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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
126,285.0
72.4%
127,129.0
50,528.8
48,027
244,518
14
8.43%
Death Knight
Unholy
174,397.0
100.0%
174,397.0
0.0
174,397
174,397
1
0.60%
Druid
Balance
110,679.0
63.5%
110,454.9
38,332.5
52,704
174,479
13
7.83%
Druid
Feral Cat
81,215.0
46.6%
81,215.0
0.0
81,215
81,215
1
0.60%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
142,173.0
81.5%
143,323.2
69,458.4
41,959
259,452
12
7.23%
Hunter
Marksmanship
132,939.0
76.2%
132,939.0
0.0
132,939
132,939
1
0.60%
Hunter
Survival
108,459.0
62.2%
111,907.5
55,254.1
19,585
234,904
15
9.04%
Mage
Arcane
54,480.0
31.2%
62,807.7
13,263.4
52,416
81,527
3
1.81%
Mage
Fire
117,963.0
67.6%
121,568.9
65,879.8
26,576
233,633
15
9.04%
Mage
Frost
81,238.0
46.6%
85,833.4
35,923.1
26,855
164,283
10
6.02%
Paladin
Retribution
117,664.0
67.5%
110,316.4
57,583.2
32,901
228,002
11
6.63%
Priest
Shadow
140,117.5
80.3%
119,949.3
56,312.1
33,883
189,311
10
6.02%
Rogue
Assassination
125,268.5
71.8%
125,931.9
27,751.4
68,941
164,218
8
4.82%
Rogue
Combat
121,644.0
69.8%
121,644.0
57,541.0
64,103
179,185
2
1.20%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
112,899.0
64.7%
102,380.1
42,417.9
42,036
162,498
13
7.83%
Shaman
Enhancement
76,038.0
43.6%
107,964.1
73,643.2
31,800
260,247
7
4.22%
Warlock
Affliction
119,162.0
68.3%
119,162.0
0.0
119,162
119,162
1
0.60%
Warlock
Demonology
111,449.5
63.9%
110,365.5
50,316.7
24,992
197,386
6
3.61%
Warlock
Destruction
117,756.0
67.5%
119,764.6
43,968.9
66,429
182,724
7
4.22%
Warrior
Arms
41,809.0
24.0%
41,809.0
0.0
41,809
41,809
1
0.60%
Warrior
Fury
131,286.5
75.3%
114,713.5
53,680.2
10,577
178,312
10
6.02%
Monk
Windwalker
93,441.0
53.6%
94,952.8
41,879.1
33,795
161,464
5
3.01%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
28,041.5
96.8%
28,000.9
14,808.2
10,126
55,975
8
19.05%
Paladin
Holy
15,893.0
54.9%
19,263.1
12,295.5
0
42,530
12
28.57%
Priest
Discipline
28,960.0
100.0%
29,063.9
6,642.7
13,700
37,755
11
26.19%
Priest
Holy
13,612.0
47.0%
13,612.0
2,019.0
11,593
15,631
2
4.76%
Shaman
Restoration
20,437.5
70.6%
22,634.2
13,058.9
10,094
49,774
6
14.29%
Monk
Mistweaver
24,790.0
85.6%
30,302.3
24,769.6
3,100
63,017
3
7.14%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
66,503.0
97.9%
72,033.1
24,576.7
26,219
121,519
15
36.59%
Druid
Feral Bear
67,898.0
100.0%
84,907.2
47,283.9
43,116
182,114
6
14.63%
Paladin
Protection
45,375.0
66.8%
82,061.4
107,412.9
13,520
430,039
12
29.27%
Warrior
Protection
46,362.5
68.3%
49,718.3
26,507.6
16,943
95,054
8
19.51%
Monk
Brewmaster
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
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
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