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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
88,479.0
75.4%
96,266.2
25,726.4
67,878
191,180
100
4.52%
Death Knight
Unholy
52,608.0
44.8%
65,220.2
45,575.3
12,100
308,371
100
4.52%
Druid
Balance
78,096.5
66.5%
101,709.1
57,455.2
54,108
324,438
100
4.52%
Druid
Feral Cat
50,900.0
43.4%
65,931.8
36,650.4
32,051
237,499
100
4.52%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
75,722.0
64.5%
85,105.2
28,425.6
60,578
218,184
100
4.52%
Hunter
Marksmanship
51,558.5
43.9%
56,254.4
23,831.4
26,877
150,484
100
4.52%
Hunter
Survival
99,723.5
85.0%
109,577.2
31,596.7
76,267
203,081
100
4.52%
Mage
Arcane
62,556.0
53.3%
69,910.1
28,883.9
42,097
221,153
100
4.52%
Mage
Fire
73,184.0
62.4%
87,660.3
52,091.8
34,753
239,330
100
4.52%
Mage
Frost
104,408.0
89.0%
111,299.7
29,874.9
77,960
210,540
100
4.52%
Paladin
Retribution
84,888.0
72.3%
93,946.9
25,456.0
68,203
191,486
100
4.52%
Priest
Shadow
97,268.5
82.9%
111,660.5
36,884.1
76,754
252,505
100
4.52%
Rogue
Assassination
90,457.5
77.1%
103,961.3
39,757.9
62,285
239,135
100
4.52%
Rogue
Combat
46,785.0
39.9%
51,331.8
26,465.0
14,861
139,307
100
4.52%
Rogue
Subtlety
32,191.0
27.4%
32,038.3
20,126.8
4,983
93,120
27
1.22%
Shaman
Elemental
94,227.0
80.3%
102,328.4
27,064.0
71,811
184,563
100
4.52%
Shaman
Enhancement
47,265.0
40.3%
53,705.3
34,425.6
4,236
190,876
93
4.20%
Warlock
Affliction
47,457.0
40.4%
60,561.9
45,604.0
7,999
209,853
93
4.20%
Warlock
Demonology
52,337.0
44.6%
64,429.3
36,513.7
24,965
231,045
100
4.52%
Warlock
Destruction
117,365.5
100.0%
125,654.9
26,697.2
98,290
244,713
100
4.52%
Warrior
Arms
70,488.5
60.1%
76,910.7
22,172.6
53,060
166,931
100
4.52%
Warrior
Fury
78,454.5
66.8%
92,205.4
37,371.9
57,397
215,013
100
4.52%
Monk
Windwalker
72,922.5
62.1%
81,434.2
23,309.2
57,968
219,659
100
4.52%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
35,847.5
85.7%
37,699.0
6,631.5
29,285
55,237
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
36,143.5
86.4%
40,568.4
13,075.8
27,895
97,313
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
41,828.0
100.0%
45,158.1
10,020.9
36,133
93,983
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
28,930.0
69.2%
31,134.7
7,307.9
22,751
60,297
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
35,660.0
85.3%
38,343.3
8,983.6
28,816
73,007
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
29,325.0
70.1%
32,454.7
9,178.8
22,734
59,019
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
52,013.0
100.0%
59,397.4
26,975.4
39,270
192,079
100
22.88%
Druid
Feral Bear
35,553.0
68.4%
39,505.3
24,231.2
3,122
142,934
68
15.56%
Paladin
Protection
45,450.5
87.4%
49,499.2
17,398.1
32,706
111,981
100
22.88%
Warrior
Protection
46,731.5
89.8%
47,855.4
14,794.9
33,300
143,117
100
22.88%
Monk
Brewmaster
39,876.0
76.7%
44,814.4
26,240.4
2,316
144,515
69
15.79%
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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