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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
58,386.0
61.1%
54,397.8
29,461.3
1,696
114,870
17
7.62%
Death Knight
Unholy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Druid
Balance
56,937.0
59.6%
60,849.4
29,379.5
23,443
136,580
9
4.04%
Druid
Feral Cat
59,834.0
62.7%
52,013.0
16,308.1
20,962
67,091
5
2.24%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
65,136.0
68.2%
60,843.3
26,257.9
1,684
98,747
8
3.59%
Hunter
Marksmanship
37,331.5
39.1%
37,331.5
16,887.5
20,444
54,219
2
0.90%
Hunter
Survival
61,430.0
64.3%
64,149.1
34,114.7
1,358
127,255
19
8.52%
Mage
Arcane
37,109.0
38.9%
37,376.4
25,003.8
1,558
72,370
7
3.14%
Mage
Fire
59,953.0
62.8%
70,773.1
35,288.1
5,344
125,605
13
5.83%
Mage
Frost
62,070.5
65.0%
57,687.4
27,184.9
679
99,368
18
8.07%
Paladin
Retribution
59,774.5
62.6%
54,605.7
22,970.7
1,429
89,659
14
6.28%
Priest
Shadow
60,451.0
63.3%
67,846.2
33,422.4
3,261
149,305
22
9.87%
Rogue
Assassination
88,527.5
92.7%
89,518.2
20,968.2
51,741
116,609
6
2.69%
Rogue
Combat
56,418.0
59.1%
49,627.6
25,930.2
1,629
79,693
5
2.24%
Rogue
Subtlety
55,368.0
58.0%
55,368.0
0.0
55,368
55,368
1
0.45%
Shaman
Elemental
59,796.0
62.6%
58,194.8
28,330.4
6,132
102,135
12
5.38%
Shaman
Enhancement
56,395.0
59.1%
56,206.6
23,900.9
12,976
81,152
5
2.24%
Warlock
Affliction
95,496.0
100.0%
95,496.0
24,180.0
71,316
119,676
2
0.90%
Warlock
Demonology
76,368.0
80.0%
76,086.7
60,539.5
1,801
150,091
3
1.35%
Warlock
Destruction
71,056.5
74.4%
61,199.1
27,537.6
3,051
96,462
18
8.07%
Warrior
Arms
54,054.0
56.6%
47,047.0
23,525.0
821
82,130
12
5.38%
Warrior
Fury
71,907.0
75.3%
60,308.7
25,410.1
18,471
94,794
11
4.93%
Monk
Windwalker
58,594.5
61.4%
52,903.0
26,258.0
2,602
116,327
14
6.28%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
18,127.0
69.2%
19,661.4
11,872.6
695
50,145
19
26.39%
Paladin
Holy
26,204.0
100.0%
25,987.0
9,295.4
11,253
40,023
8
11.11%
Priest
Discipline
24,152.5
92.2%
20,236.3
10,309.3
325
31,879
12
16.67%
Priest
Holy
18,172.0
69.3%
19,626.9
5,657.4
11,653
29,261
12
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
23,992.0
91.6%
23,260.4
7,130.2
14,254
38,849
12
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
21,380.0
81.6%
18,750.0
9,563.1
3,318
34,792
9
12.50%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
50,083.0
100.0%
52,579.7
6,830.5
46,049
64,551
6
28.57%
Druid
Feral Bear
25,730.5
51.4%
25,730.5
5,533.5
20,197
31,264
2
9.52%
Paladin
Protection
33,131.5
66.2%
32,989.4
15,897.8
12,947
63,003
8
38.10%
Warrior
Protection
41,613.0
83.1%
31,616.2
17,541.7
7,123
50,174
5
23.81%
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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