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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
64,007.0
57.3%
61,607.6
24,502.3
12,297
114,298
33
5.73%
Death Knight
Unholy
111,730.0
100.0%
110,477.1
34,195.2
56,281
182,275
11
1.91%
Druid
Balance
63,457.0
56.8%
64,309.7
27,565.8
5,573
128,558
24
4.17%
Druid
Feral Cat
61,561.0
55.1%
67,076.4
26,117.2
35,563
125,246
12
2.08%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
63,912.0
57.2%
66,176.7
25,454.7
6,474
126,192
36
6.25%
Hunter
Marksmanship
62,387.0
55.8%
60,104.5
40,309.4
1,100
114,544
4
0.69%
Hunter
Survival
69,950.0
62.6%
74,453.2
25,790.9
19,648
161,741
47
8.16%
Mage
Arcane
58,596.0
52.4%
58,980.3
20,738.3
33,302
110,164
11
1.91%
Mage
Fire
87,533.0
78.3%
91,114.8
34,787.5
32,587
178,415
19
3.30%
Mage
Frost
68,617.0
61.4%
67,334.4
28,058.2
18,901
140,707
52
9.03%
Paladin
Retribution
63,169.0
56.5%
71,102.1
28,003.8
32,380
160,853
35
6.08%
Priest
Shadow
56,529.5
50.6%
55,835.4
22,057.3
13,489
118,128
40
6.94%
Rogue
Assassination
78,838.0
70.6%
84,835.3
35,156.5
424
192,633
47
8.16%
Rogue
Combat
37,236.0
33.3%
35,562.7
27,125.3
1,536
67,916
3
0.52%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
71,126.5
63.7%
78,171.2
29,048.8
35,582
145,892
32
5.56%
Shaman
Enhancement
62,461.0
55.9%
57,944.5
25,698.2
0
97,896
8
1.39%
Warlock
Affliction
72,038.5
64.5%
80,299.0
43,274.8
23,011
168,405
12
2.08%
Warlock
Demonology
75,207.0
67.3%
83,110.5
30,977.0
32,325
136,771
11
1.91%
Warlock
Destruction
70,675.0
63.3%
70,466.8
23,512.7
8,877
141,431
61
10.59%
Warrior
Arms
52,292.0
46.8%
47,333.2
21,432.9
7,106
86,456
15
2.60%
Warrior
Fury
75,561.5
67.6%
75,717.3
28,566.0
18,412
152,270
36
6.25%
Monk
Windwalker
62,998.0
56.4%
68,774.2
23,788.2
36,346
133,276
27
4.69%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
93,124.0
92.1%
94,148.7
27,367.6
9,081
161,415
46
20.72%
Paladin
Holy
88,500.5
87.6%
84,290.9
30,625.0
382
154,184
40
18.02%
Priest
Discipline
76,597.5
75.8%
74,711.6
23,678.3
10,661
121,266
30
13.51%
Priest
Holy
99,144.0
98.1%
97,872.9
26,382.2
43,056
152,121
36
16.22%
Shaman
Restoration
96,812.5
95.8%
99,673.2
32,112.4
25,226
183,911
50
22.52%
Monk
Mistweaver
101,082.0
100.0%
102,429.5
30,606.4
51,096
162,420
20
9.01%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
45,620.0
66.4%
51,616.1
25,896.2
13,705
126,524
15
18.75%
Druid
Feral Bear
46,238.0
67.3%
38,980.0
18,690.5
507
60,147
12
15.00%
Paladin
Protection
41,117.5
59.8%
40,098.0
17,648.9
2,553
72,278
24
30.00%
Warrior
Protection
41,668.5
60.6%
42,417.5
11,776.1
9,729
66,707
22
27.50%
Monk
Brewmaster
68,735.0
100.0%
52,932.6
28,784.0
593
73,422
7
8.75%
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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