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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
79,379.5
96.3%
82,876.5
14,978.0
65,138
159,990
100
4.75%
Death Knight
Unholy
53,864.0
65.4%
59,155.2
24,775.3
9,672
149,519
60
2.85%
Druid
Balance
45,479.0
55.2%
50,735.3
17,542.7
27,274
143,001
100
4.75%
Druid
Feral Cat
53,046.5
64.4%
57,926.3
19,581.2
33,979
136,673
100
4.75%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
58,884.5
71.5%
63,723.9
14,149.5
48,331
110,735
100
4.75%
Hunter
Marksmanship
42,025.0
51.0%
43,841.2
16,295.1
3,305
90,732
89
4.23%
Hunter
Survival
81,992.0
99.5%
89,126.4
23,420.2
65,101
167,546
100
4.75%
Mage
Arcane
51,087.5
62.0%
55,460.4
19,558.0
34,149
180,859
100
4.75%
Mage
Fire
56,756.5
68.9%
69,965.4
41,453.1
11,428
185,367
98
4.65%
Mage
Frost
80,211.0
97.3%
86,046.2
21,221.1
64,569
177,398
100
4.75%
Paladin
Retribution
70,490.0
85.5%
75,944.0
20,245.6
57,038
162,103
100
4.75%
Priest
Shadow
76,939.0
93.4%
85,149.3
19,944.3
65,163
165,935
100
4.75%
Rogue
Assassination
73,930.5
89.7%
81,054.1
21,366.2
60,118
172,105
100
4.75%
Rogue
Combat
52,148.5
63.3%
56,552.8
17,874.4
35,329
125,210
100
4.75%
Rogue
Subtlety
39,596.0
48.1%
38,935.2
14,039.0
15,539
61,390
19
0.90%
Shaman
Elemental
82,395.0
100.0%
94,172.3
27,406.1
68,592
209,528
100
4.75%
Shaman
Enhancement
62,769.0
76.2%
68,715.2
20,498.1
46,287
134,033
100
4.75%
Warlock
Affliction
47,009.0
57.1%
48,333.1
24,412.0
4,334
133,379
57
2.71%
Warlock
Demonology
55,025.0
66.8%
62,898.6
33,794.0
7,022
178,506
83
3.94%
Warlock
Destruction
82,398.5
100.0%
87,329.3
21,429.6
66,398
185,873
100
4.75%
Warrior
Arms
68,446.5
83.1%
71,734.2
14,725.9
57,041
135,890
100
4.75%
Warrior
Fury
60,459.0
73.4%
67,513.6
22,551.9
46,722
188,421
100
4.75%
Monk
Windwalker
68,371.0
83.0%
71,273.0
11,842.6
56,302
110,223
100
4.75%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
44,392.5
85.4%
47,046.2
7,564.2
38,336
72,517
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
45,730.5
88.0%
48,857.7
10,434.5
37,916
87,296
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
51,980.5
100.0%
55,041.0
11,390.6
43,239
105,521
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
47,945.5
92.2%
50,490.7
10,927.8
39,564
110,889
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
48,697.0
93.7%
50,882.2
9,091.1
41,292
87,021
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
42,783.5
82.3%
45,553.0
8,985.7
34,925
81,326
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
65,840.5
92.5%
71,259.4
19,803.0
51,087
158,032
100
22.42%
Druid
Feral Bear
64,010.0
89.9%
65,545.9
18,922.6
14,823
132,281
63
14.13%
Paladin
Protection
53,969.5
75.8%
57,844.6
14,891.3
42,587
111,892
100
22.42%
Warrior
Protection
54,832.5
77.1%
57,457.1
17,130.5
36,417
148,040
100
22.42%
Monk
Brewmaster
71,164.0
100.0%
75,832.8
29,367.2
2,047
155,459
83
18.61%
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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