ARBITER
←MON 05 OCT 2026 · 09:04 · KEY 19 OF 190→

Altar of Fangs

+16
Timed · +130:00 timer3 bosses killed3 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.
TipDon't release mid-pull while a battle rez is up

Timed with 4:33 to spare; both Hyporock deaths came in the one long rolling pull before Zul'jan.

This was a clean +16 that beat the timer by a comfortable margin and upgraded the key. All three bosses died at or under Hyporock's usual pace, and Zul'jan fell in 2:50. The group stopped every kickable cast it could reach. Three deaths cost the run 45 seconds of timer. Two of them were Hyporock's, both inside pull 6, the long rolling pull before Zul'jan. The first came from five Living Venoms bursting at once while the Chosen's Toxic Surge pulsed the party. The second came after he released and ran straight back into ten Blades of the Altar with no defensive left. Arcane Mage's death was a single avoidable Axegrinder on Zul'jan.

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
DPS320.1K
HPS9,758
Taken/s34.5K
Deaths2
iLvl327
M+3,459
Parse59th
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Boss cooldowns followed the plan

Zul'jan got all three Wings on cooldown from the pull, with lust and potion stacked on the first, exactly the plan. On the Coil you held Wings until the boss split so it landed on the snakes, which is where that boss gives the most damage.

Medium confidence
The one change

PRESSRelease

WHEN
When you die mid-pull and the druid still has a battle rez
WHY
You released within seconds of the first death and ran back with every defensive already spent. You died again less than a minute later.
PAYOFF
One death instead of two saves 15 seconds of timer and the run-back.
Last 8 keys in the archive

Below your usual

Kings' Rest +16: B+ 8383KR+16Murder Row +17: C+ 7070MR+17Murder Row +16: B- 7575MR+16Temple of Sethraliss +17: D+ 5959ToS+17Murder Row +17: C+ 7272MR+17Altar of Fangs +18: B- 7575AoF+18Altar of Fangs +17: B 7777AoF+17Altar of Fangs +16: C 6767AoF+16

67 is below your median of 73 over these 8 keys. Best: 83 on Kings' Rest +16.

How the grade was built

◆ = 75, a solid key
Survival50−9.0
2 deaths
Starts at 100. Each death takes points off.
Damage7842%
59th 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.
Interrupts8032%
23 stops, 22 expected. 1 kick on casts already stopped · compared with this party
Casts you stopped, against how many your kick allowed.
Activity6726%
Casting or attacking 91% of your time alive in combat
The share of your time alive in combat that you spent casting or attacking.
Utility86not counted
18 uses, about 110 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
18:38 Venom Burst170.1Kfrom Living Venom
Nothing pressed
−7 s−5 s−2 sdeath
took 1.43Min 7.2 shealth at the start 90%before the last hit 13%healed 480.0K by Resto Druid
19:28 Laced Edge94.2Kfrom Blade of the Altar
Nothing pressed
−11 s−7 s−4 sdeath
took 2.02Min 11.2 shealth at the start 76%before the last hit 3%healed 1.11M 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 timertimed 25:28Rav'iThe Writhing CoilZul'jan
0:007:3015:0022:3030:00

Where the 25:28 went

fighting 23:44
Before the first pull0:01
Fighting23:44
Walking between pulls0:57
Death penalty0:45

3 deaths added 0:45 to the timer, 15 seconds each.

How it went

  1. 9:27Rav'i died after 2:57.
  2. 14:56The Writhing Coil died after 2:55.
  3. 18:38Hyporock to Venom Burst from Living Venom. No defensive pressed.
  4. 19:28Hyporock to Laced Edge from Blade of the Altar. No defensive pressed.
  5. 24:01Arcane Mage to Axegrinder from Zul'jan. No defensive pressed.
  6. 24:51Zul'jan died after 2:51.
  7. 24:51Timed with 4:32 to spare.

What to change, biggest first

  1. Hyporock: don't release in a long pull while a battle rez is available.
  2. Group: spread out Living Venom kills so they don't all burst during Toxic Surge.
  3. Arcane Mage: move out of Axegrinder on Zul'jan.
  4. Nothing to change on Resto Druid.

What the group changes together

Pull 6 was the risk in this run. It chained 62 enemies over about five minutes and produced two of the three deaths. The healer was also far behind when the tank opened it. The worst moment was killing the Living Venoms together while Ula'tek's Chosen pulsed Toxic Surge on the whole party. Each Venom bursts on everyone nearby when it dies, so staggering their deaths or waiting out the Surge would spread that damage out. Envenom was the cast the group let through most, and its poison sat on players for 104 seconds in total. Hyporock's Cleanse Toxins can take some of that off the druid.

Kick board stops against expected

expected
Veng DH49 / 461 kick on stopped casts
Demo Lock10 / 182 kicks on stopped casts
Arcane Mage9 / 143 kicks on stopped casts
Hyporock23 / 221 kick on stopped casts
7 of the group's 96 kick presses landed on casts somebody had already stopped.

What the group left up

Casts that went off
Envenom
14 of 53got through
Mass Envenom
3 of 10got through
Debuffs left up
Envenom
8.89M11 times, 104 s up
Could have been dispelled and was not.
Hit most of the party
Laced Edge
10%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Unstable Totem
8%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Synchronized Venom
4%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Rattle
3%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Eaten by enemy shields
Ssscavenging, Evolved
0.8%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 DHB79
KEEPKicks and damage
CHANGEDrag Zul'jan off a pool as soon as it lands.
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Resto DruidResto DruidA98
KEEPHealing and dispels
CHANGEActivity cost 2 points: Casting or attacking 93% of your time alive in combat
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Demo LockDemo LockA-86
KEEPTop damage
CHANGEHold the kick for a visible Envenom cast bar.
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Arcane MageArcane MageC+69
KEEPTime Warp timing
CHANGEStep out of Axegrinder's path before it lands.
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HyporockRet PaladinC67
KEEPBoss cooldowns followed the plan
CHANGEStay dead and ask for the rez when a pull is still going.
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Notes

Where the numbers need a second look

Why Hyporock's grade is a C

Most of the C is the two deaths, which cost 9 points directly. His activity and damage scores also count the roughly 45 seconds he spent dead or running back in pull 6, so his 59th-percentile damage understates how he played while alive. The boss cooldown use was on plan for all three bosses. Wings on Rav'i came at 23 seconds rather than the planned 3 to 4, because it was spent on the pack 39 seconds before the pull, but the fight still got three Wings windows.