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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
51,263.0
34.5%
56,292.8
30,116.8
27,028
95,617
4
2.56%
Death Knight
Unholy
73,054.0
49.1%
73,054.0
16,238.0
56,816
89,292
2
1.28%
Druid
Balance
59,677.0
40.1%
103,487.7
74,359.7
42,601
208,185
3
1.92%
Druid
Feral Cat
112,808.0
75.9%
83,817.3
47,458.9
16,899
121,745
3
1.92%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
52,316.0
35.2%
60,050.8
36,327.1
17,786
154,519
12
7.69%
Hunter
Marksmanship
75,193.0
50.6%
99,262.8
56,184.6
54,563
192,102
4
2.56%
Hunter
Survival
82,309.0
55.4%
84,616.3
27,804.3
28,330
128,757
12
7.69%
Mage
Arcane
44,447.0
29.9%
62,322.5
39,634.4
30,171
130,225
4
2.56%
Mage
Fire
95,422.0
64.2%
82,238.7
36,102.6
1,658
116,266
9
5.77%
Mage
Frost
71,936.5
48.4%
72,558.6
11,928.7
56,147
96,984
12
7.69%
Paladin
Retribution
60,820.0
40.9%
85,690.0
38,106.7
56,721
139,529
3
1.92%
Priest
Shadow
112,360.0
75.6%
113,637.1
50,657.2
52,399
216,770
11
7.05%
Rogue
Assassination
77,495.0
52.1%
84,899.2
34,220.4
38,072
166,866
13
8.33%
Rogue
Combat
62,524.5
42.0%
62,524.5
3,544.5
58,980
66,069
2
1.28%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
76,839.0
51.7%
61,061.6
26,546.0
23,211
95,194
11
7.05%
Shaman
Enhancement
76,335.0
51.3%
80,357.5
7,868.7
74,919
93,841
4
2.56%
Warlock
Affliction
148,699.5
100.0%
142,122.8
72,505.5
35,593
235,499
4
2.56%
Warlock
Demonology
95,385.0
64.1%
94,307.4
14,305.5
76,709
109,991
5
3.21%
Warlock
Destruction
84,904.0
57.1%
79,468.8
36,571.0
25,231
129,973
13
8.33%
Warrior
Arms
67,878.0
45.6%
70,509.8
20,826.5
34,650
106,917
9
5.77%
Warrior
Fury
70,247.0
47.2%
69,793.1
22,406.0
41,664
104,041
9
5.77%
Monk
Windwalker
61,015.0
41.0%
67,905.3
32,865.9
37,537
137,052
7
4.49%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
24,553.0
91.6%
26,428.7
7,122.2
16,065
36,842
15
25.86%
Paladin
Holy
24,638.0
91.9%
25,903.5
12,223.1
8,249
53,337
11
18.97%
Priest
Discipline
26,808.5
100.0%
28,003.1
10,010.6
17,787
51,683
8
13.79%
Priest
Holy
21,168.5
79.0%
25,156.2
11,412.4
2,092
39,448
12
20.69%
Shaman
Restoration
22,338.0
83.3%
26,305.9
10,007.1
13,748
46,493
7
12.07%
Monk
Mistweaver
18,879.0
70.4%
19,509.0
6,269.9
14,086
31,226
5
8.62%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
65,885.0
53.1%
71,291.8
10,366.4
57,774
83,459
5
25.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Paladin
Protection
97,275.0
78.4%
93,802.0
21,820.3
65,511
118,620
3
15.00%
Warrior
Protection
75,625.0
60.9%
73,215.4
4,739.9
63,746
75,885
5
25.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
124,142.0
100.0%
121,437.4
22,101.5
80,152
158,866
7
35.00%
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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