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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
99,410.5
86.1%
101,358.6
13,788.2
83,078
138,137
100
4.93%
Death Knight
Unholy
73,701.5
63.9%
77,959.0
38,421.7
12,475
172,191
78
3.84%
Druid
Balance
87,159.5
75.5%
91,383.1
19,670.7
67,886
158,413
100
4.93%
Druid
Feral Cat
73,199.5
63.4%
76,535.6
21,877.9
46,835
153,310
100
4.93%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
90,103.5
78.1%
95,383.5
18,583.0
74,472
164,005
100
4.93%
Hunter
Marksmanship
59,484.5
51.5%
58,508.1
24,438.9
10,058
114,667
36
1.77%
Hunter
Survival
103,817.0
90.0%
105,530.6
14,102.1
87,602
153,268
100
4.93%
Mage
Arcane
48,678.5
42.2%
51,598.6
22,021.4
8,143
122,328
70
3.45%
Mage
Fire
99,202.5
86.0%
107,880.1
25,915.9
77,741
180,083
100
4.93%
Mage
Frost
92,729.0
80.4%
97,570.7
16,367.7
79,091
141,327
100
4.93%
Paladin
Retribution
89,122.5
77.2%
94,806.1
19,707.5
73,163
144,827
100
4.93%
Priest
Shadow
101,553.0
88.0%
104,369.5
16,988.2
81,600
157,810
100
4.93%
Rogue
Assassination
115,402.5
100.0%
121,894.9
21,438.5
96,878
193,777
100
4.93%
Rogue
Combat
60,013.0
52.0%
65,107.5
35,757.5
6,795
184,254
65
3.20%
Rogue
Subtlety
49,753.0
43.1%
46,660.3
27,132.9
5,526
81,609
4
0.20%
Shaman
Elemental
101,166.0
87.7%
106,412.9
19,533.7
83,831
159,513
100
4.93%
Shaman
Enhancement
74,878.5
64.9%
79,532.3
19,752.6
50,592
143,164
100
4.93%
Warlock
Affliction
82,894.0
71.8%
89,152.3
35,239.7
24,862
165,281
89
4.39%
Warlock
Demonology
76,507.0
66.3%
84,759.7
35,670.7
9,983
164,912
87
4.29%
Warlock
Destruction
101,949.5
88.3%
107,276.6
15,094.9
91,379
173,136
100
4.93%
Warrior
Arms
68,428.5
59.3%
72,624.9
14,401.9
53,391
110,876
100
4.93%
Warrior
Fury
88,489.0
76.7%
96,811.4
24,402.7
72,221
172,660
100
4.93%
Monk
Windwalker
82,621.5
71.6%
86,118.4
17,233.2
64,677
139,531
100
4.93%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
39,704.0
84.7%
41,446.4
6,284.7
34,232
66,625
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
42,485.0
90.6%
44,381.0
6,088.3
37,848
67,264
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
46,875.0
100.0%
49,326.4
7,162.9
41,177
74,151
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
34,854.5
74.4%
35,983.9
6,524.7
27,387
65,650
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
39,668.0
84.6%
41,230.2
7,072.1
33,404
71,759
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
34,313.0
73.2%
36,250.9
7,054.4
27,869
56,547
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
50,799.0
86.3%
56,327.1
16,820.6
44,665
136,664
100
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
47,778.5
81.2%
52,510.1
15,241.7
36,699
113,164
100
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
50,304.5
85.5%
52,946.5
9,214.9
42,386
84,467
100
20.00%
Warrior
Protection
44,631.5
75.8%
46,246.0
6,930.9
37,009
72,757
100
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
58,866.0
100.0%
61,993.1
14,144.0
43,838
105,349
100
20.00%
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
More details of the methodology used can be found on the DPS Bot Docs page.
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