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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
123,391.0
67.6%
120,201.3
7,854.4
107,008
128,502
6
1.88%
Death Knight
Unholy
143,798.0
78.8%
143,588.5
21,587.6
102,235
176,194
17
5.33%
Druid
Balance
131,536.5
72.1%
130,254.4
26,083.6
70,050
179,360
34
10.66%
Druid
Feral Cat
107,330.5
58.8%
107,330.5
32,822.5
74,508
140,153
2
0.63%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
121,772.5
66.8%
125,672.2
19,988.1
92,874
156,560
6
1.88%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
131,007.0
71.8%
130,538.9
15,924.2
107,534
172,448
29
9.09%
Mage
Arcane
182,398.5
100.0%
182,398.5
1,431.5
180,967
183,830
2
0.63%
Mage
Fire
148,823.0
81.6%
146,246.8
22,265.4
109,839
199,211
39
12.23%
Mage
Frost
108,824.0
59.7%
110,678.0
14,894.2
90,178
134,111
6
1.88%
Paladin
Retribution
121,051.5
66.4%
122,307.3
24,002.8
87,288
149,878
8
2.51%
Priest
Shadow
128,965.5
70.7%
127,622.8
24,724.5
74,045
169,150
30
9.40%
Rogue
Assassination
140,790.0
77.2%
139,366.2
27,405.7
61,716
198,965
42
13.17%
Rogue
Combat
168,322.0
92.3%
168,322.0
0.0
168,322
168,322
1
0.31%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
118,135.0
64.8%
117,286.7
28,579.6
48,295
162,692
34
10.66%
Shaman
Enhancement
127,871.0
70.1%
121,015.3
18,006.4
79,094
135,527
8
2.51%
Warlock
Affliction
149,998.0
82.2%
151,893.1
25,658.1
107,149
240,450
27
8.46%
Warlock
Demonology
138,717.0
76.1%
133,755.2
45,610.3
12,870
177,479
9
2.82%
Warlock
Destruction
119,932.5
65.8%
110,097.0
21,058.7
74,092
126,431
4
1.25%
Warrior
Arms
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warrior
Fury
131,806.0
72.3%
128,155.5
16,625.3
100,248
150,590
10
3.13%
Monk
Windwalker
102,782.0
56.4%
111,111.2
21,814.0
80,370
142,694
5
1.57%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
29,886.0
84.5%
30,541.2
8,317.9
17,757
46,964
11
9.82%
Paladin
Holy
33,138.0
93.7%
35,289.1
9,110.6
21,303
60,185
35
31.25%
Priest
Discipline
33,006.0
93.3%
34,369.1
7,883.3
19,786
55,880
43
38.39%
Priest
Holy
31,982.0
90.4%
31,982.0
0.0
31,982
31,982
1
0.89%
Shaman
Restoration
29,951.0
84.7%
29,401.2
6,640.8
18,560
37,927
11
9.82%
Monk
Mistweaver
35,377.0
100.0%
32,878.4
6,560.0
19,804
39,892
11
9.82%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
66,342.0
65.9%
68,379.3
8,337.6
50,409
85,721
25
22.94%
Druid
Feral Bear
68,066.0
67.6%
74,190.4
19,862.3
45,259
108,770
11
10.09%
Paladin
Protection
69,322.5
68.9%
73,515.6
20,296.2
5,046
113,217
36
33.03%
Warrior
Protection
64,714.5
64.3%
62,690.0
12,436.4
40,770
87,426
20
18.35%
Monk
Brewmaster
100,620.0
100.0%
99,124.2
16,769.4
58,296
141,734
17
15.60%
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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