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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
163,261.5
73.8%
175,687.3
38,097.1
135,505
301,932
100
4.91%
Death Knight
Unholy
154,603.5
69.9%
178,174.9
82,454.4
22,686
381,803
82
4.03%
Druid
Balance
210,791.5
95.3%
211,504.1
52,692.4
134,636
400,463
100
4.91%
Druid
Feral Cat
93,427.0
42.2%
108,202.0
59,260.3
30,811
345,505
89
4.37%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
169,845.0
76.8%
180,840.7
42,703.9
131,032
325,575
100
4.91%
Hunter
Marksmanship
100,397.0
45.4%
101,671.8
40,415.6
7,962
195,734
35
1.72%
Hunter
Survival
184,576.0
83.5%
191,261.3
29,229.3
151,894
294,595
100
4.91%
Mage
Arcane
91,315.0
41.3%
110,269.1
67,820.6
25,303
362,544
82
4.03%
Mage
Fire
202,457.5
91.5%
210,742.4
44,776.4
151,364
324,453
100
4.91%
Mage
Frost
168,690.5
76.3%
179,569.3
37,562.8
137,160
283,922
100
4.91%
Paladin
Retribution
138,053.0
62.4%
152,283.3
37,798.4
109,624
284,784
100
4.91%
Priest
Shadow
221,156.0
100.0%
228,241.4
38,685.8
175,893
325,606
100
4.91%
Rogue
Assassination
196,302.0
88.8%
210,450.6
41,775.1
159,398
336,257
100
4.91%
Rogue
Combat
82,685.0
37.4%
91,994.8
55,388.7
3,590
220,327
57
2.80%
Rogue
Subtlety
62,568.0
28.3%
62,568.0
0.0
62,568
62,568
1
0.05%
Shaman
Elemental
177,930.5
80.5%
185,481.5
35,811.7
140,124
323,442
100
4.91%
Shaman
Enhancement
114,766.0
51.9%
119,178.4
46,724.5
37,200
248,173
100
4.91%
Warlock
Affliction
175,472.0
79.3%
186,258.0
75,227.3
31,800
396,218
89
4.37%
Warlock
Demonology
133,664.5
60.4%
147,014.3
60,101.6
56,318
325,729
100
4.91%
Warlock
Destruction
206,310.5
93.3%
214,965.6
38,531.9
173,360
360,870
100
4.91%
Warrior
Arms
103,790.5
46.9%
110,059.5
34,566.5
62,145
242,125
100
4.91%
Warrior
Fury
144,893.0
65.5%
167,586.8
58,051.4
102,495
296,942
100
4.91%
Monk
Windwalker
113,959.0
51.5%
125,906.6
40,449.2
79,324
257,580
100
4.91%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
50,389.0
84.3%
53,212.5
9,074.1
43,884
89,239
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
52,151.5
87.3%
54,640.8
7,979.5
45,599
89,659
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
59,738.5
100.0%
62,181.1
11,041.0
51,197
101,314
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
38,388.0
64.3%
39,948.9
10,925.6
19,134
67,182
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
46,438.0
77.7%
49,679.2
10,587.6
39,275
98,790
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
51,712.0
86.6%
54,526.5
10,270.7
42,347
90,650
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
92,495.5
100.0%
102,919.0
30,065.4
74,594
214,680
100
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
79,894.0
86.4%
90,255.5
28,870.2
58,811
218,357
100
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
77,591.5
83.9%
83,415.7
20,186.0
63,941
171,674
100
20.00%
Warrior
Protection
71,149.5
76.9%
77,886.1
19,892.2
59,400
180,317
100
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
88,917.5
96.1%
95,040.0
24,383.9
64,648
171,159
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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