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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
79,671.0
72.6%
77,669.4
17,468.8
36,548
106,326
43
4.16%
Death Knight
Unholy
104,001.5
94.7%
99,042.8
27,018.1
42,185
133,314
26
2.51%
Druid
Balance
77,788.5
70.9%
78,600.4
31,635.2
10,012
139,110
76
7.35%
Druid
Feral Cat
81,303.5
74.1%
81,301.1
23,135.9
36,062
112,640
16
1.55%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
93,853.0
85.5%
90,928.7
23,805.0
18,708
136,662
43
4.16%
Hunter
Marksmanship
34,002.0
31.0%
34,002.0
0.0
34,002
34,002
1
0.10%
Hunter
Survival
87,726.0
79.9%
81,898.1
25,332.9
24,659
130,874
86
8.32%
Mage
Arcane
94,286.5
85.9%
80,722.3
35,890.3
13,652
119,944
8
0.77%
Mage
Fire
98,430.5
89.7%
96,084.7
26,124.4
41,836
151,765
100
9.67%
Mage
Frost
69,884.0
63.7%
68,401.1
22,378.9
19,993
113,779
46
4.45%
Paladin
Retribution
81,148.0
73.9%
78,415.0
19,900.9
35,386
106,615
47
4.55%
Priest
Shadow
80,419.5
73.2%
78,824.7
28,461.5
10,421
127,509
96
9.28%
Rogue
Assassination
106,069.0
96.6%
101,372.1
31,334.0
24,562
183,864
92
8.90%
Rogue
Combat
107,815.5
98.2%
103,700.3
21,878.7
66,902
133,862
8
0.77%
Rogue
Subtlety
28,306.0
25.8%
28,306.0
0.0
28,306
28,306
1
0.10%
Shaman
Elemental
79,659.0
72.6%
79,768.7
23,544.6
13,992
139,213
96
9.28%
Shaman
Enhancement
84,382.0
76.9%
80,241.2
26,734.8
0
118,274
27
2.61%
Warlock
Affliction
92,681.0
84.4%
89,481.2
28,071.1
11,455
149,486
54
5.22%
Warlock
Demonology
109,788.0
100.0%
101,936.9
45,963.4
8,353
202,196
35
3.38%
Warlock
Destruction
66,364.0
60.4%
67,404.7
25,437.5
17,199
126,317
53
5.13%
Warrior
Arms
54,705.0
49.8%
56,163.1
7,661.7
44,516
69,765
8
0.77%
Warrior
Fury
90,890.0
82.8%
87,980.2
26,184.9
26,907
140,007
54
5.22%
Monk
Windwalker
72,604.0
66.1%
68,548.7
22,128.8
22,680
113,231
18
1.74%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
40,825.0
85.7%
40,088.0
12,790.8
2,973
79,410
63
17.07%
Paladin
Holy
45,556.0
95.6%
45,877.4
8,614.1
33,299
79,701
100
27.10%
Priest
Discipline
47,640.0
100.0%
48,826.5
9,230.3
33,726
76,305
100
27.10%
Priest
Holy
36,618.5
76.9%
43,471.1
16,436.7
20,331
73,131
8
2.17%
Shaman
Restoration
34,583.0
72.6%
35,421.1
10,045.2
11,331
63,851
51
13.82%
Monk
Mistweaver
39,505.0
82.9%
40,438.1
12,193.4
9,458
65,209
47
12.74%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
42,299.0
85.7%
47,559.0
18,765.6
25,692
109,821
94
26.33%
Druid
Feral Bear
45,643.0
92.5%
47,168.8
17,796.9
18,306
83,938
49
13.73%
Paladin
Protection
41,344.5
83.8%
39,782.1
12,117.8
16,345
73,535
100
28.01%
Warrior
Protection
34,687.0
70.3%
34,875.5
9,489.7
777
59,465
70
19.61%
Monk
Brewmaster
49,350.5
100.0%
49,012.8
14,722.3
9,758
80,391
44
12.32%
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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