Ula'tek

Are you pressing the right things?No, 2 things. The rotation in priority order, top first.

• Avenging Wrath soon after it comes back5 of 8 on time; the longest wait 28 s, from 3:17
• Execution Sentence with every Avenging Wrath6 of 8 windows; missed at 3:46 and 8:19, though it was ready each time; top Rets every window
• Wake of Ashes soon after Execution Sentence6 of 6 times on this attempt; top Rets 100% of the time
• Divine Toll early in your openerWorth the mostFirst one at 0:17; top Rets at 0:06, so every later one landed late in Avenging Wrath

Are you pressing enough?Not quite. 43 presses a minute, top Rets 49. 6 pauses of 4 seconds or more, top Rets about 5, and Holy Power wasted 27%, top Rets 27%.

Do the hits land hard enough?Yes. Your item level is at least top Rets' (330 to 327), so the gap isn't gear.

When you pressed each button

Phase 1Phase 2IntermissionPhase 3

Avenging Wrath

Execution Sentence

Wake of Ashes

Divine Toll

0:002:004:006:008:00

Sat readyHeld for a burn windowMissed with Avenging Wrath

The fight

Phase 1 · 0:00–2:44

Your job as Ret iCollect 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.

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.

Phase 2 · 2:44–5:09

Cause not found yet · ~7kBlade of Justice did about 78% of a typical Ret's damage here.

You pressed it 14 times; typical Rets 16. We haven't found why yet, so there are no suggestions right now.

Your job as Ret iThe 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.

Divine Storm when the Warden and eggs are near each other; Final Verdict when it's just the Warden. Watch the tether breaks: each one puts a raid-wide DoT on both platforms.

Intermission · 5:09–6:04

Your job as Ret iSpectral tails slam repeatedly; teams alternate soaks while collecting eggs. Then the arena shatters into four platforms.

Soak with your team's casts only. Move off the middle before the platform breaks.

Phase 3 · 6:04–9:18

Your job as Ret iPlatforms. 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.

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.

Ula'tekVenomous HeartGore RattleBlightscale RawlingWeakened DoomscaleEverything else

Each bar splits a raider's damage on attempt 2 by target; the % is the share that went into anything but the boss.

Most common talents for top Herald of the Sun Rets

4% of top Herald of the Sun players on this boss use exactly this build.

Where your talents differ from top Herald of the Sun players

Top players take	Top players	You took
Light's Revocation	98%	Not taken

5 talents top players swap between bosses ›

Talent	Here	Kith'ix	Coiled Altar	You
Lightforged Blessing	50%	22%	34%	✓
Blessed Calling	64%	50%	38%	✓
Blade of Vengeance	100%	76%	98%	✓
Heart of the Crusader	0%	24%	0%	–
Blessed Champion	100%	78%	98%	✓

Either is fine: Consecrated Ground, Blinding Light ✓, Punishment ✓

Biggest sources first: your share and casts a minute.

YouTop-50 median

Divine Storm

Damage

11.8%

13.1%

Casts/min

10.1

12.2

Blade of Justice

Damage

13.0%

12.7%

Casts/min

6.2

5.9

Divine Arbiter

Damage

11.6%

11.3%

Final Verdict

Damage

10.7%

8.9%

Casts/min

12.9

16.1

Hammer of Wrath

Damage

8.2%

8.8%

Casts/min

3.7

5.6

Dawnlight

Damage

8.9%

8.2%

Crusading Strikes

Damage

8.1%

7.8%

Casts/min

33.1

41.0

Execution Sentence

Damage

5.1%

6.1%

Casts/min

0.6

0.9

Perfected GuillotineYou got the Guillotine version instead: 3.1% of your damage

Damage

0.0%

4.2%

Highlord's Judgment

Damage

3.6%

4.1%

Sun's Avatar

Damage

3.8%

4.1%

Wake of Ashes

Damage

4.0%

3.5%

Casts/min

1.6

1.7

Judgment

Casts/min

4.2

4.8

Divine Toll

Casts/min

0.9

0.9

Avenging Wrath

Casts/min

0.9

0.9

Voracious Heart of Ula'tek

Casts/min

0.4

0.5

What to work on

1Move before Circling Prey breaks your platform. Big gain

Do

In Phase 3, move one platform counter-clockwise before Circling Prey breaks yours. Use a defensive on the second and third breaks.

Why

It killed you at 8:01 on attempt 1, in the deaths that ended the attempt with Ula'tek at 16%.

Deaths more than 20 seconds before the attempt ended.

Attempts

You

Point at a red mark for what killed you and from how much health.

Your deaths

Attempt 1, 8:01 in · Circling Prey for 1.2M, from 77% health ready

What to work on

2Dodge Caustic Waves. Medium gain

Do

Move to the side opposite the wing Ula'tek pulls back. In Phase 3, pick your gap before each wave starts and walk through it.

Why

Caustic Waves hit you on 4 of 8 waves tonight, when the raid median is 12%.

What you could have dodged that can kill you on Ula'tek. The bar is how much of your health (1.1M) it takes: one hit, or the worst 8 seconds when hits stack. The (?) has the dodge.

KILLS ON THEIR OWN

Caustic Waves?Move to the side opposite the wing Ula'tek pulls back. In Phase 3, weave through the gaps between waves.Ula'tek224%of your health in 8 seconds4 of 8 hit you

Circling Prey?Rotate one platform counter-clockwise before it breaks. Use a defensive on the second and third breaks.Ula'tek113%of your health in the killing hit1 of 5 hit you

KILLS WITH SOMETHING ELSE

Virulent Spit?Spread out and step away from the spit impacts on the ground.Phase 239%of your health a hit0 of 5 hit you

Falling Debris?Watch the ground and dodge the debris spots while you hit the Venomous Heart.Ula'tek36%of your health a hit1 of 10 hit you

Blightscale Clutch?Break the egg clusters early: they get stronger the longer they live.Phase 1Intermission26%of your health a hit0 of 2 hit you

Ability by ability

6 abilities; 1 hit you more often than the raid

Ability	Hit rate iHow many of the times it went out while you were alive it hit you, across all attempts.	Raid hit rate iThe raid median of the same hit rate.	Damage per minute iYour damage from it per minute alive, across all attempts. Underneath: the raid median, and the median of the top 50 players of your spec on their kills. Red means a lot more than the raid.
Caustic WavesHow to avoid?Move to the side opposite the wing Ula'tek pulls back; in Phase 3, weave through the gaps. Phase 1Phase 3	4 of 850%	12%	247kraid 52ktop players under 1k
Circling PreyHow to avoid?Rotate one platform counter-clockwise before it breaks, and use a defensive on the second and third breaks. Phase 3	1 of 520%	0%	49kraid under 1ktop players 73k
Falling DebrisHow to avoid?Dodge the falling-debris spots while you hit the Venomous Heart. Phase 1Phase 2	1 of 1010%	10%	23kraid 20ktop players under 1k
Volatile PurgeHow to avoid?Spread out after your soak: the circle goes off 5 seconds later and hits everyone near you.iEveryone who soaks a Serpent's Bite gets their own Volatile Purge, so a clean hit isn't avoidable. Circles stack, though: standing near other soakers makes the burst and the damage over time much bigger. This row counts only the times a second circle hit you at the same moment as yours, and only that circle's damage. Your own circle, and the faint edge of a far-away one, never count.stacked circles only Phase 3	0 of 50%	0%	under 1kraid under 1k
Virulent SpitHow to avoid?Spread out and step away from the spit impacts on the ground. Phase 2	0 of 50%	0%	under 1kraid under 1ktop players under 1k
Blightscale ClutchHow to avoid?Egg clusters get stronger the longer they live: break them early. Phase 1Intermission	0 of 20%	0%	under 1kraid under 1ktop players under 1k

Attempt by attempt

Each mechanic on every attempt: how often it went out while you were alive, and how often it hit you

Attempt	1	2
Caustic Waves	2/3	2/5
Circling Prey	☠	0/3
Falling Debris	0/4	1/6
Volatile Purge	0/2	0/3
Virulent Spit	0/4	0/1
Blightscale Clutch		0/2
Alive	8:01	9:18

dodgedhit sometimeshit most times☠killed younot while aliveearly death

Phase 3 is won by killing eggs before they hatch and adds before they reach the raid.

Heart 1 · attempt 2 · 2:15–2:35

Heart 2 · attempt 2 · 4:44–5:04

Every attempt: on par with the raid on the Heart in 4 of 4 windows you were alive for.

damage on Venomous Heartdamage on anything else