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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
94,064.0
73.4%
100,922.2
52,586.8
15,649
195,526
17
10.37%
Death Knight
Unholy
101,542.5
79.3%
101,542.5
20,137.5
81,405
121,680
2
1.22%
Druid
Balance
90,566.0
70.7%
105,837.1
54,510.5
37,028
191,738
8
4.88%
Druid
Feral Cat
24,581.5
19.2%
24,581.5
11,672.5
12,909
36,254
2
1.22%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
92,455.5
72.2%
116,791.7
60,425.7
52,315
247,825
12
7.32%
Hunter
Marksmanship
13,277.0
10.4%
12,744.7
6,096.6
5,026
19,931
3
1.83%
Hunter
Survival
117,818.0
92.0%
121,609.7
49,862.4
52,092
245,835
13
7.93%
Mage
Arcane
101,256.5
79.0%
101,256.5
68,558.5
32,698
169,815
2
1.22%
Mage
Fire
104,343.0
81.5%
104,682.1
75,080.6
15,281
240,669
14
8.54%
Mage
Frost
82,078.0
64.1%
75,160.4
22,904.6
37,617
102,768
8
4.88%
Paladin
Retribution
86,189.0
67.3%
88,008.3
38,644.3
44,515
182,850
9
5.49%
Priest
Shadow
89,742.0
70.1%
94,445.5
48,724.5
15,754
198,368
8
4.88%
Rogue
Assassination
104,097.0
81.3%
119,175.4
40,644.3
78,590
191,864
7
4.27%
Rogue
Combat
33,701.0
26.3%
47,011.8
35,166.8
22,801
123,174
6
3.66%
Rogue
Subtlety
103,166.0
80.5%
103,166.0
0.0
103,166
103,166
1
0.61%
Shaman
Elemental
114,053.0
89.0%
114,354.0
49,307.0
40,006
208,543
9
5.49%
Shaman
Enhancement
69,378.0
54.2%
65,138.0
39,412.2
14,888
111,148
3
1.83%
Warlock
Affliction
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Demonology
128,096.0
100.0%
147,230.8
73,988.7
75,796
281,032
5
3.05%
Warlock
Destruction
86,312.0
67.4%
92,363.4
45,263.0
9,046
171,744
11
6.71%
Warrior
Arms
68,351.0
53.4%
67,629.4
27,015.6
13,755
103,497
8
4.88%
Warrior
Fury
80,055.0
62.5%
103,212.3
65,832.0
25,281
240,882
12
7.32%
Monk
Windwalker
72,465.5
56.6%
63,065.3
17,968.4
32,028
75,302
4
2.44%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
2,848.0
11.0%
5,405.8
5,577.6
94
14,217
5
10.87%
Paladin
Holy
20,997.0
81.0%
22,976.1
11,619.7
6,690
46,261
10
21.74%
Priest
Discipline
20,191.0
77.9%
24,783.8
13,376.3
11,891
60,353
12
26.09%
Priest
Holy
20,211.0
77.9%
20,796.2
12,156.9
4,607
36,203
6
13.04%
Shaman
Restoration
10,859.0
41.9%
16,000.2
9,582.1
5,869
32,505
9
19.57%
Monk
Mistweaver
25,930.5
100.0%
26,030.5
7,614.7
16,521
35,740
4
8.70%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
68,388.0
81.9%
66,929.0
18,568.2
42,148
96,106
8
24.24%
Druid
Feral Bear
48,054.5
57.6%
58,564.7
36,091.0
27,000
132,451
6
18.18%
Paladin
Protection
38,929.0
46.6%
49,083.6
39,869.1
5,475
145,189
9
27.27%
Warrior
Protection
34,501.0
41.3%
33,836.4
21,175.3
6,585
77,585
8
24.24%
Monk
Brewmaster
83,477.5
100.0%
83,477.5
835.5
82,642
84,313
2
6.06%
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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