Heroic Venomous Abyss · Thursday, October 8, 2026 · patch 12.1
Tartare
Retribution Paladin · item level 318 · compared with the top 50 Retribution parses on each boss
What to work on
- Keep pressing Divine Toll.
- You pressed it at 0:04, 1:11, 2:13 and 3:56, then never again on a 7:53 pull.
- It's about a 1-minute cooldown, so that's about three missed casts, including the second Venomous Heart at 4:45.
- Stay on the boss.
- Crusading Strikes ran at 26 a minute against 41 for top Rets, so you spent a lot of time out of melee.
- Every spender is down with it: Final Verdict 9.5 vs 16.1, Divine Storm 7.1 vs 12.2, Hammer of Wrath 2.7 vs 5.6.
- Stage 2 was the worst at 106k DPS (a typical Ret does 233k). Stay with the Doomscale Warden and cleave it.
- Fewer deaths late in pulls.
- You died on 6 of 13 pulls, mostly to Caustic Waves and Volatile Purge.
- Caustic Waves: move to the side opposite the wing Ula'tek pulls back.
- Volatile Purge: spread out after your soak; the circle goes off 5 seconds later.
- Your Heart timing was good.
- Avenging Wrath and Execution Sentence landed in both Venomous Heart windows, and your potion in the first.
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
Your damage per second in each phase, next to a typical Ret and the top 50.
| Phase | Length | You | Typical Ret | Top-50 median | Top quarter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1Stage One: Fury of the Serpent Mother | 2:442:44 | 194k | 251k | 386k | 410k | |
| Press Wake of Ashes here: it was ready, and top players use it in this phase. | ||||||
| Stage 2Stage Two: Children of the Doomscale | 2:252:25 | 106k | 233k | 407k | 432k | |
| Press Divine Toll here: it was ready, and top players use it in this phase. | ||||||
| IntermissionIntermission: The Shattering | 0:540:53 | 17k | 87k | 189k | 211k | |
| Press Wake of Ashes here: it was ready, and top players use it in this phase. | ||||||
| Stage 3Stage Three: Ula'tek's Ascension (partial) | 1:503:46 | 129k | 184k | 303k | 322k | |
| Cast Hammer of Wrath more often: 2.9 a minute here against 5.9 for top players. | ||||||
Phase length is yours, with the top-50 median underneath.
Your cooldowns on the fight timeline
Cooldowns in each phase
How many times you pressed each cooldown, against the top players' average. Red means you could have pressed it more.
| Ability | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Intermission | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Avenging Wrath | 3vs 3.0 top | 2vs 2.0 top | 1vs 0.0 top | 0vs 3.8 top |
 Execution Sentence | 3vs 3.0 top | 2vs 1.9 top | 0vs 0.0 top | 1vs 3.8 top |
 Wake of Ashes | 4vs 5.0 top-1.0 | 4vs 3.8 top | 0vs 1.0 top-1.0 | 1vs 6.7 top |
 Divine Toll | 3vs 3.0 top | 1vs 2.0 top-1.0 | 0vs 0.0 top | 0vs 3.8 top |
 Potion of Recklessness | 1vs 0.8 top | 0vs 0.0 top | 0vs 0.0 top | 0vs 0.9 top |
Where to improve
- Stage 1
- Wake of Ashes: it was ready about 6 times here and you pressed it 4. Press it as it comes back.
- Stage 2
- Divine Toll: it was ready about 2 times here and you pressed it 1. Press it as it comes back.
- Intermission
- Wake of Ashes: ready from 5:39 and not pressed.
Deep dive into each phase
What each phase asks of you, with your numbers
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.
- 194k DPS, 50% of the top median (386k).
- Cooldowns: Avenging Wrath 3 / 3.0 · Execution Sentence 3 / 3.0 · Wake of Ashes 4 / 5.0 · Divine Toll 3 / 3.0 · Potion of Recklessness 1 / 0.8 (you / top avg)
- Wake of Ashes was ready about 6 times in this phase and you pressed it 4.
- Hammer of Wrath: 3.7 casts a minute against 7.9.
- Took Falling Debris: 2 hits, 802k damage. Top players take far less of it.
- Early deaths in this stage: Caustic Waves on pull 11.
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.
- 106k DPS, 26% of the top median (407k).
- Cooldowns: Avenging Wrath 2 / 2.0 · Execution Sentence 2 / 1.9 · Wake of Ashes 4 / 3.8 · Divine Toll 1 / 2.0 (you / top avg)
- Divine Toll was ready about 2 times in this phase and you pressed it 1.
- Final Verdict: 5.0 casts a minute against 12.8.
- Took Virulent Spit: 2 hits, 818k damage. Top players take far less of it.
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.
- 17k DPS, 9% of the top median (189k).
- Cooldowns: Avenging Wrath 1 / 0.0 · Wake of Ashes 0 / 1.0 (you / top avg)
- Wake of Ashes was ready from 5:39 and wasn't pressed.
- Final Verdict: 0.0 casts a minute against 3.4.
- Early deaths in this stage: Spectral Coils on pull 5.
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.
- 129k DPS, 43% of the top median (303k).
- Cooldowns: Avenging Wrath 0 / 3.8 · Execution Sentence 1 / 3.8 · Wake of Ashes 1 / 6.7 · Divine Toll 0 / 3.8 · Potion of Recklessness 0 / 0.9 (you / top avg)
- Hammer of Wrath: 2.9 casts a minute against 5.9.
- Early deaths in this stage: Volatile Purge on pulls 7, 12; Caustic Waves on pull 9; Deadly Venom on pull 13.
Talents compared with top players
Where your build differs from the top 50
Your talents on this pull against the top 50 Retribution kills on this boss. Hero talents: you ran Herald of the Sun; 100% of top players ran Herald of the Sun.
| Tree | You | Top players |
|---|---|---|
| Class | Not taken | Blessed Calling 64% |
Top players are split on Lightforged Blessing, Blessed Calling, Consecrated Ground (yours), Blinding Light (yours) and Punishment (yours), so either choice is fine.
Rotation compared with top players
Casts per minute against the top 50
Casts per minute while alive, sorted by the biggest difference.
| Ability | You | Top median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hammer of Wrath | 2.7 | 5.6 | -52% |
 Divine Storm | 7.1 | 12.2 | -42% |
 Final Verdict | 9.5 | 16.1 | -41% |
 Judgment | 3.0 | 4.8 | -38% |
 Crusading Strikes | 26.1 | 41.0 | -36% |
| Divine Toll | 0.6 | 0.9 | -35% |
| Wake of Ashes | 1.3 | 1.7 | -23% |
 Blade of Justice | 7.0 | 5.9 | +18% |
| Execution Sentence | 0.9 | 0.9 | -3% |
| Avenging Wrath | 0.9 | 0.9 | -3% |
Where your damage comes from
Your damage sources against top players
Share of your total damage from each source, against the top-50 median. Red means a lot less than top players; green a lot more.
Divine Arbiter
Dawnlight
Perfected GuillotineFrom Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique, which you weren't wearing on this fight
Highlord's JudgmentDamage you took
3 avoidable sources flagged
Per minute, by ability, against top players on their kills.
| Ability | You | Top median |
|---|---|---|
 Necrotic VaporsRaid-wide, not avoidable | 1840k | 2079k |
 Rage of the ShackledRaid-wide, not avoidable | 371k | 349k |
 Spectral Coils | 343k | 354k |
 Blight VeinRaid-wide, not avoidable | 291k | 160k |
 Mephitic Thrash | 178k | 133k |
 Falling DebrisHit the Venomous Heart from a spot clear of the falling-debris areas. | 177k | 0k |
 Volatile Purge | 142k | 369k |
 Virulent Spit | 121k | 0k |
 Serpent's Bite | 105k | 235k |
| Deadly Venom | 62k2.0× theirs | 31k |
Deaths
- Pull 5 died at 5:34 of 6:52 to Spectral Coils
- Pull 7 died at 6:42 of 7:23 to Volatile Purge
- Pull 9 died at 6:57 of 7:34 to Caustic Waves
- Pull 11 died at 1:51 of 7:33 to Caustic Waves
- Pull 12 died at 6:45 of 7:53 to Volatile Purge
- Pull 13 died at 6:49 of 8:57 to Deadly Venom
Gear compared with top players
Stats
Your stats at the start of the raid against top players. "Mix" is each secondary as a share of all your secondaries, so it compares fairly across item levels.
| Stat | You | Top-50 median | Your mix | Top mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | 2,650 | 2,652 | ||
| Crit | 741 | 1,053 | 26% | 33% |
| Haste | 654 | 894 | 23% | 27% |
| Mastery | 1,420 | 1,184 | 49% | 37% |
| Versatility | 87 | 101 | 3% | 3% |
You're lightest on Crit (26% of your secondaries vs 33% for top players) and heaviest on Mastery. When two items are close, lean toward Crit, and let a Raidbots sim settle it.
Trinkets
| Trinket | Top players using it | You |
|---|---|---|
| Voracious Heart of Ula'tekDrops from Ula'tek, which the raid hasn't killed yet | 92% | |
| Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique | 92% | |
| Vile Vial of Volatile Venom | 8% | |
| Keeper's Seething Core | 6% | |
| Sszorak's Ferocity | 2% | |
| Fiber of Living Agony | 0% | ✓ |
| 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.
Enchants
All slots match top players
Your enchants against the most common choice in each slot, from 50 top-player kills.
| Slot | Yours | Most common at the top |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Empowered Rune of Avoidance | Empowered Rune of Avoidance 58% |
| Shoulders | Amirdrassil's Grace | Amirdrassil's Grace 60% |
| Chest | Mark of the Worldsoul | Mark of the Worldsoul 100% |
| Legs | +41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina | +41 Agility/Strength & +115 Stamina 96% |
| Feet | Lynx's Dexterity | Lynx's Dexterity 56% |
| Ring | Eyes of the Eagle | Eyes of the Eagle 94% |
| Main hand | Rite of the Hash'ey | Rite of the Hash'ey 78% |
Soak and assignment checks are not included yet. From Warcraft Logs report AMJb9NzZajXBCn68 and top-50 parses on Warcraft Logs.