ARBITER
←SUN 04 OCT 2026 · 18:19 · KEY 24 OF 190→

Murder Row

+16
Timed · +134:00 timer4 bosses killed1 deathFortifiedTyrannicalXal'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.
TipGet out of Malefic Wave's path on Lithiel

A clean, timed key whose only death was Balance Druid on Zaen's first Murder in a Row.

This was the tidiest of the night's three keys, timed with only 15 seconds lost to deaths. The group stopped 97% of the casts it could reach. The one death came on Zaen's first Murder in a Row. Balance Druid's mark stayed on him for its full duration and the hit killed him from full health. Resto Shaman also took a Murder in a Row hit and survived on 20% health. Hyporock did the most damage of the three damage dealers and had Balance Druid back up 5 seconds after he died. The one other thing worth fixing is a single Malefic Wave on Lithiel that cost the healer a minute of extra healing on Hyporock.

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
DPS258.1K
HPS15.3K
Taken/s39.0K
Deaths0
iLvl326
M+3,431
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Top damage, fast battle res, Kystia's stuns

Your damage was the group's highest, 114% of the other damage dealers' median. Both Avenging Wraths on Kystia went out within 2 seconds of her Destabilized stun, and the second meant holding Wings through her shield. Balance Druid was back up 5 seconds after he died.

High confidence
The one change

DOStep out of the wave

WHEN
When Lithiel finishes casting Malefic Wave; it reaches the group about 4 seconds later
WHY
One wave late in the fight left a damage-over-time on you that ran its full minute for 3.7M. Nobody else was hit, and the same thing happened in the +17 later that night.
PAYOFF
A minute of healing freed up on Lithiel
Last 8 keys in the archive

Above your usual

Voidscar 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+17Murder Row +16: B- 7575MR+16

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

How the grade was built

◆ = 75, a solid key
Survival100−0
No deaths
Starts at 100. Each death takes points off.
Damage8242%
258.1K DPS, 14% above 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.
Mechanics90−2.1
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.
Interrupts8432%
32 stops, 26 expected. 3 kicks on casts already stopped · compared with this party
Casts you stopped, against how many your kick allowed.
Activity6226%
Casting or attacking 89% of your time alive in combat
The share of your time alive in combat that you spent casting or attacking.
Utility88not counted
29 uses, about 129 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

No deaths this key.
Nothing to review here.

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 timertimed 31:24Kystia ManaheartZaen BladesorrowXathuux the AnnihilatorLithiel Cinderfury
0:008:3017:0025:3034:00

Where the 31:24 went

fighting 27:40
Before the first pull0:05
Fighting27:40
Walking between pulls3:23
Death penalty0:15

1 death added 0:15 to the timer, 15 seconds each.

How it went

  1. 8:38Kystia Manaheart died after 2:50.
  2. 11:17Balance Druid to Murder in a Row from Zaen Bladesorrow. No defensive pressed.
  3. 13:35Zaen Bladesorrow died after 3:01.
  4. 21:58Xathuux the Annihilator died after 3:03.
  5. 31:17Lithiel Cinderfury died after 3:45.
  6. 31:17Timed with 2:36 to spare.

What to change, biggest first

  1. Zaen: agree on one crate per player before the first Murder in a Row.
  2. Lithiel: Hyporock gets out of Malefic Wave's path, or bubbles it off early if hit.

What the group changes together

Zaen's first Murder in a Row is the one place this key went wrong. It comes about 36 seconds into the fight, and every player needs a crate of their own, so agree who takes which crate before the pull. The rest of the run was well handled, with almost every reachable cast stopped and only the tank's poison left up for short stretches.

Kick board stops against expected

expected
Veng DH72 / 545 kicks on stopped casts
Resto Shaman3 / 343 kicks on stopped casts
Hyporock32 / 263 kicks on stopped casts
Arcane Mage8 / 19
Balance Druid17 / 121 kick on stopped casts
12 of the group's 113 kick presses landed on casts somebody had already stopped.

What the group left up

Casts that went off
Felfire Burst
103 of 160got through
Fel Missiles
40 of 70got through
Chaos Bolt
2 of 16got through
Scathing Review
1 of 4got through
Debuffs left up
Heartstop Poison
1.45M3 times, 26 s up
Could have been dispelled and was not.
Hit most of the party
Searing Fel Flame
11%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Demonic Frenzy
7%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
4%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Eaten by enemy shields
Dark Pact
1.4%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
Veng DHVeng DHB-73
KEEPNo deaths and steady mitigation
CHANGEMitigation cost 10 points: Defensives up 88% of what your kit can hold; 100% of the worst moments covered
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Resto ShamanResto ShamanB77
KEEPKept a clean key alive
CHANGEInterrupts cost 14 points: 3 stops, 34 expected. 3 kicks on casts already stopped
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HyporockRet PaladinB-75
KEEPTop damage, fast battle res, Kystia's stuns
CHANGEGet out of Malefic Wave's path on Lithiel.
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Arcane MageArcane MageB-73
KEEPClean and second in damage
CHANGEInterrupts cost 12 points: 8 stops, 19 expected
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Balance DruidBalanceC65
KEEPMore stops than expected
CHANGECrate first on Murder in a Row.
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Notes

Where the numbers need a second look

Hyporock's over-exposure line

The report charges Hyporock with Malefic Wave over-exposure. That is one wave hit at 29:08, not many: Malefic Wave leaves a 60-second damage-over-time that cannot be dispelled, and it ticked 55 times for 3.7M before it ran out. Divine Shield clears it, which Hyporock did 26 seconds in during the +17 later that night.