All raid nights › Nek'zali, Coiled Altar & Ula'tek
Heroic Venomous Abyss · Wednesday, October 7, 2026 · patch 12.1
Holynoodles
Retribution Paladin · item level 328 · compared with the top 50 Retribution parses on each boss
Top three to work on
- Save your burst for the Coiled Altar intermission. Zul'jan takes 100% more damage from 3:42 to 4:21. Top Rets average 641k DPS there and you did 292k. Your Execution Sentence and Divine Toll went out at 3:20, about 20 seconds before it started, and Avenging Wrath came at 4:20, just as it ended. Hold all three and press them as the intermission begins, with your potion (yours at 3:50 was well timed).
- Spend Holy Power faster, starting with Hammer of Wrath. Per minute you cast 15 Final Verdicts to the top players' 19, 3.8 Hammer of Wraths to their 6.2, and 3.5 Judgments to their 4.8. Don't let Hammer of Wrath sit at two charges, and fill every gap with a generator so a spender is always ready.
- Enchant your chest. Your chest was unenchanted on both bosses, and 96% of top Rets run Mark of the Worldsoul there. Trinkets aren't held against you on Coiled Altar: you wore Vile Vial and Gebbo's Bottomless Bag for that kill, and Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique (on 98% of top Rets) dropped from it. You had the Guillotine on for Ula'tek, so keep it equipped.
Coiled Altar
Phase by phase
Your damage per second in each phase, against the 29 top-player kills saved so far. On each bar the dark mark is their median and the purple mark is their top quarter. Under each phase is the one thing that would help most there.
| Phase | Length | You | Top median | Top quarter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1Stage One: Serpent's Bargain | 2:051:43 | 139k | 242k | 261k | |
| Top thing Cast Hammer of Wrath more often: 3.4 a minute here against 7.3 for top players. | |||||
| Stage 2Stage Two: Usurper's Reprisal | 1:371:18 | 136k | 192k | 206k | |
| Top thing Cast Divine Storm more often: 4.9 a minute here against 8.5 for top players. | |||||
| IntermissionIntermission: The Claimed Vessel | 0:390:38 | 292k | 641k | 744k | |
| Top thing Press Execution Sentence (0 vs 1.0) and Divine Toll (0 vs 1.0) here. Top players use them in this phase. | |||||
| Stage 3Stage Three: Coiled Union | 3:042:02 | 256k | 348k | 366k | |
| Top thing Cast Judgment more often: 3.6 a minute here against 5.3 for top players. | |||||
Length shows your phase, with the top median underneath.
Your cooldowns on the fight timeline
Avenging Wrath
Execution Sentence
Potion of RecklessnessCooldowns in each phase
How many times you pressed each cooldown in each phase. Your count is the big number; top players' average is beside it. Highlighted cells are where top players press it noticeably more.
| Ability | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Intermission | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenging Wrath | 2top 2.0 | 2top 1.0 | 1top 1.0 | 3top 2.0 |
| Execution Sentence | 2top 2.0 | 2top 1.0 | 0top 1.0-1.0 | 2top 2.0 |
 Wake of Ashes | 4top 3.7 | 2top 2.3 | 1top 1.4 | 6top 4.1 |
 Divine Toll | 2top 1.9 | 2top 1.0 | 0top 1.0-1.0 | 3top 2.0 |
| Potion of Recklessness | 0top 0.6 | 0top 0.0 | 1top 0.4 | 0top 0.6 |
Where to improve
- Intermission Press Execution Sentence (0 vs 1.0) and Divine Toll (0 vs 1.0). Execution Sentence went out at 3:20, 23 seconds before this started; Divine Toll went out at 3:21, 21 seconds before this started.
What each phase asks of you
Stage 1 Stage One: Serpent's Bargain
Zul'jan alone. Raid damage from Fangs of the Coiled Altar, venom orbs to collect and clear with Sever, alternating Guillotine soaks, and roaming Axegrinder axes.
As Retribution: Single target: Final Verdict, not Divine Storm. Stay behind Zul'jan so Sever never hits you, and soak Guillotine when it's your group's turn.
- 139k DPS, 58% of the top median (242k).
- Cooldowns: Avenging Wrath 2 / 2.0 · Execution Sentence 2 / 2.0 · Wake of Ashes 4 / 3.7 · Divine Toll 2 / 1.9 · Potion of Recklessness 0 / 0.6 (you / top avg)
- Hammer of Wrath: 3.4 casts a minute against 7.3.
- Took Venomfang: 503k damage. Top players take far less of it.
Stage 2 Stage Two: Usurper's Reprisal
Malacrass joins. Dreadmarch mind-controls players, whose shields spawn ghosts when broken. Soul Sever leaves Gravebound (pick up your three Soul Fragments). Gloombomb circles, the Spiritcackle add, and the Eternal Nightfall shield and interrupt.
As Retribution: Stay stacked on Malacrass so passive cleave breaks the mind-control shields. Divine Storm when shields or adds are in range. If Soul Sever hits you, grab all three Soul Fragments right away.
- 136k DPS, 71% of the top median (192k).
- Cooldowns: Avenging Wrath 2 / 1.0 · Execution Sentence 2 / 1.0 · Wake of Ashes 2 / 2.3 · Divine Toll 2 / 1.0 (you / top avg)
- Divine Storm: 4.9 casts a minute against 8.5.
- Took Retaliatory Malice: 3 hits, 509k damage. Top players take far less of it.
Intermission Intermission: The Claimed Vessel
Soulbinding: Zul'jan takes 100% more damage while healing himself. Bloodlust goes here. Fragments of Malacrass race to Zul'jan and must be intercepted, and each soak hits the raid with Spirit Erasure.
As Retribution: This is the burst window. Avenging Wrath, Execution Sentence, potion, and on-use trinkets should all land here, on Zul'jan.
- 292k DPS, 45% of the top median (641k).
- Cooldowns: Avenging Wrath 1 / 1.0 · Execution Sentence 0 / 1.0 · Wake of Ashes 1 / 1.4 · Divine Toll 0 / 1.0 · Potion of Recklessness 1 / 0.4 (you / top avg)
- Execution Sentence went out at 3:20, 23 seconds before this started.
- Divine Toll went out at 3:21, 21 seconds before this started.
- Hammer of Wrath: 0.0 casts a minute against 11.8.
Stage 3 Stage Three: Coiled Union
Both bosses at once with every earlier mechanic. When one dies the other enrages, so the raid balances their health.
As Retribution: Two targets stacked: Divine Storm is your spender. Keep cooldowns on cooldown, and don't let either boss pull ahead.
- 256k DPS, 74% of the top median (348k).
- Cooldowns: Avenging Wrath 3 / 2.0 · Execution Sentence 2 / 2.0 · Wake of Ashes 6 / 4.1 · Divine Toll 3 / 2.0 · Potion of Recklessness 0 / 0.6 (you / top avg)
- Judgment: 3.6 casts a minute against 5.3.
- Took Volatile Venom: 11 hits, 438k damage. Top players take far less of it.
Rotation compared with top players
Casts per minute while alive, sorted by the biggest difference.
| Ability | You | Top median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hammer of Wrath | 3.8 | 6.2 | -39% |
 Judgment | 3.5 | 4.8 | -26% |
 Final Verdict | 15.1 | 19.1 | -21% |
| Execution Sentence | 0.8 | 1.0 | -19% |
 Blade of Justice | 7.8 | 6.8 | +14% |
| Wake of Ashes | 1.8 | 2.0 | -11% |
 Crusading Strikes | 41.4 | 46.4 | -11% |
| Avenging Wrath | 1.1 | 1.0 | +8% |
| Divine Toll | 0.9 | 1.0 | -6% |
 Divine Storm | 13.6 | 13.3 | +2% |
Where your damage comes from
| Source | You | Top median |
|---|---|---|
| Blade of Justice | 14.9% | 13.7% |
| Final Verdict | 11.6% | 12.3% |
 Divine Arbiter | 12.3% | 10.8% |
 Dawnlight | 9.3% | 9.9% |
| Divine Storm | 14.0% | 9.4% |
| Hammer of Wrath | 7.3% | 8.2% |
| Crusading Strikes | 10.5% | 7.8% |
| Execution Sentence | 3.0% | 5.8% |
 Perfected GuillotineFrom Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique, which you weren't wearing on this fight | 0.0% | 5.2% |
 Highlord's Judgment | 4.0% | 3.7% |
Damage you took
Per minute, by ability, against top players on their kills. Highlighted rows are where you took much more than they did from something you can do something about.
| Ability | You | Top median |
|---|---|---|
 Coalesced Venom | 1086k | 1055k |
 Venom RuptureRaid-wide, not avoidable | 826k | 823k |
 Dreadful Presence | 564k | 646k |
 Spirit ErasureRaid-wide, not avoidable | 416k | 551k |
 Fangs of the Coiled AltarRaid-wide, not avoidable | 98k | 124k |
 VenomfangIt's a poison: press Cleanse Toxins on yourself instead of waiting for a healer's dispel. | 85k | 0k |
 Retaliatory MaliceThe Spiritcackle add casts this at random players, so swap to it and cleave it down with Divine Storm when it ports into melee. | 69k2.3× theirs | 30k |
 Volatile VenomYou only get this by carrying a venom orb, so leave orbs to the assigned collectors unless you're on that list. | 65k4.1× theirs | 16k |
 Death's Embrace | 51k | 56k |
 Widow's Kiss | 49k | 55k |
Deaths
No early deaths across 3 pulls. Deaths in the last 20 seconds of a wipe are left out.
Ula'tek
No kill yet, so this compares your best pull with top players' kills, phase by phase, for the phases you reached. Whole-fight DPS isn't directly comparable.
Phase by phase
Top-player kills for this boss are still being collected, so comparisons will appear once they're in.
| Phase | Length | You | Top median | Top quarter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1Stage One: Fury of the Serpent Mother | 2:44 | 257k | – | – | |
| Top thing Soak Spectral Coils with your team, dodge Caustic Waves, and save burst for the Venomous Heart. | |||||
| Stage 2Stage Two: Children of the Doomscale | 2:25 | 262k | – | – | |
| Top thing Cleave the Doomscale Warden onto the eggs and snap tethers only in your assigned pair. | |||||
| IntermissionIntermission: The Shattering | 0:53 | 190k | – | – | |
| Top thing Soak with your team's casts only and get off the middle before the platform breaks. | |||||
| Stage 3Stage Three: Ula'tek's Ascension (partial) | 1:02 | 160k | – | – | |
| Top thing Soak the melee Serpent's Bite, rotate platforms before Circling Prey, and save burst for the final heart. | |||||
Length shows your phase, with the top median underneath.
Your cooldowns on the fight timeline
Avenging WrathExecution SentencePotion of RecklessnessWhat each phase asks of you
Stage 1 Stage One: Fury of the Serpent Mother
Collect eggs and break them in the Spectral Coils soaks (two teams on Heroic). Dodge Caustic Waves, which come from the side of the wing Ula'tek pulls back and spawn a deadly Viper if they hit an egg carrier. After two cycles, Rage of the Shackled exposes the Venomous Heart, which takes 100% more damage for 20 seconds.
As Retribution: Save your second Avenging Wrath, potion, and trinkets for the Venomous Heart window, and target the Heart. Freedom assignments on the tanks clear Hobbled after Mother's Wrath.
Stage 2 Stage Two: Children of the Doomscale
The raid splits to the two side platforms. Kill the Doomscale Warden, break Grasping Fangs tethers two at a time, carry eggs to the Cauldron, and interrupt the Weakened Doomscale's Anguished Cry.
As Retribution: Cleave the Warden onto the eggs with Divine Storm. Watch the tether breaks: each one puts a raid-wide DoT on both platforms.
Intermission Intermission: The Shattering
Spectral tails slam repeatedly; teams alternate soaks while collecting eggs. Then the arena shatters into four platforms.
As Retribution: Soak with your team's casts only. Move off the middle before the platform breaks.
Stage 3 Stage Three: Ula'tek's Ascension
Platforms. Serpent's Bite soaks for melee, ranged, and healer groups, Volatile Purge spreads, Caustic Waves with gaps, and Circling Prey breaking the melee platform. Kill Blightscale Shriekers fast. Ends in a final heart phase.
As Retribution: Melee stays on the boss platform. Soak the melee Serpent's Bite, rotate platforms before Circling Prey, and use a defensive on the second platform break. Save burst for the final heart phase.
Damage you took
Per minute, by ability, against top players on their kills. Highlighted rows are where you took much more than they did from something you can do something about.
| Ability | You | Top median |
|---|---|---|
 Necrotic VaporsRaid-wide, not avoidable | 1832k | – |
 Spectral Coils | 358k | – |
 Rage of the ShackledRaid-wide, not avoidable | 341k | – |
 Blight VeinRaid-wide, not avoidable | 261k | – |
 Mephitic Thrash | 175k | – |
 Calcified Corpse | 168k | – |
 Grasping Fangs | 155k | – |
 Putrid MembraneRaid-wide, not avoidable | 131k | – |
| Deadly Venom | 130k | – |
 Falling Debris | 50k | – |
Deaths
- Pull 16 died at 3:06 of 3:45 to Malice
Gear compared with top players
Checked against what you had equipped on each boss tonight, from the 50 top-player kills across these bosses. Enchants show the most common choice in each slot.
| Slot | Yours | Most common at the top |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Empowered Rune of Avoidance | Empowered Rune of Avoidance 68% |
| Shoulders | Amirdrassil's Grace | Amirdrassil's Grace 62% |
| ChestAdd Mark of the Worldsoul: 96% of top players use it. | None | Mark of the Worldsoul 96% |
| Legs | +41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina | +41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina 96% |
| Feet | Lynx's Dexterity | Lynx's Dexterity 66% |
| Ring | Eyes of the Eagle | Eyes of the Eagle 94% |
| Main hand | Rite of the Hash'ey | Rite of the Hash'ey 92% |
Trinkets
| Trinket | Top players using it | You |
|---|---|---|
| Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique | 98% | ✓ Ula'tek only |
| Voracious Heart of Ula'tekDrops from Ula'tek, which the raid hasn't killed yet | 96% | |
| Vile Vial of Volatile Venom | 2% | ✓ Coiled Altar only |
| Gebbo's Bottomless Bag | 0% | ✓ |
Popular isn't always best for your stats. Run Top Gear on Raidbots to compare trinkets you own before swapping. Raidbots loads your gear from the Armory, so it reflects what you have now, not what you wore that night.
Soak and assignment checks are not included yet. From Warcraft Logs report rCMTKaJNxH9vFfGX and top-50 parses on Warcraft Logs.