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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
87,955.0
67.0%
92,302.7
25,274.8
51,597
165,031
39
4.14%
Death Knight
Unholy
111,401.0
84.9%
106,241.6
30,045.4
40,659
194,063
22
2.34%
Druid
Balance
102,177.0
77.9%
99,882.9
34,874.6
3,531
166,159
68
7.22%
Druid
Feral Cat
131,219.0
100.0%
120,056.3
65,794.4
19,222
193,029
14
1.49%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
70,757.0
53.9%
67,551.2
24,622.0
19,126
107,589
27
2.87%
Hunter
Marksmanship
83,657.0
63.8%
83,657.0
1.0
83,656
83,658
2
0.21%
Hunter
Survival
78,969.0
60.2%
77,231.0
21,582.7
19,094
119,417
88
9.34%
Mage
Arcane
95,406.0
72.7%
88,902.9
27,928.9
46,217
133,190
9
0.96%
Mage
Fire
85,260.5
65.0%
87,287.6
23,267.9
46,300
135,961
64
6.79%
Mage
Frost
75,190.0
57.3%
77,705.3
21,856.2
25,818
119,394
61
6.48%
Paladin
Retribution
94,321.0
71.9%
102,020.8
34,768.8
41,058
168,570
29
3.08%
Priest
Shadow
97,418.0
74.2%
98,735.5
27,019.1
35,119
166,734
100
10.62%
Rogue
Assassination
85,253.5
65.0%
87,319.7
36,590.9
40,197
213,957
100
10.62%
Rogue
Combat
59,737.0
45.5%
65,237.5
24,075.4
34,716
120,316
16
1.70%
Rogue
Subtlety
35,652.0
27.2%
41,319.0
13,038.9
28,956
59,349
3
0.32%
Shaman
Elemental
75,865.5
57.8%
74,559.1
18,467.3
7,198
118,831
80
8.49%
Shaman
Enhancement
74,729.0
56.9%
74,066.2
28,490.7
16,529
126,160
15
1.59%
Warlock
Affliction
92,131.5
70.2%
97,458.9
33,866.1
23,932
150,059
48
5.10%
Warlock
Demonology
99,741.0
76.0%
92,437.8
27,094.7
42,450
132,006
19
2.02%
Warlock
Destruction
87,538.0
66.7%
79,776.2
30,384.2
6,298
125,790
71
7.54%
Warrior
Arms
70,197.0
53.5%
75,470.3
32,902.7
40,453
134,031
6
0.64%
Warrior
Fury
104,719.5
79.8%
108,950.0
35,612.3
31,634
199,714
40
4.25%
Monk
Windwalker
88,261.0
67.3%
91,218.0
24,018.0
44,449
140,909
21
2.23%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
56,149.0
79.9%
55,295.0
14,313.6
14,279
93,311
52
14.81%
Paladin
Holy
54,477.0
77.5%
54,779.7
14,141.2
14,777
80,860
85
24.22%
Priest
Discipline
60,504.0
86.1%
59,583.2
11,988.5
39,553
86,445
100
28.49%
Priest
Holy
57,460.0
81.8%
56,087.9
11,610.1
35,893
81,113
18
5.13%
Shaman
Restoration
53,697.5
76.4%
52,586.8
12,191.4
23,518
76,988
48
13.68%
Monk
Mistweaver
70,250.0
100.0%
67,153.0
19,428.6
22,384
107,986
48
13.68%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
97,441.0
78.2%
104,331.5
37,269.6
28,917
174,678
85
24.08%
Druid
Feral Bear
106,170.0
85.2%
107,365.2
41,417.8
25,365
183,923
48
13.60%
Paladin
Protection
96,105.0
77.1%
99,715.7
26,340.0
14,084
173,709
97
27.48%
Warrior
Protection
89,911.5
72.1%
91,877.9
18,815.7
26,488
157,195
78
22.10%
Monk
Brewmaster
124,634.0
100.0%
119,074.0
35,415.6
37,442
174,506
45
12.75%
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
More details of the methodology used can be found on the DPS Bot Docs page.
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