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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
166,540.0
72.1%
177,102.3
31,260.6
138,582
243,505
17
4.78%
Death Knight
Unholy
154,542.0
66.9%
153,514.4
30,407.9
107,740
201,232
7
1.97%
Druid
Balance
165,579.0
71.7%
170,129.9
57,378.0
57,093
303,366
34
9.55%
Druid
Feral Cat
231,045.0
100.0%
207,034.2
46,625.9
114,330
234,887
5
1.40%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
147,672.0
63.9%
146,604.2
29,023.7
99,682
190,160
13
3.65%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
159,382.0
69.0%
166,888.3
44,588.4
82,180
299,120
36
10.11%
Mage
Arcane
192,780.0
83.4%
192,780.0
0.0
192,780
192,780
1
0.28%
Mage
Fire
190,997.0
82.7%
193,790.5
58,169.4
98,191
352,557
42
11.80%
Mage
Frost
140,766.0
60.9%
145,730.4
51,793.2
69,959
228,266
9
2.53%
Paladin
Retribution
137,083.0
59.3%
159,687.8
73,281.0
73,429
322,278
12
3.37%
Priest
Shadow
160,193.0
69.3%
159,529.1
41,475.5
70,077
269,729
38
10.67%
Rogue
Assassination
213,329.0
92.3%
208,367.5
73,741.9
91,529
352,692
29
8.15%
Rogue
Combat
129,704.0
56.1%
136,313.0
53,715.6
74,079
205,156
3
0.84%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
156,422.0
67.7%
168,181.6
58,132.8
97,930
328,661
31
8.71%
Shaman
Enhancement
129,279.5
56.0%
124,630.1
53,862.9
9,724
192,315
8
2.25%
Warlock
Affliction
176,418.0
76.4%
187,904.8
51,736.0
136,265
286,372
10
2.81%
Warlock
Demonology
130,250.5
56.4%
148,241.3
74,092.8
60,534
364,214
16
4.49%
Warlock
Destruction
168,706.5
73.0%
172,111.3
44,670.9
105,831
322,395
22
6.18%
Warrior
Arms
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warrior
Fury
185,863.0
80.4%
169,782.9
56,121.4
85,714
305,837
16
4.49%
Monk
Windwalker
168,649.0
73.0%
150,936.3
39,558.0
71,335
189,507
7
1.97%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
45,838.0
84.4%
48,555.6
14,802.3
27,072
74,942
16
11.68%
Paladin
Holy
42,140.0
77.6%
44,566.8
15,290.2
14,912
74,244
41
29.93%
Priest
Discipline
51,315.0
94.5%
52,942.6
10,874.1
33,671
80,393
48
35.04%
Priest
Holy
54,322.0
100.0%
54,322.0
9,753.0
44,569
64,075
2
1.46%
Shaman
Restoration
45,075.0
83.0%
40,603.1
12,475.9
17,144
54,561
14
10.22%
Monk
Mistweaver
46,130.5
84.9%
51,594.3
17,241.3
22,935
95,898
16
11.68%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
129,862.0
75.1%
133,663.3
54,644.8
23,479
352,872
37
25.52%
Druid
Feral Bear
173,026.5
100.0%
165,568.6
40,339.8
74,701
231,021
12
8.28%
Paladin
Protection
123,055.0
71.1%
131,649.7
54,601.5
33,746
256,834
47
32.41%
Warrior
Protection
128,334.0
74.2%
124,316.2
28,107.7
63,519
177,542
28
19.31%
Monk
Brewmaster
152,346.0
88.0%
159,689.5
29,563.7
108,440
232,311
21
14.48%
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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