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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
105,568.0
39.8%
129,326.0
29,005.4
103,986
172,190
11
6.40%
Death Knight
Unholy
191,512.0
72.2%
191,512.0
68,623.0
122,889
260,135
2
1.16%
Druid
Balance
125,505.0
47.3%
171,594.1
72,742.8
111,122
362,461
13
7.56%
Druid
Feral Cat
226,987.0
85.6%
192,363.6
43,054.1
139,631
227,797
5
2.91%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
164,683.0
62.1%
160,034.3
8,677.0
147,875
167,545
3
1.74%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
122,559.0
46.2%
127,993.9
54,117.4
2,893
228,688
13
7.56%
Mage
Arcane
57,938.0
21.9%
57,938.0
29,038.0
28,900
86,976
2
1.16%
Mage
Fire
265,120.0
100.0%
237,235.8
81,174.9
108,226
358,537
12
6.98%
Mage
Frost
140,151.0
52.9%
143,694.1
47,458.0
86,132
202,793
10
5.81%
Paladin
Retribution
188,855.5
71.2%
156,732.8
70,737.5
37,962
248,056
12
6.98%
Priest
Shadow
176,589.0
66.6%
177,685.4
60,295.5
61,477
315,374
17
9.88%
Rogue
Assassination
126,481.0
47.7%
125,287.1
58,280.4
44,412
234,922
9
5.23%
Rogue
Combat
212,512.5
80.2%
263,381.7
115,052.1
139,804
422,216
6
3.49%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
165,666.0
62.5%
194,503.6
49,164.2
155,506
278,491
8
4.65%
Shaman
Enhancement
178,601.0
67.4%
144,198.2
55,697.3
35,322
179,238
5
2.91%
Warlock
Affliction
204,376.0
77.1%
183,107.1
58,932.6
106,959
288,482
7
4.07%
Warlock
Demonology
135,174.0
51.0%
140,851.7
8,033.7
135,168
152,213
3
1.74%
Warlock
Destruction
136,509.0
51.5%
132,140.8
56,342.0
36,188
244,674
17
9.88%
Warrior
Arms
138,139.0
52.1%
137,449.6
74,561.9
31,066
218,790
5
2.91%
Warrior
Fury
246,016.5
92.8%
210,618.0
80,394.3
79,831
285,345
6
3.49%
Monk
Windwalker
147,258.5
55.5%
111,464.5
75,659.1
9
189,246
6
3.49%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
58,304.0
70.6%
60,019.0
20,374.5
25,220
111,143
18
21.69%
Paladin
Holy
57,485.0
69.6%
66,661.6
21,619.8
36,079
101,633
23
27.71%
Priest
Discipline
82,541.0
100.0%
80,827.2
9,283.8
53,860
91,642
13
15.66%
Priest
Holy
62,123.0
75.3%
63,457.0
12,822.8
47,657
84,534
5
6.02%
Shaman
Restoration
53,320.0
64.6%
51,167.4
12,493.1
34,915
74,732
15
18.07%
Monk
Mistweaver
45,170.0
54.7%
43,702.3
15,284.5
24,474
70,019
9
10.84%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
75,053.0
89.8%
68,663.4
43,018.6
16,672
169,887
9
22.50%
Druid
Feral Bear
18,111.0
21.7%
66,185.0
67,987.6
18,110
162,334
3
7.50%
Paladin
Protection
83,593.5
100.0%
91,391.2
51,895.2
3,315
193,777
20
50.00%
Warrior
Protection
79,418.0
95.0%
78,811.6
31,261.4
20,294
111,261
8
20.00%
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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