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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
76,185.0
52.5%
78,465.0
21,539.9
46,507
130,918
12
6.49%
Death Knight
Unholy
145,108.0
100.0%
145,108.0
0.0
145,108
145,108
1
0.54%
Druid
Balance
87,644.0
60.4%
96,757.6
57,786.9
31,347
196,841
5
2.70%
Druid
Feral Cat
48,281.5
33.3%
52,219.3
20,669.3
28,636
84,122
6
3.24%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
69,745.5
48.1%
66,710.9
29,696.4
25,183
118,981
10
5.41%
Hunter
Marksmanship
42,932.5
29.6%
42,932.5
9,823.5
33,109
52,756
2
1.08%
Hunter
Survival
83,249.0
57.4%
82,920.4
26,613.3
40,335
136,921
17
9.19%
Mage
Arcane
94,568.5
65.2%
98,039.8
45,550.6
37,283
165,739
4
2.16%
Mage
Fire
73,882.0
50.9%
92,749.4
34,681.5
59,151
168,016
7
3.78%
Mage
Frost
82,517.0
56.9%
82,330.5
40,938.9
2,997
149,055
16
8.65%
Paladin
Retribution
64,887.0
44.7%
73,323.9
33,124.0
30,145
144,286
8
4.32%
Priest
Shadow
81,817.0
56.4%
81,097.1
31,275.0
28,442
140,757
16
8.65%
Rogue
Assassination
71,072.0
49.0%
75,654.2
28,729.2
24,843
131,172
9
4.86%
Rogue
Combat
55,262.5
38.1%
60,271.0
35,207.6
20,552
122,123
6
3.24%
Rogue
Subtlety
37,910.0
26.1%
37,910.0
24,506.0
13,404
62,416
2
1.08%
Shaman
Elemental
49,701.0
34.3%
66,783.6
40,629.4
29,820
145,393
8
4.32%
Shaman
Enhancement
59,324.5
40.9%
58,537.8
26,666.2
18,486
93,898
6
3.24%
Warlock
Affliction
105,827.0
72.9%
113,457.7
17,466.0
96,928
137,618
3
1.62%
Warlock
Demonology
75,697.0
52.2%
79,221.0
17,848.7
59,337
102,629
3
1.62%
Warlock
Destruction
85,470.0
58.9%
86,437.5
32,311.7
30,909
146,316
19
10.27%
Warrior
Arms
50,259.0
34.6%
52,437.0
18,279.7
29,344
88,480
11
5.95%
Warrior
Fury
86,934.5
59.9%
78,863.0
38,440.0
7,397
139,490
8
4.32%
Monk
Windwalker
44,073.0
30.4%
47,397.7
20,255.8
26,817
87,487
6
3.24%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
42,106.0
90.9%
44,112.1
11,630.4
22,367
72,251
21
29.58%
Paladin
Holy
42,616.0
92.0%
44,446.0
11,494.1
30,293
69,384
13
18.31%
Priest
Discipline
46,345.0
100.0%
44,914.8
14,119.9
27,017
69,809
13
18.31%
Priest
Holy
39,958.0
86.2%
41,026.9
5,597.7
33,455
49,539
7
9.86%
Shaman
Restoration
38,685.0
83.5%
37,358.7
11,749.7
14,831
49,654
9
12.68%
Monk
Mistweaver
41,304.5
89.1%
40,702.0
14,407.1
22,990
67,233
8
11.27%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
10,265.0
25.1%
25,049.1
26,329.4
3,623
93,408
13
31.71%
Druid
Feral Bear
11,744.0
28.7%
16,927.7
14,795.7
7,116
49,685
6
14.63%
Paladin
Protection
36,085.0
88.3%
34,361.5
21,684.8
6,090
67,276
11
26.83%
Warrior
Protection
40,867.5
100.0%
46,370.6
35,986.0
5,223
94,524
10
24.39%
Monk
Brewmaster
12,424.0
30.4%
12,424.0
0.0
12,424
12,424
1
2.44%
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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