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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
78,819.0
88.2%
84,104.8
15,506.5
69,383
161,686
100
4.56%
Death Knight
Unholy
52,365.0
58.6%
59,034.4
32,477.2
13,285
187,871
93
4.24%
Druid
Balance
70,528.5
78.9%
77,360.8
27,076.7
48,728
179,278
100
4.56%
Druid
Feral Cat
49,265.5
55.1%
56,027.2
21,398.8
35,025
154,047
100
4.56%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
70,871.0
79.3%
74,796.3
19,845.1
58,086
211,314
100
4.56%
Hunter
Marksmanship
49,530.5
55.4%
50,971.2
12,651.5
36,222
120,123
100
4.56%
Hunter
Survival
79,844.5
89.4%
85,580.4
19,774.1
66,504
167,210
100
4.56%
Mage
Arcane
54,832.0
61.4%
60,966.4
23,016.3
38,151
188,167
100
4.56%
Mage
Fire
67,477.0
75.5%
77,338.4
29,021.4
45,523
180,076
100
4.56%
Mage
Frost
89,358.0
100.0%
97,030.0
21,349.9
75,560
180,810
100
4.56%
Paladin
Retribution
72,612.5
81.3%
77,288.9
17,284.5
60,599
144,338
100
4.56%
Priest
Shadow
84,393.5
94.4%
90,299.8
19,716.5
69,832
155,519
100
4.56%
Rogue
Assassination
78,974.5
88.4%
86,276.3
23,673.4
62,944
171,948
100
4.56%
Rogue
Combat
45,312.0
50.7%
54,407.0
21,834.2
31,435
132,888
100
4.56%
Rogue
Subtlety
27,877.0
31.2%
34,263.6
17,688.5
2,246
82,405
24
1.09%
Shaman
Elemental
79,165.0
88.6%
81,625.9
15,997.9
63,784
140,848
100
4.56%
Shaman
Enhancement
44,736.0
50.1%
55,997.5
27,094.4
29,027
149,868
100
4.56%
Warlock
Affliction
50,977.0
57.0%
52,489.3
24,979.2
15,604
154,287
77
3.51%
Warlock
Demonology
47,131.0
52.7%
54,922.3
28,377.1
25,683
193,616
100
4.56%
Warlock
Destruction
85,418.5
95.6%
91,867.6
19,181.9
75,667
189,485
100
4.56%
Warrior
Arms
63,812.5
71.4%
68,417.6
13,839.4
54,137
130,273
100
4.56%
Warrior
Fury
66,634.5
74.6%
73,497.7
25,003.5
50,608
167,233
100
4.56%
Monk
Windwalker
61,783.5
69.1%
65,970.4
15,839.3
49,663
144,885
100
4.56%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
20,406.0
74.4%
22,121.3
7,613.6
15,735
69,999
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
23,794.0
86.8%
25,437.9
6,398.7
19,130
48,191
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
27,409.5
100.0%
29,294.9
5,824.9
23,040
52,732
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
15,983.5
58.3%
17,664.7
5,552.6
11,743
43,539
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
20,428.0
74.5%
22,635.9
6,021.5
16,191
40,340
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
17,702.5
64.6%
18,547.0
4,857.3
12,516
35,933
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
40,912.5
100.0%
47,542.7
22,097.5
34,940
160,680
100
21.32%
Druid
Feral Bear
31,763.0
77.6%
32,288.2
9,198.4
8,532
63,271
91
19.40%
Paladin
Protection
33,121.5
81.0%
38,541.8
13,166.4
28,338
86,149
100
21.32%
Warrior
Protection
34,673.0
84.7%
37,511.7
10,267.9
29,190
84,691
100
21.32%
Monk
Brewmaster
34,957.0
85.4%
36,369.0
11,234.3
4,602
63,497
78
16.63%
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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