloud. Divine Protection in the window.
  7. 27:17Ret Paladin to Roaring Firebreath from Kyrakka. No defensive pressed.
  8. 27:42Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein died after 3:29.
  9. 27:42Finished 0:33 over the timer.

What to change, biggest first

  1. Resto Shaman: Purge Stormcloud Barrier off Primal Thunderclouds.
  2. Everyone: break Ashseer Flamelasher's Blaze of Glory shield before it runs out.
  3. Blood DK: open large pulls with Resto Shaman in range.
  4. Ret Paladin: save Arcane Torrent for Thundercloud packs.

What the group changes together

Purge Stormcloud Barrier and hold Arcane Torrent for Thundercloud packs. Break Ashseer Flamelasher's Blaze of Glory before it runs out. Open the large pulls with the healer in range and the big cooldowns back.

The comp

The comp was fine. It had Bloodlust, a battle resurrection and a Purge for the Thundercloud shields, and the Purge went unused.

Kick board stops against expected

expected
Blood DK48 / 452 kicks on stopped casts
Resto Shaman6 / 281 kick on stopped casts
Hyporock32 / 245 kicks on stopped casts
Ret Paladin40 / 221 kick on stopped casts
Demo Lock6 / 14
9 of the group's 130 kick presses landed on casts somebody had already stopped.

What the group left up

Casts that went off
Cinderbolt
7 of 51got through
Frostbolt
3 of 27got through
Frigid Shard
1 of 22got through
Fiery Blast
1 of 21got through
Debuffs left up
Stormslam
668.1K1 time, 20 s up
Could have been dispelled and was not.
Hit most of the party
Inferno
19%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Thunderous Stomp
5%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Excavating Blast
5%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Chillstorm
3%of all damage taken
Hit 3 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Eaten by enemy shields
Stormcloud Barrier, Ice Bulwark
15.6%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 DKC68
KEEPKicks above expectation
CHANGEPull with the healer in range
Open the breakdown ↑
Resto ShamanResto ShamanB-75
KEEPHealing covered the key
CHANGEPurge Stormcloud Barrier
Open the breakdown ↑
HyporockRet PaladinB-74
KEEPKicks and damage held up
CHANGEBreak Blaze of Glory
Open the breakdown ↑
Ret PaladinRet PaladinC68
KEEPMost kicks in the key
CHANGEStep out of Roaring Firebreath
Open the breakdown ↑
Demo LockDemo LockD+57
KEEPDamage on par
CHANGEMove out of Earthbound's Imprint
Open the breakdown ↑

Notes

Where the numbers need a second look

How the shield share and the margin were counted

The report shows 250M of the party's damage absorbed by enemy shields out of 1.36B landed, and Stormcloud Barrier accounts for 204M of that. In the log, Stormcloud Barrier (Magic) was applied 57 times. Ret Paladin's Arcane Torrent removed 12, and Resto Shaman cast Purge 0 times. Four deaths were charged at 15 s each. Ret Paladin's second death, at 27:17 on the wall clock, came after the timer had passed 28:00 and was not charged.