Sszorak

The Venomous Abyss. Where the damage lands and what these runs pressed against it, stage by stage.

DifficultyLFR (none)Normal Heroic Mythic (none)

How to heal it

Sszorak alternates with a second named stage and keeps alternating for as long as the fight runs. The main stage is long, the other is short, and the short one is where the spike lands every time it comes round.

This one cycles: two stages repeating across 7 segments, for as long as the fight lasts. Spend cooldowns on the assumption that the same stage is coming back, because what you use on the first pass will not be up for the second.

The first thing worth planning against lands 43s in, inside Sszorak. Empowers and Stasis both want lead time, so a ramp that starts when you see a health bar move is already late. Begin it around 23s, roughly 20 seconds out, and let it land into the spike rather than after it.

Most of what reaches the group here comes from Ula'tek's Presence, Mutilated Gash and Viscous Cyst, and those are totals for everybody who is not the tank, so they are what the raid took rather than a number you have to heal on your own.

All of this comes from 418 logged heroic runs, every one of them a kill, because the board these came from holds no wipes. Read the timings as the shape of the fight rather than as settled numbers: they will move as the raid goes on farm.

The stages that spike

Each stage of Sszorak, how long it runs and where its heaviest five seconds fall.
Stage	Runs	Median length	Worst moment	Taken in those five seconds
Sszorak	418	1m 51s	43s	14,024,632
Howling Maelstrom	418	25s	2m 3s	12,614,951
Sszorak	418	1m 53s	3m 1s	13,628,122
Howling Maelstrom	418	25s	4m 21s	11,989,637
Sszorak	418	1m 49s	5m 19s	12,825,999
Howling Maelstrom	192	16s	6m 30s	10,344,414
Sszorak	192	0s	6m 55s	11,857,060

Log-verifiedn=418 runs

Sszorak on heroic runs 7 stages, and the worst moment of each falls at 43s, 2m 3s, 3m 1s, 4m 21s, 5m 19s, 6m 30s, 6m 55s into the fight.

The worst moment is the middle of the heaviest five seconds of damage that did not land on a tank, measured from the pull.

First week of the season, so gear is low and every timing here moves as it rises.Every run is a kill. The leaderboard holds no wipes, so nothing here shows what going wrong looks like.

What the ramp looks like

Taken from what these runs cast in the thirty seconds before the heaviest damage of each stage. Procs are left out, because a proc is not a decision: Twin Flame fires when Essence Burst is consumed, and Merithra's Blessing is a passive that upgrades your next Reversion.

Sszorak

Press Echo about 15 times, Emerald Blossom about 14 times, Temporal Anomaly about 6 times, Dream BreathDream Breath4.9% of base mana · Channeled (2.5 sec cast) · 30 sec cooldown · 1 ChargeInhale, gathering the power of the Dream. Release to exhale, healing yourself and 5 injured allies in a 40 yd cone in front of you for [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 8].I: Heals (92.16% of Spell Power) instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 8] over 16 sec.II: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 2] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 6] over 12 sec.III: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] over 8 sec. about 6 times, Verdant Embrace about 5 times, Fire BreathFire Breath1.8% of base mana · Channeled (2.5 sec cast) · 30 sec cooldown · 1 ChargeInhale, stoking your inner flame. Release to exhale, burning enemies in a cone in front of you for [((163.409% of Spell Power)) + ((39.4834% of Spell Power) * (10 + 0 + 0))] Fire damage, reduced beyond 5 targets. [Sands of Time: Increases the duration of your active Ebon Might effects by 2 sec]Empowering causes more of the damage to be dealt immediately instead of over time.I: Deals [(163.409% of Spell Power)] damage instantly and [(39.4834% of Spell Power) * (10 + 0 + 0)] over (20 + 0 + 0) sec.II: Deals [(163.409% of Spell Power) + ((39.4834% of Spell Power) * 3)] damage instantly and [(39.4834% of Spell Power) * (7 + 0 + 0)] over (14 + 0 + 0) sec.III: Deals [(163.409% of Spell Power) + ((39.4834% of Spell Power) * 6)] damage instantly and [(39.4834% of Spell Power) * (4 + 0 + 0)] over (8 + 0 + 0) sec. about 4 times, Stasis (Store) about 2 times and Stasis (Release) once inside that window, across 418 runs.

No two runs cast the same full sequence, so there is no single opener to copy. What repeats is which cast follows which:

Emerald Blossom into Echo, in 98% (409 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Emerald Blossom, in 98% (408 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Echo, in 97% (405 of 418) of the runs
Emerald Blossom into Emerald Blossom, in 95% (399 of 418) of the runs
Temporal Anomaly into Echo, in 92% (383 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Temporal Anomaly, in 86% (359 of 418) of the runs

418 runs with ramp casts · a typical ramp is 8 abilities

No ability reliably goes first here. The most common opener was Emerald Blossom, in 129 of 418 runs. Treat this as a set to get out, not an order.

Ramp abilities for Sszorak, by how often each appeared and opened.
Ability	Appeared in	Opened the ramp	Typical position
Echo	100% (418 of 418)	128 of 418	2
Emerald Blossom	100% (417 of 418)	129 of 418	2
Temporal Anomaly	100% (418 of 418)	53 of 418	4
Dream BreathDream Breath4.9% of base mana · Channeled (2.5 sec cast) · 30 sec cooldown · 1 ChargeInhale, gathering the power of the Dream. Release to exhale, healing yourself and 5 injured allies in a 40 yd cone in front of you for [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 8].I: Heals (92.16% of Spell Power) instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 8] over 16 sec.II: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 2] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 6] over 12 sec.III: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] over 8 sec.	100% (418 of 418)	40 of 418	4
Verdant Embrace	75% (312 of 418)	24 of 418	6
Stasis (Store)	69% (289 of 418)	14 of 418	6
Stasis (Release)	66% (274 of 418)	4 of 418	7

Howling Maelstrom

Press Echo about 11 times, Emerald Blossom about 11 times, Temporal Anomaly about 5 times, Verdant Embrace about 5 times, Dream BreathDream Breath4.9% of base mana · Channeled (2.5 sec cast) · 30 sec cooldown · 1 ChargeInhale, gathering the power of the Dream. Release to exhale, healing yourself and 5 injured allies in a 40 yd cone in front of you for [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 8].I: Heals (92.16% of Spell Power) instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 8] over 16 sec.II: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 2] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 6] over 12 sec.III: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] over 8 sec. about 4 times, Fire BreathFire Breath1.8% of base mana · Channeled (2.5 sec cast) · 30 sec cooldown · 1 ChargeInhale, stoking your inner flame. Release to exhale, burning enemies in a cone in front of you for [((163.409% of Spell Power)) + ((39.4834% of Spell Power) * (10 + 0 + 0))] Fire damage, reduced beyond 5 targets. [Sands of Time: Increases the duration of your active Ebon Might effects by 2 sec]Empowering causes more of the damage to be dealt immediately instead of over time.I: Deals [(163.409% of Spell Power)] damage instantly and [(39.4834% of Spell Power) * (10 + 0 + 0)] over (20 + 0 + 0) sec.II: Deals [(163.409% of Spell Power) + ((39.4834% of Spell Power) * 3)] damage instantly and [(39.4834% of Spell Power) * (7 + 0 + 0)] over (14 + 0 + 0) sec.III: Deals [(163.409% of Spell Power) + ((39.4834% of Spell Power) * 6)] damage instantly and [(39.4834% of Spell Power) * (4 + 0 + 0)] over (8 + 0 + 0) sec. about 3 times, Stasis (Store) once and Stasis (Release) once inside that window, across 418 runs.

No two runs cast the same full sequence, so there is no single opener to copy. What repeats is which cast follows which:

Emerald Blossom into Echo, in 94% (395 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Echo, in 92% (385 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Emerald Blossom, in 91% (379 of 418) of the runs
Emerald Blossom into Emerald Blossom, in 90% (378 of 418) of the runs
Temporal Anomaly into Echo, in 84% (353 of 418) of the runs
Temporal Anomaly into Emerald Blossom, in 78% (324 of 418) of the runs

418 runs with ramp casts · a typical ramp is 9 abilities

No ability reliably goes first here. The most common opener was Emerald Blossom, in 132 of 418 runs. Treat this as a set to get out, not an order.

Ramp abilities for Howling Maelstrom, by how often each appeared and opened.
Ability	Appeared in	Opened the ramp	Typical position
Emerald Blossom	100% (416 of 418)	132 of 418	2
Echo	100% (416 of 418)	107 of 418	3
Temporal Anomaly	100% (418 of 418)	57 of 418	4
Dream BreathDream Breath4.9% of base mana · Channeled (2.5 sec cast) · 30 sec cooldown · 1 ChargeInhale, gathering the power of the Dream. Release to exhale, healing yourself and 5 injured allies in a 40 yd cone in front of you for [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 8].I: Heals (92.16% of Spell Power) instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 8] over 16 sec.II: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 2] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 6] over 12 sec.III: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] over 8 sec.	100% (418 of 418)	52 of 418	4
Stasis (Store)	73% (307 of 418)	12 of 418	6
Verdant Embrace	72% (300 of 418)	21 of 418	6
Stasis (Release)	71% (295 of 418)	5 of 418	7

Sszorak

No two runs cast the same full sequence, so there is no single opener to copy. What repeats is which cast follows which:

Emerald Blossom into Echo, in 98% (409 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Emerald Blossom, in 98% (408 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Echo, in 97% (405 of 418) of the runs
Emerald Blossom into Emerald Blossom, in 95% (399 of 418) of the runs
Temporal Anomaly into Echo, in 92% (383 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Temporal Anomaly, in 86% (359 of 418) of the runs

418 runs with ramp casts · a typical ramp is 8 abilities

No ability reliably goes first here. The most common opener was Emerald Blossom, in 129 of 418 runs. Treat this as a set to get out, not an order.

Ramp abilities for Sszorak, by how often each appeared and opened.
Ability	Appeared in	Opened the ramp	Typical position
Echo	100% (418 of 418)	128 of 418	2
Emerald Blossom	100% (417 of 418)	129 of 418	2
Temporal Anomaly	100% (418 of 418)	53 of 418	4
Dream BreathDream Breath4.9% of base mana · Channeled (2.5 sec cast) · 30 sec cooldown · 1 ChargeInhale, gathering the power of the Dream. Release to exhale, healing yourself and 5 injured allies in a 40 yd cone in front of you for [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 8].I: Heals (92.16% of Spell Power) instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 8] over 16 sec.II: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 2] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 6] over 12 sec.III: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] over 8 sec.	100% (418 of 418)	40 of 418	4
Verdant Embrace	75% (312 of 418)	24 of 418	6
Stasis (Store)	69% (289 of 418)	14 of 418	6
Stasis (Release)	66% (274 of 418)	4 of 418	7

Howling Maelstrom

No two runs cast the same full sequence, so there is no single opener to copy. What repeats is which cast follows which:

Emerald Blossom into Echo, in 94% (395 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Echo, in 92% (385 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Emerald Blossom, in 91% (379 of 418) of the runs
Emerald Blossom into Emerald Blossom, in 90% (378 of 418) of the runs
Temporal Anomaly into Echo, in 84% (353 of 418) of the runs
Temporal Anomaly into Emerald Blossom, in 78% (324 of 418) of the runs

418 runs with ramp casts · a typical ramp is 9 abilities

No ability reliably goes first here. The most common opener was Emerald Blossom, in 132 of 418 runs. Treat this as a set to get out, not an order.

Ramp abilities for Howling Maelstrom, by how often each appeared and opened.
Ability	Appeared in	Opened the ramp	Typical position
Emerald Blossom	100% (416 of 418)	132 of 418	2
Echo	100% (416 of 418)	107 of 418	3
Temporal Anomaly	100% (418 of 418)	57 of 418	4
Dream BreathDream Breath4.9% of base mana · Channeled (2.5 sec cast) · 30 sec cooldown · 1 ChargeInhale, gathering the power of the Dream. Release to exhale, healing yourself and 5 injured allies in a 40 yd cone in front of you for [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 8].I: Heals (92.16% of Spell Power) instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 8] over 16 sec.II: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 2] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 6] over 12 sec.III: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] over 8 sec.	100% (418 of 418)	52 of 418	4
Stasis (Store)	73% (307 of 418)	12 of 418	6
Verdant Embrace	72% (300 of 418)	21 of 418	6
Stasis (Release)	71% (295 of 418)	5 of 418	7

Sszorak

No two runs cast the same full sequence, so there is no single opener to copy. What repeats is which cast follows which:

Emerald Blossom into Echo, in 98% (409 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Emerald Blossom, in 98% (408 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Echo, in 97% (405 of 418) of the runs
Emerald Blossom into Emerald Blossom, in 95% (399 of 418) of the runs
Temporal Anomaly into Echo, in 92% (383 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Temporal Anomaly, in 86% (359 of 418) of the runs

418 runs with ramp casts · a typical ramp is 8 abilities

No ability reliably goes first here. The most common opener was Emerald Blossom, in 129 of 418 runs. Treat this as a set to get out, not an order.

Ramp abilities for Sszorak, by how often each appeared and opened.
Ability	Appeared in	Opened the ramp	Typical position
Echo	100% (418 of 418)	128 of 418	2
Emerald Blossom	100% (417 of 418)	129 of 418	2
Temporal Anomaly	100% (418 of 418)	53 of 418	4
Dream BreathDream Breath4.9% of base mana · Channeled (2.5 sec cast) · 30 sec cooldown · 1 ChargeInhale, gathering the power of the Dream. Release to exhale, healing yourself and 5 injured allies in a 40 yd cone in front of you for [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 8].I: Heals (92.16% of Spell Power) instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 8] over 16 sec.II: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 2] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 6] over 12 sec.III: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] over 8 sec.	100% (418 of 418)	40 of 418	4
Verdant Embrace	75% (312 of 418)	24 of 418	6
Stasis (Store)	69% (289 of 418)	14 of 418	6
Stasis (Release)	66% (274 of 418)	4 of 418	7

Howling Maelstrom

No two runs cast the same full sequence, so there is no single opener to copy. What repeats is which cast follows which:

Emerald Blossom into Echo, in 94% (395 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Echo, in 92% (385 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Emerald Blossom, in 91% (379 of 418) of the runs
Emerald Blossom into Emerald Blossom, in 90% (378 of 418) of the runs
Temporal Anomaly into Echo, in 84% (353 of 418) of the runs
Temporal Anomaly into Emerald Blossom, in 78% (324 of 418) of the runs

418 runs with ramp casts · a typical ramp is 9 abilities

No ability reliably goes first here. The most common opener was Emerald Blossom, in 132 of 418 runs. Treat this as a set to get out, not an order.

Ramp abilities for Howling Maelstrom, by how often each appeared and opened.
Ability	Appeared in	Opened the ramp	Typical position
Emerald Blossom	100% (416 of 418)	132 of 418	2
Echo	100% (416 of 418)	107 of 418	3
Temporal Anomaly	100% (418 of 418)	57 of 418	4
Dream BreathDream Breath4.9% of base mana · Channeled (2.5 sec cast) · 30 sec cooldown · 1 ChargeInhale, gathering the power of the Dream. Release to exhale, healing yourself and 5 injured allies in a 40 yd cone in front of you for [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 8].I: Heals (92.16% of Spell Power) instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 8] over 16 sec.II: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 2] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 6] over 12 sec.III: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] over 8 sec.	100% (418 of 418)	52 of 418	4
Stasis (Store)	73% (307 of 418)	12 of 418	6
Verdant Embrace	72% (300 of 418)	21 of 418	6
Stasis (Release)	71% (295 of 418)	5 of 418	7

Sszorak

No two runs cast the same full sequence, so there is no single opener to copy. What repeats is which cast follows which:

Emerald Blossom into Echo, in 98% (409 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Emerald Blossom, in 98% (408 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Echo, in 97% (405 of 418) of the runs
Emerald Blossom into Emerald Blossom, in 95% (399 of 418) of the runs
Temporal Anomaly into Echo, in 92% (383 of 418) of the runs
Echo into Temporal Anomaly, in 86% (359 of 418) of the runs

418 runs with ramp casts · a typical ramp is 8 abilities

No ability reliably goes first here. The most common opener was Emerald Blossom, in 129 of 418 runs. Treat this as a set to get out, not an order.

Ramp abilities for Sszorak, by how often each appeared and opened.
Ability	Appeared in	Opened the ramp	Typical position
Echo	100% (418 of 418)	128 of 418	2
Emerald Blossom	100% (417 of 418)	129 of 418	2
Temporal Anomaly	100% (418 of 418)	53 of 418	4
Dream BreathDream Breath4.9% of base mana · Channeled (2.5 sec cast) · 30 sec cooldown · 1 ChargeInhale, gathering the power of the Dream. Release to exhale, healing yourself and 5 injured allies in a 40 yd cone in front of you for [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 8].I: Heals (92.16% of Spell Power) instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 8] over 16 sec.II: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 2] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 6] over 12 sec.III: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] over 8 sec.	100% (418 of 418)	40 of 418	4
Verdant Embrace	75% (312 of 418)	24 of 418	6
Stasis (Store)	69% (289 of 418)	14 of 418	6
Stasis (Release)	66% (274 of 418)	4 of 418	7

Stasis

Held time is how long the charges sat banked before release. A long hold means Stasis was filled during downtime and spent later; a short one means it was filled and released inside the same window, which is a different tool.

Log-verifiedn=628 runs with Stasis recorded

Into Sszorak,

Stasis was banked with Dream BreathDream Breath4.9% of base mana · Channeled (2.5 sec cast) · 30 sec cooldown · 1 ChargeInhale, gathering the power of the Dream. Release to exhale, healing yourself and 5 injured allies in a 40 yd cone in front of you for [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 8].I: Heals (92.16% of Spell Power) instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 8] over 16 sec.II: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 2] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 6] over 12 sec.III: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] over 8 sec. + Dream BreathDream Breath4.9% of base mana · Channeled (2.5 sec cast) · 30 sec cooldown · 1 ChargeInhale, gathering the power of the Dream. Release to exhale, healing yourself and 5 injured allies in a 40 yd cone in front of you for [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 8].I: Heals (92.16% of Spell Power) instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 8] over 16 sec.II: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 2] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 6] over 12 sec.III: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] over 8 sec. + Temporal Anomaly and held 16s.

Log-verifiedn=110 runs with Stasis recorded

Into Howling Maelstrom,

Log-verifiedn=402 runs with Stasis recorded

Into Sszorak,

Log-verifiedn=17 runs with Stasis recorded

Into Howling Maelstrom,

Thin sample: 17 runs with Stasis recorded.

Log-verifiedn=394 runs with Stasis recorded

Into Sszorak,

Log-verifiedn=53 runs with Stasis recorded

Into Howling Maelstrom,

Log-verifiedn=7 runs with Stasis recorded

Into Sszorak,

Stasis was banked with Echo and held 0s.

Thin sample: 7 runs with Stasis recorded.

What they were playing

The loadout most of these runs shared. A real build somebody imported rather than an average: a build assembled from per-talent take rates can overspend the point budget or take both halves of a choice node, which is not a build anybody can play. The full spread by key level lives on the talents page.

Recommended buildShared by 63 of 418 logged builds.

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Class

2/2

Preservation

Dream Breath4.9% of base mana · Channeled (2.5 sec cast) · 30 sec cooldown · 1 ChargeInhale, gathering the power of the Dream. Release to exhale, healing yourself and 5 injured allies in a 40 yd cone in front of you for [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 8].I: Heals (92.16% of Spell Power) instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 8] over 16 sec.II: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 2] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 6] over 12 sec.III: Heals [(92.16% of Spell Power) + (53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] instantly and [(53.52% of Spell Power) * 4] over 8 sec.Taken

2/2

4/4Merithra's BlessingEssence abilities have a chance to infuse your next Reversion with the power of the Green Dragonflight, upgrading it to Merithra's Blessing:Spring a bloom of life from your target, healing them and up to 4 other allies within 30 yards for (225% of Spell Power). Blooms may heal your primary target multiple times if no nearby injured allies are present.(Proc chance: 20%)Taken, 4 of 4

Hero · Flameshaper

Flameshaper

What is doing the damage

Per stage, the abilities that hit somebody other than a tank hardest, totalled across the whole stage and averaged per run. These are stage totals, so they are much larger than the five second figure in the table above and the two do not compare.

A raid total is not a healing requirement and neither is this. It is what the group took, with most of a tank's share deliberately left out.

Sszorak

Ula'tek's Presence, 61,113,572
Mutilated Gash, 59,872,464
Venomous Surge, 13,384,837
Tempest, 12,397,073

Howling Maelstrom

Viscous Cyst, 28,058,013
Ula'tek's Presence, 14,241,630
Tempest, 321,377
Caustic Residue, 288,552

Sszorak

Ula'tek's Presence, 59,095,438
Mutilated Gash, 58,960,531
Venomous Surge, 12,760,023
Mutilate, 12,264,911

Howling Maelstrom

Viscous Cyst, 26,496,699
Ula'tek's Presence, 13,326,856
Caustic Residue, 393,256
Tempest, 306,405

Sszorak

Mutilated Gash, 47,826,448
Ula'tek's Presence, 45,190,052
Mutilate, 10,468,663
Venomous Surge, 8,808,586

Howling Maelstrom

Viscous Cyst, 14,579,310
Ula'tek's Presence, 7,184,525
Tempest, 273,632
Caustic Residue, 211,157

Sszorak

Ula'tek's Presence, 4,363,778
Viscous Cyst, 269,043
Mutilate, 79,631
Ravage, 78,510

Other bosses

The Twin FangsMeasured sheet The Coiled AltarMeasured sheet The Lost ExplorersMeasured sheet Vashnik the MalignantMeasured sheet Entombed SentinelsMeasured sheet Nek'zali the SoulcoilerMeasured sheet Ula'tekMeasured sheet Nymrissa WavecallerMeasured sheet

How these numbers were measured

Runs come from Warcraft Logs. Preservation Evoker only, The Venomous Abyss only.

6242 logged runs across 9 bosses, cut into 22454 phase segments. Every one is a kill, because the ranking board these came from holds nothing else, so nothing here describes a fight going wrong.

Runs whose event stream was cut short are excluded, because their totals would be low by an amount nobody can measure. None have hit that yet.

An ability is called part of the ramp only if it appears in at least 60 percent of the runs with ramp casts for that pull. One player's habit on one key does not reach the page.

Casts are only collected from the 30 seconds before a damage spike. That is a setting, not a finding, so nothing here can tell you whether a ramp starts earlier than that. Where you see a window, it is the window we looked in.

Ramps are worked out one run at a time and then compared, rather than by taking each ability's average timing separately. Doing it the second way produced ramps of six casts inside four seconds, which is faster than the game allows anyone to press buttons.

Damage figures are the whole party added together. Nothing here records who took the damage, and most autoattack damage lands on the tank. Use these numbers to compare one pull against another. They are not an amount you have to heal.