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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
63,482.0
91.3%
67,078.9
12,639.7
56,709
126,824
100
4.49%
Death Knight
Unholy
38,191.0
54.9%
39,886.2
23,363.6
2,433
159,766
95
4.27%
Druid
Balance
50,336.0
72.4%
55,129.3
18,768.1
36,734
122,851
100
4.49%
Druid
Feral Cat
38,110.5
54.8%
39,556.2
11,542.6
25,826
85,145
100
4.49%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
58,174.0
83.6%
59,554.9
10,491.7
47,980
109,361
100
4.49%
Hunter
Marksmanship
38,876.5
55.9%
42,508.7
15,038.4
27,292
101,131
100
4.49%
Hunter
Survival
62,245.0
89.5%
67,423.8
14,152.2
54,376
117,726
100
4.49%
Mage
Arcane
43,639.0
62.7%
49,541.7
14,651.7
34,477
128,402
100
4.49%
Mage
Fire
51,227.0
73.6%
55,374.1
20,226.2
33,586
125,482
100
4.49%
Mage
Frost
69,558.5
100.0%
74,906.5
16,386.1
59,255
146,981
100
4.49%
Paladin
Retribution
54,014.5
77.7%
58,402.0
13,691.5
46,111
128,151
100
4.49%
Priest
Shadow
61,602.0
88.6%
67,864.5
18,885.7
50,811
146,522
100
4.49%
Rogue
Assassination
61,160.0
87.9%
67,083.1
18,135.3
52,457
139,730
100
4.49%
Rogue
Combat
36,001.0
51.8%
41,868.9
15,341.6
28,690
120,079
100
4.49%
Rogue
Subtlety
22,005.5
31.6%
21,550.4
8,514.1
6,495
38,601
30
1.35%
Shaman
Elemental
62,726.5
90.2%
67,654.8
15,970.3
52,958
128,617
100
4.49%
Shaman
Enhancement
41,646.5
59.9%
47,544.4
17,611.1
27,650
105,125
100
4.49%
Warlock
Affliction
32,247.0
46.4%
36,228.4
18,449.6
11,771
147,589
100
4.49%
Warlock
Demonology
41,686.5
59.9%
48,632.3
19,689.5
28,648
122,277
100
4.49%
Warlock
Destruction
68,096.0
97.9%
73,147.2
14,787.3
59,170
134,757
100
4.49%
Warrior
Arms
51,690.0
74.3%
54,899.2
9,611.4
44,185
90,547
100
4.49%
Warrior
Fury
52,485.5
75.5%
57,048.8
14,678.1
42,515
116,386
100
4.49%
Monk
Windwalker
50,339.0
72.4%
54,462.0
12,452.8
41,613
109,273
100
4.49%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
37,757.5
99.9%
40,285.3
8,226.9
31,770
72,654
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
37,797.5
100.0%
40,292.9
7,048.4
33,335
65,377
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
37,704.5
99.8%
39,182.3
5,983.5
32,911
72,648
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
30,667.0
81.1%
31,864.8
6,323.5
24,604
54,033
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
34,811.0
92.1%
36,784.8
5,674.1
31,087
61,740
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
33,347.5
88.2%
35,573.2
6,703.0
28,859
59,411
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
34,369.0
100.0%
42,064.8
24,212.2
28,864
164,029
100
20.88%
Druid
Feral Bear
26,501.0
77.1%
28,508.6
8,466.5
17,236
56,588
100
20.88%
Paladin
Protection
28,836.5
83.9%
34,667.5
14,034.3
22,745
109,392
100
20.88%
Warrior
Protection
29,546.5
86.0%
31,290.0
8,737.8
21,638
65,888
100
20.88%
Monk
Brewmaster
31,781.0
92.5%
34,415.4
15,375.9
8,009
104,282
79
16.49%
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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