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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
86,928.0
63.7%
95,145.5
56,243.2
21,436
241,287
14
8.86%
Death Knight
Unholy
79,544.0
58.3%
93,852.3
42,576.4
50,355
151,658
3
1.90%
Druid
Balance
86,366.0
63.3%
94,049.2
46,184.8
32,461
201,171
9
5.70%
Druid
Feral Cat
37,526.0
27.5%
37,526.0
13,018.0
24,508
50,544
2
1.27%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
114,204.0
83.7%
131,422.5
81,230.1
15,734
259,309
12
7.59%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
117,351.5
86.0%
129,910.5
68,221.5
67,144
290,966
14
8.86%
Mage
Arcane
41,012.5
30.1%
41,012.5
29,122.5
11,890
70,135
2
1.27%
Mage
Fire
97,770.0
71.7%
110,648.2
73,915.7
16,210
251,859
11
6.96%
Mage
Frost
77,591.0
56.9%
73,987.0
22,700.2
31,344
102,159
8
5.06%
Paladin
Retribution
95,309.0
69.9%
101,338.3
48,006.0
30,044
204,068
10
6.33%
Priest
Shadow
88,187.0
64.7%
112,256.1
66,058.7
57,208
269,246
7
4.43%
Rogue
Assassination
100,801.0
73.9%
110,664.3
42,961.2
59,825
193,414
6
3.80%
Rogue
Combat
36,921.0
27.1%
65,132.0
46,552.9
25,522
146,943
5
3.16%
Rogue
Subtlety
17,332.0
12.7%
17,332.0
0.0
17,332
17,332
1
0.63%
Shaman
Elemental
69,966.0
51.3%
75,388.0
34,171.5
31,788
130,820
11
6.96%
Shaman
Enhancement
50,432.5
37.0%
50,432.5
13,391.5
37,041
63,824
2
1.27%
Warlock
Affliction
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Demonology
136,405.5
100.0%
166,572.3
92,269.8
66,832
311,972
6
3.80%
Warlock
Destruction
106,181.5
77.8%
92,558.8
39,085.8
10,498
134,751
12
7.59%
Warrior
Arms
63,160.0
46.3%
66,060.1
30,702.8
21,010
131,230
9
5.70%
Warrior
Fury
106,157.0
77.8%
128,646.9
70,571.8
39,210
268,157
11
6.96%
Monk
Windwalker
84,260.0
61.8%
68,419.0
28,857.9
27,926
93,071
3
1.90%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
8,547.5
27.8%
7,380.0
3,674.7
1,564
10,861
4
9.30%
Paladin
Holy
19,279.5
62.8%
16,677.4
12,108.0
0
31,365
10
23.26%
Priest
Discipline
16,880.0
55.0%
22,578.5
11,654.6
7,260
46,698
15
34.88%
Priest
Holy
10,679.0
34.8%
18,291.8
14,506.0
8,521
43,288
4
9.30%
Shaman
Restoration
19,308.0
62.9%
19,998.4
17,332.6
781
47,020
5
11.63%
Monk
Mistweaver
30,693.0
100.0%
28,211.4
12,559.2
4,744
42,668
5
11.63%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
50,766.0
73.4%
67,383.7
32,875.0
34,154
132,070
7
22.58%
Druid
Feral Bear
58,417.0
84.5%
79,301.6
40,186.0
34,567
147,349
5
16.13%
Paladin
Protection
40,870.0
59.1%
57,950.1
44,118.3
14,398
152,986
9
29.03%
Warrior
Protection
46,376.5
67.1%
46,914.2
14,209.6
28,024
66,068
6
19.35%
Monk
Brewmaster
69,120.5
100.0%
61,935.3
31,217.1
13,303
96,197
4
12.90%
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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