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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
123,094.0
73.6%
106,112.4
49,431.8
12,795
201,630
13
10.00%
Death Knight
Unholy
124,475.0
74.5%
132,658.7
12,644.6
122,981
150,520
3
2.31%
Druid
Balance
74,953.0
44.8%
91,505.4
47,327.6
36,718
175,628
7
5.38%
Druid
Feral Cat
36,087.0
21.6%
36,087.0
0.0
36,087
36,087
1
0.77%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
167,161.0
100.0%
166,505.3
60,191.2
64,479
292,305
9
6.92%
Hunter
Marksmanship
10,974.0
6.6%
10,974.0
5,768.0
5,206
16,742
2
1.54%
Hunter
Survival
105,162.0
62.9%
114,207.7
45,798.0
37,512
192,742
9
6.92%
Mage
Arcane
133,107.0
79.6%
133,107.0
0.0
133,107
133,107
1
0.77%
Mage
Fire
117,789.0
70.5%
96,655.3
60,825.6
9,736
189,010
11
8.46%
Mage
Frost
87,764.0
52.5%
79,709.4
31,764.8
19,558
118,108
7
5.38%
Paladin
Retribution
99,219.5
59.4%
94,766.0
28,688.3
59,641
152,190
8
6.15%
Priest
Shadow
80,575.5
48.2%
90,646.3
45,248.5
45,423
174,053
6
4.62%
Rogue
Assassination
140,468.5
84.0%
152,975.3
37,087.1
120,237
210,727
4
3.08%
Rogue
Combat
43,471.0
26.0%
54,787.5
36,835.0
18,000
114,208
4
3.08%
Rogue
Subtlety
76,059.0
45.5%
76,059.0
0.0
76,059
76,059
1
0.77%
Shaman
Elemental
93,633.0
56.0%
102,038.5
28,350.2
64,782
152,982
8
6.15%
Shaman
Enhancement
70,335.5
42.1%
70,335.5
10,306.5
60,029
80,642
2
1.54%
Warlock
Affliction
159,610.0
95.5%
159,610.0
0.0
159,610
159,610
1
0.77%
Warlock
Demonology
139,986.5
83.7%
161,051.8
83,186.1
68,546
295,688
4
3.08%
Warlock
Destruction
94,146.0
56.3%
102,528.9
32,638.1
53,860
160,537
12
9.23%
Warrior
Arms
66,352.5
39.7%
56,936.3
27,084.1
13,677
89,416
8
6.15%
Warrior
Fury
131,356.0
78.6%
119,028.4
63,484.0
25,461
209,477
8
6.15%
Monk
Windwalker
97,187.0
58.1%
97,187.0
0.0
97,187
97,187
1
0.77%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
33,067.0
77.0%
33,995.7
8,075.0
24,603
44,317
3
8.57%
Paladin
Holy
42,021.0
97.9%
39,730.0
16,220.1
16,297
68,553
8
22.86%
Priest
Discipline
42,925.0
100.0%
40,502.6
14,886.4
17,254
67,309
11
31.43%
Priest
Holy
28,776.0
67.0%
30,558.8
10,812.4
17,310
50,162
5
14.29%
Shaman
Restoration
14,342.0
33.4%
22,363.0
15,962.4
6,712
43,274
5
14.29%
Monk
Mistweaver
25,659.0
59.8%
29,422.7
13,698.5
14,847
47,762
3
8.57%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
81,562.0
81.0%
77,155.8
11,481.8
57,875
87,624
4
15.38%
Druid
Feral Bear
86,878.0
86.3%
81,676.8
27,609.2
41,641
125,058
5
19.23%
Paladin
Protection
51,064.5
50.7%
43,068.4
24,295.7
2,888
79,412
8
30.77%
Warrior
Protection
45,368.5
45.1%
41,254.7
21,554.0
2,945
65,638
6
23.08%
Monk
Brewmaster
100,697.0
100.0%
100,355.3
40,568.8
50,499
149,870
3
11.54%
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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