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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
97,663.5
98.7%
104,182.2
24,287.3
80,070
206,387
100
4.90%
Death Knight
Unholy
85,310.5
86.2%
94,991.7
51,843.8
25,356
281,333
60
2.94%
Druid
Balance
57,840.5
58.4%
71,259.1
44,465.6
12,206
290,570
94
4.61%
Druid
Feral Cat
65,259.5
65.9%
74,915.0
39,809.6
20,734
290,569
90
4.41%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
86,866.5
87.7%
95,177.1
25,560.0
70,238
193,395
100
4.90%
Hunter
Marksmanship
55,559.0
56.1%
58,025.4
25,104.8
6,629
145,275
68
3.33%
Hunter
Survival
82,708.0
83.5%
92,021.8
25,094.4
69,138
243,609
100
4.90%
Mage
Arcane
61,618.0
62.2%
69,611.0
43,355.3
16,312
266,382
95
4.66%
Mage
Fire
70,749.0
71.5%
88,147.1
57,097.2
3,339
293,531
93
4.56%
Mage
Frost
98,814.5
99.8%
105,116.4
27,309.9
78,184
226,743
100
4.90%
Paladin
Retribution
98,125.5
99.1%
105,326.3
34,082.8
75,287
304,389
100
4.90%
Priest
Shadow
91,163.0
92.1%
100,455.2
33,953.9
68,861
233,079
100
4.90%
Rogue
Assassination
96,442.5
97.4%
108,837.4
40,850.6
68,210
255,770
100
4.90%
Rogue
Combat
61,425.0
62.0%
66,839.6
34,098.0
17,431
271,602
96
4.71%
Rogue
Subtlety
55,382.5
55.9%
54,699.9
18,251.7
25,522
92,993
16
0.78%
Shaman
Elemental
90,940.0
91.9%
104,736.6
33,861.3
70,124
242,603
100
4.90%
Shaman
Enhancement
87,951.0
88.8%
101,460.7
44,052.0
55,484
251,277
100
4.90%
Warlock
Affliction
66,350.0
67.0%
77,383.0
45,430.8
16,092
228,008
51
2.50%
Warlock
Demonology
64,083.0
64.7%
81,396.1
56,230.3
19,888
268,653
77
3.77%
Warlock
Destruction
98,995.0
100.0%
113,660.4
46,284.0
76,498
331,018
100
4.90%
Warrior
Arms
86,391.5
87.3%
91,682.8
22,959.2
64,286
227,523
100
4.90%
Warrior
Fury
73,559.0
74.3%
80,394.6
30,138.1
49,386
189,983
100
4.90%
Monk
Windwalker
84,498.0
85.4%
93,269.6
33,500.8
62,402
260,516
100
4.90%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
43,649.5
100.0%
46,617.5
11,229.6
35,960
90,975
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
35,806.5
82.0%
40,369.8
11,597.5
28,654
91,696
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
40,766.5
93.4%
43,642.8
12,419.7
29,565
97,783
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
37,125.5
85.1%
39,548.8
9,382.8
27,864
65,175
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
39,755.5
91.1%
43,748.4
11,659.9
32,798
102,092
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
39,249.0
89.9%
41,368.0
9,119.2
30,113
64,344
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
61,388.0
92.1%
68,749.9
24,060.9
44,848
226,034
100
26.53%
Druid
Feral Bear
61,219.0
91.8%
71,771.4
36,112.6
21,396
175,712
40
10.61%
Paladin
Protection
53,724.0
80.6%
62,103.4
29,176.0
32,430
163,744
100
26.53%
Warrior
Protection
43,744.0
65.6%
48,525.0
22,504.2
15,052
152,859
81
21.49%
Monk
Brewmaster
66,663.5
100.0%
74,137.0
31,493.1
17,568
180,764
56
14.85%
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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