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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
86,661.0
90.8%
89,533.4
14,837.7
72,525
156,443
100
4.46%
Death Knight
Unholy
58,661.0
61.5%
71,196.8
37,984.6
32,955
225,135
100
4.46%
Druid
Balance
66,171.5
69.4%
79,318.3
36,917.3
45,014
184,745
100
4.46%
Druid
Feral Cat
51,963.5
54.5%
62,333.7
29,712.3
37,594
218,050
100
4.46%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
83,000.5
87.0%
90,010.8
29,613.9
61,792
200,170
100
4.46%
Hunter
Marksmanship
47,043.5
49.3%
51,474.5
18,081.7
33,092
157,037
100
4.46%
Hunter
Survival
95,310.5
99.9%
103,309.6
23,304.4
78,077
183,654
100
4.46%
Mage
Arcane
62,402.5
65.4%
72,028.9
30,673.0
47,031
214,957
100
4.46%
Mage
Fire
87,662.5
91.9%
94,557.6
35,776.9
48,528
222,340
100
4.46%
Mage
Frost
91,231.0
95.6%
96,880.2
18,960.0
77,570
163,143
100
4.46%
Paladin
Retribution
80,827.5
84.7%
85,285.9
18,828.7
65,956
175,000
100
4.46%
Priest
Shadow
88,604.0
92.9%
99,721.7
26,228.5
70,995
202,822
100
4.46%
Rogue
Assassination
93,914.5
98.4%
100,789.2
26,371.8
73,688
196,246
100
4.46%
Rogue
Combat
52,329.0
54.8%
58,765.2
22,825.8
38,048
151,653
100
4.46%
Rogue
Subtlety
32,028.0
33.6%
35,070.9
18,414.5
8,515
128,834
43
1.92%
Shaman
Elemental
93,182.5
97.7%
98,445.0
22,989.2
71,493
163,433
100
4.46%
Shaman
Enhancement
50,423.0
52.8%
60,806.4
26,747.2
38,811
192,916
100
4.46%
Warlock
Affliction
47,366.5
49.6%
62,020.1
38,853.1
17,657
217,440
100
4.46%
Warlock
Demonology
67,554.5
70.8%
82,946.9
42,235.0
42,889
231,722
100
4.46%
Warlock
Destruction
95,416.5
100.0%
102,103.9
19,798.1
83,676
184,139
100
4.46%
Warrior
Arms
62,483.0
65.5%
68,219.6
14,647.9
50,884
107,145
100
4.46%
Warrior
Fury
79,468.5
83.3%
87,948.1
29,942.6
56,122
175,060
100
4.46%
Monk
Windwalker
62,824.5
65.8%
69,847.2
19,667.7
50,873
155,551
100
4.46%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
38,313.0
87.1%
42,103.7
10,504.6
30,936
76,626
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
41,288.0
93.8%
45,657.2
10,628.1
34,272
82,333
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
44,005.0
100.0%
47,001.3
10,594.0
36,790
87,347
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
35,182.0
80.0%
38,852.0
11,413.9
27,204
80,999
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
39,299.5
89.3%
42,767.8
10,621.7
32,619
97,444
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
33,227.0
75.5%
35,452.3
8,673.4
25,967
78,020
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
45,612.5
100.0%
50,165.4
16,192.7
38,825
162,041
100
21.28%
Druid
Feral Bear
35,388.0
77.6%
39,386.6
16,674.9
7,643
106,599
80
17.02%
Paladin
Protection
39,233.5
86.0%
43,704.0
13,629.2
32,206
108,744
100
21.28%
Warrior
Protection
39,255.0
86.1%
43,053.4
13,032.9
32,165
124,341
100
21.28%
Monk
Brewmaster
38,204.5
83.8%
42,979.4
21,526.0
8,422
131,272
90
19.15%
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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