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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
81,536.0
49.3%
85,632.8
12,921.4
65,632
101,087
5
3.29%
Death Knight
Unholy
148,318.0
89.7%
145,687.2
16,499.3
114,749
159,779
5
3.29%
Druid
Balance
123,396.5
74.7%
119,648.6
25,172.2
65,951
155,796
12
7.89%
Druid
Feral Cat
124,182.0
75.1%
119,543.7
10,238.3
105,346
129,103
3
1.97%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
96,639.0
58.5%
109,535.8
29,073.7
71,908
161,796
9
5.92%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
98,085.0
59.3%
107,721.0
37,949.3
45,989
174,167
17
11.18%
Mage
Arcane
60,247.5
36.5%
60,247.5
3,270.5
56,977
63,518
2
1.32%
Mage
Fire
153,554.0
92.9%
129,279.4
55,519.0
35,211
180,054
8
5.26%
Mage
Frost
111,045.5
67.2%
110,079.2
22,578.1
77,807
144,097
6
3.95%
Paladin
Retribution
124,658.0
75.4%
125,836.4
39,117.1
78,862
174,905
5
3.29%
Priest
Shadow
91,565.5
55.4%
93,657.8
37,091.3
47,467
148,034
8
5.26%
Rogue
Assassination
154,935.5
93.7%
149,850.1
31,780.8
92,229
211,419
14
9.21%
Rogue
Combat
165,272.0
100.0%
165,272.0
14,856.0
150,416
180,128
2
1.32%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
137,228.0
83.0%
137,844.8
28,443.5
84,220
187,900
12
7.89%
Shaman
Enhancement
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Affliction
150,120.0
90.8%
144,904.3
44,983.1
53,469
215,323
12
7.89%
Warlock
Demonology
113,336.0
68.6%
113,336.0
4,226.0
109,110
117,562
2
1.32%
Warlock
Destruction
94,213.0
57.0%
93,646.7
16,939.3
72,623
114,104
3
1.97%
Warrior
Arms
77,397.0
46.8%
73,103.0
6,074.0
64,513
77,399
3
1.97%
Warrior
Fury
106,402.5
64.4%
97,359.7
32,245.2
35,890
141,024
18
11.84%
Monk
Windwalker
120,921.5
73.2%
135,068.7
26,076.8
111,769
179,465
6
3.95%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
26,474.0
67.5%
36,862.8
23,137.0
13,145
84,600
13
24.07%
Paladin
Holy
19,403.0
49.5%
30,292.7
21,990.8
9,157
68,739
10
18.52%
Priest
Discipline
39,195.0
100.0%
45,850.7
28,174.7
12,686
99,726
15
27.78%
Priest
Holy
31,709.5
80.9%
30,378.5
14,036.1
12,522
45,573
4
7.41%
Shaman
Restoration
29,685.0
75.7%
42,087.4
21,746.3
15,585
67,991
5
9.26%
Monk
Mistweaver
13,977.0
35.7%
26,729.6
20,741.0
7,917
58,739
7
12.96%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
46,843.0
66.8%
52,792.9
13,659.4
37,615
74,797
9
50.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
45,124.5
64.3%
49,925.3
10,434.6
42,001
67,451
4
22.22%
Paladin
Protection
48,776.0
69.5%
71,762.3
34,390.5
46,137
120,374
3
16.67%
Warrior
Protection
70,158.0
100.0%
70,158.0
5,043.0
65,115
75,201
2
11.11%
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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