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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
113,125.0
40.6%
137,075.1
57,094.3
59,748
235,926
11
11.46%
Death Knight
Unholy
213,666.5
76.6%
213,666.5
112,987.5
100,679
326,654
2
2.08%
Druid
Balance
90,355.0
32.4%
135,616.0
94,014.6
65,266
296,488
4
4.17%
Druid
Feral Cat
229,006.0
82.1%
229,006.0
0.0
229,006
229,006
1
1.04%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
107,391.5
38.5%
124,157.7
57,273.4
22,524
241,461
10
10.42%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
125,018.0
44.8%
146,284.8
51,896.4
102,820
232,283
4
4.17%
Mage
Arcane
52,809.0
18.9%
52,809.0
0.0
52,809
52,809
1
1.04%
Mage
Fire
177,291.0
63.6%
164,283.7
54,841.1
91,565
223,995
3
3.13%
Mage
Frost
107,983.0
38.7%
116,842.4
40,392.3
72,787
201,086
7
7.29%
Paladin
Retribution
158,438.0
56.8%
165,002.5
51,432.8
100,861
252,608
6
6.25%
Priest
Shadow
119,954.0
43.0%
118,204.6
66,980.9
15,350
211,467
5
5.21%
Rogue
Assassination
251,539.0
90.2%
246,015.0
100,075.9
131,891
434,861
7
7.29%
Rogue
Combat
59,985.0
21.5%
58,946.3
27,260.5
25,052
91,802
3
3.13%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
110,414.0
39.6%
113,566.6
39,555.5
64,469
191,026
7
7.29%
Shaman
Enhancement
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Affliction
278,875.0
100.0%
238,332.3
81,167.9
125,058
311,064
3
3.13%
Warlock
Demonology
143,978.5
51.6%
143,978.5
30,798.5
113,180
174,777
2
2.08%
Warlock
Destruction
137,934.5
49.5%
146,808.3
38,192.4
91,657
202,979
10
10.42%
Warrior
Arms
107,257.0
38.5%
107,257.0
0.0
107,257
107,257
1
1.04%
Warrior
Fury
136,797.0
49.1%
119,308.0
31,051.3
69,404
155,069
5
5.21%
Monk
Windwalker
66,329.0
23.8%
64,079.3
26,996.0
27,603
96,056
4
4.17%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
15,656.0
51.3%
16,522.4
10,291.2
0
29,760
5
20.00%
Paladin
Holy
23,200.0
76.0%
23,544.1
7,143.0
11,672
39,387
9
36.00%
Priest
Discipline
28,269.0
92.6%
36,886.0
18,976.4
19,781
71,819
5
20.00%
Priest
Holy
27,665.0
90.6%
27,665.0
0.0
27,665
27,665
1
4.00%
Shaman
Restoration
21,892.0
71.7%
22,847.0
3,285.9
19,386
27,263
3
12.00%
Monk
Mistweaver
30,535.5
100.0%
30,535.5
17,167.5
13,368
47,703
2
8.00%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
49,003.5
55.9%
49,930.8
9,542.8
39,156
62,560
4
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
32,377.0
36.9%
43,371.7
16,530.6
31,002
66,736
3
15.00%
Paladin
Protection
52,860.5
60.3%
50,756.7
19,704.0
12,256
79,012
6
30.00%
Warrior
Protection
55,926.0
63.8%
62,286.4
8,473.5
55,068
75,370
5
25.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
87,679.5
100.0%
87,679.5
38,780.5
48,899
126,460
2
10.00%
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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