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* Adjusted Spec Score excludes Halfus
Latest Data in Amazing Table Form
DPS
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Frost
20,599.0
61.9%
20,403.7
5,981.0
4,763
34,819
63
5.01%
Death Knight
Unholy
20,758.0
62.4%
21,623.9
4,758.8
10,395
32,706
49
3.90%
Druid
Balance
23,769.0
71.4%
23,998.0
5,699.4
8,361
35,646
99
7.88%
Druid
Feral Cat
20,323.0
61.1%
21,977.8
6,593.8
8,833
36,749
59
4.69%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
21,894.0
65.8%
20,865.3
1,460.4
18,800
21,902
3
0.24%
Hunter
Marksmanship
23,382.0
70.3%
21,588.9
5,386.1
13,406
30,620
18
1.43%
Hunter
Survival
25,667.5
77.1%
25,926.5
2,819.6
21,818
36,906
100
7.96%
Mage
Arcane
25,795.0
77.5%
24,730.9
5,518.4
11,601
35,382
33
2.63%
Mage
Fire
25,487.5
76.6%
25,967.1
3,691.1
21,008
36,628
100
7.96%
Mage
Frost
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Paladin
Retribution
25,473.0
76.5%
25,330.7
5,685.6
7,100
33,755
87
6.92%
Priest
Shadow
25,177.5
75.7%
25,669.7
5,456.8
18,317
39,951
100
7.96%
Rogue
Assassination
29,759.0
89.4%
26,993.3
8,072.2
10,180
35,682
33
2.63%
Rogue
Combat
27,189.5
81.7%
27,094.6
5,239.1
15,923
39,587
100
7.96%
Rogue
Subtlety
33,277.0
100.0%
30,764.9
7,609.2
8,216
41,236
35
2.78%
Shaman
Elemental
23,068.0
69.3%
22,638.0
4,867.6
9,907
32,428
63
5.01%
Shaman
Enhancement
25,188.0
75.7%
24,883.3
4,863.6
13,666
32,688
44
3.50%
Warlock
Affliction
21,344.0
64.1%
21,860.4
4,637.4
12,257
35,056
52
4.14%
Warlock
Demonology
18,166.0
54.6%
19,372.8
6,278.0
3,451
31,784
45
3.58%
Warlock
Destruction
22,319.0
67.1%
21,087.3
6,333.4
2,869
34,279
56
4.46%
Warrior
Arms
24,331.0
73.1%
23,865.5
6,949.4
7,416
39,633
97
7.72%
Warrior
Fury
24,914.0
74.9%
24,005.5
7,920.3
9,260
33,514
21
1.67%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
20,980.0
96.6%
21,427.0
3,582.2
15,954
30,724
100
21.88%
Paladin
Holy
21,723.0
100.0%
22,513.3
3,750.1
16,595
34,564
100
21.88%
Priest
Discipline
18,165.0
83.6%
18,175.3
4,086.8
8,189
34,479
89
19.47%
Priest
Holy
18,740.5
86.3%
19,502.3
4,399.1
12,479
32,208
68
14.88%
Shaman
Restoration
18,118.5
83.4%
17,952.8
4,267.9
4,333
26,290
100
21.88%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
13,716.0
100.0%
14,010.4
2,674.9
9,346
24,546
44
24.72%
Druid
Feral Bear
13,297.0
96.9%
13,582.1
3,454.9
6,095
22,136
51
28.65%
Paladin
Protection
11,934.0
87.0%
12,170.3
3,185.0
0
18,350
41
23.03%
Warrior
Protection
9,301.0
67.8%
9,779.3
2,491.2
5,350
16,473
42
23.60%
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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