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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
103,417.5
69.7%
99,566.4
42,865.3
16,871
191,379
82
5.53%
Death Knight
Unholy
104,252.0
70.3%
112,857.1
43,609.2
25,659
210,967
22
1.48%
Druid
Balance
110,550.0
74.5%
116,197.6
49,760.2
13,327
262,821
94
6.34%
Druid
Feral Cat
103,590.0
69.8%
103,277.5
47,848.4
20,057
184,605
31
2.09%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
148,344.5
100.0%
147,567.2
45,298.0
70,726
264,060
100
6.74%
Hunter
Marksmanship
58,314.0
39.3%
79,974.1
52,341.6
22,930
179,962
18
1.21%
Hunter
Survival
115,961.5
78.2%
118,806.8
31,621.6
51,086
200,817
100
6.74%
Mage
Arcane
120,212.5
81.0%
117,027.0
38,535.3
22,972
199,801
20
1.35%
Mage
Fire
145,212.5
97.9%
149,376.4
54,104.8
76,146
307,046
100
6.74%
Mage
Frost
97,780.5
65.9%
95,627.7
40,682.2
18,242
188,589
94
6.34%
Paladin
Retribution
110,627.0
74.6%
115,427.9
53,899.0
18,821
272,828
91
6.14%
Priest
Shadow
122,944.0
82.9%
130,862.3
38,360.7
81,011
262,755
100
6.74%
Rogue
Assassination
133,440.5
90.0%
131,752.7
37,573.4
70,883
220,738
100
6.74%
Rogue
Combat
80,056.0
54.0%
91,307.7
53,776.1
15,129
203,025
21
1.42%
Rogue
Subtlety
32,488.0
21.9%
35,949.0
15,423.5
19,029
56,330
3
0.20%
Shaman
Elemental
133,646.5
90.1%
138,176.5
25,361.1
101,192
213,235
100
6.74%
Shaman
Enhancement
118,741.0
80.0%
124,668.5
52,782.5
24,985
235,353
57
3.84%
Warlock
Affliction
131,908.5
88.9%
131,059.3
34,019.8
47,927
205,193
34
2.29%
Warlock
Demonology
138,336.0
93.3%
136,302.7
64,769.3
12,691
323,669
55
3.71%
Warlock
Destruction
114,481.5
77.2%
120,166.7
25,475.6
84,158
217,045
100
6.74%
Warrior
Arms
80,019.0
53.9%
72,272.0
31,190.0
17,706
128,986
31
2.09%
Warrior
Fury
105,359.0
71.0%
106,641.1
42,569.2
14,660
230,000
79
5.33%
Monk
Windwalker
93,830.0
63.3%
94,262.0
35,492.4
24,043
180,575
51
3.44%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
40,157.0
94.5%
45,271.8
16,522.9
25,342
96,688
100
18.83%
Paladin
Holy
40,648.0
95.6%
44,448.0
12,584.9
27,616
79,629
100
18.83%
Priest
Discipline
42,499.0
100.0%
44,782.8
11,471.0
31,591
108,791
100
18.83%
Priest
Holy
27,663.5
65.1%
33,019.7
17,530.8
10,264
92,011
40
7.53%
Shaman
Restoration
36,635.5
86.2%
38,725.6
19,118.8
7,021
127,795
98
18.46%
Monk
Mistweaver
32,813.0
77.2%
35,687.8
18,424.2
4,559
88,309
93
17.51%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
57,378.5
85.1%
68,389.1
27,749.3
44,255
172,342
100
22.62%
Druid
Feral Bear
60,418.0
89.6%
59,183.4
21,229.1
16,661
127,640
76
17.19%
Paladin
Protection
54,131.5
80.3%
57,455.4
14,554.6
39,098
94,259
100
22.62%
Warrior
Protection
41,651.5
61.8%
43,349.5
14,161.7
19,156
99,330
100
22.62%
Monk
Brewmaster
67,418.0
100.0%
70,444.3
29,330.3
14,572
156,159
66
14.93%
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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