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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
120,928.0
85.9%
126,015.9
23,167.2
98,934
202,980
100
5.48%
Death Knight
Unholy
120,837.0
85.9%
114,638.7
42,164.2
20,356
191,508
57
3.13%
Druid
Balance
97,866.0
69.5%
104,406.1
32,003.1
64,790
208,206
100
5.48%
Druid
Feral Cat
85,730.5
60.9%
90,572.2
39,595.6
29,809
193,966
58
3.18%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
97,145.0
69.0%
105,204.8
26,182.7
73,344
182,440
100
5.48%
Hunter
Marksmanship
64,731.0
46.0%
70,131.6
23,419.1
35,491
129,068
25
1.37%
Hunter
Survival
102,937.5
73.2%
106,096.3
17,246.4
83,962
164,620
100
5.48%
Mage
Arcane
58,754.0
41.8%
61,571.1
29,079.3
18,810
142,685
34
1.86%
Mage
Fire
104,345.5
74.2%
112,494.7
36,935.9
62,285
235,599
100
5.48%
Mage
Frost
98,261.5
69.8%
103,746.3
19,314.6
80,198
165,746
100
5.48%
Paladin
Retribution
107,675.0
76.5%
111,842.4
26,711.7
74,690
185,442
100
5.48%
Priest
Shadow
114,021.5
81.0%
118,331.8
21,634.9
88,532
180,639
100
5.48%
Rogue
Assassination
140,715.5
100.0%
142,588.4
22,446.6
114,954
215,305
100
5.48%
Rogue
Combat
81,397.0
57.8%
89,882.6
41,515.6
7,989
225,007
44
2.41%
Rogue
Subtlety
99,005.0
70.4%
70,286.3
47,709.1
3,053
108,801
3
0.16%
Shaman
Elemental
102,822.0
73.1%
111,633.4
30,029.1
79,516
235,262
100
5.48%
Shaman
Enhancement
101,936.5
72.4%
103,004.6
30,346.9
22,012
170,972
88
4.82%
Warlock
Affliction
92,965.0
66.1%
101,392.3
44,715.6
20,288
229,921
73
4.00%
Warlock
Demonology
79,612.5
56.6%
88,781.5
35,676.7
34,650
169,423
60
3.29%
Warlock
Destruction
112,444.5
79.9%
116,883.4
20,230.1
96,067
229,362
100
5.48%
Warrior
Arms
89,297.0
63.5%
90,196.3
24,529.2
29,156
158,854
82
4.50%
Warrior
Fury
113,987.0
81.0%
122,734.3
30,586.1
86,740
204,308
100
5.48%
Monk
Windwalker
91,408.5
65.0%
91,413.0
30,780.9
19,584
178,690
100
5.48%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
68,765.5
85.7%
73,250.9
13,058.2
61,781
130,250
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
68,463.0
85.3%
71,271.0
11,483.0
58,971
110,236
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
80,231.0
100.0%
82,586.7
12,911.8
67,475
123,889
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
62,075.0
77.4%
63,309.0
11,863.4
47,467
112,231
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
57,704.5
71.9%
61,326.0
10,458.1
50,557
99,679
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
73,571.0
91.7%
76,268.6
14,717.3
56,902
124,343
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
45,273.0
98.1%
49,682.1
12,692.4
37,731
118,366
100
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
43,458.0
94.1%
45,285.3
14,468.3
30,787
129,925
100
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
33,125.5
71.8%
36,004.4
8,789.2
27,215
67,025
100
20.00%
Warrior
Protection
33,298.5
72.1%
35,806.1
7,601.2
28,830
80,637
100
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
46,164.0
100.0%
50,100.3
12,738.5
35,638
87,313
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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