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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
60,179.5
87.5%
63,247.0
13,719.0
48,517
124,381
100
5.02%
Death Knight
Unholy
44,453.0
64.6%
53,182.3
32,394.7
3,909
188,949
63
3.16%
Druid
Balance
40,399.0
58.7%
46,324.3
22,836.0
974
141,435
99
4.97%
Druid
Feral Cat
43,944.5
63.9%
46,768.8
26,466.9
1,262
179,339
92
4.62%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
52,411.5
76.2%
59,082.3
20,180.8
42,031
164,618
100
5.02%
Hunter
Marksmanship
37,700.5
54.8%
39,144.1
12,838.2
3,032
84,945
58
2.91%
Hunter
Survival
66,082.5
96.1%
72,897.4
19,869.7
53,428
154,090
100
5.02%
Mage
Arcane
40,032.5
58.2%
46,154.0
21,830.0
25,091
162,315
100
5.02%
Mage
Fire
42,397.0
61.6%
53,697.5
31,209.9
2,540
170,892
87
4.37%
Mage
Frost
66,959.5
97.4%
71,800.6
18,076.1
52,497
177,999
100
5.02%
Paladin
Retribution
55,379.5
80.5%
61,755.0
18,550.4
44,159
133,943
100
5.02%
Priest
Shadow
56,941.5
82.8%
64,845.0
20,606.3
45,109
136,938
100
5.02%
Rogue
Assassination
63,907.5
92.9%
69,479.7
24,104.7
44,522
166,315
100
5.02%
Rogue
Combat
37,726.0
54.9%
40,675.4
20,790.3
5,850
101,851
73
3.67%
Rogue
Subtlety
27,192.0
39.5%
27,558.1
11,140.3
6,971
49,034
26
1.31%
Shaman
Elemental
57,754.0
84.0%
61,331.2
18,237.8
41,258
136,235
100
5.02%
Shaman
Enhancement
41,772.5
60.7%
46,785.5
26,728.7
0
136,135
70
3.52%
Warlock
Affliction
40,283.5
58.6%
49,729.5
29,004.2
1,784
151,805
50
2.51%
Warlock
Demonology
45,416.0
66.0%
47,243.2
20,956.2
378
121,178
73
3.67%
Warlock
Destruction
68,773.5
100.0%
73,500.9
15,685.5
57,214
140,487
100
5.02%
Warrior
Arms
46,109.0
67.0%
50,220.8
13,983.6
33,941
114,402
100
5.02%
Warrior
Fury
46,473.5
67.6%
53,136.1
17,498.6
35,742
127,876
100
5.02%
Monk
Windwalker
48,114.0
70.0%
51,459.7
14,729.1
35,242
107,263
100
5.02%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
28,952.5
78.0%
30,960.4
6,542.9
23,894
64,368
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
34,412.5
92.7%
37,333.8
9,879.2
26,842
81,242
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
35,673.5
96.1%
38,367.4
10,553.6
28,058
97,042
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
31,105.5
83.8%
33,879.6
9,152.8
23,274
72,243
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
37,129.0
100.0%
38,591.8
7,281.3
29,757
65,780
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
26,638.0
71.7%
27,740.9
7,828.5
18,750
62,909
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
41,235.0
100.0%
43,409.7
12,443.3
30,636
108,708
100
25.45%
Druid
Feral Bear
34,616.0
83.9%
35,482.2
13,254.0
5,602
73,922
46
11.70%
Paladin
Protection
26,009.5
63.1%
30,114.8
13,407.2
15,398
95,308
100
25.45%
Warrior
Protection
33,613.0
81.5%
33,986.0
13,233.3
9,561
95,708
100
25.45%
Monk
Brewmaster
39,043.0
94.7%
36,337.0
13,705.9
120
64,632
47
11.96%
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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