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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
96,741.0
77.5%
99,726.0
16,228.3
78,187
151,525
100
4.83%
Death Knight
Unholy
81,086.0
65.0%
87,294.5
38,426.4
18,524
217,349
87
4.20%
Druid
Balance
115,219.5
92.3%
116,165.8
26,529.6
81,944
181,644
100
4.83%
Druid
Feral Cat
65,395.5
52.4%
69,108.6
31,130.2
14,625
208,472
90
4.35%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
88,980.0
71.3%
98,341.6
27,072.7
73,478
234,710
100
4.83%
Hunter
Marksmanship
58,394.5
46.8%
57,660.0
26,128.4
6,849
137,228
42
2.03%
Hunter
Survival
107,333.5
86.0%
113,514.2
21,493.9
88,097
179,963
100
4.83%
Mage
Arcane
50,914.5
40.8%
57,192.0
29,822.0
17,332
164,325
84
4.06%
Mage
Fire
123,014.0
98.5%
131,518.9
28,631.7
96,776
212,611
100
4.83%
Mage
Frost
99,334.0
79.6%
105,030.7
17,719.2
84,422
164,300
100
4.83%
Paladin
Retribution
89,497.5
71.7%
97,986.1
24,004.0
74,185
172,597
100
4.83%
Priest
Shadow
116,246.5
93.1%
120,492.7
18,365.9
97,475
175,959
100
4.83%
Rogue
Assassination
124,842.0
100.0%
133,006.7
27,945.5
103,655
236,321
100
4.83%
Rogue
Combat
51,834.0
41.5%
56,580.1
24,860.4
15,913
137,512
64
3.09%
Rogue
Subtlety
68,527.0
54.9%
77,684.7
41,246.1
32,374
132,153
3
0.14%
Shaman
Elemental
106,633.0
85.4%
114,020.7
21,537.3
90,034
187,410
100
4.83%
Shaman
Enhancement
78,870.0
63.2%
83,017.5
22,216.5
50,988
149,704
100
4.83%
Warlock
Affliction
93,536.5
74.9%
101,886.7
37,914.8
53,405
217,871
100
4.83%
Warlock
Demonology
85,622.5
68.6%
93,070.0
45,327.1
40,252
242,787
100
4.83%
Warlock
Destruction
106,076.5
85.0%
112,209.1
20,264.7
91,997
201,300
100
4.83%
Warrior
Arms
59,436.0
47.6%
62,413.8
20,203.0
33,421
129,491
100
4.83%
Warrior
Fury
84,756.0
67.9%
95,152.0
27,393.6
64,640
167,390
100
4.83%
Monk
Windwalker
70,691.0
56.6%
80,041.6
22,285.7
55,456
143,702
100
4.83%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
40,404.0
100.0%
40,779.4
4,281.0
34,180
56,049
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
39,714.0
98.3%
41,153.4
4,668.9
35,511
62,395
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
39,156.5
96.9%
39,408.9
4,420.1
33,517
52,838
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
25,916.0
64.1%
26,124.7
10,111.2
10,452
45,668
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
34,858.0
86.3%
35,743.0
5,473.6
27,289
50,172
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
35,124.0
86.9%
34,976.3
6,710.3
23,778
59,726
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
63,794.0
95.1%
69,533.6
17,228.6
54,280
141,961
100
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
59,282.5
88.4%
64,921.0
16,675.3
49,617
145,425
100
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
62,515.5
93.2%
67,582.2
16,192.3
52,630
123,282
100
20.00%
Warrior
Protection
54,261.5
80.9%
58,389.4
11,132.4
48,709
99,957
100
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
67,093.0
100.0%
69,742.4
12,803.5
54,462
122,136
100
20.00%
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
More details of the methodology used can be found on the DPS Bot Docs page.
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