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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
31,999.0
74.6%
29,806.9
7,900.7
8,318
42,432
78
6.63%
Death Knight
Unholy
35,632.0
83.1%
34,303.4
7,607.4
19,225
48,908
36
3.06%
Druid
Balance
32,803.5
76.5%
32,897.6
5,452.1
21,468
45,600
100
8.50%
Druid
Feral Cat
33,823.0
78.8%
31,557.5
10,098.0
10,890
51,426
40
3.40%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
39,824.0
92.8%
39,106.7
2,700.1
35,500
41,996
3
0.26%
Hunter
Marksmanship
30,924.5
72.1%
31,626.4
5,252.9
23,173
39,051
8
0.68%
Hunter
Survival
39,818.5
92.8%
40,936.9
3,925.7
35,381
51,670
100
8.50%
Mage
Arcane
31,615.0
73.7%
33,035.7
6,978.4
17,799
49,547
43
3.66%
Mage
Fire
37,134.5
86.6%
38,041.7
4,796.3
31,935
57,890
100
8.50%
Mage
Frost
37,636.0
87.7%
37,636.0
0.0
37,636
37,636
1
0.09%
Paladin
Retribution
34,941.0
81.5%
33,376.9
7,913.2
9,436
46,423
80
6.80%
Priest
Shadow
35,785.0
83.4%
36,366.4
3,969.5
30,516
46,171
100
8.50%
Rogue
Assassination
39,917.5
93.1%
39,182.5
6,944.1
22,539
48,767
20
1.70%
Rogue
Combat
38,436.5
89.6%
38,516.1
5,039.8
30,525
49,479
100
8.50%
Rogue
Subtlety
42,898.0
100.0%
39,984.0
7,768.2
28,188
48,560
9
0.77%
Shaman
Elemental
33,142.0
77.3%
31,804.8
6,476.0
2,310
42,978
97
8.25%
Shaman
Enhancement
32,197.0
75.1%
32,100.4
5,932.1
13,450
39,941
27
2.30%
Warlock
Affliction
35,347.0
82.4%
34,939.1
5,519.8
25,304
46,372
27
2.30%
Warlock
Demonology
37,097.0
86.5%
37,720.1
5,123.8
28,808
51,893
45
3.83%
Warlock
Destruction
32,653.0
76.1%
32,568.3
6,712.9
14,796
49,612
57
4.85%
Warrior
Arms
33,538.5
78.2%
32,951.5
9,204.4
684
49,418
78
6.63%
Warrior
Fury
32,766.0
76.4%
32,838.6
6,891.5
15,257
43,764
27
2.30%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
23,722.5
100.0%
24,217.6
3,633.0
19,415
35,937
100
23.09%
Paladin
Holy
23,058.5
97.2%
23,743.9
3,657.2
19,064
33,967
100
23.09%
Priest
Discipline
19,278.0
81.3%
19,929.4
5,374.8
7,879
35,034
90
20.79%
Priest
Holy
21,737.0
91.6%
21,929.8
4,703.6
11,762
32,741
43
9.93%
Shaman
Restoration
23,690.5
99.9%
24,626.3
3,820.7
19,149
36,904
100
23.09%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
15,361.5
100.0%
15,923.5
3,698.3
11,286
28,503
100
25.77%
Druid
Feral Bear
14,410.0
93.8%
14,940.1
5,137.8
3,049
36,083
88
22.68%
Paladin
Protection
12,324.0
80.2%
13,077.1
2,954.2
9,657
24,097
100
25.77%
Warrior
Protection
10,336.0
67.3%
10,379.5
1,897.0
7,356
16,995
100
25.77%
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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