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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
73,517.5
82.5%
75,029.9
12,087.9
59,560
111,708
100
5.17%
Death Knight
Unholy
72,453.5
81.3%
74,642.5
29,073.5
27,649
144,235
50
2.59%
Druid
Balance
69,155.0
77.6%
73,737.6
17,626.3
52,230
143,570
100
5.17%
Druid
Feral Cat
55,045.5
61.8%
59,546.1
24,698.8
16,832
130,182
80
4.14%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
70,871.5
79.6%
73,377.9
14,983.7
52,292
115,276
100
5.17%
Hunter
Marksmanship
48,094.0
54.0%
47,024.5
19,313.0
20,713
93,142
29
1.50%
Hunter
Survival
77,290.0
86.8%
82,425.7
14,062.5
66,735
124,562
100
5.17%
Mage
Arcane
41,244.0
46.3%
44,229.1
19,905.3
14,679
114,773
61
3.16%
Mage
Fire
80,049.5
89.9%
86,160.3
21,721.1
56,363
145,163
100
5.17%
Mage
Frost
73,768.5
82.8%
77,036.4
12,072.2
63,821
127,799
100
5.17%
Paladin
Retribution
70,331.5
79.0%
72,568.6
14,057.1
53,936
113,038
100
5.17%
Priest
Shadow
80,392.0
90.3%
85,767.0
15,780.1
68,172
132,821
100
5.17%
Rogue
Assassination
89,069.5
100.0%
94,391.9
17,715.6
76,924
172,337
100
5.17%
Rogue
Combat
48,170.0
54.1%
50,694.2
17,683.9
17,226
105,985
65
3.36%
Rogue
Subtlety
47,957.5
53.8%
42,128.3
23,348.5
8,449
64,149
4
0.21%
Shaman
Elemental
78,870.5
88.5%
84,107.5
12,995.7
67,825
126,118
100
5.17%
Shaman
Enhancement
66,720.0
74.9%
66,480.3
19,215.4
33,877
122,697
100
5.17%
Warlock
Affliction
65,099.5
73.1%
68,937.3
26,467.4
20,628
136,697
84
4.35%
Warlock
Demonology
67,069.0
75.3%
70,087.3
29,861.5
20,916
144,851
73
3.78%
Warlock
Destruction
82,332.5
92.4%
86,333.9
12,876.9
72,830
147,735
100
5.17%
Warrior
Arms
54,410.0
61.1%
54,404.6
17,645.0
7,903
98,648
87
4.50%
Warrior
Fury
69,531.5
78.1%
71,413.1
14,898.7
52,006
112,107
100
5.17%
Monk
Windwalker
56,735.0
63.7%
59,620.8
14,668.4
39,064
96,458
100
5.17%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
45,172.0
100.0%
47,583.8
7,931.4
39,528
79,381
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
43,912.0
97.2%
45,609.7
6,033.4
38,138
68,058
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
43,939.0
97.3%
47,428.1
7,587.6
39,911
75,979
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
32,825.0
72.7%
34,964.0
8,948.7
23,704
64,686
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
39,895.5
88.3%
41,485.6
7,771.9
32,783
75,661
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
41,255.5
91.3%
42,515.7
7,443.2
33,596
77,602
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
40,358.0
97.3%
45,815.0
14,488.8
35,095
119,111
100
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
37,002.5
89.2%
39,805.3
8,069.2
31,105
74,882
100
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
34,528.5
83.2%
36,926.2
6,784.6
29,825
61,817
100
20.00%
Warrior
Protection
33,997.0
82.0%
35,309.9
4,836.4
30,756
58,550
100
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
41,481.5
100.0%
43,543.8
8,348.8
33,389
77,225
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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