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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
108,352.5
46.7%
110,578.2
57,225.3
8,798
232,194
12
9.38%
Death Knight
Unholy
178,467.0
76.9%
193,595.0
33,579.7
162,175
240,143
3
2.34%
Druid
Balance
91,778.0
39.5%
109,643.3
75,152.0
42,693
274,098
7
5.47%
Druid
Feral Cat
46,752.0
20.1%
46,752.0
0.0
46,752
46,752
1
0.78%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
146,318.5
63.0%
163,357.2
100,679.8
17,723
339,106
10
7.81%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
105,578.0
45.5%
122,501.0
37,122.4
89,092
203,673
8
6.25%
Mage
Arcane
77,228.0
33.3%
77,228.0
0.0
77,228
77,228
1
0.78%
Mage
Fire
106,207.0
45.7%
136,851.3
82,940.9
16,132
302,086
9
7.03%
Mage
Frost
111,662.0
48.1%
109,055.6
36,472.2
37,960
165,777
7
5.47%
Paladin
Retribution
123,175.0
53.1%
125,026.0
70,274.1
44,508
276,891
9
7.03%
Priest
Shadow
98,283.5
42.3%
125,634.5
73,460.4
45,193
262,367
6
4.69%
Rogue
Assassination
183,084.5
78.9%
189,729.3
45,859.5
138,588
254,160
4
3.13%
Rogue
Combat
91,183.0
39.3%
93,864.0
43,233.8
42,305
148,104
3
2.34%
Rogue
Subtlety
232,151.0
100.0%
232,151.0
0.0
232,151
232,151
1
0.78%
Shaman
Elemental
139,567.0
60.1%
131,131.9
43,403.0
60,514
188,784
8
6.25%
Shaman
Enhancement
76,540.0
33.0%
76,540.0
38,693.0
37,847
115,233
2
1.56%
Warlock
Affliction
149,755.0
64.5%
149,755.0
0.0
149,755
149,755
1
0.78%
Warlock
Demonology
224,144.5
96.6%
226,491.5
110,322.4
79,421
378,256
4
3.13%
Warlock
Destruction
109,635.5
47.2%
111,493.6
42,699.4
28,071
187,792
12
9.38%
Warrior
Arms
66,640.0
28.7%
78,380.3
45,254.3
12,763
158,049
9
7.03%
Warrior
Fury
126,201.0
54.4%
175,879.0
139,488.0
16,708
401,088
9
7.03%
Monk
Windwalker
44,591.5
19.2%
44,591.5
8,375.5
36,216
52,967
2
1.56%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
906.0
5.0%
2,801.0
3,341.1
0
7,497
3
10.00%
Paladin
Holy
10,982.5
60.6%
15,001.8
12,699.9
0
41,282
8
26.67%
Priest
Discipline
18,122.0
100.0%
19,341.0
12,139.9
1,954
40,437
10
33.33%
Priest
Holy
8,663.0
47.8%
8,861.8
6,558.2
1,778
19,575
5
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
262.0
1.4%
262.0
0.0
262
262
1
3.33%
Monk
Mistweaver
8,601.0
47.5%
8,406.0
6,785.3
0
16,617
3
10.00%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
44,159.0
76.1%
45,913.8
10,884.4
33,337
62,000
4
21.05%
Druid
Feral Bear
35,995.0
62.1%
47,191.3
19,099.3
31,502
74,077
3
15.79%
Paladin
Protection
31,165.0
53.7%
31,801.6
11,259.9
14,678
50,234
5
26.32%
Warrior
Protection
32,793.5
56.5%
45,268.5
27,224.9
23,546
91,941
4
21.05%
Monk
Brewmaster
57,994.0
100.0%
65,941.0
11,313.1
57,889
81,940
3
15.79%
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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