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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
144,735.0
94.4%
142,301.3
21,220.0
91,505
176,241
18
2.39%
Death Knight
Unholy
138,724.5
90.4%
143,362.8
32,166.2
101,782
213,544
18
2.39%
Druid
Balance
133,176.0
86.8%
128,081.1
34,563.0
52,374
215,624
69
9.16%
Druid
Feral Cat
123,185.0
80.3%
122,534.4
20,404.9
94,799
157,561
8
1.06%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
143,066.0
93.3%
136,805.7
27,311.9
82,573
186,288
31
4.12%
Hunter
Marksmanship
151,673.0
98.9%
151,673.0
0.0
151,673
151,673
1
0.13%
Hunter
Survival
129,889.0
84.7%
137,044.2
36,858.8
33,337
208,349
71
9.43%
Mage
Arcane
117,236.0
76.4%
136,166.7
39,434.1
100,203
191,061
3
0.40%
Mage
Fire
129,470.0
84.4%
132,490.6
30,866.1
63,006
240,509
75
9.96%
Mage
Frost
134,951.0
88.0%
135,195.6
29,260.7
78,848
226,020
31
4.12%
Paladin
Retribution
133,062.5
86.7%
129,663.9
22,772.4
71,398
166,181
14
1.86%
Priest
Shadow
126,073.0
82.2%
129,833.7
32,446.5
42,650
206,254
70
9.30%
Rogue
Assassination
153,390.5
100.0%
151,104.3
35,887.6
64,320
248,628
94
12.48%
Rogue
Combat
150,183.0
97.9%
137,886.1
42,708.1
84,283
201,357
12
1.59%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
127,129.5
82.9%
131,113.4
27,269.6
30,200
195,918
76
10.09%
Shaman
Enhancement
119,532.5
77.9%
128,116.8
24,028.8
92,101
168,182
12
1.59%
Warlock
Affliction
123,410.5
80.5%
129,405.4
29,132.0
84,988
209,024
38
5.05%
Warlock
Demonology
132,994.5
86.7%
128,590.2
33,051.7
33,115
204,865
38
5.05%
Warlock
Destruction
114,470.0
74.6%
119,952.3
27,247.0
73,207
189,807
43
5.71%
Warrior
Arms
92,678.0
60.4%
92,678.0
0.0
92,678
92,678
1
0.13%
Warrior
Fury
147,063.0
95.9%
133,422.9
38,691.7
63,827
222,153
25
3.32%
Monk
Windwalker
142,924.0
93.2%
157,612.2
31,996.0
117,425
200,813
5
0.66%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
55,377.0
84.6%
56,387.6
12,131.7
33,904
84,822
54
15.21%
Paladin
Holy
60,701.0
92.7%
62,949.6
13,093.3
32,054
97,618
100
28.17%
Priest
Discipline
65,496.0
100.0%
67,220.3
13,183.0
40,669
99,767
100
28.17%
Priest
Holy
50,465.0
77.1%
55,418.8
17,589.6
31,191
89,450
9
2.54%
Shaman
Restoration
54,887.0
83.8%
55,282.5
11,974.7
34,540
84,820
49
13.80%
Monk
Mistweaver
63,581.0
97.1%
64,971.7
13,149.7
41,935
89,124
43
12.11%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
67,584.5
87.6%
70,792.8
22,999.1
27,956
144,633
86
27.04%
Druid
Feral Bear
73,669.0
95.5%
75,442.9
23,620.3
42,705
164,341
48
15.09%
Paladin
Protection
69,042.0
89.5%
73,799.1
30,354.0
2,974
195,786
88
27.67%
Warrior
Protection
62,202.5
80.7%
63,154.1
18,346.1
27,642
97,605
46
14.47%
Monk
Brewmaster
77,110.5
100.0%
86,456.7
32,670.4
39,109
211,801
50
15.72%
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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