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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
62,136.5
84.7%
67,470.0
17,360.8
48,561
144,962
100
4.51%
Death Knight
Unholy
34,775.0
47.4%
42,223.8
27,449.2
1,192
159,588
100
4.51%
Druid
Balance
51,569.0
70.3%
71,302.3
41,367.3
36,189
178,489
100
4.51%
Druid
Feral Cat
34,527.0
47.1%
45,566.7
25,201.7
22,374
142,371
100
4.51%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
53,364.0
72.7%
58,324.3
17,557.8
41,413
123,300
100
4.51%
Hunter
Marksmanship
34,638.0
47.2%
38,673.2
15,354.5
23,976
109,251
100
4.51%
Hunter
Survival
64,121.0
87.4%
66,871.0
15,894.2
50,715
117,895
100
4.51%
Mage
Arcane
50,557.0
68.9%
55,211.4
22,826.8
36,173
182,695
100
4.51%
Mage
Fire
46,075.0
62.8%
55,783.8
30,426.9
23,975
139,929
100
4.51%
Mage
Frost
68,752.0
93.7%
73,978.8
20,745.3
52,849
165,376
100
4.51%
Paladin
Retribution
56,824.5
77.4%
65,141.7
22,251.5
46,729
155,885
100
4.51%
Priest
Shadow
68,554.0
93.4%
80,734.6
28,416.9
54,809
169,856
100
4.51%
Rogue
Assassination
65,714.0
89.6%
72,755.2
27,969.4
44,693
159,415
100
4.51%
Rogue
Combat
29,645.0
40.4%
33,701.8
13,857.5
18,802
97,686
100
4.51%
Rogue
Subtlety
20,440.0
27.9%
21,786.0
10,210.3
4,887
46,776
27
1.22%
Shaman
Elemental
56,379.5
76.8%
61,970.6
18,170.6
44,154
132,558
100
4.51%
Shaman
Enhancement
32,560.0
44.4%
38,220.0
23,260.4
11,396
127,426
100
4.51%
Warlock
Affliction
37,369.0
50.9%
49,874.4
37,061.6
2,066
185,995
89
4.02%
Warlock
Demonology
39,333.5
53.6%
46,986.9
25,206.1
23,445
169,185
100
4.51%
Warlock
Destruction
73,380.0
100.0%
80,339.5
17,480.6
62,989
155,330
100
4.51%
Warrior
Arms
53,401.0
72.8%
54,853.5
12,759.4
40,145
127,262
100
4.51%
Warrior
Fury
52,975.5
72.2%
60,127.5
24,528.1
37,589
142,676
100
4.51%
Monk
Windwalker
49,052.0
66.8%
53,268.2
13,608.9
37,999
104,462
100
4.51%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
29,741.5
90.1%
31,974.0
7,905.2
24,283
65,341
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
29,834.5
90.3%
33,006.9
7,937.6
25,422
71,889
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
33,023.0
100.0%
35,109.6
6,974.3
27,712
63,969
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
24,408.0
73.9%
25,953.7
4,962.6
20,039
40,902
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
28,042.5
84.9%
31,069.3
7,820.0
24,168
67,354
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
24,317.5
73.6%
26,115.7
5,559.6
19,649
46,527
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
46,137.5
100.0%
51,763.2
19,089.0
39,547
135,397
100
22.08%
Druid
Feral Bear
31,733.5
68.8%
36,168.1
17,104.7
3,200
109,549
84
18.54%
Paladin
Protection
40,296.5
87.3%
44,339.4
12,490.3
33,280
91,267
100
22.08%
Warrior
Protection
41,478.0
89.9%
42,918.2
7,985.4
34,313
84,302
100
22.08%
Monk
Brewmaster
40,655.0
88.1%
42,440.1
19,661.5
3,825
126,273
69
15.23%
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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