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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
102,631.0
87.7%
106,405.3
32,351.4
56,080
182,728
10
7.87%
Death Knight
Unholy
117,014.0
100.0%
117,014.0
0.0
117,014
117,014
1
0.79%
Druid
Balance
70,372.0
60.1%
78,803.3
29,014.5
34,752
131,370
7
5.51%
Druid
Feral Cat
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
101,590.0
86.8%
89,246.0
42,752.3
13,424
156,183
9
7.09%
Hunter
Marksmanship
83,160.0
71.1%
83,160.0
0.0
83,160
83,160
1
0.79%
Hunter
Survival
80,175.0
68.5%
77,237.0
24,806.9
26,129
112,997
14
11.02%
Mage
Arcane
82,655.0
70.6%
82,655.0
23,790.0
58,865
106,445
2
1.57%
Mage
Fire
95,114.5
81.3%
91,378.3
44,289.7
17,511
170,439
12
9.45%
Mage
Frost
72,760.0
62.2%
74,807.8
22,931.1
30,539
114,202
9
7.09%
Paladin
Retribution
58,516.0
50.0%
63,278.4
32,439.0
3,733
118,772
13
10.24%
Priest
Shadow
85,119.5
72.7%
92,889.0
34,567.3
51,169
140,365
6
4.72%
Rogue
Assassination
100,190.5
85.6%
105,498.7
28,763.2
70,868
155,897
6
4.72%
Rogue
Combat
53,354.0
45.6%
53,354.0
37,347.0
16,007
90,701
2
1.57%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
84,800.0
72.5%
80,972.3
25,776.6
26,359
111,896
7
5.51%
Shaman
Enhancement
62,540.0
53.4%
70,912.3
24,876.1
45,507
104,690
3
2.36%
Warlock
Affliction
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Demonology
30,234.0
25.8%
39,485.8
24,525.3
4,735
76,063
5
3.94%
Warlock
Destruction
105,555.0
90.2%
92,135.3
39,872.3
7,745
128,901
6
4.72%
Warrior
Arms
95,216.0
81.4%
95,216.0
0.0
95,216
95,216
1
0.79%
Warrior
Fury
95,168.0
81.3%
92,245.9
36,413.7
34,134
153,635
7
5.51%
Monk
Windwalker
84,836.5
72.5%
85,368.8
44,262.1
33,042
144,362
6
4.72%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
35,360.0
75.4%
31,220.1
24,505.9
104
75,752
7
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
24,741.0
52.8%
24,852.6
10,037.7
1,290
37,934
11
26.19%
Priest
Discipline
19,064.0
40.7%
19,369.3
7,503.7
4,220
32,102
8
19.05%
Priest
Holy
26,859.5
57.3%
28,460.2
16,058.1
6,661
59,757
6
14.29%
Shaman
Restoration
17,851.0
38.1%
23,191.9
11,733.6
16,596
53,029
8
19.05%
Monk
Mistweaver
46,878.0
100.0%
46,878.0
11,989.0
34,889
58,867
2
4.76%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
48,536.5
82.1%
51,734.5
14,220.2
26,136
84,951
10
33.33%
Druid
Feral Bear
59,145.0
100.0%
96,771.7
59,750.7
50,061
181,109
3
10.00%
Paladin
Protection
28,724.0
48.6%
35,436.4
21,236.0
7,896
78,540
7
23.33%
Warrior
Protection
44,276.5
74.9%
42,469.0
14,464.1
16,547
60,367
10
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
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