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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
103,753.5
78.8%
107,723.9
15,890.8
87,313
156,057
100
4.44%
Death Knight
Unholy
86,827.0
65.9%
98,350.4
44,605.2
52,386
258,266
100
4.44%
Druid
Balance
79,523.0
60.4%
107,806.2
61,005.3
54,715
279,865
100
4.44%
Druid
Feral Cat
53,164.5
40.4%
64,260.9
34,081.4
37,816
258,721
100
4.44%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
81,612.5
62.0%
89,880.1
27,798.7
68,601
247,232
100
4.44%
Hunter
Marksmanship
49,689.5
37.7%
54,067.9
19,485.5
35,307
166,484
100
4.44%
Hunter
Survival
129,720.5
98.5%
137,009.1
31,840.7
100,339
242,861
100
4.44%
Mage
Arcane
84,466.0
64.1%
95,390.4
37,812.9
60,443
274,340
100
4.44%
Mage
Fire
126,535.5
96.1%
146,650.6
68,486.6
70,439
426,563
100
4.44%
Mage
Frost
124,479.0
94.5%
132,773.4
25,815.7
104,577
251,472
100
4.44%
Paladin
Retribution
89,922.5
68.3%
95,750.0
24,658.7
70,517
218,583
100
4.44%
Priest
Shadow
109,705.5
83.3%
125,863.4
39,363.1
83,879
252,458
100
4.44%
Rogue
Assassination
100,152.0
76.1%
107,574.1
29,960.5
74,538
212,387
100
4.44%
Rogue
Combat
64,074.5
48.7%
77,720.1
35,091.3
42,202
194,021
100
4.44%
Rogue
Subtlety
29,807.0
22.6%
33,964.2
16,668.5
11,927
115,647
50
2.22%
Shaman
Elemental
131,684.0
100.0%
144,404.5
46,906.2
96,236
277,080
100
4.44%
Shaman
Enhancement
59,176.5
44.9%
70,948.3
35,175.9
39,613
206,242
100
4.44%
Warlock
Affliction
56,173.5
42.7%
82,711.2
62,699.2
31,860
390,488
100
4.44%
Warlock
Demonology
79,912.5
60.7%
107,202.5
72,777.4
44,976
407,602
100
4.44%
Warlock
Destruction
112,673.0
85.6%
120,844.4
30,113.4
91,381
246,281
100
4.44%
Warrior
Arms
81,563.5
61.9%
86,080.9
19,460.5
61,628
151,949
100
4.44%
Warrior
Fury
87,675.5
66.6%
95,671.6
31,368.3
61,725
212,580
100
4.44%
Monk
Windwalker
72,789.0
55.3%
84,065.5
34,399.9
55,244
259,559
100
4.44%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
42,918.0
89.0%
46,072.1
9,310.2
35,576
81,196
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
43,392.0
90.0%
47,085.0
9,040.8
37,844
95,395
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
48,220.0
100.0%
51,323.6
10,302.9
39,150
83,039
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
40,783.0
84.6%
43,202.5
9,590.8
33,121
91,687
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
46,205.5
95.8%
48,092.5
9,423.3
38,126
87,337
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
38,140.5
79.1%
40,467.6
8,601.7
31,108
86,740
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
72,372.0
100.0%
80,455.3
21,704.8
62,551
199,204
100
21.10%
Druid
Feral Bear
55,842.0
77.2%
56,273.7
23,657.4
9,225
165,456
80
16.88%
Paladin
Protection
70,322.5
97.2%
77,197.1
22,338.1
56,019
161,300
100
21.10%
Warrior
Protection
56,604.5
78.2%
62,106.3
20,429.4
47,093
193,299
100
21.10%
Monk
Brewmaster
65,848.5
91.0%
74,449.7
36,871.1
8,016
222,239
94
19.83%
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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