ARBITER
←MON 05 OCT 2026 · 10:37 · KEY 18 OF 190→

Ruby Life Pools

+17
Abandoned 15:07 in28:00 timer1 boss killed7 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.
OverpullArcane Orb pulled the next Flamelasher packArcane MageTipEternal Flame yourself under 60% with Imprint

Arcane Mage's Arcane Orb pulled the next Flamelasher pack into the big fire pack, and that pull ended the key.

The run matched the earlier attempts at this level through Melidrussa, then lost time in the fire section where Affli Lock died twice. At the big pack before Kokia, Arcane Mage's Arcane Orb flew through it and hit a Cinderweaver at its spawn about 30 yd past it. That brought the next pack's 2 Flamelashers and its Cinderweaver onto the tank while the big pack was still up. Affli Lock died to Living Bomb and Inferno, two Flaming Barrages overlapped on Prot Warrior, and the Flamelashers then killed Hyporock. The group left the key 5 s later. Hyporock's two deaths were mostly bad luck, an Earthbound's Imprint plus a Frostbolt that two ready kicks let through, and the end of a pull that was already lost.

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
DPS284.6K
HPS15.6K
Taken/s44.2K
Deaths2
iLvl327
M+3,459
Keep doing this

Living Bomb carried out

When Living Bomb landed on you at 14:46 you walked clear of the stack and healed yourself through it. The explosion hit nobody else.

Medium confidence
The one change

PRESSEternal Flame

WHEN
When Earthbound's Imprint is ticking on you and you drop under 60%.
WHY
One Imprint does more damage than your whole health bar, and at 3:15 your big defensives were all down.
PAYOFF
The tick that killed you overkilled by only 41k, less than any Eternal Flame you cast on yourself this key.
Last 8 keys in the archive

Above your usual

Murder 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+16Ruby Life Pools +17: B- 7676RLP+17

76 is above your median of 73 over these 8 keys. Best: 77 on Altar of Fangs +17.

How the grade was built

◆ = 75, a solid key
Survival50−9.0
2 deaths
Starts at 100. Each death takes points off.
Damage8342%
284.6K DPS, 15% 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.
Mechanics100−0
No avoidable damage that others in your role dodged · compared with this party
Damage you took that players in your role avoided.
Interrupts9232%
26 stops, 16 expected. 4 kicks on casts already stopped · compared with this party
Casts you stopped, against how many your kick allowed.
Activity7726%
Casting or attacking 94% of your time alive in combat
The share of your time alive in combat that you spent casting or attacking.
Utility84not counted
7 uses, about 64 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
3:16 Earthbound's Imprint134.2Kfrom Earthbound Guardian
Nothing pressed
−15 s−10 s−5 sdeath
took 1.79Min 14.5 shealth at the start 56%before the last hit 7%healed 762.2K by Resto Shaman
15:01 Melee294.6Kfrom Ashseer Flamelasher
Nothing pressed
−10 s−7 s−3 sdeath
took 2.38Min 10.4 shealth at the start 79%before the last hit 56%healed 1.15M by Resto Shaman

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 timerleft 16:43Melidrussa Chillworn
0:007:0014:0021:0028:00

Where the 16:43 went

fighting 13:57
Before the first pull0:01
Fighting13:57
Walking between pulls1:00
Death penalty1:45

7 deaths added 1:45 to the timer, 15 seconds each.

How it went

  1. 0:26Resto Shaman to Blast Chunks from Primal Juggernaut. Astral Shift in the window.
  2. 3:16Hyporock to Earthbound's Imprint from Earthbound Guardian. No defensive pressed.
  3. 8:26Melidrussa Chillworn died after 3:21.
  4. 11:05Affli Lock to Living Bomb from nil. No defensive pressed.
  5. 13:17Affli Lock to Molten Blood from Flamegullet. Dark Pact in the window.
  6. 14:38CascadeAffli Lock, Prot Warrior and Hyporock in 23 s, to Living Bomb, Flaming Barrage and Melee. Affli Lock went first. 2 of 3 with no defensive pressed.
  7. 15:07The key was dropped 15:07 in, with 11:17 left on the timer.

What to change, biggest first

  1. Arcane Mage: aim Arcane Orb away from unpulled packs in the fire section.
  2. Affli Lock: press Unending Resolve when Living Bomb lands on you.
  3. Hyporock: take a healthstone from the Soulwell, since the log shows none used this key.
  4. Everyone: keep a stun ready for each Flaming Barrage when more than one Flamelasher is up.

What the group changes together

Earlier runs here took the second Flamelasher pack about 50 s into the big fire pack. This run had it 16 s in because of a stray Orb, so the fire section needs a pull plan that the whole group knows. With every Flamelasher up, the Barrages outpace one tank, so save stuns for the Barrage channel and say who has the next one. Kicks also doubled up in the first area. One Chillweaver took a Rebuke and a Wind Shear on the same cast and then finished its next 3 Frostbolts. Call kicks on the Chillweavers in order so a double kick does not leave a gap.

Kick board stops against expected

expected
Prot Warrior29 / 343 kicks on stopped casts
Resto Shaman6 / 224 kicks on stopped casts
Arcane Mage15 / 156 kicks on stopped casts
Hyporock26 / 164 kicks on stopped casts
Affli Lock7 / 1212 kicks on stopped casts
29 of the group's 111 kick presses landed on casts somebody had already stopped.

What the group left up

Casts that went off
Cinderbolt
13 of 44got through
Frostbolt
10 of 28got through
Fiery Blast
9 of 13got through
Storm Bolt
5 of 11got through
Ice Shield
1 of 6got through
Frigid Shard
1 of 20got through
Hit most of the party
Inferno
12%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Molten Blood
9%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Excavating Blast
8%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Chillstorm
5%of all damage taken
Hit 3 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Eaten by enemy shields
Ice Bulwark, Ice Shield
3.3%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-73
KEEPStorm Bolt on Flaming Barrage
CHANGEPummel Frostbolt when it is up
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Resto ShamanResto ShamanB76
KEEPHealing through the Imprints
CHANGEHold Wind Shear if the cast is already stopped
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Arcane MageArcane MageB-76
KEEP15 stops, 15 expected. 6 kicks on casts already stopped
CHANGEAim Orb away from unpulled packs
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HyporockRet PaladinB-76
KEEPLiving Bomb carried out
CHANGEEternal Flame on self under 60% with Imprint
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Affli LockAffli LockD55
CHANGEUnending Resolve on Living Bomb
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Notes

Where the numbers need a second look

Was the key still timeable before the wipe?

Counting the timer as wall time minus 8 s plus 15 s per death, this run reached the big fire pack at about 14:49 (13:57 wall, 4 deaths). The two timed +16 runs reached the same pack at about 13:03 and 13:54 and finished with 1 s and 57 s to spare. The 10-02 +17 got there at about 12:56 and was later abandoned. So this +17 needed a cleaner back half than either timed +16 had. The wipe ended it, but the run was already at the edge.

Hyporock's death at 3:15, checked

Earthbound's Imprint is a random-target cast that lands 2 s later and does about 1.35M over 8 s against a ~990k health bar. Hyporock took 5 of the 16 in the first area. At 3:15 Divine Shield (0:25), Divine Protection (2:42) and the potion (0:50) were down, and Lay on Hands had been down 164 s, shorter than his shortest gap in the archive (171 s). The 425k Frostbolt that took him from 46% to 7% came from Chillweaver #4 at 8% health, with Pummel and Spell Lock ready and all five players within 9 yd of it. His own Rebuke had stopped that mob 14 s earlier.