Kith'ix

Are you pressing the right things?No, 3 things. The rotation in priority order, top first.

• Avenging Wrath soon after it comes back4 of 4 on time
• Execution Sentence with every Avenging WrathWorth the most3 of 4 windows; missed at 1:02, though it was ready from 1:01; top Rets every window. Only 2 of your 4 Avenging Wraths had an Execution Sentence that did damage. At 1:02 you didn't press it, though it was ready from 1:01. At 2:03 it went on a Voidweaver that died before it landed. Each one that landed did about 700k, so the two you lost are worth about 5k DPS over the kill. Top Rets have one in every window.
• Wake of Ashes soon after Execution Sentence2 of 3 times on this attempt, missed at 2:03; top Rets 100% of the time
• Divine Toll early in your openerFirst one at 0:19; top Rets at 0:06, so every later one landed late in Avenging Wrath

Are you pressing enough?Yes. 49 presses a minute, top Rets 55: your haste is lower (a 0.95 s global cooldown to their 0.88 s), which is gear, not your hands. 2 pauses of 4 seconds or more, top Rets about 1, and Holy Power wasted 23%, top Rets 22%.

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

When you pressed each button

Phase 1Phase 2

Avenging Wrath

Execution Sentence

Wake of Ashes

Divine Toll

0:001:002:003:004:00

Sat readyHeld for a burn windowMissed with Avenging Wrath

The fight

Phase 1 · 0:00–3:36

Wrong target · ~5kAt 2:03, put Execution Sentence on the Venomous Hulk, not a Voidweaver.

It lands 10 seconds after you cast it. The Voidweaver died first, so it never did. 6 of 7 typical Rets put this one on the Venomous Hulk.

Your job as Ret iVoidswarm opens portals that release a Venomous Hulk, Voidweavers and Bomber Beetles. Adds within 25 yards of Kith'ix take far less damage (Commanding Presence), so they die away from the boss. Extinguish hits the whole raid hard: grab a Light's Embrace orb before it lands. On Heroic, the Hulk and Voidweavers drop eggs (Incubation). Each time Kith'ix reaches 100 energy the raid collapses into Liadrin's light for an intermission.

Voidweavers first, with the Hulk dragged onto them so Divine Storm hits both. Keep them 25 yards from Kith'ix, break the eggs before they hatch, and grab a Light's Embrace orb before every Extinguish.

Phase 2 · 3:36–4:12

What happens

At 25% health Kith'ix goes into Phase 2 and any adds still alive die. Everyone gets Luminous Grace (50% more damage) and the raid has about a minute: each Eightfold Eclipse hits the raid hard, and the eighth one wipes it. Null Gates spawn under a melee, a ranged and a healer and fire Nullshards that stack Nullify, which kills at five stacks on Heroic. Negation lands on a tank, who swaps and runs into a Null Gate within 8 seconds to close the gates nearby.

Each bar splits a raider's damage on attempt 1 by target; the % is the share that went into anything but the boss.

Most common talents for top Herald of the Sun Rets

6% 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	92%	Not taken

4 talents top players swap between bosses ›

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

Either is fine: Consecrated Ground, Blessed Calling ✓, Punishment ✓

Biggest sources first: your share and casts a minute.

YouTop-50 median

Final Verdict

Damage

18.6%

17.3%

Casts/min

20.0

23.8

Blade of Justice

Damage

16.3%

13.8%

Casts/min

8.6

6.2

Divine Arbiter

Damage

9.2%

10.6%

Dawnlight

Damage

10.3%

10.0%

Hammer of Wrath

Damage

8.0%

8.6%

Casts/min

4.8

6.9

Crusading Strikes

Damage

6.8%

7.3%

Casts/min

32.0

42.2

Divine Storm

Damage

5.3%

6.1%

Casts/min

6.9

8.1

Execution Sentence

Damage

2.8%

5.6%

Casts/min

0.7

1.1

Perfected GuillotineYou got the Guillotine version instead: 4.7% of your damage

Damage

0.0%

4.3%

Highlord's Judgment

Damage

4.2%

3.9%

Wake of Ashes

Damage

3.6%

2.9%

Casts/min

1.9

2.0

Sun's Avatar

Damage

2.7%

2.9%

Judgment

Casts/min

4.1

4.7

Avenging Wrath

Casts/min

1.0

1.1

Divine Toll

Casts/min

1.0

1.1

Voracious Heart of Ula'tek

Casts/min

0.7

0.6

The hardest-hitting abilities on Kith'ix that you can't dodge: meet each one with a defensive. Yours: Divine Protection and Divine Shield and Lay on Hands. Point at the (i) for what each one does.

Attempt 1

Divine Protection used

Divine Shield used

Lay on Hands used

VoidweaveiVoidweavers channel this on random players. Kill the Voidweavers fast; use a defensive if it lands on you at high Nightfall stacks.Voidweaver

0/3

A defensive was upOne was ready, not pressedAll on cooldown

You stayed up. The raid had 2 early deaths.

What you could have dodged that can kill you on Kith'ix. The bar is how much of your health (964k) it takes: one hit, or the worst 8 seconds when hits stack. The (?) has the dodge.

KILLS ON THEIR OWN

None on Kith'ix.

KILLS WITH SOMETHING ELSE

Twisted Appendage?Watch for the shadow circles under you and step out before the tentacle slams.Phase 141%of your health a hit0 of 6 hit you

Ability by ability

5 abilities, none hitting 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.
Suffocating DarknessHow to avoid?In the intermission, stay inside Liadrin's light in the middle; the darkness outside keeps hitting you. Phase 1	2 of 2100%	100%	168kraid 169ktop players 563k
Twisted AppendageHow to avoid?Step out of the tentacle circles before the slam lands. Phase 1	0 of 60%	17%	under 1kraid 92ktop players under 1k
SuffocationHow to avoid?Being caught in the closing darkness pacifies and kills you: move into the light as it shrinks. Phase 1	0 of 20%	0%	under 1kraid under 1ktop players under 1k
Venom RoarHow to avoid?The Hulk's cone knocks back and hits hard: stay out of its front unless you tank it. Phase 1	0 of 20%	0%	under 1kraid under 1ktop players under 1k
Dark DevastationHow to avoid?It hits the tank and everyone within 15 yards: stay away from the boss tank when it goes off. Phase 1	0 of 60%	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
Suffocating Darkness	2/2
Twisted Appendage	0/6
Suffocation	0/2
Venom Roar	0/2
Dark Devastation	0/6
Alive	4:12

dodgedhit sometimeshit most times☠killed younot while aliveearly death

Phase 1 is won on the adds: Voidweavers stack Nightfall on the raid until they die, and anything alive at 100 energy enrages.