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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
65,272.0
60.8%
56,297.1
25,942.5
10,449
98,442
19
5.04%
Death Knight
Unholy
107,393.5
100.0%
97,734.0
53,765.3
13,858
162,291
4
1.06%
Druid
Balance
52,962.0
49.3%
69,153.9
38,691.2
25,420
153,174
16
4.24%
Druid
Feral Cat
73,071.0
68.0%
78,634.6
18,057.6
57,872
111,498
5
1.33%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
60,270.0
56.1%
59,591.2
25,748.0
16,350
119,548
26
6.90%
Hunter
Marksmanship
73,196.0
68.2%
73,196.0
0.0
73,196
73,196
1
0.27%
Hunter
Survival
58,411.5
54.4%
57,929.0
27,520.9
2,049
108,102
28
7.43%
Mage
Arcane
47,092.0
43.8%
53,624.0
22,701.1
27,131
95,573
5
1.33%
Mage
Fire
80,240.0
74.7%
78,946.6
33,749.4
2,918
148,175
14
3.71%
Mage
Frost
62,178.0
57.9%
68,732.3
29,708.5
20,753
139,215
33
8.75%
Paladin
Retribution
56,226.5
52.4%
61,039.4
29,128.0
3,942
115,107
18
4.77%
Priest
Shadow
54,299.5
50.6%
59,322.3
25,954.7
4,324
125,774
30
7.96%
Rogue
Assassination
86,269.5
80.3%
85,410.6
35,713.6
2,193
150,244
36
9.55%
Rogue
Combat
58,948.0
54.9%
58,948.0
13,595.0
45,353
72,543
2
0.53%
Rogue
Subtlety
7,553.0
7.0%
7,553.0
0.0
7,553
7,553
1
0.27%
Shaman
Elemental
59,894.5
55.8%
67,710.0
26,283.1
32,282
130,150
22
5.84%
Shaman
Enhancement
36,658.0
34.1%
45,398.4
31,175.3
3,720
106,049
7
1.86%
Warlock
Affliction
92,920.5
86.5%
94,532.9
40,605.4
45,463
176,418
8
2.12%
Warlock
Demonology
67,276.0
62.6%
92,681.2
44,413.9
49,469
170,671
9
2.39%
Warlock
Destruction
68,735.5
64.0%
69,111.3
22,150.5
22,773
118,190
46
12.20%
Warrior
Arms
46,632.0
43.4%
36,220.9
20,728.8
1,152
60,621
9
2.39%
Warrior
Fury
56,010.5
52.2%
63,457.8
36,116.6
8,695
149,554
22
5.84%
Monk
Windwalker
54,229.5
50.5%
49,396.8
26,656.9
7,168
107,930
16
4.24%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
13,045.0
65.7%
14,547.5
8,332.5
209
33,213
32
23.53%
Paladin
Holy
13,501.0
68.0%
13,022.8
8,526.2
0
33,425
25
18.38%
Priest
Discipline
19,849.0
100.0%
19,270.4
9,679.4
3,295
40,502
22
16.18%
Priest
Holy
14,172.0
71.4%
14,751.7
6,876.9
4,184
34,642
21
15.44%
Shaman
Restoration
15,109.0
76.1%
14,786.3
6,461.9
3,053
30,140
27
19.85%
Monk
Mistweaver
15,879.0
80.0%
15,169.7
4,857.7
5,794
21,708
9
6.62%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
35,170.0
80.9%
45,790.0
25,871.3
6,806
142,693
25
28.41%
Druid
Feral Bear
29,011.0
66.7%
31,225.1
16,089.9
11,785
61,251
7
7.95%
Paladin
Protection
34,356.0
79.0%
34,649.7
16,110.3
32
77,364
32
36.36%
Warrior
Protection
38,178.0
87.8%
38,431.2
7,963.5
26,055
50,055
13
14.77%
Monk
Brewmaster
43,499.0
100.0%
43,826.3
20,711.4
152
70,717
11
12.50%
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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