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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
85,649.5
91.7%
87,667.6
13,384.8
71,765
144,170
100
4.45%
Death Knight
Unholy
57,930.0
62.0%
72,641.1
35,260.6
36,906
184,751
100
4.45%
Druid
Balance
65,318.5
69.9%
79,976.2
34,656.7
47,089
166,632
100
4.45%
Druid
Feral Cat
51,267.5
54.9%
60,471.6
27,335.0
38,232
177,516
100
4.45%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
82,337.5
88.1%
89,948.5
21,934.4
67,425
176,201
100
4.45%
Hunter
Marksmanship
48,672.0
52.1%
52,737.4
19,514.0
34,334
158,514
100
4.45%
Hunter
Survival
89,749.0
96.1%
94,637.0
17,454.7
74,763
144,583
100
4.45%
Mage
Arcane
59,854.0
64.1%
65,550.2
20,596.8
42,589
156,459
100
4.45%
Mage
Fire
86,489.5
92.6%
90,338.5
31,089.3
48,110
178,618
100
4.45%
Mage
Frost
88,395.0
94.6%
93,361.7
14,653.7
76,634
143,872
100
4.45%
Paladin
Retribution
77,826.5
83.3%
81,849.7
16,950.0
61,576
155,636
100
4.45%
Priest
Shadow
86,766.0
92.9%
93,968.0
21,123.1
70,508
164,905
100
4.45%
Rogue
Assassination
89,433.5
95.7%
98,922.3
25,204.7
74,457
203,102
100
4.45%
Rogue
Combat
46,154.5
49.4%
53,199.9
20,724.3
32,931
140,700
100
4.45%
Rogue
Subtlety
31,318.0
33.5%
33,712.4
17,286.2
5,158
113,473
49
2.18%
Shaman
Elemental
84,174.5
90.1%
88,744.9
19,456.4
67,474
158,130
100
4.45%
Shaman
Enhancement
48,970.0
52.4%
58,324.3
26,879.5
36,713
171,670
100
4.45%
Warlock
Affliction
51,065.5
54.7%
65,066.8
34,183.6
31,659
178,665
100
4.45%
Warlock
Demonology
64,783.5
69.4%
76,694.0
33,690.9
41,865
179,298
100
4.45%
Warlock
Destruction
93,413.0
100.0%
97,217.5
15,420.2
80,043
141,862
100
4.45%
Warrior
Arms
65,209.5
69.8%
68,005.3
13,365.0
50,628
120,249
100
4.45%
Warrior
Fury
69,010.0
73.9%
76,500.6
23,115.9
52,775
145,882
100
4.45%
Monk
Windwalker
62,559.0
67.0%
69,067.0
17,514.3
51,067
128,836
100
4.45%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
42,762.5
82.1%
47,345.7
11,179.2
37,419
92,370
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
50,962.5
97.9%
52,866.3
8,874.0
41,669
92,534
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
52,064.0
100.0%
55,143.3
9,329.8
44,032
86,981
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
44,417.5
85.3%
47,694.8
10,846.0
36,842
112,089
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
47,789.0
91.8%
49,752.6
7,945.9
40,932
77,509
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
40,809.5
78.4%
43,452.0
8,912.1
33,335
78,695
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
45,707.0
100.0%
50,945.2
16,724.8
38,395
151,587
100
20.16%
Druid
Feral Bear
33,383.0
73.0%
36,736.2
17,826.2
0
100,796
98
19.76%
Paladin
Protection
42,854.5
93.8%
47,706.8
14,771.6
33,146
116,038
100
20.16%
Warrior
Protection
39,126.0
85.6%
44,208.2
13,783.6
31,512
120,070
100
20.16%
Monk
Brewmaster
40,514.5
88.6%
43,104.1
20,950.9
3,684
135,952
98
19.76%
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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