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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
99,506.0
94.4%
106,017.0
25,762.6
73,211
208,930
100
5.55%
Death Knight
Unholy
96,292.0
91.4%
97,511.3
48,849.3
25,275
181,292
50
2.77%
Druid
Balance
78,850.0
74.8%
84,491.4
44,250.6
0
205,345
78
4.33%
Druid
Feral Cat
71,734.0
68.1%
74,228.1
33,865.7
7,928
155,001
67
3.72%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
85,979.5
81.6%
88,249.5
30,308.4
44,341
215,425
100
5.55%
Hunter
Marksmanship
66,506.0
63.1%
72,688.6
26,238.0
43,377
144,414
25
1.39%
Hunter
Survival
94,464.5
89.7%
100,166.4
21,866.6
73,910
167,821
100
5.55%
Mage
Arcane
61,511.0
58.4%
65,011.3
26,954.1
13,809
162,306
64
3.55%
Mage
Fire
105,364.5
100.0%
113,896.4
39,578.4
63,292
251,716
100
5.55%
Mage
Frost
95,263.0
90.4%
100,516.0
17,185.7
80,037
159,277
100
5.55%
Paladin
Retribution
78,680.0
74.7%
85,007.3
31,735.4
46,559
198,590
100
5.55%
Priest
Shadow
91,300.5
86.7%
101,488.7
27,130.8
70,780
200,217
100
5.55%
Rogue
Assassination
101,286.0
96.1%
109,863.9
25,577.9
83,129
220,797
100
5.55%
Rogue
Combat
63,831.0
60.6%
73,505.7
37,672.8
26,197
177,599
48
2.66%
Rogue
Subtlety
30,235.0
28.7%
30,235.0
17,244.0
12,991
47,479
2
0.11%
Shaman
Elemental
104,535.0
99.2%
108,214.2
25,500.3
78,964
219,282
100
5.55%
Shaman
Enhancement
75,375.0
71.5%
77,913.6
39,099.3
1,541
212,192
69
3.83%
Warlock
Affliction
91,802.5
87.1%
106,648.5
44,860.9
39,459
214,102
56
3.11%
Warlock
Demonology
91,763.0
87.1%
101,262.6
41,376.4
36,655
246,682
43
2.39%
Warlock
Destruction
95,000.0
90.2%
100,387.8
20,661.0
75,503
159,248
100
5.55%
Warrior
Arms
72,866.5
69.2%
73,442.9
25,005.9
9,101
141,917
100
5.55%
Warrior
Fury
82,587.5
78.4%
89,385.8
33,859.4
44,859
184,549
100
5.55%
Monk
Windwalker
83,380.0
79.1%
86,079.7
25,906.8
51,556
189,107
100
5.55%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
53,571.5
100.0%
54,946.7
9,759.7
41,526
88,695
100
17.24%
Paladin
Holy
50,924.0
95.1%
52,586.5
9,346.2
41,123
93,565
100
17.24%
Priest
Discipline
51,334.5
95.8%
54,467.0
10,436.2
42,222
91,463
100
17.24%
Priest
Holy
40,949.5
76.4%
41,297.2
14,623.4
20,461
104,518
80
13.79%
Shaman
Restoration
43,925.0
82.0%
46,280.8
8,740.1
35,189
70,574
100
17.24%
Monk
Mistweaver
41,445.0
77.4%
43,737.1
11,564.2
29,418
84,396
100
17.24%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
50,801.0
100.0%
58,248.8
18,317.7
43,052
133,259
100
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
41,953.0
82.6%
48,282.0
18,583.5
29,207
137,386
100
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
42,101.0
82.9%
45,436.4
9,209.7
35,470
83,183
100
20.00%
Warrior
Protection
41,267.0
81.2%
44,776.0
12,530.1
34,667
107,724
100
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
46,316.0
91.2%
51,564.6
17,402.3
33,757
130,322
100
20.00%
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
More details of the methodology used can be found on the DPS Bot Docs page.
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