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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
53,113.5
52.0%
47,657.7
25,714.5
8,376
78,596
6
4.96%
Death Knight
Unholy
83,066.0
81.3%
95,754.7
42,198.8
51,598
152,600
3
2.48%
Druid
Balance
67,845.0
66.4%
72,568.3
42,217.7
3,983
134,704
6
4.96%
Druid
Feral Cat
80,693.5
78.9%
80,693.5
29,426.5
51,267
110,120
2
1.65%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
75,959.0
74.3%
81,919.6
36,318.3
39,072
142,674
7
5.79%
Hunter
Marksmanship
38,501.0
37.7%
38,501.0
28,303.0
10,198
66,804
2
1.65%
Hunter
Survival
51,653.0
50.5%
68,425.5
40,537.2
9,205
154,217
11
9.09%
Mage
Arcane
40,768.5
39.9%
40,768.5
26,025.5
14,743
66,794
2
1.65%
Mage
Fire
54,640.0
53.4%
66,353.1
30,849.9
32,416
126,873
8
6.61%
Mage
Frost
37,495.0
36.7%
54,038.6
42,996.0
7,761
120,910
7
5.79%
Paladin
Retribution
55,252.0
54.0%
57,415.5
22,132.3
28,790
109,403
11
9.09%
Priest
Shadow
37,197.5
36.4%
49,427.5
35,956.6
8,031
109,648
8
6.61%
Rogue
Assassination
101,094.0
98.9%
68,960.0
47,782.4
1,412
104,374
3
2.48%
Rogue
Combat
53,920.0
52.7%
48,691.3
20,251.4
21,691
70,463
3
2.48%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
77,264.0
75.6%
77,188.1
29,730.3
30,211
112,780
10
8.26%
Shaman
Enhancement
70,516.0
69.0%
94,568.7
83,534.9
6,429
206,761
3
2.48%
Warlock
Affliction
20,267.0
19.8%
82,719.3
89,380.9
18,771
209,120
3
2.48%
Warlock
Demonology
102,233.0
100.0%
102,233.0
0.0
102,233
102,233
1
0.83%
Warlock
Destruction
72,404.5
70.8%
68,409.2
32,204.4
13,729
134,785
12
9.92%
Warrior
Arms
95,957.0
93.9%
95,957.0
32,377.0
63,580
128,334
2
1.65%
Warrior
Fury
58,035.0
56.8%
55,995.8
38,617.7
4,701
103,183
6
4.96%
Monk
Windwalker
51,912.0
50.8%
57,841.8
40,573.7
13,257
117,561
5
4.13%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
8,676.0
100.0%
9,288.6
4,339.2
2,843
18,422
9
22.50%
Paladin
Holy
6,444.0
74.3%
8,912.4
7,159.0
279
23,270
12
30.00%
Priest
Discipline
5,562.0
64.1%
9,669.9
9,561.9
1,471
36,135
13
32.50%
Priest
Holy
8,474.0
97.7%
8,474.0
0.0
8,474
8,474
1
2.50%
Shaman
Restoration
4,935.5
56.9%
4,935.5
3,861.5
1,074
8,797
2
5.00%
Monk
Mistweaver
4,931.0
56.8%
4,434.0
1,574.3
2,306
6,065
3
7.50%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
37,381.5
100.0%
34,913.0
12,998.1
12,953
49,417
8
32.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
24,188.5
64.7%
27,630.8
10,468.4
18,060
44,086
4
16.00%
Paladin
Protection
28,766.0
77.0%
24,181.9
12,814.0
4,551
42,079
7
28.00%
Warrior
Protection
25,715.5
68.8%
21,856.5
9,513.2
6,177
29,818
4
16.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
33,470.0
89.5%
33,470.0
16,701.0
16,769
50,171
2
8.00%
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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