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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
132,802.0
69.2%
134,168.4
36,467.7
71,626
224,925
100
6.36%
Death Knight
Unholy
166,500.0
86.7%
165,359.7
57,216.2
34,100
304,463
36
2.29%
Druid
Balance
169,485.5
88.3%
171,087.9
47,688.5
102,243
289,379
100
6.36%
Druid
Feral Cat
135,628.0
70.7%
127,793.9
71,690.6
5,745
247,743
40
2.54%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
106,644.5
55.6%
103,491.0
38,380.4
20,227
192,265
66
4.20%
Hunter
Marksmanship
87,448.0
45.6%
98,689.5
40,152.2
48,014
189,815
13
0.83%
Hunter
Survival
150,309.0
78.3%
153,731.4
26,228.0
115,846
246,644
100
6.36%
Mage
Arcane
128,481.5
66.9%
151,192.3
87,095.0
46,296
346,533
22
1.40%
Mage
Fire
191,951.5
100.0%
202,985.3
45,329.5
142,316
311,249
100
6.36%
Mage
Frost
151,858.5
79.1%
159,129.7
36,045.8
105,345
268,477
100
6.36%
Paladin
Retribution
127,308.5
66.3%
121,014.2
52,997.5
765
244,325
78
4.96%
Priest
Shadow
161,368.0
84.1%
176,137.4
37,846.8
134,341
289,579
100
6.36%
Rogue
Assassination
175,191.5
91.3%
179,116.0
33,184.3
132,727
268,390
100
6.36%
Rogue
Combat
97,743.0
50.9%
121,985.3
66,717.0
26,588
291,143
41
2.61%
Rogue
Subtlety
93,070.0
48.5%
93,070.0
42,856.0
50,214
135,926
2
0.13%
Shaman
Elemental
154,310.0
80.4%
158,938.8
33,121.3
111,376
274,888
100
6.36%
Shaman
Enhancement
125,459.5
65.4%
124,580.6
48,168.8
3,804
249,717
58
3.69%
Warlock
Affliction
157,079.5
81.8%
151,651.4
60,022.0
37,254
429,531
62
3.94%
Warlock
Demonology
144,592.0
75.3%
148,144.4
62,188.5
25,266
312,468
69
4.39%
Warlock
Destruction
145,920.5
76.0%
153,811.3
34,683.9
110,167
290,944
100
6.36%
Warrior
Arms
113,507.0
59.1%
119,637.5
48,939.4
45,618
230,398
37
2.35%
Warrior
Fury
125,441.0
65.4%
126,830.4
50,048.8
8,877
246,482
90
5.73%
Monk
Windwalker
105,807.5
55.1%
97,515.3
48,127.8
1,258
250,023
58
3.69%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
72,716.0
85.9%
74,521.3
11,622.8
57,897
111,307
100
17.92%
Paladin
Holy
76,516.5
90.4%
79,297.8
12,971.6
63,505
124,518
100
17.92%
Priest
Discipline
84,633.5
100.0%
87,190.8
12,107.2
71,142
120,010
100
17.92%
Priest
Holy
56,297.0
66.5%
57,990.6
19,463.0
24,909
108,280
58
10.39%
Shaman
Restoration
61,435.0
72.6%
64,370.8
14,242.4
46,249
106,859
100
17.92%
Monk
Mistweaver
63,514.0
75.0%
66,812.8
17,964.0
39,817
116,329
100
17.92%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
126,189.5
86.1%
134,529.8
51,321.6
76,509
296,103
100
20.28%
Druid
Feral Bear
87,195.5
59.5%
102,168.5
52,002.4
23,168
220,167
100
20.28%
Paladin
Protection
146,635.0
100.0%
150,403.1
32,408.0
106,325
279,933
100
20.28%
Warrior
Protection
94,135.0
64.2%
104,441.9
39,656.3
58,985
268,914
100
20.28%
Monk
Brewmaster
116,020.0
79.1%
114,912.5
62,945.9
83
241,831
93
18.86%
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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