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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
139,696.0
64.3%
153,708.5
64,277.7
60,887
293,083
13
8.67%
Death Knight
Unholy
217,312.0
100.0%
195,987.7
70,165.1
101,399
269,252
3
2.00%
Druid
Balance
63,563.0
29.2%
93,606.4
55,151.0
36,442
195,714
9
6.00%
Druid
Feral Cat
80,113.0
36.9%
80,113.0
7,929.0
72,184
88,042
2
1.33%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
161,650.0
74.4%
148,672.3
75,163.5
30,209
284,145
9
6.00%
Hunter
Marksmanship
79,196.0
36.4%
79,196.0
64,070.0
15,126
143,266
2
1.33%
Hunter
Survival
134,553.5
61.9%
141,334.7
48,436.2
61,445
237,530
10
6.67%
Mage
Arcane
46,789.5
21.5%
46,789.5
12,705.5
34,084
59,495
2
1.33%
Mage
Fire
131,059.5
60.3%
162,101.6
74,071.4
100,854
327,719
8
5.33%
Mage
Frost
82,903.0
38.1%
89,478.3
52,047.3
15,734
192,450
13
8.67%
Paladin
Retribution
92,112.0
42.4%
110,952.0
66,687.0
28,371
255,668
12
8.00%
Priest
Shadow
100,151.0
46.1%
106,169.4
69,433.8
27,153
266,851
10
6.67%
Rogue
Assassination
125,505.0
57.8%
106,840.7
34,759.4
58,125
136,892
3
2.00%
Rogue
Combat
130,313.0
60.0%
152,552.7
32,476.6
128,871
198,474
3
2.00%
Rogue
Subtlety
52,413.0
24.1%
52,413.0
0.0
52,413
52,413
1
0.67%
Shaman
Elemental
152,971.0
70.4%
167,278.8
80,932.0
35,337
361,140
13
8.67%
Shaman
Enhancement
170,111.0
78.3%
208,342.7
101,317.6
107,869
347,048
3
2.00%
Warlock
Affliction
170,552.5
78.5%
170,552.5
21,166.5
149,386
191,719
2
1.33%
Warlock
Demonology
172,231.5
79.3%
172,231.5
33,145.5
139,086
205,377
2
1.33%
Warlock
Destruction
113,949.0
52.4%
120,670.3
57,500.0
35,536
242,440
15
10.00%
Warrior
Arms
80,042.0
36.8%
80,042.0
12,033.0
68,009
92,075
2
1.33%
Warrior
Fury
96,053.0
44.2%
124,928.7
65,731.3
22,726
237,810
9
6.00%
Monk
Windwalker
105,199.0
48.4%
107,460.5
36,157.1
59,653
159,791
4
2.67%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
14,617.0
81.4%
14,702.8
5,560.2
8,439
21,138
4
12.90%
Paladin
Holy
7,701.5
42.9%
8,372.4
4,900.4
1,930
16,051
10
32.26%
Priest
Discipline
14,665.5
81.7%
13,953.8
6,204.9
4,560
21,924
4
12.90%
Priest
Holy
5,765.5
32.1%
5,765.5
52.5
5,713
5,818
2
6.45%
Shaman
Restoration
17,961.0
100.0%
21,829.5
13,126.1
3,557
43,867
8
25.81%
Monk
Mistweaver
15,497.0
86.3%
22,075.7
14,029.1
9,155
41,575
3
9.68%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
48,214.0
74.3%
44,630.1
15,916.1
10,223
71,010
11
34.38%
Druid
Feral Bear
41,992.5
64.7%
41,992.5
9,564.5
32,428
51,557
2
6.25%
Paladin
Protection
45,943.0
70.8%
42,532.4
20,307.3
11,261
69,698
7
21.88%
Warrior
Protection
37,877.0
58.4%
41,424.1
15,331.9
17,328
75,340
9
28.13%
Monk
Brewmaster
64,856.0
100.0%
62,522.0
26,838.4
28,547
94,163
3
9.38%
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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