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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
184,266.0
85.5%
184,266.0
0.0
184,266
184,266
1
0.88%
Death Knight
Unholy
199,756.5
92.7%
175,718.8
38,477.5
84,772
201,466
10
8.77%
Druid
Balance
186,204.0
86.4%
171,388.9
41,489.3
52,422
220,592
12
10.53%
Druid
Feral Cat
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
181,616.0
84.3%
165,494.6
48,041.7
74,434
204,977
5
4.39%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
177,059.0
82.2%
173,862.0
5,518.3
165,722
178,696
9
7.89%
Mage
Arcane
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Mage
Fire
192,041.5
89.1%
185,696.6
26,754.6
116,921
209,180
8
7.02%
Mage
Frost
144,456.5
67.0%
144,456.5
28,740.5
115,716
173,197
2
1.75%
Paladin
Retribution
175,075.0
81.3%
175,931.5
23,356.4
146,468
207,108
4
3.51%
Priest
Shadow
160,101.0
74.3%
170,071.4
23,940.6
147,249
204,142
8
7.02%
Rogue
Assassination
188,413.5
87.4%
178,055.2
32,147.9
117,196
212,139
18
15.79%
Rogue
Combat
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
161,268.5
74.8%
163,454.9
16,317.3
133,643
194,736
8
7.02%
Shaman
Enhancement
192,712.0
89.4%
192,838.7
182.0
192,708
193,096
3
2.63%
Warlock
Affliction
215,463.0
100.0%
208,819.4
14,153.1
180,528
216,709
5
4.39%
Warlock
Demonology
151,767.0
70.4%
129,042.7
81,634.5
19,655
215,706
3
2.63%
Warlock
Destruction
147,633.0
68.5%
150,231.1
28,686.1
105,893
182,269
8
7.02%
Warrior
Arms
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warrior
Fury
195,565.5
90.8%
195,320.5
51,936.0
117,837
264,648
10
8.77%
Monk
Windwalker
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
49,065.5
69.9%
49,065.5
28,800.5
20,265
77,866
2
5.26%
Paladin
Holy
64,357.0
91.7%
68,146.0
16,195.0
39,419
86,958
10
26.32%
Priest
Discipline
55,363.0
78.9%
56,890.0
17,830.2
22,772
78,534
8
21.05%
Priest
Holy
54,137.0
77.2%
54,137.0
21,166.0
32,971
75,303
2
5.26%
Shaman
Restoration
67,000.0
95.5%
61,951.3
12,169.3
34,320
72,931
10
26.32%
Monk
Mistweaver
70,144.5
100.0%
75,928.0
15,272.5
59,770
108,098
6
15.79%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
64,932.0
45.7%
78,608.3
21,793.3
61,527
109,366
3
13.64%
Druid
Feral Bear
76,484.0
53.8%
74,525.6
4,330.6
65,887
77,290
5
22.73%
Paladin
Protection
142,054.5
100.0%
120,210.0
37,837.8
54,673
142,058
4
18.18%
Warrior
Protection
81,055.0
57.1%
73,599.7
16,208.3
53,064
89,521
7
31.82%
Monk
Brewmaster
64,332.0
45.3%
49,725.7
21,251.8
19,675
65,170
3
13.64%
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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