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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
68,782.5
73.4%
76,248.3
32,008.0
48,921
230,823
100
5.80%
Death Knight
Unholy
64,310.0
68.6%
74,008.0
32,249.0
17,416
151,406
35
2.03%
Druid
Balance
66,859.0
71.3%
79,594.4
51,745.4
24,115
311,279
100
5.80%
Druid
Feral Cat
61,460.0
65.6%
65,700.4
30,990.1
7,650
137,203
39
2.26%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
81,516.0
87.0%
87,047.7
24,561.8
58,321
156,956
100
5.80%
Hunter
Marksmanship
53,684.0
57.3%
58,329.9
18,667.7
38,321
110,640
13
0.75%
Hunter
Survival
81,278.5
86.7%
85,859.8
32,696.7
56,164
246,434
100
5.80%
Mage
Arcane
51,774.0
55.2%
61,965.8
33,751.0
15,191
176,643
56
3.25%
Mage
Fire
80,359.0
85.7%
93,206.8
64,134.6
32,137
409,443
100
5.80%
Mage
Frost
69,108.5
73.7%
74,127.2
16,430.6
53,408
123,682
100
5.80%
Paladin
Retribution
74,278.5
79.2%
81,329.6
23,765.9
52,208
152,812
100
5.80%
Priest
Shadow
82,780.0
88.3%
100,391.4
55,960.6
64,414
329,887
100
5.80%
Rogue
Assassination
93,728.5
100.0%
98,544.8
25,325.8
63,710
157,675
100
5.80%
Rogue
Combat
58,438.0
62.3%
57,470.0
25,249.0
8,098
103,448
40
2.32%
Rogue
Subtlety
62,617.0
66.8%
66,674.5
33,419.9
15,228
121,499
6
0.35%
Shaman
Elemental
90,668.5
96.7%
94,835.3
18,856.8
71,122
150,866
100
5.80%
Shaman
Enhancement
72,981.0
77.9%
87,969.7
53,928.8
8,601
321,183
90
5.22%
Warlock
Affliction
83,730.0
89.3%
82,684.2
46,304.1
25,390
198,278
42
2.44%
Warlock
Demonology
69,699.0
74.4%
81,237.8
61,583.6
8,171
322,767
72
4.18%
Warlock
Destruction
71,830.0
76.6%
75,471.2
16,197.9
57,004
139,402
100
5.80%
Warrior
Arms
53,593.0
57.2%
53,261.1
18,809.9
17,230
102,119
50
2.90%
Warrior
Fury
58,986.0
62.9%
63,069.0
23,567.2
29,731
141,035
100
5.80%
Monk
Windwalker
55,242.5
58.9%
57,805.8
23,803.3
2,566
128,014
80
4.64%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
42,675.5
100.0%
44,949.5
8,081.9
36,167
89,690
100
16.81%
Paladin
Holy
40,132.5
94.0%
42,834.0
9,836.7
32,262
82,326
100
16.81%
Priest
Discipline
42,318.5
99.2%
44,068.9
7,165.4
35,405
69,787
100
16.81%
Priest
Holy
32,513.0
76.2%
32,994.5
12,845.0
778
84,516
95
15.97%
Shaman
Restoration
33,410.5
78.3%
35,443.9
9,894.8
22,688
66,923
100
16.81%
Monk
Mistweaver
35,927.5
84.2%
37,590.5
12,652.9
20,543
81,682
100
16.81%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
37,538.0
92.6%
40,702.1
8,464.1
31,779
80,371
100
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
35,303.5
87.1%
39,011.3
13,914.3
24,569
116,250
100
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
33,937.5
83.7%
36,643.3
8,382.4
27,719
59,942
100
20.00%
Warrior
Protection
31,499.5
77.7%
34,044.9
9,938.2
24,285
71,132
100
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
40,534.0
100.0%
45,900.8
22,332.0
27,010
148,903
100
20.00%
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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