Streets first pull mitigation?

[nova lotus]

I just died instantly to the Proxy Strike on this Streets key. Could someone tell me what i'm doing wrong?
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/gd8TDHmY14nBQMWy?fight=last&type=resources&pins=0%24Separate%24%23244F4B%24auras-gained%241%240.0.0.Any%240.0.0.Any%24true%240.0.0.Any%24false%241160^0%24Separate%24%23909049%24auras-gained%240%240.0.0.Any%240.0.0.Any%24true%24234132686.0.0.Warrior%24false%24871^0%24Separate%24%23a04D8A%24auras-gained%240%240.0.0.Any%240.0.0.Any%24true%24234132686.0.0.Warrior%24false%24385391&source=4

[ionic oar]

Ultimately, what caused you to die was the hard light baton hits; those are what got you a bit low before the proxy strike, which you actually lived with 20%, and what ultimately ended up killing you. I'd have to double check if it's a buff that's able to be purged; kneejerk I think it is, but I'm not confident enough to say without testing it. If it is, the situation could have been avoided by your healer purging those buffs off. Otherwise, you're going to need to be a bit more prepared to handle the batons in some way, whether leveraging more defensives while the buff is up or kiting while they've got the batons active. At your key level, those are going to be hitting really hard, and the damage from it is unblockable, which will give you a lot of stress, since it bypasses your default primary mitigation tool.

[nova lotus]

I mitigated every single Hard Light Baton hit.
What defensives would you recommend, and how should I use them?

[ionic oar]

More what I meant was Demo Shout and Last Stand, potentially stacking defensives during these times where you might spike, and using externals/alternate forms of DR. When you're this high up in keys, sometimes you need to get creative in how you live.

For example on the first end, while we normally send Demo Shout on CD for the rage, damage, and just overall more reduction over time, if you need to hold it to survive, it can be useful. Demo Shout, if it was delayed for a few seconds, would have been up to also help mitigate the spike from Proxy Strike, making it much less dangerous overall. It would have caught more hard light baton hits, as well. For Last Stand, you could have used it immediately after getting hit with Proxy Strike to instantly give yourself a bit of a heal, giving your healer more time to actually finish off a cast on you to get your HP back up.

For externals, this is something to keep in mind, as I assume you're in a coordinated group pushing this high, since you're running with a Ret Palading. They can always Sac you immediate after a major hit to also help give the healer time to heal you up a bit; if they're willing to pop bubble/a harder defensive/aren't in danger enough otherwise, they can also even help mitigate the major hits as well. If you had some kind of attack slow, as well, that could have been an option. It's important to leverage the whole group's tools at these high key levels, since otherwise you can get spiked like this, which is particularly dangerous since Resto Shaman only has instant cast heals tied to cooldowns.

Most notably, though, is that you should ask your Resto Shaman to purge the Hard Light Baton buff; I double checked before sending this, but it is the ability I remembered being able to be purged in that area, so you can just comfortably focus your efforts around just the early portions of hard light button times while the buffs get purged.

It also looks like you didn't leverage Impending Victory, which is a good button to press after any spikes can potentially come in; it just helps the healer not freak if they suddenly see your HP dip

Imp Victory might not have been an actual viable option, since you did die in less than a global after, but with the extra health from Last Stand, you might have lived long enough to get it out (and have it buffed, as well)

[wicked tiger]

I’m on mobile so hard to check, and not super familiar with hunter talent trees, but there is a talent your hunter can take (Kodo something-or-other) which purges three mobs at once. Having that in there is a must for dealing with hard light baton. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t see them talented into it at first glance