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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
35,830.0
15.6%
54,785.4
45,834.7
7,263
174,713
21
9.42%
Death Knight
Unholy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Druid
Balance
68,363.0
29.8%
62,581.6
37,267.0
0
110,371
9
4.04%
Druid
Feral Cat
33,972.0
14.8%
63,868.0
64,526.2
12,925
174,603
4
1.79%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
38,402.0
16.7%
44,848.2
29,018.0
5,569
91,674
15
6.73%
Hunter
Marksmanship
58,162.5
25.3%
55,176.5
17,377.4
29,085
75,296
4
1.79%
Hunter
Survival
51,152.0
22.3%
61,007.2
36,604.2
15,245
140,618
19
8.52%
Mage
Arcane
53,418.0
23.3%
84,658.6
56,381.7
18,259
164,208
5
2.24%
Mage
Fire
77,811.0
33.9%
95,706.2
62,576.0
2,742
243,494
19
8.52%
Mage
Frost
41,881.5
18.2%
56,084.6
34,028.4
8,874
114,217
16
7.17%
Paladin
Retribution
31,911.0
13.9%
43,777.9
34,176.3
5,804
114,380
9
4.04%
Priest
Shadow
69,687.0
30.3%
91,375.1
69,147.3
4,451
228,342
18
8.07%
Rogue
Assassination
86,301.5
37.6%
109,405.0
88,793.8
16,799
248,218
4
1.79%
Rogue
Combat
229,704.0
100.0%
183,428.7
76,826.0
75,160
245,422
3
1.35%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
51,945.0
22.6%
62,321.5
54,731.3
4,020
210,311
11
4.93%
Shaman
Enhancement
121,608.5
52.9%
101,396.7
58,875.3
12,188
158,599
6
2.69%
Warlock
Affliction
21,194.0
9.2%
30,386.0
18,634.6
7,842
56,415
5
2.24%
Warlock
Demonology
62,599.0
27.3%
69,353.4
37,183.4
23,923
127,601
5
2.24%
Warlock
Destruction
76,852.0
33.5%
76,861.4
51,204.4
19,267
249,779
21
9.42%
Warrior
Arms
28,149.5
12.3%
37,836.4
35,054.4
1,667
120,996
10
4.48%
Warrior
Fury
31,902.0
13.9%
33,765.8
21,648.9
2,167
82,339
13
5.83%
Monk
Windwalker
38,180.5
16.6%
73,577.8
66,092.3
11,732
187,599
6
2.69%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
13,405.0
52.3%
17,361.9
11,999.2
1,144
61,371
21
31.34%
Paladin
Holy
8,464.0
33.0%
12,361.9
8,934.4
1,890
30,328
11
16.42%
Priest
Discipline
17,984.0
70.2%
19,227.5
8,745.0
7,720
35,007
10
14.93%
Priest
Holy
16,811.0
65.6%
18,362.0
6,562.2
10,628
29,340
7
10.45%
Shaman
Restoration
16,473.0
64.3%
15,873.0
9,285.9
697
32,436
9
13.43%
Monk
Mistweaver
25,621.0
100.0%
24,677.0
10,325.1
5,436
38,943
9
13.43%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
73,192.0
74.1%
85,794.9
54,712.9
22,177
182,190
12
26.67%
Druid
Feral Bear
98,719.5
100.0%
99,604.8
16,004.8
83,649
117,331
4
8.89%
Paladin
Protection
80,288.0
81.3%
82,612.7
40,181.0
11,964
164,102
13
28.89%
Warrior
Protection
61,482.0
62.3%
45,059.4
29,094.7
5,802
76,864
9
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
69,626.0
70.5%
78,772.3
40,024.5
25,453
138,714
7
15.56%
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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