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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
194,438.0
75.4%
194,438.0
9,447.0
184,991
203,885
2
2.04%
Death Knight
Unholy
257,879.0
100.0%
257,879.0
0.0
257,879
257,879
1
1.02%
Druid
Balance
136,223.5
52.8%
155,744.1
65,191.3
64,919
273,975
8
8.16%
Druid
Feral Cat
214,279.0
83.1%
214,279.0
3,591.0
210,688
217,870
2
2.04%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
116,758.0
45.3%
107,975.4
42,342.1
47,351
172,638
5
5.10%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
109,761.0
42.6%
107,476.2
63,665.1
20,945
193,929
10
10.20%
Mage
Arcane
93,550.0
36.3%
93,550.0
0.0
93,550
93,550
1
1.02%
Mage
Fire
198,956.0
77.2%
199,123.7
22,996.8
165,895
242,846
6
6.12%
Mage
Frost
135,854.5
52.7%
128,057.9
36,662.6
67,041
186,906
8
8.16%
Paladin
Retribution
135,362.0
52.5%
150,919.8
39,291.5
116,064
216,891
4
4.08%
Priest
Shadow
92,141.0
35.7%
96,542.7
26,892.1
67,208
144,681
7
7.14%
Rogue
Assassination
177,814.0
69.0%
168,785.7
77,259.6
41,580
297,529
9
9.18%
Rogue
Combat
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Rogue
Subtlety
60,757.0
23.6%
60,757.0
0.0
60,757
60,757
1
1.02%
Shaman
Elemental
138,939.0
53.9%
131,840.4
30,966.5
75,661
186,859
9
9.18%
Shaman
Enhancement
62,937.0
24.4%
62,937.0
35,710.0
27,227
98,647
2
2.04%
Warlock
Affliction
158,644.0
61.5%
154,690.7
9,068.7
142,148
163,280
3
3.06%
Warlock
Demonology
78,964.0
30.6%
78,964.0
0.0
78,964
78,964
1
1.02%
Warlock
Destruction
111,235.0
43.1%
132,595.6
69,111.1
43,112
292,538
8
8.16%
Warrior
Arms
62,416.0
24.2%
58,083.5
26,465.6
18,355
89,147
4
4.08%
Warrior
Fury
128,180.0
49.7%
133,184.0
45,924.0
79,608
191,764
3
3.06%
Monk
Windwalker
135,193.5
52.4%
138,047.5
41,346.7
96,622
185,181
4
4.08%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
45,614.0
99.5%
42,326.0
9,588.3
29,891
57,133
7
18.92%
Paladin
Holy
41,365.0
90.2%
47,535.6
11,965.2
35,392
66,355
9
24.32%
Priest
Discipline
45,325.0
98.8%
48,465.5
15,659.1
29,264
78,521
14
37.84%
Priest
Holy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Restoration
45,853.0
100.0%
42,401.3
14,416.4
23,274
58,077
3
8.11%
Monk
Mistweaver
33,605.5
73.3%
30,445.8
17,366.8
3,352
51,220
4
10.81%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
92,747.5
50.8%
111,767.3
35,069.0
76,702
172,692
6
42.86%
Druid
Feral Bear
182,704.5
100.0%
182,704.5
17,917.5
164,787
200,622
2
14.29%
Paladin
Protection
105,237.0
57.6%
101,273.3
47,886.3
39,832
154,787
4
28.57%
Warrior
Protection
96,568.0
52.9%
96,568.0
0.0
96,568
96,568
1
7.14%
Monk
Brewmaster
84,588.0
46.3%
84,588.0
0.0
84,588
84,588
1
7.14%
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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