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Latest Data in Amazing Table Form
DPS
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Frost
99,217.5
70.9%
102,370.3
35,394.0
58,646
171,779
14
10.07%
Death Knight
Unholy
104,572.5
74.7%
104,572.5
52,019.5
52,553
156,592
2
1.44%
Druid
Balance
64,672.0
46.2%
71,625.6
31,288.3
34,211
126,778
9
6.47%
Druid
Feral Cat
27,121.0
19.4%
44,951.0
29,739.3
20,878
86,854
3
2.16%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
115,661.0
82.6%
125,081.8
29,290.1
92,899
177,332
5
3.60%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
77,442.0
55.3%
82,040.0
16,621.8
61,370
121,245
11
7.91%
Mage
Arcane
54,173.5
38.7%
54,173.5
11,488.5
42,685
65,662
2
1.44%
Mage
Fire
120,886.5
86.3%
127,179.8
55,538.5
55,231
261,659
12
8.63%
Mage
Frost
77,207.5
55.1%
84,479.5
42,957.2
7,285
160,317
10
7.19%
Paladin
Retribution
94,247.0
67.3%
100,308.8
50,063.3
42,826
242,610
13
9.35%
Priest
Shadow
95,412.0
68.1%
87,745.4
37,937.2
1,461
147,441
9
6.47%
Rogue
Assassination
140,012.0
100.0%
126,955.7
38,076.8
80,567
195,082
9
6.47%
Rogue
Combat
84,285.0
60.2%
84,794.7
39,723.0
36,401
133,698
3
2.16%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
67,241.5
48.0%
78,421.9
40,164.2
48,438
181,240
8
5.76%
Shaman
Enhancement
73,521.0
52.5%
108,708.0
54,093.4
67,475
185,128
3
2.16%
Warlock
Affliction
114,851.0
82.0%
114,851.0
32,218.0
82,633
147,069
2
1.44%
Warlock
Demonology
95,714.0
68.4%
95,448.0
25,390.6
61,545
128,819
4
2.88%
Warlock
Destruction
95,637.0
68.3%
85,200.0
24,840.3
32,943
105,066
6
4.32%
Warrior
Arms
102,766.5
73.4%
102,766.5
6,121.5
96,645
108,888
2
1.44%
Warrior
Fury
99,391.0
71.0%
110,478.3
59,358.3
18,281
206,059
7
5.04%
Monk
Windwalker
106,416.0
76.0%
82,107.2
50,980.6
15,340
142,160
5
3.60%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
11,990.0
48.6%
18,635.2
15,365.9
3,279
42,472
6
22.22%
Paladin
Holy
9,998.0
40.5%
10,776.3
6,519.0
1,001
23,073
7
25.93%
Priest
Discipline
20,520.0
83.2%
17,546.4
7,822.5
6,073
28,072
7
25.93%
Priest
Holy
24,664.0
100.0%
24,664.0
0.0
24,664
24,664
1
3.70%
Shaman
Restoration
22,731.0
92.2%
19,107.7
6,750.5
9,647
24,945
3
11.11%
Monk
Mistweaver
15,171.0
61.5%
12,153.0
6,464.9
3,170
18,118
3
11.11%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
49,709.0
71.3%
59,912.6
19,401.7
42,123
89,626
7
30.43%
Druid
Feral Bear
69,685.5
100.0%
69,685.5
33,344.5
36,341
103,030
2
8.70%
Paladin
Protection
28,077.0
40.3%
36,012.1
17,923.6
17,228
77,010
11
47.83%
Warrior
Protection
40,006.0
57.4%
40,581.0
11,108.1
27,273
54,464
3
13.04%
Monk
Brewmaster
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
What Is This?
At the most basic level, the DPS Bot attempts to determine and display how various World of Warcraft classes
and specs compare against each other. It does this by crunching data from World of Logs.
There are a few things to be aware of above all else:
All values are aggregated over the last 14 days from all public logs. So for a specific boss fight, you are usually looking at the median over all kills from the past 14 days.
Data should be interpreted with a large grain of salt for new fights or bosses that have only been killed by a
handful of guilds.
Be smart about using this data in discussions of class balance. Don't just look at the overall charts and QQ on
forums. The truth is usually more nuanced than what is shown here.
What is Spec Score?
Spec Score is the best measure I've been able to come up with to compare specs across all fights of a given
tier. The goal has been to minimize the effect a "gimmick" fight has on the overall rankings and generally normalize
fights to have a common ground of comparison.
In a nutshell, each spec is scored on a curve for each fight. For each individual boss, the spec with the top DPS on a fight gets a score of 100 and then all other specs are scored according
to that top spec. The average across all fights for a given spec is the Spec Score for the
current tier.
As usual, this score is not the end-all, be-all measure of anything. It's merely an interesting collection of data
trying to compress a whole lot of data into a single comparable value. Don't ever forget that each spec has its
strengths and weaknesses and may be needed for any number of reasons. While raw numbers are absolutely an important
facet of raiding, there are often other variables that are far more important.
All of that said, I think Spec Score is a far better indicator of relative spec power than a simple aggregation of
DPS values from all fights. Those values are still available but I hope and pray that you understand that they have
their own variety of problems and caveats.
A more detailed description and example will be posted on the Raidbots Blog.
The Rest
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