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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
83,954.0
50.8%
88,433.1
13,286.0
65,632
106,914
7
4.67%
Death Knight
Unholy
148,318.0
89.7%
145,687.2
16,499.3
114,749
159,779
5
3.33%
Druid
Balance
116,689.0
70.6%
117,241.9
23,846.3
65,951
155,796
13
8.67%
Druid
Feral Cat
124,182.0
75.1%
119,543.7
10,238.3
105,346
129,103
3
2.00%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
91,810.0
55.6%
97,735.6
20,636.7
71,908
127,700
7
4.67%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
100,744.0
61.0%
107,993.5
36,897.2
45,989
174,167
18
12.00%
Mage
Arcane
60,247.5
36.5%
60,247.5
3,270.5
56,977
63,518
2
1.33%
Mage
Fire
148,713.5
90.0%
128,009.4
55,125.7
35,211
179,575
8
5.33%
Mage
Frost
111,045.5
67.2%
110,079.2
22,578.1
77,807
144,097
6
4.00%
Paladin
Retribution
124,658.0
75.4%
125,836.4
39,117.1
78,862
174,905
5
3.33%
Priest
Shadow
79,183.0
47.9%
90,288.8
34,026.8
47,467
148,034
9
6.00%
Rogue
Assassination
149,356.5
90.4%
141,011.8
28,246.9
92,229
172,107
12
8.00%
Rogue
Combat
165,272.0
100.0%
165,272.0
14,856.0
150,416
180,128
2
1.33%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
121,161.5
73.3%
129,376.4
31,406.8
77,400
187,900
14
9.33%
Shaman
Enhancement
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Affliction
154,185.0
93.3%
153,980.2
35,635.1
95,997
215,323
12
8.00%
Warlock
Demonology
161,157.0
97.5%
161,157.0
43,595.0
117,562
204,752
2
1.33%
Warlock
Destruction
114,104.0
69.0%
109,692.7
11,278.1
94,213
120,761
3
2.00%
Warrior
Arms
77,398.0
46.8%
77,398.0
1.0
77,397
77,399
2
1.33%
Warrior
Fury
106,402.5
64.4%
98,472.6
28,516.0
42,574
136,853
16
10.67%
Monk
Windwalker
115,513.5
69.9%
117,249.3
5,390.4
111,769
126,201
4
2.67%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
26,474.0
75.4%
33,302.4
18,641.6
13,145
76,507
13
23.21%
Paladin
Holy
20,323.0
57.8%
33,643.9
25,890.0
9,157
77,942
10
17.86%
Priest
Discipline
35,132.0
100.0%
40,286.7
25,054.0
12,686
93,084
15
26.79%
Priest
Holy
31,709.5
90.3%
30,378.5
14,036.1
12,522
45,573
4
7.14%
Shaman
Restoration
29,436.0
83.8%
38,965.8
21,042.9
15,585
67,991
6
10.71%
Monk
Mistweaver
18,801.5
53.5%
27,015.1
19,416.1
7,917
58,739
8
14.29%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
46,202.0
65.9%
51,082.1
13,548.5
37,615
74,797
8
44.44%
Druid
Feral Bear
42,003.0
59.9%
50,485.0
11,996.8
42,001
67,451
3
16.67%
Paladin
Protection
48,776.0
69.5%
62,124.0
30,418.3
33,855
120,374
5
27.78%
Warrior
Protection
70,158.0
100.0%
70,158.0
5,043.0
65,115
75,201
2
11.11%
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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