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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
125,246.0
64.2%
127,577.8
18,097.4
104,538
156,481
10
3.41%
Death Knight
Unholy
152,014.0
77.9%
156,027.8
31,483.8
113,944
195,144
13
4.44%
Druid
Balance
135,002.5
69.2%
134,609.6
39,082.3
51,831
193,991
24
8.19%
Druid
Feral Cat
126,791.0
65.0%
130,947.5
13,495.7
119,146
157,069
6
2.05%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
123,364.0
63.2%
123,741.6
24,026.3
82,600
165,078
20
6.83%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
130,807.0
67.0%
128,417.0
24,941.9
79,944
179,649
25
8.53%
Mage
Arcane
195,204.0
100.0%
195,204.0
0.0
195,204
195,204
1
0.34%
Mage
Fire
156,544.0
80.2%
149,959.4
24,841.9
101,053
187,258
35
11.95%
Mage
Frost
93,862.0
48.1%
102,019.9
15,026.1
89,016
132,359
7
2.39%
Paladin
Retribution
96,243.5
49.3%
108,119.0
26,266.8
87,919
152,070
4
1.37%
Priest
Shadow
138,170.0
70.8%
131,890.6
30,315.9
79,593
192,368
26
8.87%
Rogue
Assassination
142,893.0
73.2%
138,888.6
38,824.9
31,420
208,382
37
12.63%
Rogue
Combat
175,975.0
90.1%
175,975.0
0.0
175,975
175,975
1
0.34%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
125,720.0
64.4%
130,019.7
22,074.4
92,812
166,097
23
7.85%
Shaman
Enhancement
86,642.0
44.4%
105,587.9
23,592.4
82,705
140,906
7
2.39%
Warlock
Affliction
106,278.0
54.4%
120,034.6
21,705.7
95,459
152,165
12
4.10%
Warlock
Demonology
149,643.0
76.7%
144,931.6
39,270.0
71,921
199,767
15
5.12%
Warlock
Destruction
98,721.5
50.6%
93,528.5
14,510.1
69,143
114,815
10
3.41%
Warrior
Arms
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warrior
Fury
134,950.0
69.1%
137,578.5
19,921.7
98,993
169,200
14
4.78%
Monk
Windwalker
134,160.0
68.7%
127,301.0
9,898.7
113,303
134,440
3
1.02%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
65,091.0
64.8%
70,762.7
21,376.5
37,924
127,986
27
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
62,269.0
61.9%
64,269.4
15,544.7
39,522
105,788
44
27.16%
Priest
Discipline
70,054.0
69.7%
73,380.8
14,506.5
52,629
108,889
57
35.19%
Priest
Holy
100,515.0
100.0%
100,515.0
3,365.0
97,150
103,880
2
1.23%
Shaman
Restoration
58,239.0
57.9%
60,562.6
12,187.0
38,524
76,489
13
8.02%
Monk
Mistweaver
79,132.0
78.7%
81,702.1
18,526.1
51,661
114,202
19
11.73%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
93,943.0
66.6%
107,907.6
29,232.8
63,496
157,182
29
25.22%
Druid
Feral Bear
98,562.0
69.8%
104,218.9
32,248.6
67,013
169,453
16
13.91%
Paladin
Protection
111,337.0
78.9%
123,133.9
61,787.0
6,838
294,985
30
26.09%
Warrior
Protection
128,174.0
90.8%
121,913.4
37,887.9
54,956
196,100
27
23.48%
Monk
Brewmaster
141,108.0
100.0%
144,447.0
27,343.4
119,013
216,571
13
11.30%
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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