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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
27,343.5
51.0%
33,271.5
21,662.5
5,619
100,564
26
6.06%
Death Knight
Unholy
35,630.0
66.5%
37,782.7
24,306.8
6,485
86,699
6
1.40%
Druid
Balance
29,449.0
54.9%
34,736.6
25,549.4
0
90,167
17
3.96%
Druid
Feral Cat
26,387.0
49.2%
28,371.1
26,157.3
1,589
105,029
15
3.50%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
26,369.0
49.2%
29,907.1
20,582.7
6,800
89,541
23
5.36%
Hunter
Marksmanship
15,371.0
28.7%
20,582.9
12,754.3
4,971
41,941
10
2.33%
Hunter
Survival
35,474.0
66.2%
37,210.3
23,132.5
5,430
104,030
35
8.16%
Mage
Arcane
24,999.0
46.6%
22,565.0
5,392.4
12,670
28,279
5
1.17%
Mage
Fire
27,481.5
51.3%
36,020.5
25,152.4
5,064
98,730
30
6.99%
Mage
Frost
26,538.5
49.5%
29,894.3
18,279.4
9,305
100,244
32
7.46%
Paladin
Retribution
34,692.0
64.7%
39,572.8
22,706.0
5,834
99,273
33
7.69%
Priest
Shadow
33,932.0
63.3%
35,320.4
21,092.4
4,427
100,662
37
8.62%
Rogue
Assassination
53,605.5
100.0%
58,285.4
40,138.3
8,040
155,308
14
3.26%
Rogue
Combat
11,696.0
21.8%
15,458.1
11,532.9
2,349
49,286
12
2.80%
Rogue
Subtlety
8,527.5
15.9%
8,527.5
1,173.5
7,354
9,701
2
0.47%
Shaman
Elemental
25,640.0
47.8%
32,956.4
22,203.8
10,906
103,793
20
4.66%
Shaman
Enhancement
19,449.0
36.3%
33,440.4
25,508.5
14,278
73,563
7
1.63%
Warlock
Affliction
20,570.0
38.4%
20,570.0
14,646.0
5,924
35,216
2
0.47%
Warlock
Demonology
32,684.0
61.0%
37,920.6
25,829.2
4,341
82,941
12
2.80%
Warlock
Destruction
32,190.5
60.1%
35,528.4
23,419.6
5,417
93,706
40
9.32%
Warrior
Arms
15,512.0
28.9%
19,911.0
15,574.0
1,932
59,160
10
2.33%
Warrior
Fury
34,945.0
65.2%
40,236.3
24,419.2
10,441
96,286
28
6.53%
Monk
Windwalker
22,713.0
42.4%
28,559.8
22,622.2
8,939
87,285
13
3.03%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
21,728.5
88.8%
25,788.3
12,988.8
2,532
62,003
22
16.92%
Paladin
Holy
24,456.5
100.0%
23,574.7
11,611.9
1,267
54,442
26
20.00%
Priest
Discipline
24,081.0
98.5%
26,409.3
15,234.4
2,473
66,354
34
26.15%
Priest
Holy
19,672.0
80.4%
20,255.4
12,716.0
1,326
38,784
8
6.15%
Shaman
Restoration
21,449.0
87.7%
25,202.4
14,193.2
4,762
73,301
27
20.77%
Monk
Mistweaver
18,048.0
73.8%
20,567.5
9,877.3
7,876
34,531
13
10.00%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
35,299.0
100.0%
31,528.9
17,920.5
4,769
80,049
29
28.43%
Druid
Feral Bear
31,255.5
88.5%
28,775.4
19,255.5
3,080
68,088
16
15.69%
Paladin
Protection
17,132.5
48.5%
20,581.0
12,010.3
5,246
57,945
36
35.29%
Warrior
Protection
30,701.0
87.0%
30,150.0
17,184.9
6,577
65,315
13
12.75%
Monk
Brewmaster
30,929.5
87.6%
35,289.8
25,665.9
10,019
96,923
8
7.84%
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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