ARBITER
←SUN 04 OCT 2026 · 16:06 · KEY 25 OF 190→

Murder Row

+17
Abandoned 27:56 in34:00 timer3 bosses killed11 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.
No defensive3rd Legion Axe got no raid cooldowngroupOverpulla third pack joined the last trash fightgroup

A third pack walked into the last trash fight before Lithiel after every big cooldown was spent, and it wiped the group.

The key reached the final trash before Lithiel but was already well behind, with 2:45 of death penalty on the clock. Most of that came from Xathuux, where Arms Warrior died 3 times and took 3 of the 4 battle resurrections. The wipe started when a Defiled Golem and 2 Shivan Punishers joined the Invoker and Golem pack. By then the tank's Shield Walls, Aura Mastery and most personals had gone in the first 11 seconds of that pull. Nobody clearly pulled the extra pack, and abandoning after the wipe was the right call.

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
DPS272.2K
HPS9,515
Taken/s35.6K
Deaths1
iLvl326
M+3,431
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Battle resurrections and cooldowns where they belonged

Every Intercession went out within seconds of the death, and 22 kicks landed. On Xathuux both Avenging Wraths went into Demonic Rage, when he takes 30% more damage, as the boss plan says. With Arms Warrior dead, the third went on the fourth Legion Axe instead, where your damage on it rose from about 85k to 211k a second with Bloodlust up. The Lay on Hands at 26:35 was pressed at 31% health; the healer's Eternal Flame landed 0.2 seconds first.

Where the most points went

Damage: −11 points

272.2K DPS, 4% below the other damage dealers.

Measured. Nobody has written advice for this key yet.
Last 8 keys in the archive

About your usual

Voidscar Arena +16: B- 7676VA+16Voidscar Arena +16: B- 7676VA+16The Blinding Vale +17: C- 6464BV+17Ruby Life Pools +17: F 4242RLP+17The Blinding Vale +17: C 6666BV+17Kings' Rest +17: C+ 6868KR+17Kings' Rest +16: B+ 8383KR+16Murder Row +17: C+ 7070MR+17

70 is right on your median of 69 over these 8 keys. Best: 83 on Kings' Rest +16.

How the grade was built

◆ = 75, a solid key
Survival86−2.5
1 death
Starts at 100. Each death takes points off.
Damage7442%
272.2K DPS, 4% below 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.
Mechanics100−0
No avoidable damage that others in your role dodged · compared with this party
Damage you took that players in your role avoided.
Interrupts7632%
23 stops, 28 expected. 3 kicks on casts already stopped · compared with this party
Casts you stopped, against how many your kick allowed.
Activity6626%
Casting or attacking 91% of your time alive in combat
The share of your time alive in combat that you spent casting or attacking.
Utility85not counted
14 uses, about 111 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
26:54 Melee1.26Mfrom Shivan Punisher
Nothing pressed
−9 s−6 s−3 sdeath
took 2.70Min 8.9 shealth at the start 48%before the last hit 52%healed 1.23M by Holy 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
34:00 timerleft 30:32Kystia ManaheartZaen BladesorrowXathuux the Annihilator
0:008:3017:0025:3034:00

Where the 30:32 went

fighting 23:50
Before the first pull0:05
Fighting23:50
Walking between pulls2:55
Death penalty2:45
Out of combat, not walking0:58

11 deaths added 2:45 to the timer, 15 seconds each.

How it went

  1. 5:36Ele Shaman to Chaos Barrage from Kystia Manaheart. No defensive pressed.
  2. 8:17Kystia Manaheart died after 2:45.
  3. 12:36Zaen Bladesorrow died after 2:35.
  4. 18:28TwiceArms Warrior died twice in 7 s, Infernal Crush and Burning Steps. 1 of 2 with no defensive pressed.
  5. 20:14CascadeArms Warrior and Ele Shaman in 1 s, both to Fel Lightning. Arms Warrior went first. No defensive pressed by either.
  6. 21:52Xathuux the Annihilator died after 4:05.
  7. 25:12Arms Warrior to Whirlwind from Shivan Punisher. No defensive pressed.
  8. 26:39Full wipeEle Shaman, Prot Warrior, Hyporock, Arms Warrior and Holy Paladin in 18 s, to Melee and Defiled Slam. Ele Shaman went first. 4 of 5 with no defensive pressed.
  9. 27:56The key was dropped 27:56 in, with 3:28 left on the timer.

What to change, biggest first

  1. Keep Holy Paladin; ask them to save Aura Mastery for Legion Axes.
  2. Hold one tank wall and one raid cooldown on the last pack before Lithiel.
  3. Call out Shivan Punisher Whirlwind for the melee.
  4. Let the tank land the first hit on bosses.

What the group changes together

Xathuux decided this key. The Legion Axe applies Fel Lightning to everyone and it ramps until the axe dies, so the third axe needed a raid cooldown and personals. It got neither. In the wipe the group pulled the Invoker and Golem pack, spent its walls in the opening seconds, and had nothing left when the third pack arrived. On the next attempt, call out Punisher Whirlwind and keep one raid cooldown back until the pull is clearly under control.

Kick board stops against expected

expected
Prot Warrior54 / 521 kick on stopped casts
Hyporock23 / 283 kicks on stopped casts
Ele Shaman23 / 374 kicks on stopped casts
Arms Warrior25 / 242 kicks on stopped casts
10 of the group's 110 kick presses landed on casts somebody had already stopped.

What the group left up

Casts that went off
Felfire Burst
94 of 132got through
Fel Missiles
32 of 83got through
Fel Rage
4 of 17got through
Debuffs left up
Heartstop Poison
1.87M3 times, 31 s up
Could have been dispelled and was not.
Curse of Doom
1.87M2 times, 20 s up
Could have been dispelled and was not.
Hit most of the party
Demonic Frenzy
8%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Fel-Infused Freight
6%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Chaotic Burst
5%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Defiled Slam
4%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Eaten by enemy shields
Dark Pact
0.4%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
Prot WarriorProt WarriorB-75
KEEPKicks and stops all key
CHANGEHold one Shield Wall charge until the pull settles.
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Holy PaladinHoly PaladinA92
KEEPClean dispels and a healer who stays alive
CHANGEAura Mastery on the axe whenever it is up.
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HyporockRet PaladinC+70
KEEPBattle resurrections and cooldowns where they belonged
CHANGEDamage cost 11 points: 272.2K DPS, 4% below the other damage dealers
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Ele ShamanEle ShamanC67
KEEPTop damage and real kicks
CHANGELet the tank land first, and Astral Shift late in an axe.
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Arms WarriorArmsC-61
KEEP25 stops, 24 expected. 2 kicks on casts already stopped
CHANGEStep out of Whirlwind, and press Die by the Sword when you can't.
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Notes

Where the numbers need a second look

Who pulled the third pack

Arms Warrior's Rune of Unleashed Fire weapon proc was the first logged hit on Defiled Golem#2, 32 yd away. It is probably not the cause. In 222 procs that rune never once touched an idle mob, and Shivan Punisher#4 was already swinging in the group 1.7 seconds later, so the pack was already moving. That Punisher's first swing went to Ele Shaman, who was standing nearest the pack's approach at about 28 yd. The likeliest story is a patrol, or proximity aggro on Ele Shaman at the north edge of the fight. Proximity aggro leaves no log line, so treat this as medium confidence.

Who damaged the Legion Axes

Each axe has 4.35M health and took 11.7 to 16.0 seconds to kill. If the three DPS had put their normal boss-fight damage on it, it would have died in about 9 seconds. Nobody ignored the axe. Axes land about 20 seconds before each Demonic Rage, so a 20-second Avenging Wrath can cover one or the other. Hyporock took the Rages, as planned, until Arms Warrior died. Arms Warrior's damage on the axe fell from 1.67M on the first to 0.99M on the third. He then missed the fourth because he never took the third battle resurrection. Bloodlust was on cooldown until after the third axe.