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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
123,397.0
67.4%
135,250.8
43,370.8
96,777
353,479
100
4.85%
Death Knight
Unholy
124,889.0
68.2%
137,060.7
70,714.0
14,407
315,326
66
3.20%
Druid
Balance
124,351.0
67.9%
148,461.7
62,385.7
87,471
429,599
100
4.85%
Druid
Feral Cat
69,128.0
37.7%
81,127.0
47,279.1
9,557
247,228
97
4.70%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
89,187.5
48.7%
101,738.9
35,762.5
71,595
298,998
100
4.85%
Hunter
Marksmanship
70,302.5
38.4%
74,518.0
38,498.0
12,084
176,755
42
2.04%
Hunter
Survival
144,450.0
78.9%
154,556.4
38,474.3
111,797
286,597
100
4.85%
Mage
Arcane
75,910.0
41.4%
86,420.6
51,052.8
825
332,137
88
4.27%
Mage
Fire
183,143.0
100.0%
212,913.1
95,560.5
119,510
619,844
100
4.85%
Mage
Frost
141,169.5
77.1%
152,679.7
39,014.8
111,131
294,420
100
4.85%
Paladin
Retribution
93,524.5
51.1%
107,128.7
40,251.0
70,717
309,457
100
4.85%
Priest
Shadow
155,829.5
85.1%
163,709.2
50,102.2
111,713
363,605
100
4.85%
Rogue
Assassination
114,122.0
62.3%
127,077.8
40,711.5
89,594
300,526
100
4.85%
Rogue
Combat
68,220.0
37.2%
81,321.4
59,394.9
6,027
323,733
87
4.22%
Rogue
Subtlety
22,793.0
12.4%
22,793.0
7,958.0
14,835
30,751
2
0.10%
Shaman
Elemental
141,119.5
77.1%
162,792.8
57,984.4
107,234
333,771
100
4.85%
Shaman
Enhancement
81,638.5
44.6%
98,144.5
55,463.2
39,312
364,090
100
4.85%
Warlock
Affliction
109,162.0
59.6%
126,516.5
78,544.8
25,375
435,468
81
3.93%
Warlock
Demonology
106,363.5
58.1%
132,430.6
80,402.0
39,472
381,566
100
4.85%
Warlock
Destruction
132,172.5
72.2%
147,465.5
35,891.4
109,027
256,492
100
4.85%
Warrior
Arms
79,626.5
43.5%
84,851.4
24,858.2
49,656
167,195
100
4.85%
Warrior
Fury
100,180.0
54.7%
112,150.5
39,924.8
69,123
245,063
100
4.85%
Monk
Windwalker
87,332.0
47.7%
101,139.0
35,980.3
59,824
245,342
100
4.85%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
61,914.5
97.1%
65,251.8
11,516.0
54,192
103,193
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
63,793.5
100.0%
65,541.4
9,304.6
54,021
94,611
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
62,558.5
98.1%
67,005.7
12,323.3
54,568
107,122
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
44,569.5
69.9%
47,208.1
13,217.7
32,960
120,390
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
52,708.0
82.6%
57,963.6
12,670.4
45,810
105,371
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
53,871.0
84.4%
58,244.3
13,676.4
43,305
105,414
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
78,420.5
80.6%
86,556.6
25,739.5
63,118
209,477
100
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
66,611.5
68.5%
72,076.2
26,857.2
41,455
181,287
100
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
80,054.5
82.3%
90,168.0
28,162.2
62,036
197,593
100
20.00%
Warrior
Protection
64,898.5
66.7%
72,446.0
22,064.3
50,258
171,240
100
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
97,311.0
100.0%
111,287.6
54,487.6
54,020
303,595
100
20.00%
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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