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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
89,728.0
56.2%
83,178.2
41,318.1
34,259
142,721
5
4.10%
Death Knight
Unholy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Druid
Balance
91,835.0
57.5%
106,658.3
42,458.9
34,359
177,828
7
5.74%
Druid
Feral Cat
15,372.0
9.6%
15,372.0
0.0
15,372
15,372
1
0.82%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
104,415.0
65.4%
102,667.0
29,312.2
52,110
143,490
5
4.10%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
65,793.0
41.2%
83,387.3
49,296.3
26,061
183,701
9
7.38%
Mage
Arcane
62,879.5
39.4%
65,648.3
19,546.4
41,389
95,445
4
3.28%
Mage
Fire
117,674.0
73.7%
121,610.2
58,424.9
25,379
216,463
14
11.48%
Mage
Frost
87,258.5
54.7%
85,672.9
38,079.3
10,376
130,528
10
8.20%
Paladin
Retribution
80,336.0
50.3%
73,695.5
24,327.4
26,387
102,676
8
6.56%
Priest
Shadow
72,878.5
45.7%
71,850.0
16,176.2
42,228
97,935
8
6.56%
Rogue
Assassination
131,582.0
82.4%
112,430.4
37,507.5
43,725
151,596
8
6.56%
Rogue
Combat
70,270.5
44.0%
70,270.5
14,712.5
55,558
84,983
2
1.64%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
70,881.5
44.4%
77,625.3
26,054.4
52,507
132,805
6
4.92%
Shaman
Enhancement
159,621.5
100.0%
146,218.3
59,611.0
54,526
211,104
4
3.28%
Warlock
Affliction
119,888.0
75.1%
103,655.7
68,190.6
13,215
177,864
3
2.46%
Warlock
Demonology
72,829.0
45.6%
91,748.0
60,835.8
28,523
173,892
3
2.46%
Warlock
Destruction
88,970.0
55.7%
77,062.6
28,246.8
23,212
112,104
10
8.20%
Warrior
Arms
82,729.5
51.8%
70,625.8
23,954.1
29,431
87,613
4
3.28%
Warrior
Fury
77,813.0
48.7%
80,348.8
36,682.5
35,774
135,676
6
4.92%
Monk
Windwalker
68,017.0
42.6%
75,374.6
26,442.4
47,614
108,921
5
4.10%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
4,098.0
42.6%
4,098.0
0.0
4,098
4,098
1
4.17%
Paladin
Holy
2,294.0
23.8%
3,900.9
5,342.0
0
18,035
9
37.50%
Priest
Discipline
9,624.0
100.0%
9,261.0
3,949.5
3,631
13,691
5
20.83%
Priest
Holy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Restoration
1,717.0
17.8%
3,565.8
3,367.1
552
9,791
5
20.83%
Monk
Mistweaver
8,058.5
83.7%
6,774.8
2,564.8
2,352
8,630
4
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
37,331.0
100.0%
35,980.1
11,514.4
12,824
51,131
7
28.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
36,252.0
97.1%
43,762.3
16,685.0
30,202
72,343
4
16.00%
Paladin
Protection
36,281.0
97.2%
36,852.3
14,567.1
7,563
60,476
10
40.00%
Warrior
Protection
32,991.5
88.4%
35,105.0
8,065.1
27,324
47,113
4
16.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
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
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