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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
104,523.5
93.8%
109,764.5
20,392.5
89,936
215,130
100
4.79%
Death Knight
Unholy
80,377.0
72.2%
85,536.3
36,109.1
29,234
204,520
56
2.68%
Druid
Balance
62,996.5
56.6%
65,544.9
26,317.3
22,692
148,916
100
4.79%
Druid
Feral Cat
64,717.0
58.1%
76,026.4
37,152.6
25,784
220,607
100
4.79%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
72,544.0
65.1%
78,899.3
18,464.6
58,286
138,027
100
4.79%
Hunter
Marksmanship
50,725.5
45.5%
54,265.7
22,396.6
15,801
117,748
76
3.64%
Hunter
Survival
98,819.5
88.7%
107,504.7
26,885.5
78,323
199,727
100
4.79%
Mage
Arcane
63,720.5
57.2%
69,235.2
25,542.2
41,584
233,058
100
4.79%
Mage
Fire
62,658.0
56.2%
87,792.1
56,995.4
7,990
299,524
98
4.70%
Mage
Frost
111,398.0
100.0%
120,821.2
30,901.5
90,496
244,755
100
4.79%
Paladin
Retribution
89,763.0
80.6%
95,634.1
23,709.7
75,036
204,456
100
4.79%
Priest
Shadow
90,570.0
81.3%
101,692.9
30,140.1
76,579
238,719
100
4.79%
Rogue
Assassination
101,302.0
90.9%
108,452.2
27,873.0
79,032
219,415
100
4.79%
Rogue
Combat
60,688.0
54.5%
64,764.0
26,695.5
31,931
173,930
100
4.79%
Rogue
Subtlety
45,462.0
40.8%
50,076.7
19,303.1
12,516
85,910
16
0.77%
Shaman
Elemental
92,153.5
82.7%
105,154.7
33,885.5
75,476
225,628
100
4.79%
Shaman
Enhancement
82,560.5
74.1%
91,839.0
33,958.1
53,846
244,977
100
4.79%
Warlock
Affliction
63,069.0
56.6%
72,597.2
41,218.8
11,326
235,768
55
2.64%
Warlock
Demonology
70,858.5
63.6%
82,943.7
48,884.4
15,321
267,980
86
4.12%
Warlock
Destruction
99,252.5
89.1%
107,313.2
27,239.6
82,351
243,129
100
4.79%
Warrior
Arms
79,684.5
71.5%
88,982.5
24,831.4
62,932
174,671
100
4.79%
Warrior
Fury
79,665.0
71.5%
86,453.5
25,091.1
61,892
206,026
100
4.79%
Monk
Windwalker
80,689.0
72.4%
85,202.4
17,607.6
62,461
145,054
100
4.79%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
39,008.0
86.1%
40,733.3
8,407.7
30,935
79,457
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
42,007.0
92.7%
46,210.2
12,437.5
34,069
102,887
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
42,863.0
94.6%
47,354.4
12,406.6
35,973
92,534
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
37,834.0
83.5%
39,981.6
8,549.5
28,779
77,392
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
45,300.0
100.0%
46,569.2
8,965.7
36,173
86,812
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
37,549.5
82.9%
40,599.8
9,918.8
28,574
79,406
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
63,490.0
93.6%
70,525.8
27,076.7
41,641
198,015
100
23.64%
Druid
Feral Bear
59,840.0
88.2%
62,155.0
20,201.0
29,074
121,922
52
12.29%
Paladin
Protection
57,181.0
84.3%
61,807.1
19,410.4
38,419
143,595
100
23.64%
Warrior
Protection
50,498.0
74.4%
57,504.8
23,666.7
30,395
162,633
100
23.64%
Monk
Brewmaster
67,855.0
100.0%
73,408.8
33,288.8
6,267
176,920
71
16.78%
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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