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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
33,325.0
59.6%
33,325.0
0.0
33,325
33,325
1
1.85%
Death Knight
Unholy
49,959.0
89.3%
47,135.3
8,171.0
29,009
54,220
7
12.96%
Druid
Balance
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Druid
Feral Cat
31,071.0
55.6%
31,071.0
674.0
30,397
31,745
2
3.70%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Marksmanship
28,484.5
50.9%
28,510.5
8,920.9
18,407
38,666
4
7.41%
Hunter
Survival
31,259.5
55.9%
30,633.3
5,432.4
21,915
37,038
6
11.11%
Mage
Arcane
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Mage
Fire
36,614.0
65.5%
34,716.2
5,221.4
26,980
41,823
5
9.26%
Mage
Frost
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Paladin
Retribution
29,912.0
53.5%
29,912.0
0.0
29,912
29,912
1
1.85%
Priest
Shadow
24,210.0
43.3%
23,663.6
8,458.0
8,288
31,569
5
9.26%
Rogue
Assassination
29,145.5
52.1%
29,145.5
3,028.5
26,117
32,174
2
3.70%
Rogue
Combat
30,713.0
54.9%
28,918.0
3,699.9
23,764
32,277
3
5.56%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
55,924.0
100.0%
40,404.0
23,921.0
6,612
58,676
3
5.56%
Shaman
Enhancement
27,810.5
49.7%
27,329.0
5,669.6
18,417
36,059
8
14.81%
Warlock
Affliction
26,235.0
46.9%
26,235.0
1,852.0
24,383
28,087
2
3.70%
Warlock
Demonology
32,872.0
58.8%
32,872.0
0.0
32,872
32,872
1
1.85%
Warlock
Destruction
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warrior
Arms
24,762.5
44.3%
23,306.3
4,789.2
15,853
27,847
4
7.41%
Warrior
Fury
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Monk
Windwalker
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
11,577.0
95.4%
11,263.4
4,878.4
2,956
18,060
5
45.45%
Paladin
Holy
12,132.5
100.0%
16,238.3
9,192.2
8,318
33,963
6
54.55%
Priest
Discipline
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Priest
Holy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Restoration
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Monk
Mistweaver
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
3,055.0
16.7%
3,055.0
0.0
3,055
3,055
1
16.67%
Druid
Feral Bear
18,296.0
100.0%
18,092.3
3,148.0
14,139
21,842
3
50.00%
Paladin
Protection
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warrior
Protection
786.0
4.3%
786.0
626.0
160
1,412
2
33.33%
Monk
Brewmaster
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
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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