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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
48,072.0
82.8%
52,314.3
14,833.6
38,025
116,696
100
4.87%
Death Knight
Unholy
31,482.0
54.2%
40,275.8
26,558.7
9,684
145,448
73
3.56%
Druid
Balance
33,201.0
57.2%
37,142.2
16,732.7
17,507
109,330
100
4.87%
Druid
Feral Cat
30,614.0
52.7%
34,119.0
18,759.9
2,545
95,237
91
4.43%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
42,556.0
73.3%
49,667.6
20,383.4
33,072
139,042
100
4.87%
Hunter
Marksmanship
26,552.0
45.7%
26,762.1
12,216.9
1,529
65,469
68
3.31%
Hunter
Survival
53,364.0
91.9%
59,265.7
20,180.3
39,144
162,408
100
4.87%
Mage
Arcane
31,182.5
53.7%
35,887.3
16,497.6
19,927
125,868
100
4.87%
Mage
Fire
35,009.0
60.3%
46,581.8
31,911.9
8,683
138,026
95
4.63%
Mage
Frost
55,122.5
94.9%
60,240.8
16,962.5
42,825
139,189
100
4.87%
Paladin
Retribution
44,544.0
76.7%
50,257.5
16,579.5
36,127
118,003
100
4.87%
Priest
Shadow
51,010.5
87.8%
56,828.2
18,173.4
39,840
125,898
100
4.87%
Rogue
Assassination
58,075.5
100.0%
62,535.9
21,513.1
38,676
135,355
100
4.87%
Rogue
Combat
30,265.0
52.1%
32,877.9
16,712.3
5,905
94,854
73
3.56%
Rogue
Subtlety
21,605.0
37.2%
20,915.9
8,799.9
1,954
35,800
31
1.51%
Shaman
Elemental
49,085.0
84.5%
52,022.5
15,062.2
36,695
124,233
100
4.87%
Shaman
Enhancement
36,511.5
62.9%
39,414.7
20,256.6
3,777
104,381
80
3.90%
Warlock
Affliction
30,336.0
52.2%
39,503.1
27,782.3
2,344
122,856
61
2.97%
Warlock
Demonology
32,557.0
56.1%
36,076.5
21,069.3
7,468
116,704
81
3.95%
Warlock
Destruction
55,879.0
96.2%
60,771.7
15,305.2
44,297
133,681
100
4.87%
Warrior
Arms
41,853.5
72.1%
44,244.3
10,365.7
31,605
87,684
100
4.87%
Warrior
Fury
38,104.5
65.6%
44,237.5
17,606.3
27,036
104,105
100
4.87%
Monk
Windwalker
38,205.5
65.8%
40,115.7
10,406.2
29,860
98,364
100
4.87%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
22,503.0
78.2%
25,257.9
6,531.7
18,906
52,134
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
24,511.0
85.2%
26,910.4
6,898.0
19,465
53,174
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
28,765.0
100.0%
29,922.9
7,890.4
21,725
67,115
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
19,305.5
67.1%
21,366.8
7,477.0
12,800
60,665
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
24,376.0
84.7%
25,367.1
5,673.1
19,167
51,454
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
20,497.5
71.3%
22,622.0
7,081.0
13,583
47,878
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
30,029.0
100.0%
33,425.9
10,135.4
23,309
80,454
100
23.81%
Druid
Feral Bear
23,678.0
78.9%
26,090.1
10,949.9
4,236
73,174
64
15.24%
Paladin
Protection
22,722.0
75.7%
23,947.0
8,942.9
14,596
79,511
100
23.81%
Warrior
Protection
25,177.0
83.8%
25,931.5
6,619.8
17,007
62,789
100
23.81%
Monk
Brewmaster
26,381.5
87.9%
24,626.4
9,956.8
334
49,852
56
13.33%
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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