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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
103,671.0
40.7%
111,957.8
50,042.8
54,667
219,613
10
8.06%
Death Knight
Unholy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Druid
Balance
129,768.0
50.9%
158,992.3
64,328.2
91,344
286,424
7
5.65%
Druid
Feral Cat
139,026.0
54.5%
139,026.0
0.0
139,026
139,026
1
0.81%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
85,409.0
33.5%
105,435.1
46,599.2
60,455
208,498
10
8.06%
Hunter
Marksmanship
51,852.0
20.3%
51,852.0
0.0
51,852
51,852
1
0.81%
Hunter
Survival
107,277.5
42.1%
93,766.6
46,646.2
8,673
139,885
8
6.45%
Mage
Arcane
74,328.0
29.2%
132,043.0
81,629.8
74,316
247,485
3
2.42%
Mage
Fire
254,882.0
100.0%
221,425.9
64,695.3
85,580
295,429
7
5.65%
Mage
Frost
106,347.0
41.7%
120,917.8
50,047.3
65,141
199,009
12
9.68%
Paladin
Retribution
72,241.0
28.3%
62,939.6
26,926.6
10,179
82,005
5
4.03%
Priest
Shadow
151,936.0
59.6%
160,043.6
57,252.5
33,982
243,093
11
8.87%
Rogue
Assassination
117,876.0
46.2%
117,876.0
0.0
117,876
117,876
1
0.81%
Rogue
Combat
99,700.0
39.1%
99,700.0
0.0
99,700
99,700
1
0.81%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
117,317.0
46.0%
130,348.5
71,252.7
45,476
240,629
13
10.48%
Shaman
Enhancement
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Affliction
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Demonology
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Destruction
124,457.5
48.8%
146,292.2
53,907.7
114,131
265,730
6
4.84%
Warrior
Arms
135,095.0
53.0%
95,603.4
53,446.6
9,912
143,071
7
5.65%
Warrior
Fury
76,527.0
30.0%
99,032.6
59,107.8
34,273
225,344
9
7.26%
Monk
Windwalker
127,877.5
50.2%
115,190.8
47,708.5
14,466
193,680
12
9.68%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
30,151.5
55.9%
34,436.6
14,268.8
18,011
70,711
10
21.28%
Paladin
Holy
53,932.0
100.0%
51,058.5
10,685.1
34,212
66,871
11
23.40%
Priest
Discipline
49,381.0
91.6%
50,956.6
14,833.8
22,134
71,940
8
17.02%
Priest
Holy
39,245.0
72.8%
38,917.3
8,402.1
25,401
51,627
6
12.77%
Shaman
Restoration
23,988.0
44.5%
30,817.0
11,455.1
20,840
54,929
7
14.89%
Monk
Mistweaver
37,102.0
68.8%
43,170.4
13,522.9
24,310
59,818
5
10.64%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
68,958.0
83.1%
69,896.7
24,617.8
28,014
97,521
6
31.58%
Druid
Feral Bear
75,854.0
91.4%
90,299.5
33,888.3
61,392
148,098
4
21.05%
Paladin
Protection
49,834.5
60.1%
44,588.5
19,267.2
13,124
65,561
4
21.05%
Warrior
Protection
71,994.0
86.8%
56,918.7
23,978.5
23,075
75,687
3
15.79%
Monk
Brewmaster
82,955.5
100.0%
82,955.5
0.5
82,955
82,956
2
10.53%
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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