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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
26,547.0
43.0%
30,465.8
16,513.7
7,450
70,178
20
4.87%
Death Knight
Unholy
35,630.0
57.7%
41,111.0
28,885.9
6,485
86,699
4
0.97%
Druid
Balance
31,132.0
50.4%
33,836.4
21,546.5
0
75,449
15
3.65%
Druid
Feral Cat
24,687.5
40.0%
28,709.6
26,527.9
3,113
105,029
14
3.41%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
26,369.0
42.7%
31,099.0
21,502.9
6,800
89,541
23
5.60%
Hunter
Marksmanship
15,371.0
24.9%
21,670.9
13,611.0
4,971
41,941
10
2.43%
Hunter
Survival
34,927.0
56.6%
38,035.8
22,393.3
5,430
104,030
36
8.76%
Mage
Arcane
21,063.0
34.1%
18,758.0
7,976.4
4,474
28,279
6
1.46%
Mage
Fire
27,450.0
44.5%
37,039.4
26,896.9
5,581
98,730
23
5.60%
Mage
Frost
25,841.0
41.9%
29,798.6
20,540.5
9,305
100,244
35
8.52%
Paladin
Retribution
34,824.0
56.4%
38,365.6
22,799.0
5,834
99,273
35
8.52%
Priest
Shadow
35,271.0
57.1%
36,714.9
21,140.6
4,427
100,662
33
8.03%
Rogue
Assassination
50,305.0
81.5%
51,066.8
30,727.0
8,040
105,020
13
3.16%
Rogue
Combat
11,382.5
18.4%
15,126.8
11,632.7
2,349
49,286
12
2.92%
Rogue
Subtlety
9,701.0
15.7%
9,701.0
0.0
9,701
9,701
1
0.24%
Shaman
Elemental
27,191.5
44.0%
35,880.8
26,278.5
10,906
106,934
16
3.89%
Shaman
Enhancement
61,729.0
100.0%
55,824.8
33,393.4
14,278
119,586
8
1.95%
Warlock
Affliction
20,570.0
33.3%
24,626.3
22,840.9
469
56,896
4
0.97%
Warlock
Demonology
29,048.0
47.1%
32,325.8
22,486.0
4,341
72,647
11
2.68%
Warlock
Destruction
32,369.0
52.4%
38,049.3
22,506.1
5,417
93,673
39
9.49%
Warrior
Arms
16,697.0
27.0%
21,082.3
13,408.2
1,932
59,160
15
3.65%
Warrior
Fury
35,092.5
56.8%
43,361.3
27,447.2
10,441
114,955
26
6.33%
Monk
Windwalker
21,075.5
34.1%
30,119.8
22,738.4
11,592
87,285
12
2.92%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
20,531.5
83.7%
24,811.4
15,029.5
2,378
62,003
20
15.75%
Paladin
Holy
20,143.0
82.1%
20,899.6
10,621.9
1,267
44,023
27
21.26%
Priest
Discipline
23,727.5
96.7%
26,037.9
14,965.0
2,473
66,354
38
29.92%
Priest
Holy
20,238.5
82.5%
20,894.5
12,824.3
1,326
38,784
8
6.30%
Shaman
Restoration
21,217.0
86.5%
24,441.9
14,667.6
4,762
73,301
21
16.54%
Monk
Mistweaver
24,537.0
100.0%
22,466.6
11,457.5
7,876
42,737
13
10.24%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
36,538.0
100.0%
32,349.1
18,224.2
160
80,049
33
31.73%
Druid
Feral Bear
35,018.0
95.8%
34,527.7
17,125.3
5,298
68,088
18
17.31%
Paladin
Protection
15,474.0
42.4%
19,820.0
11,138.7
5,246
57,945
32
30.77%
Warrior
Protection
17,176.0
47.0%
23,963.3
14,402.0
1,807
47,464
13
12.50%
Monk
Brewmaster
34,228.5
93.7%
38,305.5
25,601.4
10,019
96,923
8
7.69%
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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