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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
129,128.5
82.2%
129,495.7
30,464.2
84,844
219,352
100
6.15%
Death Knight
Unholy
123,707.0
78.7%
125,683.5
50,657.1
16,545
247,901
44
2.70%
Druid
Balance
140,180.0
89.2%
149,242.8
39,097.6
95,991
248,840
100
6.15%
Druid
Feral Cat
138,738.0
88.3%
136,662.3
33,781.6
50,103
211,644
45
2.77%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
109,088.0
69.4%
108,696.5
32,405.5
48,206
198,860
90
5.53%
Hunter
Marksmanship
100,711.0
64.1%
96,470.7
17,348.4
67,522
119,541
12
0.74%
Hunter
Survival
132,009.5
84.0%
135,061.7
20,346.6
106,939
197,935
100
6.15%
Mage
Arcane
95,138.0
60.5%
104,080.4
39,896.6
31,454
209,878
27
1.66%
Mage
Fire
131,340.0
83.6%
142,514.1
44,413.5
82,779
294,358
100
6.15%
Mage
Frost
132,833.0
84.5%
140,972.7
27,591.9
107,013
230,193
100
6.15%
Paladin
Retribution
114,826.0
73.1%
114,008.4
32,807.1
30,968
201,199
94
5.78%
Priest
Shadow
132,720.5
84.5%
140,148.2
24,769.7
108,726
215,869
100
6.15%
Rogue
Assassination
157,147.0
100.0%
163,244.0
30,124.3
124,690
235,236
100
6.15%
Rogue
Combat
109,130.5
69.4%
112,160.5
26,847.0
71,979
168,557
24
1.48%
Rogue
Subtlety
121,608.5
77.4%
120,105.7
27,649.9
84,941
161,132
6
0.37%
Shaman
Elemental
129,273.0
82.3%
139,746.4
28,747.8
105,492
229,014
100
6.15%
Shaman
Enhancement
122,257.0
77.8%
122,682.3
41,854.6
26,674
225,563
67
4.12%
Warlock
Affliction
107,050.0
68.1%
112,778.9
41,378.7
21,426
235,525
60
3.69%
Warlock
Demonology
117,983.0
75.1%
128,430.7
45,847.0
41,089
252,316
47
2.89%
Warlock
Destruction
135,850.5
86.4%
143,246.5
26,355.2
112,889
244,341
100
6.15%
Warrior
Arms
106,408.0
67.7%
104,161.6
27,492.1
23,848
153,043
44
2.70%
Warrior
Fury
113,653.0
72.3%
118,646.8
44,937.0
7,191
241,127
97
5.96%
Monk
Windwalker
105,854.5
67.4%
109,458.3
39,864.0
23,622
223,977
70
4.30%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
38,102.0
67.8%
41,104.8
9,272.3
29,089
69,907
100
17.54%
Paladin
Holy
47,131.0
83.8%
49,581.3
9,298.1
38,782
75,723
100
17.54%
Priest
Discipline
56,226.0
100.0%
58,346.3
9,170.3
46,676
95,541
100
17.54%
Priest
Holy
34,396.0
61.2%
35,484.6
10,990.1
12,221
63,702
70
12.28%
Shaman
Restoration
37,083.0
66.0%
38,742.5
9,620.2
25,501
71,244
100
17.54%
Monk
Mistweaver
38,786.0
69.0%
40,997.8
10,410.0
27,028
73,931
100
17.54%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
99,350.0
100.0%
106,739.0
22,684.4
81,385
201,381
100
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
80,876.5
81.4%
84,826.2
20,941.1
50,890
142,558
100
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
88,275.0
88.9%
92,471.5
20,423.0
71,492
194,531
100
20.00%
Warrior
Protection
74,973.0
75.5%
79,830.7
17,360.5
60,495
136,974
100
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
98,641.5
99.3%
104,164.8
22,261.8
74,512
172,180
100
20.00%
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
More details of the methodology used can be found on the DPS Bot Docs page.
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