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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
48,579.0
82.2%
52,298.1
14,157.5
38,766
116,696
100
4.89%
Death Knight
Unholy
31,482.0
53.3%
40,890.8
28,659.1
9,684
145,448
73
3.57%
Druid
Balance
32,742.0
55.4%
37,171.2
20,319.2
15,139
118,509
100
4.89%
Druid
Feral Cat
33,050.5
55.9%
37,480.7
22,208.2
9,735
138,977
100
4.89%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
42,556.0
72.0%
49,525.4
19,902.9
32,939
139,042
100
4.89%
Hunter
Marksmanship
26,579.0
45.0%
26,894.2
13,468.0
218
65,469
69
3.38%
Hunter
Survival
53,509.5
90.6%
58,922.4
19,838.0
39,349
162,408
100
4.89%
Mage
Arcane
30,718.5
52.0%
35,261.3
19,113.3
19,912
143,549
100
4.89%
Mage
Fire
38,730.0
65.6%
47,671.9
30,376.4
4,015
130,430
83
4.06%
Mage
Frost
55,029.0
93.2%
59,511.3
15,513.1
43,646
139,189
100
4.89%
Paladin
Retribution
45,174.5
76.5%
50,826.4
16,010.3
36,581
118,003
100
4.89%
Priest
Shadow
48,378.5
81.9%
53,466.7
17,478.9
37,180
120,367
100
4.89%
Rogue
Assassination
59,073.5
100.0%
62,560.6
21,808.0
37,844
135,355
100
4.89%
Rogue
Combat
27,924.0
47.3%
33,186.0
17,129.8
7,122
94,854
70
3.43%
Rogue
Subtlety
20,781.0
35.2%
19,619.0
9,117.1
1,954
35,800
25
1.22%
Shaman
Elemental
50,436.0
85.4%
53,471.2
16,507.7
36,411
124,233
100
4.89%
Shaman
Enhancement
33,388.0
56.5%
38,224.1
23,337.6
3,777
131,721
80
3.92%
Warlock
Affliction
33,255.5
56.3%
38,662.7
27,793.7
2,344
122,856
56
2.74%
Warlock
Demonology
29,619.0
50.1%
36,524.7
22,654.8
7,468
134,369
87
4.26%
Warlock
Destruction
56,157.0
95.1%
61,401.0
15,993.7
44,414
133,681
100
4.89%
Warrior
Arms
42,940.5
72.7%
45,453.0
11,188.4
32,769
101,530
100
4.89%
Warrior
Fury
38,100.0
64.5%
44,474.6
17,690.2
27,625
104,105
100
4.89%
Monk
Windwalker
38,765.0
65.6%
41,497.9
12,188.1
30,017
98,364
100
4.89%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
22,245.5
77.3%
24,444.7
5,726.2
18,728
48,488
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
24,587.0
85.5%
26,800.5
7,007.9
18,671
53,174
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
28,765.0
100.0%
30,311.1
7,954.6
22,046
67,115
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
19,111.5
66.4%
21,240.6
7,316.9
13,164
60,665
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
25,502.0
88.7%
26,696.2
5,520.3
20,923
51,454
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
19,653.0
68.3%
21,942.1
7,517.5
13,055
47,878
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
31,406.0
100.0%
34,199.2
9,759.1
24,825
80,454
100
24.27%
Druid
Feral Bear
23,990.5
76.4%
25,625.8
9,575.3
4,236
55,209
58
14.08%
Paladin
Protection
23,351.0
74.4%
25,933.3
10,384.5
16,218
79,511
100
24.27%
Warrior
Protection
24,454.0
77.9%
25,114.5
5,683.1
15,674
44,814
100
24.27%
Monk
Brewmaster
26,381.5
84.0%
24,229.9
8,770.5
334
39,358
54
13.11%
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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