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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
158,639.5
68.0%
165,167.9
25,327.1
138,582
217,348
10
3.01%
Death Knight
Unholy
201,232.0
86.3%
215,269.6
33,541.8
183,154
273,203
5
1.51%
Druid
Balance
171,403.0
73.5%
172,942.6
56,362.6
321
303,366
29
8.73%
Druid
Feral Cat
225,904.5
96.9%
200,256.5
49,877.7
114,330
234,887
4
1.20%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
145,466.0
62.4%
147,258.3
30,646.7
99,682
190,160
10
3.01%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
161,503.0
69.3%
166,228.7
43,705.6
82,180
252,424
38
11.45%
Mage
Arcane
178,732.0
76.7%
157,623.0
40,197.3
101,357
192,780
3
0.90%
Mage
Fire
202,238.0
86.7%
197,795.7
60,112.9
104,357
352,557
41
12.35%
Mage
Frost
162,688.0
69.8%
164,104.3
53,206.4
86,192
228,266
7
2.11%
Paladin
Retribution
102,147.0
43.8%
126,588.6
46,878.3
73,429
227,152
9
2.71%
Priest
Shadow
164,007.0
70.3%
161,369.2
49,853.3
0
269,729
38
11.45%
Rogue
Assassination
206,983.5
88.8%
200,347.9
64,247.7
93,373
352,692
32
9.64%
Rogue
Combat
233,166.5
100.0%
233,166.5
28,010.5
205,156
261,177
2
0.60%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
149,820.0
64.3%
157,658.7
48,005.9
82,403
259,364
31
9.34%
Shaman
Enhancement
155,782.5
66.8%
143,864.5
32,842.8
103,456
192,315
8
2.41%
Warlock
Affliction
200,430.0
86.0%
212,664.6
67,365.7
121,715
313,184
11
3.31%
Warlock
Demonology
157,812.0
67.7%
163,833.5
68,627.4
60,534
319,726
16
4.82%
Warlock
Destruction
150,920.0
64.7%
152,416.1
26,150.7
105,831
215,656
19
5.72%
Warrior
Arms
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warrior
Fury
156,141.0
67.0%
162,537.9
59,366.2
85,714
305,837
14
4.22%
Monk
Windwalker
163,386.0
70.1%
143,203.4
42,383.2
71,335
180,921
5
1.51%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
46,578.0
85.7%
45,088.3
15,524.1
14,197
71,369
13
10.32%
Paladin
Holy
40,476.0
74.5%
42,368.6
14,042.8
14,912
75,120
41
32.54%
Priest
Discipline
53,128.0
97.8%
53,184.6
11,213.3
31,300
89,746
45
35.71%
Priest
Holy
54,322.0
100.0%
54,322.0
9,753.0
44,569
64,075
2
1.59%
Shaman
Restoration
38,861.0
71.5%
40,384.2
8,914.0
26,751
53,535
9
7.14%
Monk
Mistweaver
46,646.0
85.9%
53,201.7
15,063.7
40,189
95,898
16
12.70%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
133,890.0
86.2%
143,517.0
61,169.1
23,479
352,872
39
29.77%
Druid
Feral Bear
155,241.5
100.0%
160,836.9
44,748.0
74,701
249,021
18
13.74%
Paladin
Protection
124,409.0
80.1%
128,367.6
51,807.3
34,966
256,834
40
30.53%
Warrior
Protection
111,866.0
72.1%
121,413.9
31,657.0
63,377
177,542
20
15.27%
Monk
Brewmaster
149,897.5
96.6%
159,668.1
27,949.8
108,440
215,890
14
10.69%
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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