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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
104,447.5
72.7%
107,803.5
18,112.3
79,319
147,740
100
6.20%
Death Knight
Unholy
143,571.0
100.0%
130,789.9
39,280.4
16,755
200,041
47
2.91%
Druid
Balance
115,360.0
80.4%
119,154.0
28,831.9
80,151
184,865
100
6.20%
Druid
Feral Cat
109,788.0
76.5%
112,518.4
43,902.3
22,229
193,410
44
2.73%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
123,200.0
85.8%
120,388.6
29,337.3
61,105
197,882
87
5.39%
Hunter
Marksmanship
76,784.0
53.5%
101,216.6
46,160.9
56,005
177,220
8
0.50%
Hunter
Survival
126,934.5
88.4%
132,579.2
15,681.8
111,808
171,434
100
6.20%
Mage
Arcane
106,997.0
74.5%
106,663.9
42,116.8
42,026
208,427
23
1.43%
Mage
Fire
129,707.5
90.3%
135,187.6
25,693.7
105,260
234,468
100
6.20%
Mage
Frost
111,237.0
77.5%
113,968.9
19,081.9
88,668
147,785
100
6.20%
Paladin
Retribution
104,699.0
72.9%
103,843.5
34,442.9
15,423
176,591
79
4.89%
Priest
Shadow
131,200.0
91.4%
136,598.7
18,211.7
113,052
188,106
100
6.20%
Rogue
Assassination
142,368.0
99.2%
146,240.1
22,091.3
114,859
212,204
100
6.20%
Rogue
Combat
96,008.5
66.9%
99,474.4
32,540.5
43,667
157,860
26
1.61%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
139,296.0
97.0%
141,477.1
18,805.3
113,642
183,203
100
6.20%
Shaman
Enhancement
97,658.5
68.0%
99,749.2
25,548.7
36,950
174,826
56
3.47%
Warlock
Affliction
122,241.0
85.1%
119,524.0
29,627.9
15,289
181,619
59
3.66%
Warlock
Demonology
122,125.0
85.1%
127,092.4
39,735.2
45,431
256,388
83
5.14%
Warlock
Destruction
116,341.5
81.0%
120,227.7
17,239.0
94,367
164,808
100
6.20%
Warrior
Arms
84,983.0
59.2%
87,608.8
23,855.1
36,921
143,550
45
2.79%
Warrior
Fury
105,440.5
73.4%
104,300.5
35,729.5
14,273
180,088
90
5.58%
Monk
Windwalker
98,606.0
68.7%
93,956.4
31,814.8
25,751
162,131
67
4.15%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
55,864.5
84.2%
58,470.3
10,089.8
45,712
93,621
100
18.28%
Paladin
Holy
61,051.0
92.1%
61,997.7
7,129.2
51,706
85,169
100
18.28%
Priest
Discipline
66,318.0
100.0%
68,809.5
9,303.5
58,344
99,667
100
18.28%
Priest
Holy
50,348.0
75.9%
49,395.7
15,420.9
3,817
81,755
47
8.59%
Shaman
Restoration
52,147.0
78.6%
54,187.5
10,140.3
39,275
82,207
100
18.28%
Monk
Mistweaver
52,064.0
78.5%
52,845.1
13,665.6
29,136
108,247
100
18.28%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
71,216.5
93.9%
81,697.8
27,844.0
56,264
158,374
100
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
70,268.5
92.6%
75,697.6
24,033.5
44,285
170,010
100
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
71,252.0
93.9%
76,866.7
17,036.2
58,914
130,583
100
20.00%
Warrior
Protection
64,733.5
85.3%
68,801.6
14,842.5
51,979
129,067
100
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
75,878.0
100.0%
82,436.3
28,931.6
41,875
190,830
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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