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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
105,298.0
53.3%
116,053.4
48,048.2
68,532
221,573
9
9.57%
Death Knight
Unholy
31,366.5
15.9%
35,918.8
14,071.4
22,340
58,602
4
4.26%
Druid
Balance
190,147.5
96.2%
241,929.5
167,096.5
90,795
496,628
4
4.26%
Druid
Feral Cat
51,275.0
26.0%
51,275.0
31,084.0
20,191
82,359
2
2.13%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
112,454.0
56.9%
122,886.3
75,247.8
14,672
275,447
11
11.70%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
107,131.5
54.2%
106,707.5
38,347.5
52,151
160,416
4
4.26%
Mage
Arcane
32,433.5
16.4%
32,433.5
15,012.5
17,421
47,446
2
2.13%
Mage
Fire
162,466.0
82.2%
174,700.5
62,578.4
106,700
267,170
4
4.26%
Mage
Frost
87,859.0
44.5%
92,133.5
20,768.4
68,413
124,403
4
4.26%
Paladin
Retribution
146,642.0
74.2%
143,466.2
48,557.1
71,440
220,392
5
5.32%
Priest
Shadow
112,810.0
57.1%
95,741.0
56,060.8
20,037
154,568
6
6.38%
Rogue
Assassination
141,163.0
71.4%
142,714.7
35,917.7
100,813
209,438
6
6.38%
Rogue
Combat
70,024.0
35.4%
55,341.7
21,715.5
24,641
71,360
3
3.19%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
99,326.0
50.3%
101,857.5
37,209.5
41,651
176,253
8
8.51%
Shaman
Enhancement
19,943.0
10.1%
19,943.0
0.0
19,943
19,943
1
1.06%
Warlock
Affliction
197,578.0
100.0%
192,134.7
47,189.9
131,810
247,016
3
3.19%
Warlock
Demonology
144,702.5
73.2%
139,790.3
44,270.7
81,254
188,502
4
4.26%
Warlock
Destruction
96,650.5
48.9%
99,671.0
23,118.8
70,451
134,932
4
4.26%
Warrior
Arms
61,449.0
31.1%
61,449.0
0.0
61,449
61,449
1
1.06%
Warrior
Fury
113,530.5
57.5%
111,348.5
18,583.7
83,148
135,185
4
4.26%
Monk
Windwalker
70,181.0
35.5%
69,657.2
18,568.1
42,992
100,958
5
5.32%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
18,570.0
72.2%
22,040.2
9,589.2
10,568
36,245
6
23.08%
Paladin
Holy
15,188.0
59.0%
25,426.9
20,900.4
6,050
68,841
7
26.92%
Priest
Discipline
21,440.5
83.3%
19,985.7
9,164.0
2,613
29,601
6
23.08%
Priest
Holy
25,726.0
100.0%
25,726.0
0.0
25,726
25,726
1
3.85%
Shaman
Restoration
21,512.0
83.6%
27,270.3
8,433.7
21,104
39,195
3
11.54%
Monk
Mistweaver
15,915.0
61.9%
22,322.3
12,375.8
11,421
39,631
3
11.54%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
40,490.0
67.3%
41,257.8
15,632.7
17,658
63,194
8
32.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
60,158.0
100.0%
67,897.7
14,769.0
54,967
88,568
3
12.00%
Paladin
Protection
41,106.0
68.3%
39,281.4
14,890.0
15,494
56,993
7
28.00%
Warrior
Protection
47,246.0
78.5%
44,943.4
16,939.4
19,517
62,953
5
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
51,889.5
86.3%
51,889.5
6,402.5
45,487
58,292
2
8.00%
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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