ARBITER
←WED 07 OCT 2026 · 20:46 · KEY 12 OF 190→

The Blinding Vale

+17
Abandoned 9:36 in30:00 timer0 bosses killed6 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.
Lack of interruptsLight Bolts unkicked, kicks doubled upgroupNo defensivedied on Trinity with Divine Protection upHyporock

Two kicks went into the same Spellsower, the other one's Volley killed Hyporock, and Trinity ended with Light Bolts unkicked.

This group chain-pulled the first section without a reset and reached Lightblossom Trinity at 6:14. Hyporock died twice. On the opening pull a Radiant Spellsower stood outside the pack, and its Light Bolt Volley went unkicked because both ranged kicks had just gone into the other Spellsower. The Holy Paladin spent the only battle res on him straight away. On Trinity he went from nearly full to dead in about four seconds with Divine Protection ready. Kezkitt's Light Bolts then went through one after another, and the rest of the party died about a minute later.

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
DPS330.1K
HPS9,007
Taken/s33.1K
Deaths2
iLvl325
M+3,490
Keep doing this

Damage and kicks on the casters

Your damage was ahead of both other damage dealers despite two deaths. Ten of your kicks went into Radiant Spellsowers, and going after the one outside the pack was the right call.

Medium confidence
The one change

PRESSDivine Protection

WHEN
On Trinity, when Bedrock Surge starts ticking you and Kezkitt is casting
WHY
You slid from 94% to dead in about four seconds with Divine Protection ready and unpressed.
PAYOFF
It softens every tick in that slide, and you were one of the three players kicking Kezkitt.
Last 8 keys in the archive

Below your usual

Altar of Fangs +16: C 6767AoF+16Ruby Life Pools +17: B- 7676RLP+17Altar of Fangs +17: B- 7474AoF+17Kings' Rest +17: B- 7474KR+17Voidscar Arena +17: B- 7272VA+17The Blinding Vale +17: D- 4949BV+17The Blinding Vale +17: C+ 7272BV+17The Blinding Vale +17: C+ 6969BV+17

69 is below your median of 72 over these 8 keys. Best: 76 on Ruby Life Pools +17.

How the grade was built

◆ = 75, a solid key
Survival50−9.0
2 deaths
Starts at 100. Each death takes points off.
Damage8042%
330.1K DPS, 8% 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.
Interrupts8032%
11 stops, 10 expected. 3 kicks on casts already stopped · compared with this party
Casts you stopped, against how many your kick allowed.
Activity7126%
Casting or attacking 93% of your time alive in combat
The share of your time alive in combat that you spent casting or attacking.
Utility98not counted
6 uses, about 7 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
1:13 Light Bolt Volley596.5Kfrom Radiant Spellsower
Nothing pressed
−6 s−4 s−2 sdeath
took 1.23Min 3.4 shealth at the start 56%before the last hit 57%healed 232.2K by Holy Paladin
7:57 Light Bolt437.8Kfrom Kezkitt
Nothing pressed
−6 s−4 s−2 sdeath
took 1.17Min 3.7 shealth at the start 86%before the last hit 29%healed 308.3K 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
30:00 timerleft 10:58Lightblossom Trinity1 wipe
0:007:3015:0022:3030:00

Where the 10:58 went

fighting 8:51
Before the first pull0:04
Fighting8:51
Death penalty1:30
Out of combat, not walking0:32

6 deaths added 1:30 to the timer, 15 seconds each.

How it went

  1. 1:13Hyporock to Light Bolt Volley from Radiant Spellsower. No defensive pressed.
  2. 7:57Hyporock to Light Bolt from Kezkitt. No defensive pressed.
  3. 8:42CascadeShadow Priest, Holy Paladin, Ele Shaman and Prot Warrior in 22 s, to Bedrock Surge, Thornblade, Light Bolt and Melee. Shadow Priest went first. No defensive pressed in any of them.
  4. 9:36The key was dropped 9:36 in, with 19:02 left on the timer.

What to change, biggest first

  1. Name a kicker for each Radiant Spellsower before the pull
  2. Keep a kick rotation on Kezkitt to the end of Trinity
  3. Hyporock: Divine Protection when Bedrock Surge starts dropping you on Trinity
  4. Holy Paladin: Cleanse Spore Spines off the tank

What the group changes together

The opener took about five packs in the first half minute, with two Radiant Spellsowers, one of them standing outside the pack. Over a third of the Light Bolts got through, as the table shows. Kicks doubled up on one caster while the other cast freely. Name a kicker per Spellsower before the pull. The only battle res went on trash, so there was none left for Trinity. Late in that fight Kezkitt cast Light Bolt back to back and none of the last ten was kicked.

Kick board stops against expected

expected
Prot Warrior23 / 224 kicks on stopped casts
Ele Shaman14 / 17
Hyporock11 / 103 kicks on stopped casts
Shadow Priest1 / 7
7 of the group's 55 kick presses landed on casts somebody had already stopped.

What the group left up

Casts that went off
Light Bolt
22 of 60got through
Light Bolt Volley
4 of 15got through
Debuffs left up
Spore Spines
2.95M3 times, 60 s up
Could have been dispelled and was not.
Hit most of the party
Spouting Floret
15%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Bedrock Surge
11%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Light Bolt Volley
4%of all damage taken
Hit 4 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Uproot
4%of all damage taken
Hit 5 of 5. Everyone took it, so nobody is charged.
Eaten by enemy shields
Lightbloom Pollination
1.5%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
KEEPKicks and mitigation
CHANGEStep out of Ruptured Earth
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Holy PaladinHoly PaladinA-87
KEEPFast battle res and steady healing
CHANGECleanse Spore Spines off the tank
Open the breakdown ↑
Ele ShamanEle ShamanC+70
KEEPMost kicks of the damage dealers
CHANGEWind Shear the Spellsower nobody else has stopped
Open the breakdown ↑
HyporockRet PaladinC+69
KEEPDamage and kicks on the casters
CHANGEDivine Protection when the Surge ticks start dropping you
Open the breakdown ↑
Shadow PriestShadow PriestC64
KEEPDamage
CHANGEInterrupts cost 21 points: 1 stops, 7 expected
Open the breakdown ↑

Notes

Where the numbers need a second look

Was Hyporock's damage low

No. His 330k is whole-key damage per second including two deaths, and it was 108% of the other damage dealers' median. 22.5M of his damage went into Radiant Spellsowers, casters the party needed dead, so the time spent on them was not lost damage.