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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
70,052.0
85.1%
79,174.9
26,986.3
55,134
226,958
100
4.81%
Death Knight
Unholy
44,933.0
54.6%
50,546.1
45,464.3
597
230,280
69
3.32%
Druid
Balance
42,567.0
51.7%
50,976.0
26,116.3
24,947
209,565
100
4.81%
Druid
Feral Cat
36,727.0
44.6%
45,772.2
39,153.9
2,710
235,372
100
4.81%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
61,913.5
75.2%
72,533.4
31,679.8
46,551
208,234
100
4.81%
Hunter
Marksmanship
37,534.0
45.6%
38,127.6
18,059.4
5,290
89,135
75
3.61%
Hunter
Survival
68,751.0
83.5%
75,379.2
24,875.4
52,151
193,778
100
4.81%
Mage
Arcane
41,397.0
50.3%
47,505.8
25,284.9
17,682
182,277
100
4.81%
Mage
Fire
48,391.5
58.8%
68,892.7
49,037.9
9,029
226,086
100
4.81%
Mage
Frost
71,454.0
86.8%
81,406.5
24,965.9
59,767
167,246
100
4.81%
Paladin
Retribution
64,911.0
78.8%
72,949.8
27,646.9
49,793
205,382
100
4.81%
Priest
Shadow
68,942.5
83.7%
79,360.9
28,665.7
53,228
240,483
100
4.81%
Rogue
Assassination
72,280.5
87.8%
83,794.0
37,916.8
43,649
215,417
100
4.81%
Rogue
Combat
30,991.0
37.6%
35,236.6
23,329.0
0
123,657
76
3.66%
Rogue
Subtlety
13,785.0
16.7%
20,741.7
18,995.4
314
80,228
32
1.54%
Shaman
Elemental
57,763.0
70.2%
63,183.3
21,872.4
42,341
160,238
100
4.81%
Shaman
Enhancement
46,533.0
56.5%
57,012.5
44,098.6
0
236,022
86
4.14%
Warlock
Affliction
41,303.0
50.2%
51,857.8
39,355.0
5,191
201,154
61
2.93%
Warlock
Demonology
47,137.5
57.3%
50,562.3
27,124.0
0
153,070
80
3.85%
Warlock
Destruction
82,335.5
100.0%
92,378.2
33,339.3
65,231
250,631
100
4.81%
Warrior
Arms
61,033.5
74.1%
66,007.8
20,907.8
41,107
184,609
100
4.81%
Warrior
Fury
62,853.5
76.3%
77,499.1
39,209.2
39,945
226,453
100
4.81%
Monk
Windwalker
52,306.5
63.5%
55,799.7
25,140.2
27,893
174,650
100
4.81%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
50,947.0
84.1%
56,522.9
15,413.2
41,388
116,525
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
50,915.0
84.0%
57,320.5
17,156.1
41,380
120,407
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
60,594.0
100.0%
64,498.6
14,476.3
47,771
128,916
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
55,659.5
91.9%
59,545.1
14,147.1
41,968
111,104
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
51,883.0
85.6%
54,513.7
9,585.7
42,589
90,295
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
50,066.5
82.6%
55,290.9
17,841.5
37,842
130,092
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
31,230.0
100.0%
33,929.2
11,495.6
22,742
92,711
100
24.33%
Druid
Feral Bear
23,210.0
74.3%
23,293.2
13,304.4
34
80,207
65
15.82%
Paladin
Protection
17,840.0
57.1%
20,846.1
11,157.9
10,922
71,746
100
24.33%
Warrior
Protection
21,705.0
69.5%
24,518.7
8,659.1
12,078
58,873
100
24.33%
Monk
Brewmaster
20,297.0
65.0%
21,126.2
10,786.2
1,474
46,256
46
11.19%
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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