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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
97,791.0
55.2%
103,258.7
19,532.8
69,256
131,440
15
6.98%
Death Knight
Unholy
143,554.0
81.0%
143,521.3
6,635.0
136,732
150,245
4
1.86%
Druid
Balance
102,408.0
57.8%
93,825.5
22,485.2
66,319
136,113
12
5.58%
Druid
Feral Cat
177,145.0
100.0%
155,916.6
26,018.2
123,977
177,181
5
2.33%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
147,066.0
83.0%
146,723.8
9,723.6
130,826
164,010
6
2.79%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
100,882.0
56.9%
100,384.0
38,561.4
2,911
148,167
16
7.44%
Mage
Arcane
46,906.0
26.5%
46,906.0
5.0
46,901
46,911
2
0.93%
Mage
Fire
124,044.0
70.0%
125,618.3
29,065.7
78,069
175,806
17
7.91%
Mage
Frost
77,838.0
43.9%
74,109.2
39,395.7
18,141
127,468
11
5.12%
Paladin
Retribution
102,593.5
57.9%
99,434.8
36,816.1
26,000
141,151
18
8.37%
Priest
Shadow
106,276.0
60.0%
100,329.0
40,406.7
15,359
155,230
21
9.77%
Rogue
Assassination
116,947.0
66.0%
119,792.7
35,331.0
77,829
175,909
15
6.98%
Rogue
Combat
125,073.0
70.6%
125,073.0
37,857.0
87,216
162,930
2
0.93%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
119,350.5
67.4%
104,361.2
41,330.7
17,049
142,412
18
8.37%
Shaman
Enhancement
108,449.5
61.2%
109,511.2
16,473.1
93,067
127,498
6
2.79%
Warlock
Affliction
135,094.0
76.3%
130,303.0
19,347.5
105,388
150,516
6
2.79%
Warlock
Demonology
129,429.5
73.1%
127,494.5
12,029.5
108,769
142,350
4
1.86%
Warlock
Destruction
94,667.0
53.4%
85,780.9
45,787.0
10,710
142,038
17
7.91%
Warrior
Arms
121,675.0
68.7%
121,670.3
21,853.8
99,806
143,525
4
1.86%
Warrior
Fury
96,361.0
54.4%
97,975.1
32,691.6
61,058
149,320
10
4.65%
Monk
Windwalker
102,114.5
57.6%
87,663.8
24,310.9
37,124
103,235
6
2.79%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
35,638.0
54.7%
40,743.1
20,986.0
5,690
66,127
17
20.73%
Paladin
Holy
47,041.5
72.2%
51,752.7
30,366.2
4,109
120,096
26
31.71%
Priest
Discipline
56,546.5
86.8%
58,827.3
8,784.4
49,283
74,432
16
19.51%
Priest
Holy
65,179.5
100.0%
61,801.0
13,374.7
42,243
74,602
4
4.88%
Shaman
Restoration
48,232.0
74.0%
44,633.0
14,382.5
24,933
61,340
9
10.98%
Monk
Mistweaver
45,623.0
70.0%
45,557.9
9,927.1
27,838
61,246
10
12.20%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
77,464.0
64.6%
71,049.3
9,083.0
58,204
77,480
3
11.54%
Druid
Feral Bear
63,271.5
52.8%
63,271.5
37.5
63,234
63,309
2
7.69%
Paladin
Protection
78,429.0
65.4%
76,704.2
21,365.3
34,289
104,656
13
50.00%
Warrior
Protection
92,851.5
77.5%
85,512.8
15,848.5
60,280
105,867
6
23.08%
Monk
Brewmaster
119,884.0
100.0%
119,884.0
5,823.0
114,061
125,707
2
7.69%
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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