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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
132,288.0
85.0%
136,088.6
25,913.0
95,066
219,352
100
5.81%
Death Knight
Unholy
132,736.5
85.3%
129,311.5
53,458.3
16,545
247,901
46
2.67%
Druid
Balance
138,902.0
89.2%
150,097.7
34,463.3
108,924
248,840
100
5.81%
Druid
Feral Cat
138,776.5
89.1%
133,634.8
34,963.1
45,928
211,644
46
2.67%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
103,227.0
66.3%
104,882.2
32,332.8
36,086
196,081
94
5.46%
Hunter
Marksmanship
90,729.0
58.3%
87,245.5
21,387.9
46,553
119,541
13
0.75%
Hunter
Survival
135,275.0
86.9%
139,420.1
15,477.9
118,228
197,935
100
5.81%
Mage
Arcane
98,163.0
63.1%
101,793.6
32,964.4
31,454
174,614
37
2.15%
Mage
Fire
133,879.0
86.0%
143,637.1
38,519.2
92,647
294,358
100
5.81%
Mage
Frost
137,277.0
88.2%
145,959.9
26,369.5
114,152
230,193
100
5.81%
Paladin
Retribution
112,905.5
72.5%
115,500.6
27,248.3
75,409
201,199
100
5.81%
Priest
Shadow
136,258.5
87.5%
144,672.2
24,568.9
114,238
215,869
100
5.81%
Rogue
Assassination
155,673.5
100.0%
166,457.1
32,960.7
129,054
281,316
100
5.81%
Rogue
Combat
105,952.0
68.1%
110,078.6
32,094.7
39,552
185,385
37
2.15%
Rogue
Subtlety
102,601.5
65.9%
108,511.8
24,174.7
84,941
143,903
4
0.23%
Shaman
Elemental
132,246.5
85.0%
142,331.5
26,315.8
112,992
229,014
100
5.81%
Shaman
Enhancement
125,511.5
80.6%
124,232.5
43,542.6
17,438
225,563
84
4.88%
Warlock
Affliction
103,581.0
66.5%
107,419.2
35,356.3
45,774
235,525
70
4.07%
Warlock
Demonology
126,346.0
81.2%
133,478.9
43,107.7
41,089
252,316
53
3.08%
Warlock
Destruction
137,409.5
88.3%
147,275.3
25,231.6
119,966
244,341
100
5.81%
Warrior
Arms
106,283.0
68.3%
105,213.4
27,926.6
23,848
174,162
55
3.19%
Warrior
Fury
114,946.0
73.8%
124,532.3
37,427.3
72,563
241,127
100
5.81%
Monk
Windwalker
108,125.0
69.5%
109,692.4
40,816.5
20,759
223,977
83
4.82%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
41,992.5
72.6%
44,205.7
9,025.2
33,486
75,606
100
17.12%
Paladin
Holy
47,935.0
82.9%
50,564.5
9,029.6
40,841
83,570
100
17.12%
Priest
Discipline
57,810.5
100.0%
59,348.2
8,827.9
47,120
95,541
100
17.12%
Priest
Holy
35,491.0
61.4%
36,724.2
10,060.3
12,221
63,702
84
14.38%
Shaman
Restoration
39,555.0
68.4%
41,124.0
8,134.1
30,681
71,244
100
17.12%
Monk
Mistweaver
41,984.5
72.6%
42,789.6
9,683.5
29,415
73,931
100
17.12%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
102,809.0
100.0%
109,459.3
22,790.4
85,919
201,381
100
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
89,279.0
86.8%
94,690.5
21,549.3
71,527
199,066
100
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
94,992.0
92.4%
99,714.7
20,541.6
76,246
194,531
100
20.00%
Warrior
Protection
79,136.0
77.0%
82,168.7
15,472.8
64,833
136,974
100
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
101,905.5
99.1%
108,990.2
24,191.3
79,528
190,986
100
20.00%
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
More details of the methodology used can be found on the DPS Bot Docs page.
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