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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
110,005.0
49.2%
112,727.7
49,908.7
54,667
219,003
9
7.89%
Death Knight
Unholy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Druid
Balance
129,768.0
58.0%
162,515.4
85,745.7
80,967
304,022
7
6.14%
Druid
Feral Cat
115,580.0
51.7%
115,580.0
23,580.0
92,000
139,160
2
1.75%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
141,418.0
63.2%
123,638.0
26,603.9
86,033
143,463
3
2.63%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
107,216.0
47.9%
88,658.7
45,660.6
8,673
151,254
11
9.65%
Mage
Arcane
88,744.0
39.7%
94,915.0
20,051.5
74,316
119,766
5
4.39%
Mage
Fire
223,735.0
100.0%
188,319.4
76,944.7
62,399
257,770
7
6.14%
Mage
Frost
101,683.0
45.4%
102,483.9
40,312.1
43,676
188,067
11
9.65%
Paladin
Retribution
77,116.5
34.5%
61,604.3
29,956.4
10,179
82,005
4
3.51%
Priest
Shadow
147,612.0
66.0%
144,283.0
60,560.0
33,982
243,093
13
11.40%
Rogue
Assassination
100,036.5
44.7%
100,036.5
17,839.5
82,197
117,876
2
1.75%
Rogue
Combat
99,288.0
44.4%
99,288.0
0.0
99,288
99,288
1
0.88%
Rogue
Subtlety
101,090.0
45.2%
101,090.0
0.0
101,090
101,090
1
0.88%
Shaman
Elemental
123,793.5
55.3%
129,969.4
65,597.8
45,476
240,629
10
8.77%
Shaman
Enhancement
30,103.0
13.5%
30,103.0
0.0
30,103
30,103
1
0.88%
Warlock
Affliction
217,091.0
97.0%
203,479.3
46,070.5
141,494
251,853
3
2.63%
Warlock
Demonology
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Destruction
132,123.0
59.1%
152,191.7
51,495.4
87,786
265,730
9
7.89%
Warrior
Arms
82,534.0
36.9%
101,027.6
27,127.3
75,168
135,162
7
6.14%
Warrior
Fury
107,641.0
48.1%
115,792.0
11,539.3
107,624
132,111
3
2.63%
Monk
Windwalker
146,102.0
65.3%
136,226.8
24,976.5
86,486
151,283
5
4.39%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
39,386.5
77.4%
41,906.7
15,945.9
18,011
70,987
10
25.64%
Paladin
Holy
50,889.0
100.0%
50,889.0
5,082.0
45,807
55,971
2
5.13%
Priest
Discipline
46,745.0
91.9%
48,147.1
15,856.0
22,134
71,940
10
25.64%
Priest
Holy
37,128.0
73.0%
35,064.8
9,809.8
14,707
43,597
6
15.38%
Shaman
Restoration
28,130.0
55.3%
31,285.2
10,489.3
20,840
47,387
5
12.82%
Monk
Mistweaver
37,078.5
72.9%
37,230.8
10,345.1
24,310
57,567
6
15.38%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
58,418.0
62.7%
66,252.4
17,855.6
42,044
92,893
5
31.25%
Druid
Feral Bear
93,222.0
100.0%
105,743.0
30,772.2
75,909
148,098
3
18.75%
Paladin
Protection
48,663.0
52.2%
45,809.8
5,704.4
36,068
49,845
4
25.00%
Warrior
Protection
70,948.0
76.1%
72,888.3
36,654.1
23,075
126,582
4
25.00%
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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